Faber-Castell Creative Studio Goldfaber Colour Pencil, Multicoloured (Multicoloured) Tin Of 48 Pencils, For Art, Craft, Drawing, Sketching, Home, School, University, Colouring

Absolutely the finest art materials around. These pencils will not disappoint. Incredible pigment and blending properties. I will never use another coloured pencil again!

I did a lot of research before I decided to purchase this box of 48 coloured pencils. I was torn between these, the Faber Castell Polychromo series and Derwent's Lightfast. For me, the Goldfaber was the right decision for a variety of reasons:.) The range of colours offers everything I need. I love the vibrancy of the colours..) The pencils are neither too hard (they feel creamy and lush when colouring) nor too soft (they sharpen to a fine point, excellent for detail work).) The price is mid-range for a high quality product and a lot more affordable than the other series mentioned..) I love the smaller, two layered tin box. It's easier to store than the wider tins, and, with the easy lift out-tray, the pencils are easily accessible..) As a hobby artist, this is perfect for me! If you are a professional artist, your needs might be different from mine.The one thing that concerned me before me was that the pencils don't have the colour name printed on them. They only have a number, and inside the tin there's a list where you can check their names. Strangely, now that I'm using the pencils, this is a non issue. You'll soon get used to the system and it is only a minor drawback.Highly recommended!

Truly delightful artist grade coloured pencils at amazing price (worked out about £1.33 per pencil).A great range of bright vibrant colours in an attractive metal caseFaber Castell have been around since 1761 (still in the same family 9 generations later), and Polychromos pencils were first introduced in 2008.I can see why they are still so popular !

Having been gifted a 36 tin of watercolour pencils that are an own make from a department store about 18 months ago, and having played about with them only once I decided watercolour paint was the way to go. However, having recently watched a video on watercolour pencils with watercolour paints I had a change of mind and decided after some research that number one brand was the Caran D'ache museum, number two was Faber Castell Albrecht Durer, and three was Derwent Inktense ( which I have done a review on).The Faber Castell pencils comes in a dark green, fairly solid cardboard container which is covered in a mock leather, with magnetic closure, the picture shown is the actual sleeve.The pencils are hexagonal, the name of the colour is clearly shown along with the lightfast star rating which is a must if using with watercolour paint.A free synthetic brush was included with this set, it has a good point, feels nice has Faber Castell written on the side, and compared to my Cotman synthetics is somewhat stiffer, I mention this as I now tend to use sable brushes for painting and after having researched was under the impression that you needed a stiffer brush, this is just not true with these pencils, there is no extra rubbing, sable brushes work just the same as synthetic, but it is nice that Faber Castell include a brush, especially if you are just starting out.I have tried the pencils out on different types of watercolour paper, hot pressed, not and rough and they have worked as they should.I have used the pencils directly onto paper then washed, I have also used a wet brush on the nib as you would pans and they have worked perfectly.The 36 colours are as what you would expect, there are a number of red tones, but you can actually see this on the sleeve, so this was no surprise.The pencils are not soft and waxy, they are solid but not hard just slightly dry, and because of this I suspect that they could be used to colour in without water.The colours are vibrant, they mix extremely well to produce other colours.As with watercolour paint I would recommend artist quality is advised when purchasing watercolour pencils not just for the vibrancy of the colours but in the way they react when wet and overall transparency.I am really pleased with these and would recommend.

I bought these for myself. I keep hearing how good these are. I had preferred to buy Derwent as they are uk based but I couldn’t justify the extra cost. So far so good when using. I don’t yet know what the fuss is about but I’m confident that these are a good quality. My only gripe is that I wish I had stretched to a bigger tin.