MARKART 72 Count Colored Pencils for Adult Coloring Books, Soft Core, Ideal for Drawing Blending Shading, Color Pencils Set Gift for Adults Kids Beginners in Tin Box

I recently decided to try a set of MARKART 72 Count Colored Pencils after watching a couple of colored pencil artist channels and hearing the hosts speak highly of this set. And you know what? These are very good for a budget pencil.They come in a sturdy metal box with an attractive decoration, and the pencils are well laid-out. The color number is on each pencil, although disappointingly the color names aren't included on the pencils themselves, but there is a color chart on the inside of the boxes. The cores are smooth, they lay down a lot of color, and I didn't run into any pencil that was scratchy to use, so I'm very happy with them.I'm not sure what pigments are used in the cores, and I doubt these are lightfast, but then these cost a fraction of artist pencils that come with pigment info or lightfast testing.Overall I'd say these live up to the positive reviews. If you want to get into colored pencils or are on a budget, these are pretty hard to beat!

Bought these pencils as a gift for my artist daughter. Decided to purchase these after reading and watching reviews. She states they are very smooth and blends very well. Also the colors are vibrant. They are great value for the quality!

These are the best budget pencils I have ever used. They are a medium hard leaded pencil, lay down really smoothly, good pigment layout and blend well.A balanced color palette with just the right amount of pastel and grey colors included. True value for the price. ***** Five Stars

Theseare not 'professional artist' pencils, of course -- not for this price -- but they are not so bad and much better that the ordinary cheap kids set, and have a moderately good pigment load and will cover the area you color directly, although not smear very far out -- blender pencil helps with this. They lay down smooth and creamy and are nice to use, and do blend well with each other. Don't use these for professional work, commisions, etc. but they work fine for coloring books, sketches, and your own drawings. I'm an old guy with a beard doing a sel portrait right now and love it that they have a dozen grays in the set -- in short supply with many sets, and the color range is pretty good for 72 pencils. They also sharpen well -- no breakage yet. Yeah -- I'd buy these again and might well get the 120 set is they come back in stock. Definitely worth the price.

I really enjoyed using these MARKART 120 soft core. Colored pencils to color in my Women’s adult makeup coloring book. I found it enjoyable because I was able to blend colors easily, say for the hair by using several different colors of brown and then in spots blending them together. You don’t get any doubles, each pencil has its own distinct color. When I did need to erase in a spot I was able to completely erase the color without having any issue. When I am in need of Colored Pencils again I will definitely choose these. The price was very reasonable for the amount I received and the quality of the pencils themselves.

Lori, from Color My World, on Youtube, was right, these are smooth & mostly creamy colored pencils, especially for the price! Of course they aren't Prismacolor or above, but, for their price point, these are very very comparable. These would be a great starter set or, as in my case, a wonderful, low cost set to use in place of some other, costlier brands.I'm glad to find another, definitely comparable, affordable/budget friendly set of colored pencils for basic coloring books & such, so I can save my nicer pencils for my more artist grade coloring books & personal art works. I used them briefly, since I only just received them, but right away, could feel the smooth creamy leads/cores. They also sharpen, in my electric sharpener, just fine. Use a light hand with these, they're so creamy it's easy to add to much colorI've noticed only two sort of "issues". One is the dry "crumbs" & easily snapped off, super fine pencil lead points (since these are lower cost/budget level, not pro or expert). I just don't sharpen them to needle fine points now, & use a fluffy makeup brush to sweep away the crumbs, so I don't accidentally cause streaks & marks on my project. The other issue is, the largest set right now is only 48 pencils, but I'd gladly buy a larger set if they were available!Glad I bought them & I'd also gladly give these as gifts as well~Hope this helps🙂

Love these pencils! I’m a beginning colorist, but the quality is there at an affordable price. Recommend trying these out to see if the coloring hobby is for you. Then when you advance, invest in the expensive stuff. Blends nicely. Nice color selection.

These are a very good price for these very good colored pencils. I may have missed it but I think these are oil and go down very nice, easy to sharpen and don't break easy at all. I have had these for 2 days and have used them quite a bit. Sharpened them some using an Afmat Sharpener which sharpens very well. No breakage. I did a color chart and the colors look very close to the barrel. A recommendation I would have would be to get a pencil holder of some kind to hold them upright. It is very Inconvenient to have to get the pencil out of this tin. But I definitely recommend these to anyone wanting a very good, economy colored pencil.