- Inktense Pencils Art Set, 100 Permanent Watercolor Pencils Set in Tin, Premium Colored Pencils for Adults, Water-Soluble Indelible Pencil Collection, 4mm Core, Professional Quality

When I first started customizing doll faces, I bought Faber-Castell pencils, as they are suggested by almost every doll customizer. They wouldn't make a mark or it was so light you'd have to do several layers of Mr. Super Clean and penciling to get the desired strength. I sharpened them, thinking maybe they were a little dry. Then I concluded I was in over my head due to my inexperience with doll customization.I have some background in art. I sketch and paint. I also use Prisma color pencils in the artwork I sell. I found the option to paint with them to be cool. So I thought drawing little faces wouldn't be a huge stretch. It is not as easy as they make it look on Youtube. I had to use tons of Super Clean, and layers of Faber Castel to get the desired look. Not to mention, you better be able to see, or you are going to have to get readers and a good light.Months later, after I'd given up, a favorite doll customizer reviewed seven premium artist grade pencil brands. She tested the basic colors of like seven brands. It could be more, it's been a minute since I saw the review. She applied them to different surfaces, blended them and customized a doll head with each brand.Surprisingly, Faber-Castell came in at like forth behind a cheap Alie Express brand. Prismacolor was maybe third, behind a German brand that came second to Inktense, which was number one.Inktense was the best of all on blending, actually showing up and the colors were fuller and more vibrant. Some other pencils lost because even though they showed up the color was light or dull. Or the pencils crumbled or didn't color evenly. Some pencils were way too soft, or way to hard and required a lot of hard pressing. Which depending on what you're doing it could actually scrape the paint beneath. Some left chunks on whatever the surface and you couldn't just wipe them out without ruining the work just done.Inktense is creamy and smooth, but not too soft if you get what I mean. They are immediately stain the surface, with full and vibrant color. Now that I've used Inktense, I plan to invest in getting all the colors they offer. I also like that you can buy these individually. If you don't get these for doll customization, at least get the white. It is unmatched for eyes. It was the best by leaps and bounds in the test. Before I could afford to get these, I bought four whites and just like in the video they didn't disappoint.I will always refer Inktense for doll customization. They layer or draw on top of other colors smoothly. You can even blend them in lighter amounts to change the look of the color beneath. I might be able to do a whole face up without paint.Ooooooh, the white is amazing for putting details in the eyes, and lips, no matter what the final color of them will be.Derwent Inktense beat all the other brands. Faber Castel was surprisingly four or five of high-end artist pencils. Inktense was number one, which no one expected, because I hadn't even heard of them until the video. These are the best pencils and worth the price. Sorry I can't remember the customizer's name or I would have added a link. I wrote all of this because I read product reviews and wished someone had told me before I wasted money on other expensive pencils.Sending good vibes. I hope this was helpful.

Wonderful pencils. Very little color needs to be laid down on the page to get a large vibrant swash of color when wet.Swatched out the colors look wonderful. I don't know why my scanner made Tangerine look so red, it's quite a vivid orange in person, but all the other colors are represented more or less accurately. After swatching I left the sheet to dry for a few hours and came back over the lower-left corner of each swatch with a blank wet brush to test permanence, and you can see on most colors they aren't really as permanent as advertised; I was able to smush around noticeable amounts of ink which had already activated and dried. That said I don't think it's a significant issue in practice. I layered wet-on-dry colors in my test drawing and didn't have an issue with the ink reactivating. Just be aware that it might smear if you overwork it.I did have to be quite deliberate to avoid leaving unactivated pencil marks where I laid down color on the page. You can see in my swatches on around half of the colors I could not work out the pencil marks for a smooth swatch. I did on the other half though, so again, this is an annoyance, but it can be avoided if you're careful. I think laying down color with a light hand is very important. I had good success with working my brush around the dry ink in small pushing circles like I was brushing my teeth. That might not work so well if there's already a dry layer of color underneath for the reactivation problem though. I also found myself applying ink to the brush directly from the pencil tip a lot instead. This works pretty well, but also seems to defeat the point of the pencil form factor in the first place? It's an option, anyway, lol.I wish in a 36 pencil set at least 1 straight color would be a decent base skin tone for African and European skin each. Baked Earth is *okay* for white folks (it's what I used mostly in my test drawing), but it's not amazing, and darker skin doesn't really have a good option. Bark is the closest, but it's really too gray. I would have liked to have a richer or more ruddy brown color (Bright Blue and Iris Blue look nearly identical anyway. Maybe switch one of those out for a nicer brown plz??). Anyway, watercolor is made to be mixed, so it's not a *huge* problem and I'm really just griping at this point.Most of this review was complaining lol, but really aside from those three issues (which all have solutions), this is a really nice set and I love the way it feels to work with! I swear I'm positive on it haha.

