Faber-Castell Polychromos Artists Color Pencils - Tin of 120 Colors - Premium Quality Artist Pencils

I bought these as a birthday gift to myself, of sorts. Im not a professional artist but I am a graphic design student who draws on a pretty much daily basis. I was upgrading from a 36ct set of Prismacolors. I am amazed. They blend absolutely beautifully, the colors are vivid, and the pencils themselves are sturdy - which, as a former Prismacolor user, is a blessing. They feel so luxurious. I can layer these a lot more than my Prismacolors as well, so I can attain a dynamic, brilliant color with ease. My only dislike is the white pencil. Its pretty transparent, so I usually use my Prismacolor white instead. speaking of which, they layer well with Prismacolors too. these are my new favorites. Ive been making excuses to draw with them. 10/10 would buy again.

These are worth the money. The tips stay sharp. They blend like a dream. I love these!

I bought these for my hubby. I love my Prismacolors but he has never been fond of them. I had heard great reviews of these pencils and he was dying to try them. He loves them. The only drawback is that they dont offer a ton of colors, Ive had to get him more on eBay, overseas at that. Whereas I can go to my local store and get Prismacolors by the each. I dont believe the color pay off is as nice as Prismacolors, he disagrees. But he really gets no wax bloom like I do with mine. These are a first choice for him, second choice for me. But thats just different artist preferences. Theyre good pencils.

If you are into adult coloring or drawing, these pencils are the best. Polychromos pencils are oil based and are easy to use and produce the best results!

love the pencils! Disappointed in the condition they arrived--- seemed to be packaged well. When I took the plastic off the tin- there were many different colors of small particles of pigment all over the inside of the plastic as well as on the outside of the tin. Inside- the same issue. Colors all over the inside of the tin- as well as pieces of the tips of the pencils broken off. The tin was well closed- so it appears that it was packaged this way- not something that happened in transit. Sad since the pencils are of high quality and expensive. Frustrating to receive them this way but not worth the hassle of returning them.

I bought the 12 pack to try them out and enjoyed them so much I ended up wanting to get the 120 set so I saved up my money and got them! I love them so much! Some people say that blending is difficult with these but they worked pretty well as long as you work with layering your colors. Also if you are having some trouble with that I like to add some white on top to make them blend better and look nice and smooth. Practice always makes perfect! When I was useing Prisma Colored pencils they always smeared around and were kinda flaky when I used them witch I didn’t like but these colored pencils don’t do that at all! I haven’t had any of them break ether. Also they kinda smell like a freshly painted room and I really like it for some reason lol.

I like the beautiful pencils and the quality of them, but I didnt like the expensive price.

OK, what can I say? I previously purchased the 36 pencil set and loved them. Christmas came along and this was a present. Im doing the happy dance. I gulp when I consider the price. Having all the colors is great for me. Ive been playing around with them. So many colors and a neat array of warm and cool grays. They blend well, but I think that depends on the paper and personal preference. Personally, I will not go back to waxy color pencils, I will stick with the oil based. Sharpen easily enough, no breakage yet, long points and short. I have a lot of color drawings lined up. I still prefer graphite, but color is great too. They are round, comfortable and beautifully printed. There are some colors nearly the same.

My daughter is in advanced art and the teacher recommended prismacolor art pencils. The color selection is great but the leads are not bonded to the wood casing causing them to break and fall out. Also they tend to have a lot of wax blooming when trying to blend colors as well as some fading with time. We ended up buying some Faber-Castell Polychromos after trying prismacolor and my daughter loves the way they blend and their quality is outstanding as well as being colorfast so little to no fading after years of exposure. You can find art pencils in a lower price range but I feel it is worth paying a little extra for a better quality product. Even the art teacher has commented on how vivid the colors are and how much nicer my daughters drawings have gotten compared to her previous works. My daughter hasnt told her that she is using the Faber-Castell Polychromos now instead of what was recommended. Proof that the quality of the Faber-Castell Polychromos are better.

Let me start off by saying I have carpal tunnel, so it physically hurts for me to have to strain my hand continuously when doing detailed works. Prismacolor had me wearing a brace after every use to get half the results that I get with these pencils. I can work for hours, barely even pressing down, and everything just blends beautifully. Its definitely different, being use to having to press down hard with prismacolor had me confused about how I felt about polychromos, but when I realised I barely had to press down to create a beautiful saturated line, I was sold. I worked on a piece for 20 hours and the tips never broke, barely had to sharpen them, and the amount of detail I was able to accomplish since the tip stayed sharp was amazing.