Prismacolor Premier is a 48-pencil set of wax-based artist pencils with soft cores built for blending and shading. The range covers blues, greens, earth tones, reds, pinks, violets, black, white and two metallics, so most portrait, landscape and illustration work is covered without extra pencils. The soft wax lays down strong color in one pass and layers well, which is why the line is a long-standing favorite among colored pencil artists. The trade-off is that soft cores wear down fast and are more prone to breakage than harder pencils like Polychromos or Pablo.
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Artists consistently praise the soft, creamy laydown and blending, and many treat Premier as their main pencil line. Complaints center on breakage and fast wear, with some noting color variation between batches.
Prismacolor Premier Colored Pencils are artist-grade, wax-based pencils with soft cores and pigment-rich color. The soft core gives smooth coverage and makes the color easy to blend and shade. A pencil can lay down intense color in one stroke and soft color in the next.
Each pencil is wood-cased, round and non-soluble. The colors are moisture-proof, so they need no fixative. The pencils come factory sharpened with a medium tip. The set has 48 colors, including Metallic Silver and Metallic Gold.