I've been a Prismacolor snob for YEARS, but the Inktense pencils are really freaking awesome! For starters, the color goes down really smooth and vibrant, and the pencils blend well. But the magic happens when you get them wet. The pigment used in these pencils is India Ink, so (unlike watercolor), once you get it wet and then it dries, the color is PERMANENT! Yup. So you can do subsequent layers over dried color and don't have to worry about disturbing it.The only down-side is that the barrels of the pencils are all blue, so to see the lead color you have to look at just the end, and based on the lead color and end cap color, sometimes the color that the pencil actually is is a bit of surprise because it's different looking (to me) than what I thought it would be.But that is not really a huge deal, because I always swatch before I start making marks on my piece that I'm working on, so there are no surprises.But yeah - Inktense are hands down a hundred times better and more vibrant than any watercolor pencil.

These are my favorite pens!! I ordered them awhile back,but just started to use them. I was a little intimidated by them at first as they looked so professional I didn't think I could do them any justice. Ive been coloring for awhile now but mostly i use alcohol and waterbased markers. I hadnt really dived into using color pencils yet,let alone the inktense ones. All my color pencils had just sat on a shelf for a year or more. Then in Feb. I had an accident and broke my hip ending up in a nursing facility for about 6 weeks. Now that i wasnt working and had tons of idle time i thought now would be the perfect time for me to dust off all my stored neverused boxes of Black Widows, Castle Arts, some sets of prismacolors and of course my set of 72 inktense pencils, pack them up and take them with me to the facility. During the course of a couple of days i i colored my first 2 ever pictures with a combination with all of these pencils, the outlining i did with my Faber Castell Pitt Pens which I absolutely love. ( they don't bleed through in my coloring books). Also instead of using water and a brush ( I didn't have one) I uses a alcohol blender marker to activate the color on the the areas I used the inktense pencils on. It worked great!!! The colors just magically jumped off the page. The first Pic is done in the book The imaginary WORLD by Jane F. Hawkins. Almost all of it is done with inktense. Far from professional, but I was pretty impressed with the results. The second one is done in Luna by Maria Trolle. First I outlined with Pitt pens, the colored with BW,Castle,and Prismas, then I layered on the Inktense on the flowers,leaves,tree prongs,the clothes the girl is wearing. The third one I did basically the same thing but alot more was done with an overlay of inktense, the inside of the flowers, the birds, the monkey,and the plant . Like I said by no means professional but I think they turned out alright. I WILL definitely be using these from now on and I definitely recommend them .....even for beginners.

Love playing with these. They are much different than watercolor pencils. I used them on watercolor paper with mixed media. They seem a lot more vibrant than watercolors. And interestingly enough, once they dry- they are set- which watercolors or watercolor pencils don’t seem to do. It’s almost like they work like a watercolor pencils first- then set like ink- and also have the vibrancy of ink. To be honest- they make watercolor pencils look elementary but I suppose they still have their place in the art world but these are my favorite now.

