Faber-Castell Polychromos Colored Pencils (sets) set of 12 Review

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I bought the twelve set just to experiment with the laydown of the colors and I've been wishing I hadn't. I LOVE POLYCHROMOS! I am quite particular in terms of my use for colored pencils. My criteria is heavily pigmented, highly opaque, excellent lightfast, smooth laydown, and lastly, dense coverage (I know so picky). Polychromos pencils fulfill all my criteria about at least 85% each or higher (lowest being the coverage, of course it could be the paper I'm using).

The pigmentation is what I would expect from professional grade colored pencils so not really a big hoorah there. Its just typical of high grade CP's. The opacity however, is very excellent. Two swatches of the same color from the polys and another high end (more expensive) brand and the swatch from the polys came out more vibrant and more coverage!

Coverage is a big deal for me! I have struggled with CP's that can't seem to cover all of the paper. But polychromos does the trick. I can get a satisfactory 85% coverage or higher if I want. And layering colors is actually much easier and more visible than my other high end brand that I currently own so that's also a very big plus.

The lightfastness is actually astonishing at least from the other brands I have researched. About 85 percent of the 120 pencils have an excellent lightfast rating, about 13 percent are medium lightfast, and only two pencils are on the lowest spectrum of the polychromos line. Which is exceptionally satisfactory for me. I know my drawings won't fade too fast for at least 100 years give or take however long I live. Heh.

Anyways, sorry for the looong review, but I absolutely adore these pencils and when I finish my other high end pencils, I am definitely going after these. But the whole set.

BTW, 12 color sets of any medium is not enough for testing in my opinion. More is better!

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Everybody screams Prismacolor, but I have to say I am not a fan like the others. I love most of the Derwent lines and now that I tried these, I would say they are neck in neck with Derwents. The creamy texture is divine and the color saturation is amazing. Great colors and price for a try before you buy, and I will be buying more of these exquisite colored pencils.

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This set is awesome, but if you have a little more money to spend, go with the bigger one with more colors. You won't regret. : )

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They are really good for my sketches and drawings, I really needed them and they are what I was expecting, they are so soft and the colors are amazing :)

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These pencils are very nice. They are a little pricey for my Art I students, but I will use them as an option for my Art III.