Newdoer Marco Renoir 100 Colors Oil Colour Pencils for Drawing Sketching Artist with Pencil Tin Box Set

I try not to consider myself a coloured pencil snob, I'm lucky enough to own a lot of pencils, most of them the more expensive brands, like Prismacolors and faber castell polychromos, but i also have cheaper ones like crayolas. I'm sure a lot of you can relate when i say i didn't NEED anymore pencils, but just WANTED some more. In my opinion, there's no such thing as too many pencils!! When i saw this set, i was dubious of what the quality would be like, i mean, they're a third of the price of some of the sets i own, but the colours called to me...buy me, buy me...so, i took a chance and got them. First off, I'm not too keen on the tin, and the pencils come in quite flimsy plastic trays, but saying that, so did the expensive Prismacolors. Now, on to the pencils....the barrels are so beautifully finished, smooth silky wood with the colour of the pencil painted on the bottom third of the barrel. They're a similar size to the polychromos, but maybe just a millimetre or two slimmer, barely any difference, but are so comfortable to hold. These pencils don't have a colour name, they have a number instead, which is slightly unusual, but it does give you a chance to make up names for the colours yourself, if I'm honest, even though my other pencils have names, i end up forgetting what they are, and in my own mind I'll say " i need that purplish red colour," or " wheres that bluey green one?" So names don't mean much in the grand scheme of things.The first pencil i tried was a lovely pink one, number 36, (which I'm going to call fuschia ) I couldn't believe the quality, it was simply beautiful, so obviously i went on to colour swatch the entire 100, and couldn't be more happy. I would say they're somewhere between the polychromos and the Prismacolor, they're soft like Prismas, but keep a nice point without breaking, like polychromos, I've coloured a picture immediately with them and found them a joy to use, they blend just as well as the prismas, i had no problem at all with blending. I'm just still so surprised that the quality is equal to the before mentioned expensive pencils. I also have a set of Caran dache pablos, which i paid £148 for, and i would say, these Marco Renoirs are better. I've experienced smudging with the pablos, but none with these. Are they wax, or oil? Well, it states that they're oil based, but i would have said they were wax, there is a shine to them after use, but I'm not in the least bit bothered, all i know is, they're excellent. And they sharpen well too, unlike Prismacolors. So, once i buy a slotted pencil case for them, I'll be completely happy. The tin is not the easiest to open, and it will get annoying very quickly. This set comes with two pencil sharpeners, but unfortunately,no booklet or literature of any kind to tell you about the pencils. They also are not available in open stock at the moment. So...are my pencil buying days behind me? Hmm, nope, I'm wondering what those derwent inktense are like, and what about those ridiculously expensive Holbeins? Haha. Oh dear, i have a problem.I have included a photo of the picture i coloured with them. It's from Magical Dawn, by Hanna Karlzon.

I'm a coloured pencil addict. I'm not an artist. I just colour adult colouring books. I don't need flash, expensive pencils, but that doesn't stop me from buying them. I have Polychromos, Albrecht Dürer, Coloursoft, Inktense and an old set of Prismacolors (the US ones, so without the quality issues of the ones made in Mexico.)I'm definitely a Polychromos girl - I love them to bits. Prismacolor are a close second. But you can never have too many coloured pencils. Can you?And so came a disastrous purchase of a set of Caran D'Ache Luminance pencils last week. I knew as soon as I started swatching them that I'd made a big, expensive mistake. I don't like them at all. The colors are rather dull, which is OK, I don't need vibrant colours all the time. But the earth tones are scratchy and horrible to use.Anyhoooo... as we all know, after a mistake like that, I needed to get back on the horse and buy some more pencils. I'd heard good things about the Renoirs, and at least this time if I hated then, I wouldn't have poured a huge sum of money down the toilet.I held my breath as I started swatching, but I needn't have worried. These things are gorgeous! Smooth and buttery soft, just like they always describe Prismacolors. They are definitely softer than my Polychromos, and very similar to Prismacolor. They leave little bits of pencil dust, like the Prismacolors, which Polychromos don't do. They layer beautifully with the other pencils I've tried. So far I am absolutely loving them.If you're just starting out in coloring, or other coloured pencil art, you really don't need those expensive pencils. Buy these instead. Your pocket will thank you, and I'm sure you'll fall in love with them like I have.

These lovely soft pencils are somewhere in between Prismacolor Premiers and Faber Castell Polychromos. They are beautifully soft (oil based), blend easily and sharpen well (no problems yet). However, they do crumble slightly when using a very sharp point but this is minimal. Also the colour on end of pencils are not exactly like the pencil colour itself. The box itself is very flimsy and the plastic holders inside are very shoddy and weak. I highly recommend transferring all to a proper pencil case or roll. Buyer be warned: the colour swatch on the product description (the photo with the colours and names) is totally wrong. The pencils themselves do not have names, only numbers, so I don't know who thought up these names but they are terribly inaccurate. I recommend making your own colour chart and naming them yourself (if you need to have names) but do not go by the names given in the colour chart on the product description. Overall a very good pencil and well worth buying if you cannot afford Prismas or Polychromos. The only downside to the pencils in the 100 set is the plethora of greys and blues. Not strong on greens or yellows/oranges.

These arrived today and they came well packaged , all pencils in good condition and so far I have used about 12 of them and they have sharpened well with no brakes along the way.. I use them for adult colouring and Grayscale colouring .. I'm very pleased on how they perform for a pencil in this price range .. They are very much like a prisma colour , lay down very smooth ..Only complaint I have is that none of them have colour name only a number and the plastic trays in which they sit is very flimsy.. The tin in which it all sits is strong.. so shame about the trays inside...Would defiantly recommend these if your looking for a good pencil at a cheaper price ..