Ingrid H.
The pencils are very nice, formulated with little glittery particles. They do fall off and get stuck on my hands when using the pencils, however once put on paper they are pretty much in there and will not come off even with rubbing (at least not enough will come off to affect how it looks on paper). The pencils go on the paper smoothly, keep a sharp point well, layer great and blending gradients with them is fairly easy. Opaque colour is achievable in 3 to 4 light layers.
Some names are a bit confusing to me, particularly the gemstone names - most odd being moonstone, which in this pencil set is a name for a brownish colour, and moonstone gem is milky gray with iridescent sheen and dark spots - so in my opinion the name would suit better a silvery gray. Bloodstone is green with orangey red spots and the name here is used for reddish purple tone. This is a minor comment though.
As with all the sets, a major drawback for me is lack of open stock availability.
Jill L.
Really pleased with these pencils good colour range I think good value for money very quick delivery too
EILEEN H.
Love these pencils,i reccomend them highly,i wouldn't be without them now,i have many different pencil sets from Castle Arts because the quality is so good.
Elisabeth W.
These pencils are absolutely amazing, I never knew there were so many different metallic colours.
carol b.
I have now bought a selection of pencils , metallic pencils , watercolour pencils , gel pens amongst others ,and now plan to complete my art kit by purchasing a selection of paints to prepare background washes , to be then further decorated using pencils and pens.
I also complete a number of adult colouring books ,and my purchases ,so far , have enhanced the completed pictures.
Thank you , Castle Art , for making my hobby , and occasional job , so enjoyable , and much more colourful.
May I also add , that I suffer from severe arthritis , and the flow of your soft touch pencils , have resulted
in , far less pain than I have experienced in the past , when using other products.
Thank you , once again
Carrus
Sharmeen B.
I purchased the metallic pencil set and this was delivered withing a few days. The quality of these pencils are super soft and are true metallic pencils with some.of them giving off some sparkle effects.
Cassandra H.
Really beautiful to colour with not as bright as id of hoped but still really good quality and excellent service thank u !!
Louise A.
Lovely set of pastel pencils which are soft but decently pigmented. They sharpen well (I use a helical bladed desk crank sharpener) and they lay down on the paper well.
Louise A.
I've long been a fan of Castle Arts (having bought the original 120 set and the mixed drawing sets when they first came out) and I've always found the quality to be way and above the standard for the price bracket.
So when I saw they were bringing out a set of metallics, I had to have them. This is a fabulous colour palette which carries across the full colour spectrum and, therefore, allows the artist to have a range of hues available to suit any project.
Now I need to go and find the perfect idea to experiment with them!
