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Prismacolor Premier are wax-based artist pencils with thick, soft, creamy cores built for blending, layering and shading. The pigment load is high and colors are vivid, which is why they are a standard in illustration, adult coloring and art classes. The trade-off is the soft lead: points dull quickly and cores snap if you press hard or drop them, so they suit artists who blend rather than drafters who need a hard, long-lasting point. Against harder rivals like Faber-Castell Polychromos, Premier lays down color faster but holds a point for less time.
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Lowest price we've seen: $14.97 on Nov 9 at Walmart. Tracked across 9 stores since Nov 9.
Reviewers rate these highly for color payoff and blending, and many call them the best colored pencils they have used. The recurring complaints are brittle cores and fast-dulling points.
Bring out the soft side of any illustration or art project with Prismacolor Premier Colored Pencils featuring soft cores. Inside the box you’ll find 12 colored pencils featuring creamy cores that are the artist’s choice for blending, shading and layering. Prismacolor pencils have pigments of unmatched quality and leads that are strong enough to be sharpened to a precision point. That means you can effortlessly switch between powerful lines, delicate blends and silky shadowing.
