48 Premium Oil-Based Colored Pencils

These are amazing and very well priced! I see why they were out of stock so often. I am so impressed with the color range, smoothness and vibrancy of these pencils. I have never used oil based pencils before. I have different sets of wax based Prismacolors- verithins (full), scholars (full) and premiers (12 botanical). I do love them but they need to be handled gently. I tend to use medium to heavy pressure and don't do much shading or blending (yet). So using a pencil that requires less sharpening or finesse is perfect for me and why I sought out oil based pencils as they have a reputation for being more firm. Of course the prismas aren't going anywhere, in fact the colors from this set will go well with them. Definitely some shades here I did not have. One thing I must mention, the packaging. It would be great if there was a small piece of foam/bubble wrap inside the top of the canister to prevent sliding. One pencil was received with a broken core about 1 inch down. Due to the firmness, I am still able to use it, eventually a small bit will be lost when it wears down to the broken spot. Other than that, the pencils are presharpened and I swatched the pencils straight from the package and had no breaks, just a bit of crumbing while applying medium pressure. Still wouldn't sharpen when I use them next for a coloring page. I used Neenah Exact Index cardstock for the swatch page, I do expect to see a difference on other paper types as with any medium. Overall, I am satisfied so far. I'm not sure if these are a good trial for pricier oil based pencils. But I am sure I do like these quite a bit.

Here are the packaging and colors! First off, I want to say I love this color pigment!!! The oil pencils are smooth, pigmented, there are a lot of colors and range. The pages I have colored with them have come out great! I will admit though the only thing I don’t like about these are some of the oil pencils are smooth as hell, they glide like butter and the color gets on good. It’s a good smooth and thick swipe of product! BUT.. but some of the pencils are not as smooth as the others. Some are kind of gritty when applying to paper vs a smooth no effort shade, with that comes that the color doesn’t apply as good as other oil pencils in the package! Most of them are great but there are kinda 75/25 to me TO ME AT LEAST. If you see the color patches I colors so you can see how they look, some are a solid thick application of oil color and some fades off and doesn’t pick up and pack that good. Other than that one issue. This is a great set of colors to get! 48 good quality oil pencils for $19❤️

First, right off the bat: these colors are rich and thick, with decent layering and decent blending. They show up really well even on tan tone paper, even just swatching. I'm very surprised about that given their relative cheapness. But if you see my photo, you can see a few issues. There are pencils that say the same label as one color while being completely different colors. There are two different colors claiming to be Salmon (with the same numbers), and two colors claming to be Tawny (likewise with the same numbers). Also, there are two labeled Emerald that both appear to be emerald. No idea what color is missing in lieu of the duplicate Emerald. The pencils seem decently made but there appears to be issues in the factory re: labeling. Also, this is minor but the (cardboard) canister it came in lost the top of its lid in transit, letting a few pencils loose in the package. No major damage it seems, just a few broken tips of the pre-sharpened pencils. No way of me knowing what part of the process the canister malfunction happened.

Pretty but not pro grade. Perfect for children or students

Good quality product, careful packaging, and quick delivery. Love these - great colors and ease of use.

This set is very nice and was very reasonably priced so it was a win-win purchase! These color really well in my coloring books with very nice coverage using less pressure than I sometimes need to use with say, Crayola colored pencils. I tried blending & shading which turned out well. Layering was ok, not needing much to begin with so I am pleased with that. Sharpening was a little worse that I had hoped for. They came with nice sharp tips but they wear down quickly and then I could not seem to get that nice sharp tip again. Maybe this is typical of oil-based pencils. They are softer and so they seem to wear down faster than harder wax based pencils which are easier for me to sharpen to a good point. But I do love the richness of the colors, so overall, I am well pleased with this set!

I bought these as my first oil based colored pencils. I liked them very much. They went on smooth, blended easily and the colors are beautiful. To compare I bought a 6 pack of Faber Castell’s Polychromos pencils. The 6 pencils cost me almost as much as the 48 Art N Fly set! No comparison should be necessary, Right? Wrong! I won’t lie. The Polychromos are amazing, but not 5 times the cost amazing! Again to be honest; I put the 120 set of Polychromos on my Christmas list. But as soon as Art N Fly add more colors in the next couple of months I will be first in line to buy them. I am just a novice colorist but I already have an appreciation for quality art products. Buy Art N Fly products now ladies and gentlemen because once the word gets out the price is bound to go up. I also have the set of 48 Alcohol markers. As soon as the follow up set comes out I will buy it!.

If you are a prismacolor pencil user, these pencils probably aren’t for you. Yes, the lead is soft and waxy, not hard, the colors rich and vibrant, but the pigment is inconsistent, requiring multiple passes to completely color the page. This creates blooming or too much wax build up to highlight as much as you might want. Having said that, if you don’t want to spend $75 -$200 , these pencils are a pretty good quality and color selection for the price for those that enjoy just coloring. I also liked the case they came in for travel or just keeping them neat. Lastly, they sharpened quite easily with a cheap, battery-operated sharpener.

I really like these pencils. So much so that I bought a set for my granddaughter.

fair price

great product to use as good as the dearer brands

Nice range of colours, softer than i expected for a wax pencil but blends nicely and are great in my mixed media pieces

These pencils give you a good solid amount of colour on your page. They sharpen well too.