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Review on 🎨 KingArt PRO Drawing Graphite Pencils - Set of 12 with Various Lead Styles – 12 Piece Pack by Nicole Mcleod

Revainrating 3 out of 5

Decent set for the price

I have an 18 piece Prismacolor Graphite paint set that I bought on sale for less than $20. It was packaged in a tin box with erasers, a sanding head, 14 pencils and a steel sharpener. I just started using it for my drawing class. The Kingart set is very comparable and costs less than $8, making it an affordable option to add to an existing set. When touched, the pins are about the same. The only thing that bothered me was the red color of the pens. It takes me a little longer to find the correct pen as the pen number is just transitioning into the red pen whereas with the blue, black and gray Prismacolors I can quickly identify the correct pen number. Kingart pencils have the same shape as pencils. black and gray Prismacolor, these are smooth rounded pens, I know this is a personal matter, but I gravitate towards hexagonal pens (the blue Prismacolor pens in my set) as they are easier for me to hold and don't roll around on one slightly sloping table that I use for drawing. Also, hex pins use less wood than rounded ones. In general I like the price of Kingart products, I have at least 6 sets now. And use them in drawing classes. I'm a big fan of their colored pencils and watercolor sets, but not the graphite pencils.

Pros
  • Hard cores and soft cores
Cons
  • unreliable