Review on Albrecht Durer 120 Watercolor Pencil Set Tin: Premium Selection for Vibrant Artworks by Amy Mcleod

Until recently I have used colored pencils and watercolor pencils but have not used watercolor pencils except for the occasional drawing here and there. Before that I had Mongols from my grandmother. I like them but their color palette is limited. The red I had wasn't actually red, and I was left with a tiny green stump that didn't fit in the sharpener. So I went to the local art store to buy about four crayons to fill in the missing colors for an adult. Coloring pages. I fell in love with them so I had to get a whole set of 120 pens. ------- So far, I've only just begun to uncover the potential of these pens. Much practice and experimentation is yet to come. What I like so far: - These colors are smooth. They're not prickly (most of them. I'll get to that later). They are a bit harder than Prismacolors but can still build up. They are less messy than Prismacolors. (I tend to press a little harder when applying layers, and with softer pens I get flakes and smudges all over the place. - They wet easily and spread well. The wet paint effect looks just like watercolor paint. - Even if it's. used dry they work really well..They lay down quietly with a good amount of pigment.They don't seem to clog the paper that much (I've only tested it on smooth paper so far but I expect good results on rougher paper too) .drastic shift between dry and wet.Red stays red instead of shifting towards magenta.(The Mongols had this color shift.) - Tin is good.Great way to store them, although I would most likely have to tie them with a rubber band if Will wear it for a long time Glass stays intact as long as I can carry it upright Pins fit in place Shells come out easily There are a few Things I don't like Some of them may be related to how I use them. Some may have pigment issues. I struggle to get really super dark saturated vibrant tones in areas where I want intense contrast. It could just be my method. I've since added a couple of Derwent Intensity Pencils to fulfill that wish. metallics. I'm not impressed. I think they are the weakest. Holds up well when dry. Gold and copper look spiky in my set. copper especially. You have to press hard to get more than a light streak. Silver can be applied dry. It looks more like semi-liquid mica flakes than solid silver. When wet, silver turns light gray with some iridescence. That may be because I was spoiled with the old Prismacolor dry metallic line and used pearlescent pigments wet and then sprayed them on with a top coat. Perhaps these metallics would have looked better on dark paper. So far I've only tested it on white. No disc. It's not important to me. I don't feel like I'm missing anything that I can't find on YouTube or similar. To be honest, the floppy would most likely be lying around in my computer room gathering dust like an "I'll check later but not today" article. My real excitement was rummaging through crayons. However, I am satisfied with this set. Most of the time I just practice coloring books with them, but it's easy to see me doing some serious art with them. I will get a lot out of this set. Revain also has a great range of these sets. My local art stores either don't have this set or they charge double or the price of a smaller set. Attached to this review is a coloring book page made with these pens. The caterpillar is my complement to the milkweed illustration. I also plan to update this review as I do more things with these pens. Included are colors with and without water in the order I found them in the set. Metallics photograph quite well, even if they don't look that impressive on paper.