Prismacolor Watercolour Pencils - 12 Set

I LOVE these pencils! They are Versital. Vibrant. Brilliant Color choices. They work best for me when teamed with water filled brushes, rather than the kind you dip into the water. You can draw your lines or shading directly onto your media, or you can create a pallet by drawing a pile of color and dipping your brush into the color. Either way, you’re going to get amazing color on any media you try (though watercolor paper is best…it won’t curl up from the wetness). This is your first step to farmable art.

Finally My Own Set!

When my daughter, Wendy, was in high school, her art teacher recommended Prismacolor Pencils for her artwork. Oh, I loved those pencils and all the beautiful colors. They produced a soft stroke and her work is still hanging on my walls. When she left home she took those colored pencils with her! Since then I have tried many different pencils and have found none I liked. I have switched to watercolor pencils. This year for my birthday (don't ask) I received the Prismacolor Watercolor Pencil Set Assorted Colors, Set of 36! Wow, I am so happy to finally have a set of my own and use them with many different projects. They are proudly displayed on my desktop and always make me smile when I use them.

Highly pigmented, smooth wc pencils

I chose Prismacolor for my beginning set of watercolor pencils. I owned the same brand in color pencils and had been experimenting when I saw some wc pencil tutorials and had to try them. I love using these. I read a lot of reviews on many brands, including several brands that are much more expensive, and I can see why a lot of people choose Prismacolor. I never had trouble with breakage or with sharpening them, as some reviewers report. The only issue I have is in getting a really soft watercolor finished look, and this is purely my own problem with having too heavy a touch when laying down color. For this reason, I soon tried a more expensive brand, (Faber-Castell) and for me personally, they give a more pleasing result. This is not to dismiss Prismacolor. They ... MoreI chose Prismacolor for my beginning set of watercolor pencils. I owned the same brand in color pencils and had been experimenting when I saw some wc pencil tutorials and had to try them. I love using these. I read a lot of reviews on many brands, including several brands that are much more expensive, and I can see why a lot of people choose Prismacolor. I never had trouble with breakage or with sharpening them, as some reviewers report. The only issue I have is in getting a really soft watercolor finished look, and this is purely my own problem with having too heavy a touch when laying down color. For this reason, I soon tried a more expensive brand, (Faber-Castell) and for me personally, they give a more pleasing result. This is not to dismiss Prismacolor. They are a great product.

No unpleasant surprise here!

I have seen people giving Prismacolor Premier Colored Pencils a bad name, stating that they crumble and break easily. I am glad that I didn't let that stop me from trying them because I couldn't disagree more. I enjoyed my first experience so much that I bought the 150 count set. The Verithin pencils 36 set, and the 36 ct watercolor set. I ordered the full art stix set today.Why am a mentioning all of this in the watercolor pencil review? To show the consistency of quality, pigment load and color matching across the entire range of pencils. Quality through and through. The consistency of colors across the line of products opens up possibilities for using them together in as many ways as you can probably think of!The watercolor pencil set delivers a consistent ... MoreI have seen people giving Prismacolor Premier Colored Pencils a bad name, stating that they crumble and break easily. I am glad that I didn't let that stop me from trying them because I couldn't disagree more. I enjoyed my first experience so much that I bought the 150 count set. The Verithin pencils 36 set, and the 36 ct watercolor set. I ordered the full art stix set today.Why am a mentioning all of this in the watercolor pencil review? To show the consistency of quality, pigment load and color matching across the entire range of pencils. Quality through and through. The consistency of colors across the line of products opens up possibilities for using them together in as many ways as you can probably think of!The watercolor pencil set delivers a consistent pigment load and reliable performance at a good price!

Overall great pencils!

These can have a weird texture if you press too hard and put water on top, and it can be somewhat tricky to sharpen. However, they are vibrant, blendable, and dissolve quite nicely. They need better casing though.

Perfect for students of all ages!

