120 Colored Pencils (GIANT EXTRA LARGE SET) - 120 Unique Colors (NO DUPLICATES) - Premium Grade & Pre-Sharpened - Color Coordinating Barrels - Perfect for Kids, Art School Students, or Professionals!

These arrived over the weekend and I have had some time to try them out and there is only 2 good things I can say so far....... they put down a lot of color without much effort and the range of colors are absolutely beautiful!!!! Now my issues with them....I cannot erase them...I prefer erasable colored pencils sometimes....espically when coloring the postcards (re: Lost Ocean) I used cheap pencils to color the postcards because you have to sharpen often. My second problem is the keep breaking as I am trying to sharpen them...or they even seem like the colors are already broken...so they are very fragile. I am going to attempt to bake them. Preheat oven to 350 degrees, lay tin foil on large cookie sheet let "cook" for maybe 10 minutes then turn off the oven and let sit over night before moving ****CAUTION...I HAVE NOT TRIED THIS SO I HAVE NO IDEA IF THEY MAY CATCH ON FIRE, BURN OR PUT OUT ANY FUMES OR DO ANY OTHER HARMFUL THING SO I TAKE NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY RESULTS YOU MAY HAVE. I ONLY SHARE THIS BECAUSE IT MAKES SENSE TO ME IT MAY WORK TO HEAL THE CORES IN THE PENCIL****** If can get back on I will try to remember to publish my results. I intend to do the same with my Prismacolor Premier pencils.I want to add to this...the seller sent me another set via USPS. I did sharpen a few to ultra sharp points.....they sharpened nicely....so I assume it was the way the first set was shipped? This is beyond the sellers control. I still intend to try to cook the first set to see if I can get the cores to heal. The thing I LOVE about this set is how many colors there are.....so close in range you can get perfect mixes. Thank you very much seller for replacing the first set!!!!!! Okay I know the man who sells these pencils wants an honest opinion. This started out with me objecting the not so biased review....so here are my real thoughts. I just got done going thru all 240 pencils in the 2 sets. Out of all I had to sharpen maybe 18 or so. Some of the pencils are not sharpened enough but it is no big deal. While I was re-sharpening them I found 1 more that is breaking every time I sharpen....that makes a total of 2. So my plans are to also go thru my Prismacolor Premiers to see which of them need to also be cooked. I want to do this all at one time because I think there may be fumes when I do. Also out of 240 of these pencils I found 1 that was split down the length of the wood. I tossed it in the trash. These pencils are very inexpensive so it was no biggie. I would be very careful not to drop them....the cores are fragile....just as the much more expensive Prismacolors are. What I LOVE about these pencils....honestly I was very happy to find out there was problems with only 3 of the pencils because the color range on these is FABULOUS!!!!! I have never seen a set with such a good range. Honestly I do wish the manufacturer of a very expensive set would expand their range. Now while they are impossible to erase the color goes down BEAUTIFUL!!!!! I actually prefer these over my Prismacolor. The don't lie down a thick layer of wax as the Prismacolor tend to. These pencils can be difficult to blend but the Prismacolor colorless blender pencil does help. Also right now I am on a postcard kick.....coloring far more postcards now. When you color the post cards you have to sharpen often. I have no problem having to sharpen them because of their low price. I refuse to use any expensive pencils on the post cards. These pencils are not named or numbered for color. That does not matter to me. I keep a sheet of printer paper on my clipboard behind what I am.working on to check color and test blends. I was making charts and realized it was a waste of time. In the future I think the only thing I will chart is watercolors (not watercolor pencils). I have to say all in all I am VERY happy with these pencils!!!!! They are a fabulous bargain....you just have to treat them carefully...but you also have to do that with Prismacolor and the cost appx 4 times as much. So in the end I can honestly say I take back my original negative remarks and at this price I may buy 1 or 2 more sets of these in the near future to put away to use as replacements....keep in mind I have at least 10 or 12 other sets of inexpensive pencils (I have been buying allot of inexpensive sets) and these pencils are near the top along with 1 more set. Should you buy these YES!!! After I get the 2 pencils cooked I will report how that went and I will also be adding a link to an excellent pencil sharpener when I get on my laptop. The $6 sharpener pays for its self in about an hour of coloring....it does not eat away as much of the casing of the pencil.******** More comments.... When the man who sells these seen how unhappy I was he was kind enough to send me another set. I have to say I jumped too quickly to give a negative review. I am a professional artist (acrylic painter) and know from experience you usually get what you pay for with art supplies. The chemicals used to make pigments can be very expensive...and that is why you will see lets say a tiny tube of oil or watercolor paint and the price seems outrageous....but usually you are paying for what you get. I have to say these pencils are an exception to that rule!!!!! I mentioned earlier they don't erase...I was wrong. I think I did not do a fair test. I used a dk plum and a dk red pencil to test erasing them. Now I have been working with these pencils all night (about 9 hours) on a piece and I am sooooo pleased!!!!! Yes most of these will erase....that is important to me so I am very glad I was wrong the first time around. Some of the pencils are harder then others....it seems maybe the light colors are harder....but that's not 100% true. I know I used a yellow that went on the paper beautifully. I will have this peice done tonight or tomorrow so as soon as I am I will post a pic here.It is a floral peice and the colors are just fantastic!!!!! I tend to be very heavy handed and I have to force myself to lighten up. I can't say these pencils break any more then any other pencil., I can say they have allot of pigment for inexpensive pencils. Yeah....some of the cases do crack and some of the corres are fragile. I still have not gotten to bake the pencils yet. I have to wait till I have the air conditioning off because I am sure there will be some fumes. I LOVE how many colors there are....it means less blending...oh and speaking of blending they do blend nicely. I either use the lighter of the colors I'm working with or use my Prismacolor colorless blender. Both work just fine. I have allot of brands of pencils from the very inexpensive $2 pencils I got at Walmart to the Faber Castell Polychromos. All the pencils are different and I do believe they all have their place. IMHO these pencils are good for large pages. I have really fallen in love with coloring post cards. Since they are so small the pencils have to be sharpened allot. The price on these pencils allows you to do that without burning thru a $4 pencil in one day. Also most of them sharpen very well. As with any colored pencils you have to be careful not to torque the pencil while in the sharpener. The only thing I can complain about and this is not a big thing is they have no names or numbers. I stopped making color charts. I found it to be a waste of time. I use a piece of scrap paper behind the page I am working on and that way I can test my pencil on that to make sure i have the right color and to see if the blend is going to work well. So Yeah when I got some cash I am going to order a few more sets of these and stash them away,I do have a sharpener I recomend...this will save your pencils and mine paid for itself the first day I had it...it is called "Koh-I-Noor Pencil Sharpener 3-length sharpener" and is sold on Amazon. Anyhow I am VERY, VERY happy with these pencils!!!!!! I had to add this pic. I worked on this for 1 1/2 days. I HATE it...but it's only because it's overwhelming me...my fault. I have to learn to have a lighter hand....but I had to show y'all how much color these pencils can lay down. I had few problems with breaking the core so I was not bearing down that hard. I hope this helps you decide if you want these pencils.

