Faber-Castell Polychromos Color Pencil Set, Multicolored, 36 Color Pencils

PROS: 1) One of the best quality pencils in the world (besides Caran d'ache luminance and Prismacolor Premier)2) Buttery smooth pencils. Lays down on paper like a dream3) Water resistant. Can use to outline drawings before using watercolours4)Lightfast. Won't fade over time.5) layer and blend easily6)Can use baby oil to blend for a smoother finish7) Intense and bright colours8) Thick core, more colour per pencil. The pencil build or casing is superior.9) pencil core/lead doesn't break on sharpening. More resilient than prismacolor premier pencils.10) Good packaging. Tin box is sturdy.11) comes with a pamphlet which mentions basic color pencil techniques and entire 120 colours swatches.CONS : 1) High price2) lacking flesh tones and pink colours (single rose carmine in the set)3) Round pencils roll off the table easily.4) can't buy single/loose pencils on Indian websites. The ones that are offered are double the actual price and are very few in range.

These pencils are well pigmented and can produce vibrant colors. Although, these are expensive (I bought it for 4050 INR) I have made the purchase as I was really excited to use them for the first time. This is my very first drawing and I am pretty much happy with the quality of the product. If you have a keen interest in drawing color portraits, don't think much...just buy it!!

To be fair I should’ve done more thorough research before I invested in this. These are oil based meaning they will much harder and therefore more effort in blending but on the flip side this means that the pencil is of greater quality and and won’t break often unlike the Primsmacolors. Also these are much more resistant to fading in the long run. Another very important thing to note is that the type of paper you use them on MATTERS A LOT. I suggest using vellum paper by starthmore and something that isn’t totally smooth and has more grain/“teeth”/texture to it. I did try them on a smooth surface and they took me (a beginner) a lot of time and effort to get it to look right. Alas, I will have to stick with these and I’m hoping I will get greater results on the papers I mentioned above.

Amazing colors. Buttery smooth and blends like a dream. The leads are pretty hard yet very smooth on application. The pencil tips lasts considerably longer. I have colored an entire intricate Mandala and didn't need to sharpen the pencils even once. I just have one issue, the price is not 8k but 4500 which is printed on the pack. The discount price is not 60% off but around 25%. It is an amazing deal even at that much discount and I wouldn't have hesitated before buying it even if the correct price was mentioned. And all those who are thinking to buy this set, this is probably the best deal you would get in India. However, I personally feel the correct price should be mentioned on site in stead of inflating the price to make the discount look bigger. I wish the bigger sets too were on a discount. I have been eyeing the 120 or 72 colors set. Please please give doscount on those too, I badly wish to upgrade to a bigger set. In love with these pencils already.

I LOVE THESE PENCILS, but they can hurt your wallet.. Feels like spreading butter on a page. Can produce "marker" looks..ByFun Times Momon June 21, 2015Verified PurchaseOk, I have a rather large set of Prismacolors and a lot of the cheaper Faber-Castell etc. sets of colored pencils. These "stand out" from the pack (keep in mind that I am coloring more than doing sketches etc) in regards to "ease of use". They are just really smooth and easy on my arthritic hands. They are a med round barrel, similar to a Bic Stick Pen.. With their color names on the side. They also cost more and seem to substantially cost more and more with each quantity increase in set size? So, if you want the most colors for your money and a really nice product, get the larger Prismacolor sets. There are videos online to have them sharpen better (might need to warm up the wax, if the lead is internally broken) etc. but...in comparison..COMPARISON: I have applied this set of 36 Polychromos on a template that ironically has the Crayola Watercolor 24 count set and a Spectrum Brights Marker set. The Polychromos produce colors similar in saturation similar to the Spectrum marker set and even close to the Crayola Watercolor (these are much better than regular Crayola pencils in smoothness). Polychromos are just smoother in color "lay-down" and "better" in regards to pressure necessary to achieve that smooth rich consistency. If you are not sure you want to invest the money in these, just order 1 -2 individual pencils from .. Blick, Amazon, an art supply store (haven't seen them sold that way at my local stores.. FYI) or where ever you can find them individually. I bought 2 from .. Blick and they were a reasonable cost but they just made me want more of them.. Maybe it's just me, but they seem much easier on my hands, but then again..might be that "spreading butter" factor. The cost online was so "cheap" you can probably come out ahead buying this set of 36 count and then individually purchasing additional colors you feel you need later on.. Just a thought.. If you are on the fence, I really recommend buying 1-2 individual pencils first and go from there. You can even buy a Prismacolor individually to compare (they are at my local art stores). You won't have any regrets that way..BUDGET: If budget is your primary concern, then buy a Watercolor Crayola set or a Faber-Castell set that's less expensive (skip the art grips and just buy the set with the Koala). You can always buy an individual Polychromos or Prismacolor and decide if the difference in cost is worth it to you. The Prismacolor Scholar is pretty nice for the price too (my set isn't complete, bought used, names are added where colors are missing though for the 60 ct set). I have some other brands colored on the templates too. Each is labeled at the top and/or bottom of the columns.TIN BOX: It's surprisingly thin.. Not much taller than the pencils themselves. Opens and closes easily. Nice storage option.Hope this helps ;)