Castle Art Supplies 48 Pasteltint Coloured Pencils Set with Extras | Quality Colours in Softer, Sumptuous Tones | For Professional and Adult Artists | In Neat, Strong, Zipper Travel Case

They are good quality pencils which I've included for their blendability and colour palate which my other colour pencils are lacking slightly. They are very good value for pastel colours. They have a softness which you can use with other colour pencils in my collection.

There is no mistake that Castle Art products are high class and budget friendly. These particular pencils have all the star quality of their other products. Beautiful pastel shades with plenty of pigment to lay down. They blend like butter. I have many of their pencils, pens, paints etc and have never been disappointed. The quality is superb and I have to say their customer service matches their products. I recently had a slight issue with a case to hold the pencils, it was a gift for my friend so I wanted it right. Some of the text was missing on the front of the case. I contacted customer services and it was immediately rectified. You can’t get better than that. Thank you Castle Arts for all you do for your customers

An excellent set of pencils to use as an addition to a set with more mainstream colours, but not a set that would be the best as a primary set. Lovely pastel shades that can be used to make a section of your pieces stand out and for lovely floral compositions, delicate sky tones and portraits. Good also for smooth gradations and transitions. Found one or two of the pencils slightly scratchy, but very minor complaint really. Very good value for the money.

Really beautiful subtle colours that you can use alongside your other sets. I’ve used it with the 120 soft wax set. They are buttery to me obviously once your at burnishing stage. I’m so happy with Castle art. I don’t care for pencils that are truly expensive. In my opinion these shouldn’t be called budget friendly it takes some of us a while to save up for a treat and these can’t be faulted. They have tons of colours and the packaging is exceptional-! My pride and joy these pencils thank you.

I'm a professional pet portrait artist so I usually buy expensive artist pencils, but I saw the beautiful colours in this set and couldn't resist! I'm so glad I purchased them, they are creamy to use and blend like a dream the variety of beautiful colours are just stunning. They come packaged in a strong sturdy zipper case. The 3 different sketchpad are great quality too, along with the tutorial and other information on the pencils. You even get a little swatch that you can try all the colours out on. As you can see I cannot rave about them enough!!! 5 stars easy!! Buy them you will not target it!

The first photo is with flash, the second photo is in natural room lighting. I really loved the look of these pencils and tested them out as soon as they arrived. I am really impressed and pleased with them, they are the smoothest pencils I own and I think they will fast become a favourite.

Good range nice to use.

Bought for my daughter for Christmas, looks good, was disappointed that after buying Amazon had reduced it by £8

I love the pastel shades. they are so hard to find. I was on the Castle Arts website and they have another new set: the Harmonious shades. Will you be getting these in?

Was die Farben angeht, ist das Set perfekt! Habe es mir als Zusatz für meine Portraits geholt, besonders, um die Highlights weicher und harmonischer einzufügen. Funktioniert sehr gut. Preistechnisch und qualitativ wird auch das geliefert, was ein Künstler braucht und erwarten darf. Für Anfänger würde ich einen Abstrich machen, da das Set durch die (logisch) hellen Pastelltöne wenig Schattierungsmöglichkeiten für ungeübte Hände bietet und in dem Set keine Schwarztöne, Bleistifte oder Radiergummis enthalten sind. Das einzige Zubehör ist die zugegeben supertolle und robuste Mappe sowie die Zeichenblöcke. Daher ist das Set zwar wirklich toll, aber nicht für absolute Einsteiger oder als einzelnes Basisset geeignet. Dafür sollte man besser auf andere Castle Arts Sets zurückgreifen.

I had already purchased a cheaper set of pastel/macaron pencils, which came in a zipper case. I wasn't totally pleased with those pencils, and hesitate to buy any further of the Chinese off-brand pencils because the same manufacturer makes macaron pencils under a dozen different brand names lol! All dupes for a very expensive Japanese brand (Holbein). Thankfully, Castle Arts made a pastel set in a zipper case, so I bought that almost a year ago. Yes, the Castle Arts pencils have adopted the same aesthetic look as the aforementioned other brands of macaron pencils. But I don't feel like they're trying to confuse anyone with a dupe product, as these pencils come with all the wonderful extras that I love from Castle Arts, and they're clearly branded as Castle's Pasteltint...not "macaron". So this set of pencils seem to be the standard wax pencils like their soft cored set of regular colored pencils. I don't think these are "oil/ oily pencils" like their Gold Range (and like the generic brand I already owned). So these blend well, and seem to give me an extended range of colors for regular set of Castle Arts pencils that I use more often than the Golds. I love the zipper case option, and highly recommend getting that if you ever think you might want to travel with the pencil set...even if you don't travel, I personally have found the zipper case to be more convenient around the house than pencils in a box or tin...and cases can be pretty expensive if you ever decide to upgrade to a case later on. I also love the instruction book that comes with these pencils! This is the 5th different set of Castle Arts pencils I have purchased, and will probably buy some of their other products in the future. I don't have a huge budget for crafts supplies, and I typically look for the best value for my money being on a fixed income. Castle Arts offer the perfect pencils for my needs. Already in a case, excellent instructions that have helped teach me new techniques, and a price I can afford for good quality products! Yes, there are cheaper pencils...even decent ones...but I haven't personally found any cheaper brands that perform better than these, and they definitely don't come with all the bonus content. Yes, there are much better quality pencils than these...but they are prohibitively expensive for me. I'm a hobbyist and usually use pencils for coloring books, so I can't really justify buying professional quality, expensive pencils. I have even traveled with these pencils, especially to certain sporting events where I will be stuck there for an hour+ before the game...I tuck a mini coloring book in the case and an eraser pencil and pencil sharpener...there's enough room in the case to fit all of this, and the case makes a surface to color on. The case is discrete and small enough that I don't feel awkward carrying it in public like I would feel with my preferred set of 120 pencils. Sure, it's limiting in that scenario to just have pastels...but also liberating! You really can color almost anything with only pastels and get an amazing effect! It's a great exercise in breaking out of habit and out of a creative rut with your coloring (or other art styles). I also love that Castle Arts includes a card stock sheet with all the pencil names for you to swatch/test the colors. It also fits in the case and is yet another reason why this became my favorite brand of pencils! I can see at a glance exactly what any pencil looks like on paper, so I know which one to select without any guessing and messing. Hope this helps. Bottom line, I definitely recommend this set if you're weighing the options between this one and one of the generic "macaron oily pencils." I would only suggest getting the generic brand pencils if you're super limited with your budget because while they're decent quality pencils, they do have frequent noticable areas where the color isn't blended correctly, unlike the Castle Arts pencils, in which it's rare to find those scratchy or inconsistent patches. Or...if you happen to just prefer the coverage and effect of oil pencils better than wax pencils...if you don't like the softer and more muted style of colored pencils then you might would want oil pencils instead.

Fijne potloden.

Me sorprendió gratamente, una muy linda gama de colores suaves y que se mezclan muy bien unos con otros, el estuche que los contiene muy práctico para llevar de viaje, los block que acompañan los lápices también de muy buena calidad, recomendable.