Inktense Watercolour Pencils are AMAZING! Lovely colors with which to draw, then you add water and it is like Dorothy waking up in OZ!! I recommend buying the largest set you can afford, it will be worth the $$$. I started with the 24 pack, upgraded to 36 pack (so now have many duplicate colors).Wish I had saved up and splurged on the biggest pack. Photo shows colors included in 36 set. I am new to drawing and painting and these are a great tool for beginners without the steady hand or know how of expert, but think experts would love the magic of these pencils, too.As mentioned in another review, tin they come in does not snap tightly. When I slid into a bag to bring to beach, pencils tumbled out. Have fixed that issue with two large butterfly clips(see photo) to keep tin closed, pencils safe! Only reason for 4 of 5 stars.

So, let me preface this review by saying I am NOT an artist (by any stretch of the imagination) and I have never written an Amazon review. My creative credentials are comprised of a lifelong habit of picking up a 1,000 different hobbies, all of which I am OK at, but none of which I have ever mastered. Artistic ADD, in a manner of speaking (no insult intended to those suffering from real ADD). I am, however, afflicted with perfectionism and a very analytical mind, which is likely why I have never become truly proficient at any art form. If the result of my efforts doesn’t look good enough to me, I’ll keep trying for a while, maybe take a lesson or two, get sorta good, get bored with my lack of fast progress, move on to something new, and stick the supplies/equipment/fabric/whatever in a closet to collect dust for the next decade. I think I'm gonna need a bigger house. (But, give me a massive spreadsheet and I’ll make magic happen!!)I just picked up my first adult coloring book as a stress reducer/time waster that would have some sort of product to account for my (wasted) time. I can DO coloring, I just can’t draw anything that even remotely resembles the target object. I have now colored a sum total of TWO pages. The first was colored with Crayola colored pencils, which were cheap...and fine, but not very vivid, not all that blendable, and with not enough color variations to be really fun (the primary goal of this new hobby). I started the second page with some decades old colored pens missing half the pens (of course, the best colors were all dried up) and some of the Crayola pencils. At that point, I started a quest for better colored pencils. Almost all of the pencil reviews had the highest praise (vivid colors, good coverage) as well as the lowest praise (leads constantly breaking, leads off-centered, impossible to sharpen, etc.). After several days of near analysis paralysis, I finally settled on the Derwent Inktense collection of 72 pencils.I was so excited I could barely stand the long wait for the package to arrive (a whole, like, five hours with Amazon Prime). I broke those puppies out long after my bed time and completed two or three flowers on my otherwise pretty dull 2nd coloring page. First impression? Well, not titillated, to be sure. Thought it might be the light, my old tired eyes, or maybe the wine....(no, not the wine...ok, maybe the wine). So, let's wait until morning. It was five minutes into my new day fresh perspective before I started drafting my first negative Amazon review in my head. The color was super waxy with spotty coverage, even with a heavy hand. Honestly, they felt like kindergarten crayons in a pencil barrel. For $70+ bucks??? Really??? The lead stood up to the pressure, which was a plus, but you could still see the white of the page under the ink. The pencil would not stay sharp for the fine lines and small spaces. Most colored pencils, except perhaps really soft ones, sort of self-sharpen just by shifting the angle of the lead. Not these. The colors seemed really vivid and blending them was “ok,” but I was so disappointed that the color didn't spread evenly and smoothly on the page. It was very blotchy. I sat back and thought about all of the five star reviews and wondered what in the hell all these people were thinking. Were they ALL paid reviews? Then, out of nowhere, DING, DING, DING…I remembered reading that these are WATER color pencils.Not having any artist brushes whatsoever, I cleaned up a make-up brush (lol, yes, you heard right) to see what would happen to the ink from my crayon pencils when I added a bit of H20. It was a total freaking revelation. I am blown away. The color just jumped off the page. Blending was a dream, layering on different colors was a blast, and removing color was a miracle. Removing one color to lighten an area in order to add an (afterthought) brighter color was like too much to ask for. I AM SOLD. I have not colored in a coloring book since I was a child and I have never done a water color in my entire life. But, I may just spend the REST of my life using these pencils to make “art” that I will proudly hang on my refrigerator.In terms of the pencil quality and packaging, there are 72 distinct colors, all with perfectly centered lead. They sharpen easily in a manual or electric sharpener. They do not erase easily (I imagine you can’t really erase a real watercolor). The pencils are very professional looking and have both color names and numbers so that you could really wear the pencil down to a tiny nub and still know which color it is to replace it. They are in two trays in a tin box. The lid doesn’t really fasten down on the tray, so you would have to carry and store it carefully or put a rubber band around it. I’ve added a few photos of the pencils, the lead, and my second colored page. The light pink and purple flowers are a mix of my previous pens/pencils. The tiny bell flowers are from a new set of colored pens that arrived the same day. The rest is the Derwent Inktense after adding water. Please remember, I am not an artist, I am a total noob to adult coloring books (and, btw, can we not think of a different name for this hobby so it doesn't sound x-rated??), and I was using one old make-up brush that kept splitting into a TRIDENT shape (now eagerly awaiting the arrival of real water color brushes). Regardless of my skill level, or lack thereof, I think the colors are brilliant and my own imagination is the only thing that will limit what I can do with all these colors and combinations of colors. Hallelujah! Maybe, I’ll stick with one hobby for a while (no guarantees!). Thank you to one of my last remaining brain cells for the reminder that these were actually water color pencils and to Derwent for creating this amazing product!

