Faber-Castell Creative Studio Goldfaber Wood Cased Color Pencils - Tin of 12 Colors

These are great pencils! I bought a small tin of these pencils from Blick to try, while I was on vacation. My first thoughts as I opened them was, "humm, they look nice but they are not the quality that I assumed they would have, only at first glance and I haven't even put one if these babies in my hand yet!" I was expecting Polychromos quality and I can tell just by looking that Faber Castell missed the boat on these! The first thing that I noticed is that the pencils are only numbered - there are no color names on the pencils. You would think that a company like Faber Castell wouldn't even "go there." Oh well, so much for my expectations.The next and first thing that I did was to create a swatch chart. My mind changed almost instantly! These are really nice pencils!I used these pencils throughout my vacation and dare I say it? I fell in love! These are super nice pencils. I just wish that they had names ppl printed on each pencil, and that they came in bigger boxes. 120, or 150 pencil set would be great. Alas, the largest box is 48 pencils.As soon as I got home I ordered the box of 48. I have some more searching to do! Lol!As I sat here swatching my little heart out, a thought occurred to me. This set would be perfect for carrying to drs appointments and other such hurry up and wait situations. Lol!So in my opinion, I think that most of you will like these pencils. Don't expect hard pencils like Polychromos- these are closer to the feel of prismas. Give them a try! You can always send 'em back if you don't like them. Well I hope this helps. I truly hope that you are having a most blessed day, and........color on!

These Faber-Castell Creative Studio Goldfaber Color Pencils - Tin of 48, are NOT Polychromos, but they are an excellent set for beginning artists, and elementary aged children. These colored pencils are made in Germany from wood, and strengthened lead to resists breakage, and with high quality pigments. The colors are soft and vivid with excellent lightfastness (where the pigments resists changes on exposure to light). As a classroom teacher, and mother of school aged children, I highly recommend this set. I think the colors are as great as the Prismacolor Premier Colored Pencils.Grade A

I have always done my drawings in graphite pencil. Everyone suggested to me that I try doing my drawings in color. Since I don't care for working with paints, I decided to give color pencils a go. I didn't know if I was going to like them or even be good with them, so I purchased an inexpensive set to start with: the Castle Arts 120 pencils set (shown). I did some basic coloring book pages with them and really liked the numerous color selection. However, I kept reading and watching videos on good the other brands were. I just happened to come across a set of 24 Prismacolor Premier pencils that weren't that expensive. I started using them, and all I can say is it was quite a difference in the way they performed. I also decided to purchase a few sets of the Black Widow colored pencils. They were really nice as well. Then I came across a set of 12 Faber-Castell Goldfaber pencils. I purchased them to give them a try. That's when I realized the quality of the Faber-Castell Goldfaber pencils. They are simply amazing. And quite frankly, I truly prefer them over every other pencil I have tried. They lay down smoothly, nice color, they blend and layer very well (better than the Prismacolor in my opinion). I saw the set of 48 and had to have them. Someday I will invest in a set of Faber-Castell Polychromos pencils. But for now, the Goldfabers are doing just fine for me.I attached a picture I am currently working on. It is not finished, I just started it and have a ways to go. Maybe when I finish it I will update this post. But I do believe you will not be disappointed with them, especially for the price. Wish you luck.

Great price and high quality pencils. They arrived in a timely manner too as promised.

Purchased the set because I loved several colors from open stock (130, 131, 133). Nice student budget set, wish they would expand the line to include more colors.

This was 1st I purchased for my art class. I love the colors and that they come in a tin box to hold them. Colors are great. I use the for drawing, sketching, and highlighting. But purchase another box with 48 color pencils in tin also to different colors.

Cons of these, 1. First set came and looked like someone stepped on it and bent it in half (Amazon of course replaced it) 2. first the pencils only have numbers no names and the numbers start with 101 and an end number of 233 (for 48 pencils WHY????) and yet again why is there not a bigger set of these? They are so soft and creamy to use, blend like a dream and even though they are not water color pencils, you can use baby oil on them to achieve a water color effect. Expensive because there is only 48, so I would really be hard pressed to recommend them for the casual colorer because it will just frustrate you wanting more colors. Have fun coloring!!!

Fantastic for my 5 year old to do coloring books. These are simply the best, most vibrant, longest-lasting color pencils I’ve found.

Faber Castell is my absolute favorite coloring pencils. They feel smooth unlike most other brand and are worth the price! Perfect for adults who likes to color.

From all the pencils I have, these are my absolute favourite. Nice colours, different ways to layer and play with. Awesome. Wish they had even more colours!

Produto diferenciado de verdade

le produit est arrivé avant la date prévue. il corespond exactement a la description donnée, aucune mauvaise surprises.

Los compré para regalo y a mi sobrina le gustaron sobre todo el color verde militar