Castle Art SuppliesSet of 72 Watercolour Pencils | Intense Pigments for Blending, Drawing and Painting | For Adults, Amateurs and Professionals | Protected in a Presentation Box

A really great selection of watercolour pencils. The trays lift out easily and it is simple to remove a pencil from the tray without disturbing the others. The pencils are numbered which is very helpful especially for beginners like myself who are stumbling through this new world of colour and learning as I go. The pencils feel very good quality, are comfortable and strong to hold, and deliver a beautiful colour, and then continue to impress when you use a small brush and water with them. I am so impressed and have found the quality of these pencils have given me such good results that it has given me the confidence to do so much more than I ever thought I was able to. I cannot recommend these pencils highly enough. I really am very impressed.

very good product

Can't argue that these pencils are great value for money and I'm already thinking up lots of pencil drawings to try these out on, and I'm happy with my purchase. The colours are beautiful, vibrant and varied enough that you won't need to go looking for any extra colours while you're creating your masterpiece!However, there's one small niggle for me which was a little disappointing. It's stated that the pencil lines "disappear when water is added". Unfortunately, many of them don't.I've tried out every technique I can think of to get a smooth blend with these, and they always leave distinct marks behind. I've tried minimal pressure pencil marks on dry then brushed with wet/ pencil on wet paper/pencil dipped in water then blended on paper/ I've even tried wet pencil on wet paper, but many of the colours leave scratchy pencil lines which are especially apparent once the paint has dried.This would be fine if you were creating a detailed illustration where you kind of want those little pigmented lines to remain with a nice watery blend around them, but for any medium to large areas, you're not going to get a consistent watercolour effect without seeing where you scribbled.Maybe tweaking the product description to state that it's more of a blended line would manage expectations more. I'd still buy the set if it said that.I've added a numbered image where I used blending on dry paper, and then the wet method, along with various shapes and lines I drew which you can see show through once the water has blended the pigment out. The swatch shows a similar thing. 6-10 are shapes I drew then blended out. Apart from the yellow/orange blend, many of them leave some pretty obvious lines. 4 & 5 were wet paper with a wet pencil, and I got a slightly better blend from that.I can see these being awesome for line work with effects, or intricate spots of colour, but I'd be reluctant to use these on an actual watercolour piece. If you just want these for a more flowy colouring pencil piece, then they're a must-have.

These are very good quality from a well known brand def recommend

Good range of colours blend well and are to the usual good standard I expect from castle arts.

I was pleasantly surprised by these pencils. Great colour selection and they work surprisingly well as watercolours when used on the correct paper. Really good value, would recommend for people who want to dabble without investing too much money.

I ordered the water colour pencils as I had already ordered the 120 normal colouring pencil set from Castle Art which I might add are amazing.The water colour pencils turned up very quickly and although I haven't had the chance to use them on any projects yet I did have a little test to see how they were. They are quite amazing. the colour flows with water without leaving any scratchy lines. The pencils themselves are lovely and soft so no scratching on the paper. I tested them on water colour card but haven't had the chance to test on mixed media paper or card yet. Therefore overall I would say a fantastic set of pencils for an unbelievable price.

Very good apparently