I am a licensed art teacher of 6+ years and I absolutely LOVE Prismacolor's water soluble cored pencils. I use them at every painting event for both kids and adults at a variety of venues, because of their mess free nature. Every time I show students how to use these, they are amazed at how much quality can be packed into a colored pencil! I would highly recommend to anyone who might be thinking about trying out a water soluble colored pencil for their own art.

Prepping my watercolor with these pencils.

I really like these. So far I just made a color chart. And that came out well.I will be using these pencils to draw a partial outline of my next painting, using watercolors. This is my first time starting a painting this way and I look forward to not having graphite lines in my painting.

Prismacolor 36 count Water Color Pencils

Blick had the lowest price and sent me the pencils quite fast. Received them in very good condition.I used these pencils to color a clock project I created for my brother for Veterans day. The colors did not run when I applied the fix-it spray followed by the varnish spray. See attached image of the project.

Prismacolor Watercolor became a favorite.

I love Prismacolors, have all the pencils they make and collected full sets of many other brands in both watersoluble and non-watersoluble form. My first big artist grade set was 72 Prismacolors when I was sixteen and I've been addicted ever since. I started collecting watercolor pencils too for the ease of being able to paint with a pencil. My first watercolor pencils were 24 Mongol ones at about age 12. At 60, I've been around trying a lot of pencils for decades!Prismacolor Watercolor stand out for sharing the sweet softness of Prismacolor Premier. Used dry they blend and burnish exactly the same. They dissolve easily and unlike Derwent Inktense or Albrecht Durer, they re-dissolve on being washed again. That allows blending and lifting color.The non-soluble ... MoreI love Prismacolors, have all the pencils they make and collected full sets of many other brands in both watersoluble and non-watersoluble form. My first big artist grade set was 72 Prismacolors when I was sixteen and I've been addicted ever since. I started collecting watercolor pencils too for the ease of being able to paint with a pencil. My first watercolor pencils were 24 Mongol ones at about age 12. At 60, I've been around trying a lot of pencils for decades!Prismacolor Watercolor stand out for sharing the sweet softness of Prismacolor Premier. Used dry they blend and burnish exactly the same. They dissolve easily and unlike Derwent Inktense or Albrecht Durer, they re-dissolve on being washed again. That allows blending and lifting color.The non-soluble after activation pencils can be difficult to handle, either to lighten or move, or because the activation wasn't complete and they migrate anyway. It's easier for me to handle rewettable watercolor pencils and trust what's going to happen if I go over a passage with water again.I bought the 36 color full range set and that became my favorite plein air watercolor journal tool. Prismacolor's collectible tins are beautiful, stack nicely on a shelf, they're good for storing extra pencils but not for taking with. Those tins have to be kept flat and not tilted or shaken. The layered ones partly solved that problem.I recommend either a Global Classic leather zipper case if you can afford it or an inexpensive Niji pencil roll. I used the roll for a long time and that put the big 36 color set in easy reach outdoors or indoors, draped over my leg or a chair arm.With a travel case of some kind, Prismacolor Watercolor became my favorite "away" set of colored pencils. They are the most versatile, have the best texture and wonderful colors. Always use a fresh pencil sharpener blade or sharpen with a craft knife.I prefer watercolor journals or mixed media journals with heavy paper that stands up to washes, rewetting, scraping and other watercolor techniques. They work well on any paper but best effects naturally come on paper crafted for wet media!

not my favorite

I love all things Prismacolor, except these. They are scratchy and unless activated with water are dull. You need layers of pencil before getting the true color, which is still not great. I also received two of the same color in the unopened 12 pack. It was hard to tell at first because the names etched in the side are blurry and double stamped, once used I could see that they are the same. I looked up on prism what colors I was supposed to have and was missing one that is unavailable as a single. Blick customer service refunded 10%. Problem not with Blick, you guys are always great when there is a problem! # sweepstakes