Conté à ParisConté à Paris The Sketch Set with Assorted Sketching Pencils

I love this sketch set. The assortment is nicely varied, with graphite, black charcoal, colored charcoal, and carbonne pencils. I especially like the colors: the blacks of the carbonne, pierre noire, and charcoal are super dark and the sepia and sanguine lay on thick. The white is a little disappointing, however.They sharpen pretty well, but they don't get to a tiny point other than the graphite pencils, which is good for shading. The set generally smudges nicely with tortillions for shading purposes. I would recommend this set for sketching, especially on toned paper.

Great pencils I love them

I'll begin by saying that this set contains pencils which draw well but there were some problems. I'd say this is more of a 3.5 rating but I decided rounding up was appropriate.Physically the box is nice and the pencils look good. The problem I found was two fold. First of all the two softest pencils were broken when they arrived. When I sharpened them (with a sharpener or a knife) they kept breaking as though the lead in the barrel was damaged. I don't know if this is shipping damage or general quality but it wasn't the best experience. Additionally in sharpening, several pencils had knots and splits in the wood making sharpening difficult.In use, the pencils leave pleasant marks and behave as I was told to expect. The Pierre noire are very dark without being too dusty. The carbon pencils also apply comparably to other carbon pencils I've used. The charcoal pencils also lay down nice dark lines. The sepia and sanguine pencils have a very pleasing tone and apply comparably to the rest. Overall, between then they are a complete monochrome set spanning dark blacks through earth tones to white.Overall the set is nice enough but the quality of the wood and cores (be it in transit or due to quality) hold it back. I think that between them you get a decent monochrome sketching set but I'm, unfortunately, doubtful about the quality.

I love this set. I've purchased this, because I wanted some new products to add to my art supplies. It's a wonderful value for money. They blend well, and have a soft touch to them on paper. I haven't drawn in over 2 years, so I used these to see if I've gotten worse at my talent. I still got it.

Best variation of sketch pencils in a tin! Love this kit and will probably be buying more of this item! Great quality, pencils are slightly fatter than normal which is good for people who's hands cramp after a while.

Though most of us use sanguine and sepia crayons for dramatic effect, the range of graphite, charcoal, carbone and pierre noire densities or tones allow getting at textures and nuances within the black and white world, giving us shades of grey to work with. In a metal container, evenI can figure out what works in what ways when I need the right sensibility.

100 % conforme

Great sketching set! My favorite.

É ótimo!! Com diversas modalidades de lapis carvão, além de vir com sepia e sanguinea é macio e de boa qualidade.

Me gustaron mucho excelente producto, bueno la marca lo dice todo.

Ces crayons sont vraiment faits pour les artistes. Indispensables dans votre arsenal si vous faites des croquis...

Qualidade dos lápis são ótimos.

Great product exactly as described. Good quality. Good variety of shades of greys & browns