KALOUR Pro Pastel Chalk Colored Pencils,Set of 50 Colors,Color Charcoal Pencils for Drawing Sketching Coloring Shading,Art Supplies for Adults Artists

These are good quality soft pastel pencils. They have a wide variety of bright colors that are so fun to use. They go on smooth and blend well. They also work well on canvas and paper as well as for sidewalk chalk. They were a good price and well worth it! They come in a nice tin that makes storage easy.

I'm going to preface my review by saying that I'm not an artist, and I don't have a lot of experience with pastel chalk in pencil form. I like the relative simplicity of using pastel chalk as backgrounds in my adult coloring books, but I don't really like some of the side effects. Pastel chalk can just be messy. Due to a lack of dexterity, I've dropped the box of pastels a few times, and trying to get everything back in the box wasn't easy, or fun. My previous experience with pastel chalk pencils is just a few purchased from Dick Blick's online open stock catalog of a couple brands. And, I think there are less than a dozen. I've been wanting a set for a while, so I could have a better variety of colors. I've been seeing quite a few people give Kalour products quite a bit of positive reviews. The tin is a very nice one with a hinged lid. The individual pencils are both named and numbered. Kalour includes a nice swatch chart. The first tray in my tin was in order from right to left, but the second was in order from left to right. I hate swatching, but actually swatched the set right away. None of the pencils felt super scratchy on the swatch chart. I thought they felt a little better when each color was laid down in a vertical set of strokes, instead of horizontal. It took three light coats of Krylon matte fixative to stop the chalk on the swatch chart from smearing. I used a few on the background of a picture from a Creative Haven book. It only took one coat of the same spray stop the chalk from transferring. One of the pencils did feel a little bit scratchy on the Dover Publications paper, but not enough to be a deal breaker. Milage may vary on different paper types; some may require more than one light coat. Individuals using this set for actual serious art may need a higher-end art fixative. Overall, I'm pretty pleased with my purchase. Edited (12-22-23): After using the set for quite a few coloring pages, I have a bit more feedback. If Kalour expands the set, I'd like: - Payne's Grey is one of my favorite Polychromos colors. The dark blue grey is great for shading quite a few colors. I'd like to see both a darker and lighter blue grey added here. - Both a lighter and dark neutral grey. - A lighter blue. - A lighter blue violet. Lilac or lavender sort of color.

They hold up pretty well but do seem to break just a tad more than the more expensive brands. They do blend well. When I sharpen them they give out a squeak that sends chills up my spine but if you have an electrical sharpener that will probably be avoided. On the plus side, they seem to actually blend better than the more expensive ones. I have five stars because of the value for the money and overall they preform very close to the name brands. They show up pretty well on black paper and colored paper- as shown in the photos

I bought these for my daughter who is a beginner and wants to learn realistic pet portraits. I would say these pastel pencils are decent for beginners, but they do have some drawbacks. The leads breaks easily which can be frustrating! The colors are not as vibrant as I would like. Overall they are ok for starting out but you may want to upgrade to higher quality set as your skills improve. She used these pencils on strathmore 400 series pastel paper.

Great colors. I like the convenience of a pastel in a pencil. Easy to use. Blends beautifully. Excellent addition to my coloring medium. A little bit messy. I love using them.

I was surprised at the quality of these soft pastel pencils considering the price. I usually buy Carbothello at twice the price so was very happy to find a quality product at a great price to recommend to students.

Received my pastel pencils today, so far so good. I am starting to ink my drawing and plan to start on coloring it once the inking is finished. Once I get to sit down and seriously work with these pastels I will update my review!

I have mixed feelings with this pastels pencils. The case are sturdy and well made, can keep safe the pencils. And now... many pencils have the lead off the center and break easily, a couple of they are scratchy and very chalky and a pair are soft, the rest its so so. The color chart it's meh for me, to many red and a lack of browns o least a good neutral brown, other brands with 48 have better option.

Great colour selection and quality

Me encantaron, muy buena pigmentación y el empaque es excelente llegaron en buen estado, la caja es de metal y tiene una hoja para rellenar como pruebas de color justo lo que esperaba.

Muy buenos. Y buen precio

Bonne qualité de crayons. Gamme de couleurs variée. Très pratiques dans cette boite. Je recommande avec en plus un prix très convenable. Utilisation sur toile et châssis, facile et de grande qualité

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