Chromaflow Pencils, Set of 150 in Tin, 3.5mm Round Core, Premium Core Strength, Blendable with Smooth Texture, Ideal for Drawing, Coloring & Layering, Professional Quality (2306263)

These pencils are so saturated and pigmented. I purchased the 150 set after hearing that all of the colors will soon be available open stock from art stores. I mostly use Faber Castell polychromos for sketching and art, but I noticed a lack of the more bright, fun colors that a lot of the student brands have. I did not want to sacrifice performance and it was also important to me that the colors are available open stock. This set includes 4 great and very bright lime greens (Pear, Key Lime, Citrus Yellow, Lemon Lime) which are the hardest to find in the more "serious" professional art brands. I'm sure it has to do with lightfastness and subject matter, but I plan on using these in coloring books and love using bright, pigmented colors. On pencil quality, they are slightly smaller in diameter to the average Derwent pencil. They feel in the hand similar to a modern Prismacolor. The paint on the barrel is matte and there were some more textured pencils that I noticed, but did not affect my ability to use them. I also noticed some with chipped paint and incomplete printing, but also did not affect my ability to use them. They are extremely blendable and quite soft and buttery (to me, compared to Polychromos and Arteza). When I was swatching them I do not recall any scratchy colors. I also used the Prismacolor colorless blender and they are the most easy to blend of all of my pencils. I actually have to be careful to not blend or smudge too much! This also means that I can color faster because I can put down a light layer of color on the page and very easily blend it out to get the full color coverage that I want. They're not watercolor pencils, but the effect of using the colorless blender pencil on a light layer was similar to activating a watercolor pencil in that you can get a lot of color coverage and it does change the look quite a bit. The Derwent colorless blender used on a blend of blue and yellow actually blended to a green, where the prismacolor blender just brightened the colors and softened the texture. Overall I am very happy with these pencils. I think they're a great value and there's an excellent color selection. I wish they were a tad bit harder, but I also realize I'm probably in the minority when I gravitate to harder pencils and anything softer feels too soft. I definitely recommend these for coloring book enthusiasts.

At first I may have been a bit bias because it was my art teacher that designed and created both art pieces on the containers of this set, but after using these pencils for a few months now I am extremely impressed!! The color and pigment is gorgeous and there is no inconsistency in the formula so application is always smooth and consistent! These pencils are great for shading and blend nicely with each other, while the encasing of the pencil is hard and durable the core is soft and great for adding a variety of shading to your pieces! Even though I stated the core is soft it is also pretty tough too, ive dropped my entire tin, pencils rolling away and all, and not a single one has broken! The integrity of the core is still solid and hasn’t broken from impact as far as I can tell! The only reason I would rate these pencils 3 stars for beginners is because these pencils are a bit softer than prismacolors so when if used with a heavy hand they would most likely break and crumble, so I would suggest this upgrading list for beginners -Crayola: cheap for decent quality, good to learn color theory and blending -Prismacolor scholars: budget friendly prismacolors, good to start learning pressure and more blending -Prismacolors: little pricey but truly gets the job done, good to move on to bigger pieces with more detail! Also you don’t need a 170 pack to get the job done, they are great to learn color layering to create new colors and blending! -Derwent: more pricy but great quality! Good for fine detail, blending, layering, very soft durable cores and gorgeous pigments for more advanced pieces! And just a good tip in general if you are looking to buy any art supplies as a gift make sure you a buying a product and brand that the recipient likes and enjoys, maybe they only enjoy the supplies they buy or maybe they enjoy trying new things! Every artist is different so it never hurts to ask!

I like the laydown of Chromaflow..smooth, very lightweight pencils, vibrant colors. I’m loving this!

Super crayons, estompent et mélangent bien. Le résultat — comme la peinture presque! J’adore aussi la texture. 150 couleurs, il y a du choix et ça rend magnifique les dessins.

Fabulous colour laydown and colours don't look too similar to each other. Looks even better with a burnisher pencil!

OMG! i wan't these Derwent Chromaflow colored pencils since so long by know here is the party came because these colored pencils are absolutely Amazing, Unique & it's a real joy to color with these the final result is spectacular & worked with these HIGH quality of colored pencils is Joyable & Happiest coloring times, i'm telling nothing is comparable to these Awesome Chromaflow the colors are STUNNING and i hope and wish they will do a bigger sets even if i have more then enough colors to achieved amazing result love so much coloring with it would be a plus to my Dream coloring with the Best quality of these Chromaflow which we saw these colored pencils a lots at Youtube tutorials, but try these it's adopted them for ever! Highly Recommend! Sylvie

Absolutely in love with these professional grade coloring pencils. Nice and creamy, ideal for blending and layering alike.