Caran dAche Luminance 6901 Clr Pncl Set 76 Artist Rng

Artist quality pencils. I hesitated purchasing these at the high cost. They are in the best of color pencils!

I don’t really know if it’s normal but a lot of these pencils are different sizes. Some will fit in my sharpener and others won’t. This is my first time purchasing this brand do I don’t know if it’s normal.

I have several brands of artist quality colored pencils. They each have their own unique features and abilities to lay down color. I first bought the 20 pencil set, then knew I HAD TO HAVE the full 76 set. Love them. They also are the most lightfast of colored pencils, if that matters to you. These Caran d’ Ache Luminance pencils are wonderful if you are interested in a more OPAQUE pencil. There are times in my artwork I prefer an opaque pencil, and times I prefer a more transparent pencil for layering colors. I do love these for their opaqueness and creamy lay down ability.

highly recommended ! the best color pencil in the entire world

These and their watercolor partners, the museum aquarelles are a must-have for anyone wanting to do colored pencil art. These, Holbeins for pastels, and Faber Castells for oil based, and the three top brands for the most beautiful work one can do. I also like Derwent inktense for special effects. Derwent has some colored pencils made for detail work and Caran dache Pablos and Supracolors are great to have on hand too.

These pencils are awesome! The Amazon box was very beat up but the pencils were not damaged.

For the price I was a bit hesitant to purchase these pencils but I had heard a lot of good things and read reviews stating how excellent they were that I finally decided to go for it. Presentation wise the packaging is a bit lacking being that its cardboard but they are well protected by a foamy padded material (it would have also been nice if you could slide the trays out somehow instead of lifting each layer out). The pencils themselves are gorgeous and you can really see the craftsmanship put into each of them. Performance is where these really shine however, they have almost a smooth pastel like feel that allows them to blend and layer like a dream. I read that these are wax based pencils so there is a tiny bit of bloom when layering but it’s not really noticeable. I was also able to sharpen each pencil to a fine point point without any breakage which really surprised me. The price is a bit steep but these pencils are as good as advertised, I’d recommend buying a few of these as they’re sold open stock and try them out if you’re on the fence.

First of all, every thing is perfect about these. The packaging is excellent, the trays the pencils sit in is well done. These have extremely strong wood so absolutely no breakage, they can take and hold a point for quite a long time, the pigments are phenomenal , outstanding, they have the best if not one of the best skin tone pencils around for all sorts of art, the pencils are highly saturated, the colour just oozes out like butter and glides on surfaces, they can layer and blend EXTREMELY well, also pairing this with Faber Castell Polychromos or some other oil based pencil works amazing with each other. These pencils can achieve end results with more saturation and depth and vibrancy than markers and even paints; these pack a punch and they dont run out quickly

Wow! I thought that Prismacolor was a creamy pencil to lay colour down. These pencils by Caran Dache are beautiful not only with the intensity of colours that are achieved but such an amazingly smooth creamy experience to use. It did take a little more playing around with them before I could get the true experience from them. Initially I found them hard to blend together and was unsure about the wisdom in my purchase. Since then I have had time to let these pencils work their magic and magical they are. Only wish that they made more than 76 colours but then I would have to buy them.

Kind of expensive but worked very well.