I have purchased just about every colored pencil set sold by Amazon in the last two or more years. First I’de like to say I love these colored pencils and they have great customer service. I am also not a professional artist but I have been working with a successful one and learning a lot.These pencils come in utterly gorgeous colors. I do not use coloring books so I can’t speak to that, but the paper you use is everything with these pencils. I have heard a few people say they are very light and need a lot of pressure to get good depths of color. Change the paper you are using and you should get a different outcomes. I use these with a light touch with no problem and sometimes that’s what I am needing and I am still able to get surprising depth of color or a whisper of color.We have had a problem with sharpening them and breakage. Go slowly and gently turn the pencil in the sharpener. Often I just sharpen two sides of the led making it flat rather then pointed. It works for me. I also use pencil extenders so I am able to use these beautiful pencils down to almost nothing.The biggest problem I’v Had is with the containers they come in. The 120 set comes in a flimsy box but I change them out anyway. They have an incredible watercolor line with fewer pencils and with some different colors that are equally glorious. The watercolor pencils come in those awful plastic shells that come apart and you can open your package to find a real mess! I dislike all of these plastic clamshell containers everybody uses. The other thing I have had a problem with a couple of times is receiving a package somebody had returned and generally looked okay until I opened the box or plastic clam shell container to find pencils that have been warn down or broken off with colors being replaced with duplicates and missing colors I had really wanted. That has been a problem with several other companies as well so I am not blaming Artest Choice for that. Again, they have great and friendly customer service.You can use the watercolor pencils dry and you get even more gorgeous colors or use them as watercolor pencils using the paint brush that comes with these pencils.Honestly, I really enjoy using these pencils and the selection of colors is absolutely beautiful. I forgot to mention that I use these with other colored pencils, inks and fineliner colored pens too. They are very nice pencils to use, keep on hand and experiment with or just enjoy creating with them.The price is great for the amount of truly beautiful colors you get I and lots of nice pencils too.

UPDATE: The colored pencils are GREAT and I will be ordering the water-soluble colored pencils. Artist's Choice is a wonderful company to deal with. I ordered the 120 color pencils through Amazon and the set was old and dried out. I contacted Artist's Choice about the 100% satisfaction guarantee, they offered a refund or a replacement set. Went with the replacement set and glad I did. The new set is superb and works like a charm. I dealt with Chelsea and Clareace; they could not have been more helpful. These colored pencils are highly recommend, hope you order them and enjoy them as much as I do. The same day the new set arrived (Fri 6-11-16), I colored a picture which turned out fantastically. Saturday and Sunday I colored three more pictures which I have included in this review. I also own their 100 gel pens and love them.The pencils arrived on time. I do not like the pencils, very few are buttery smooth and cover very well. A majority of the pencils are very, very dry and leaves a lot of crumbs, the few left are okay. Sharpen the pencils are a challenge. I've used my electric and three hand held sharpeners and have problems with all of them. A 1/4" to 3/8" of the tips break off easily leaving half of the pencil left after using them once. You do get 120 different colors but some of them are so close it's hard to tell the difference, I bought Artist's Choice 100 gel pens and liked them, so I thought I would like their colored pencils, boy that was a bad thought. I do not recommend these colored pencils and I am hoping to get my money back. They offer a FULL 100% MANUFACTURER MONEY BACK GUARANTEE. Now I will find out if they stand by the guarantee.

It is good quality product