A 50-pencil set from Holbein's Artists' line, built around a soft 3.8mm lead that lays down color smoothly and blends and overpaints easily. The pastel range is pigment-based with high lightfast ratings, so finished work holds its color. The soft core suits drawing, illustration and design on most papers, but it wears down faster than harder studio pencils. Compared with Prismacolor Premier it is firmer and less waxy; compared with Faber-Castell Polychromos it is softer and blends more readily.
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Artists who use Holbein praise the smooth laydown, strong blending and color that holds up over time. Some find the soft lead wears down fast and note the set is expensive for its count.
Holbein Artists' Colored Pencils are made for drawing, illustration, sketching and design. This set has 50 pastel colors. The pencils draw smoothly and are easy to blend and overpaint.
Each pencil has a soft, 3.8mm thick lead. The colors are made with reliable pigments that have high lightfast ratings. The pencils cover well and blend well, and they work on any kind of paper.
