Noris Club colouring pencils 144 NC24, Pack 24 Assorted

When I bought my first adult colouring book last year, I decided to invest in a new set of pencils to go with it.I chose this set as it seemed fairly economical and had very good reviews here on Amazon, and appeared to have a good range of colours.Although I am very creative and already owned a few very old sets of pencils, I had not really indulged in colouring since my school days.With my first attempts at colouring with these pencils, I found I was needing to press quite hard in order to lay down bright, dense colour. This resulted in harsh pencil lines and the feeling that was denting the paper - thanks to the thick pages of the colouring books that I was using, the dents did not show through to the other side of the page. With more practice, I found that using a more gentle circular scribbling motion, and building up layer upon layer, I could create much more pleasing results. The colours are not as bold and bright as I was first trying to achieve, but I would say the images I have coloured in this way are quite striking, as shown in my photos.I would say that these pencils are a medium hardness. The pencils seem to hold a point very well, I have not experienced any crumbling or breaking, and I seem to have used each pencil a lot before the need to sharpen again, actually I have not yet resharpened all of them. The sharpener I used is the Staedtler Noris Design Tub Sharpener, which I have found so far to be very good, and I will write a review for that also.So far I have used these pencils in two adult colouring books - Millie Marotta's Animal Kingdom - A Colouring Book Adventure and Secret Garden: An Inky Treasure Hunt and Colouring Book. My copy of the Animal Kingdom book has the white pages which many people prefer, but I found that the pencils seemed to lay down colour more smoothly and with more pigment in the Secret Garden colouring book, which has thick creamy coloured pages. However I hope you would agree that the results are very nice in both books.I think the range of colours is fairly good, though there isn't a dark purple and the red is a bit orangey, but by varying the depth of shading and combining colours together you get the appearance of a greater range of shades.The pencils come in an cardboard packaging, which I have kept them in and so far it has remained intact. I like the fact that the colours of the pencils are shown on the outside of the packaging so you can keep the pencils arranged in the same order, if you wish!.If you are looking for some good quality economical pencils, I would say go ahead and buy these. I am sure that there are more professional pencils that are better than these, but you would have to pay a much higher price. These are now even cheaper than when I bought them.Thank you for reading my review, this is my first ever Amazon product review! If you found it helpful in any small way, please indicate with the voting buttons - many thanks!

When I first saw these pencils and the price my first thoughts were: No! This can't be there must be a catch! Because I knew that when you see a company that normally sells good quality things for a reasonably expensive price and then you see the same company selling that thing for a cheap price you think that there must be a reason for selling that item for a cheap price!However I did not listen to my nagging conscience that kept telling me otherwise and I went ahead and purchased it.At first I noticed that the pencils were tightly packaged to reduce chance of breakage and that I was very jovial about, I also adored the fact that the colours were arranged in ascending shades ( being artfully meticulous I like to arrange my pencils like that [but being disappointingly a tad lazy it saved me the hassle of doing it myself] .I enjoyed using the wide variety of colours that were provided, giving me a chance as a student to express myself and giving me that sense of freedom, unleashing my imagination and unlocking a whole new world.These exquisite art tools don't scratch paper but instead run through it as smoothly as a newly ironed bed sheet. Their leads hardly ever break, which is exteremly useful, because I tend to get carried away with art and can colour for hours on end without the pencil breaking!The only down side is that as you sharpen them they tend to get smaller also they get dirty fairly quickly, but all these are just minor misdemeanors that anyone can endure. So please don't hesitate and buy these wonderful pencils!P.S. If you liked this review don't forget to click that helpful button!

I purchased these colour pencils as i needed some good long lasting quality essential colour pencils for my art studies, and i purchased these due to their popularity and the brand ' STAEDTLER' these lived up to my expectations, and i have not have to buy another pack since! They are great/comfortable to hold and have a clean look to them. I love the bit of white rim around the edge of the coloured pencil lead, as it gives a clean finish and makes them look more firm/less breakable, which they are. Last but not least, the colour of them is very strong/vivid, and you can actually press quiet hard on them without breaking the lead, which is great, and essential when adding tone/colour to your work; (nothing worse than using a colour pencil and as you're using it the lead snaps and breaks on you leaving you empty handed!)At £2.44 for a pack of 12, is it actually great value for quality art supplies like these, I can now say that their colour pencils live up to the same high standards as their original pencils. Will be buying from Staedtler again in the future.

The colour saturations are not the greatest, but the colour goes on smoothly and the pencils are not "chalky". They are not professional grand painting tools for sure, but considering the price they are good value for money.

Great

I really like these!Having only just got them in the post I can only comment on my first impressions and testing them on my adult colouring book - Harry Potter.For £5.99 you get 24 colours. I was surprised to see that there were a nice range in this collection. Pencils are easy to hold and found that they were good quality. You don't have to press so hard to get a good shade. Literally the lightest touch will do, which is what makes these pencils so comfortable.I did try using colouring pens but found they bled too much through the page, which, unfortunately, ruined the first few pages. However, pencils seemed like the better option and I was right. Super chuffed with these and only ordered them 24 hours ago. Despite the pandemic, Amazon are doing an amazing job at delivering parcels on time.Thank you!