Admittedly, I am a very amateur artist. Yet, I have always had a desire to be able to express myself pictorially. To that end, I have read multiple books on drawing and painting in the last 20 years, but I felt I was always handicapped by what I believed to be a lack of small motor coordination. Nonetheless, I persisted. Knowing that one of my failings was a refusal to specialize in a particular area. Thus, reaching all the way back to my roots and my undergraduate education as a Biology major, I decided that I would try to concentrate on "Botanical Drawing." It is not that Botanicals are an easy representation, but it is rather that the majority of Botanicals have the same basic structural elements. Thus, I purchased several books on Botanical Drawings and spent a considerable amount of money on a vast variety of drawing mediums.In accordance to the teaching of the books I bought, I first started with pencil sketches. As I progressed through the books that discussed Botanical representations, it turned out, that my initial believe was in fact true. The very best and most renown Botanical Artists who have written books about how to draw plants and flowers have developed systems and methodologies that have a certain amount of commonality. It turns out, that if one can draw three dimensional representations of cones, cylinders, spheres and a few other special elements, one can make pictorial representations of most Botanicals. Thus, I spent some time perfecting my ability to draw non-Euclidian geometric shapes, which I had learned how to do when I took my 3 semesters of calculus in college. And then, building upon that, I started to move into color mediums.First, I started with colored pencils. Then I worked with 'nu-pastels' and pastel pencils. Then I progressed into Aquarelles. And from there, I started to work with watercolors. But the most impressive medium of all, were these "Derwent Inktense Pencils" which are 4 mm core pencils, but with a special character. While when one uses these pencils to draw, it feels very much like one is using a "soft core pencil." However, there is an amazing, dazzling difference between these pencils and regular soft core pencils.These Inktense Pencils are truly like drawing with watercolor pigments. And the concept is, that the artist uses these pencils and their knowledge or color and form to create drawings that are then bought to an unbelievable level of intensity when they are brushed with water. All of a sudden, what looked like just regular soft core pencil drawings take on an incredible illumination which is even more intense than using watercolor paints. Yet, they have a special character to them that is not present with regular watercolors, be they pan watercolors or watercolors in tubes. They first come alive under the wet brush. But then, rather quickly, they dry to a permanent state, so that additional water no longer changes their hue and beauty. It is so intense, that it defies a written description. Yet, I am willing to attest to the fact that I have never seen anything like it.There are two things that one should know about this medium though before embarking upon giving it a go. The pencils are expensive, but they are worth every penny. And, because of the way they come alive, the precision with which water is added to the dry image is of the most important and delicate process. So much so, that not only is it expensive to buy the pencils, but it is almost a requirement that the artist utilizes the very best brushes to animate the pigments. Personally, I have found that they only brushes that truly are worth using in order to get the most out of this medium are high end Sable Brushes. Personally, I prefer pure Kolinsky Sable and Ussuri Sable brushes ONLY! Many artists are quite familiar with these sable brushes and most watercolor and even acrylic and oil painters swear by sable brushes and will not use anything else. The same is the case when using the Derwent Inktense Pencils. Sable is rare and expensive. Thus, not only are the pencils expensive, but so are the brushes. Yet, the serious artist or even the aspiring serious artist must look upon the expense as an investment. In fact, the more one gets into art supplies, the more one finds that the better supplies are the ones that cost the money. Even the use of a palette made from white china, as opposed to the plastic kind is something that makes a significant difference, as the china does not stain, like the plastic ones do.Nonetheless, I cannot recommend any other medium as highly as I can these special pencils. And Derwent makes a very wonderful version of them. While one can mix the colors before wetting them, it is very difficult to do so after they have been wet and then dried. So, the artist will want to be careful in their selection of the specific colors that they choose and would be well advised to test the colors on another piece of watercolor paper before committing it t their actual drawing so they are sure that they have the right colors and hues.I would whole heartedly endorse these Inktense Pencils by Derwent over every other medium I have yet to try. The artist will NOT be disappointed!

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色鉛筆画に目覚めた勢いで、古今東西の有名どころに一揃い手を出したうちの一つです。３万前後というお値段にかなり悩みましたが、どうせ買うならと100色。圧巻の色揃いに持っているだけで満足しそうです。様子見で最初は中途半端な色数を買ってもどうせ買い直すだろうな…と、自分の性格を理解した上で最初から一番色数が多いセットにしました。結果、正解でした。このほかポリクロモスやパブロやルミナンスやと、10年に一度の大大浪費をしましたので、しばらくは大人しく節約に励みたいと思います（切実）そんなにまだ上手でもないんですが、せっかく買ったのでどんどん使っていこうと思います。というやる気は出ますね、さすがに。

Ces crayons offrent un rendu impressionnant, que ce soit à sec ou avec de l'eau. Cependant, choisissez soigneusement vos couleurs et allez-y doucement sur la pression, car la pigmentation est très forte. Le résultat peut parfois ressembler à celui de l'encre ou du feutre, ce que j'apprécie moins par rapport au rendu à l'eau, mais cela reste un avis personnel.

Mi sono innamorata di queste matite acquerellabili guardando alcuni video su youtube.Complice anche il prezzo competitivo, ho comprato la scatola da 36 colori. Si comportano da inchiostri, per cui una volta asciutti non possono essere ri-inumiditi per sfumarli ulteriormente. Hanno colori molto brillanti e si sciolgono senza fatica sotto al pennello.Ho integrato la scatola con alcuni pezzi singoli comprati in negozio, per le tinte azzurre e carne ho preso dei faber castell albrech durer ( che sono ancora più solubili degli inktense)Credo che la prossima volta comprerò la scatola da 72 colori.PS: Non sono adatti per l'uso a secco e cercate un temperamatire adeguato, perchè sono di diametro 8.2mm e alcuni temperamatite in commercio sono troppo stretti.

色鮮やかな水彩色鉛筆がほしかったので、こちらのインクテンスを購入しました。水で濡らした瞬間にぱっと色が鮮やかになり、名の通りインクのような色鉛筆。芯は柔らかく、書き心地も良いです。イエロー系は二つしか入っていないのが少し気になりますね。黒系はなぜか4本もありました。微妙に色が違うけど、自分はそんなに必要ないかなと思いました。商品自体は非常に優秀ですので、かなりおすすめです。