Caran dAche Luminance 6901 Clr Pncl Set 76 Artist Rng

It took a month and a half before I received these. Upon opening the box, there was quite a few that werent even fully sharpened. Thats was odd to me. I ordered these because of a YouTuber card maker recommended them. She also recommended Chameleon pencils. $200 vs $ 30. Of course my curiosity killed me so I went for the $200s. HUGE mistake. Im not impressed with them at all. Theyre ok, just not the price they charge for them. Some pencils felt smooth when applying to paper and others felt harder and rougher when applying. The differences were very noticeable.Do yourself a favor, if youre interested like I was, order a few open stock ones to try first. Then make youre decision.

I admit, they are not cheap, but they are so worth it. Super nice. I feel lucky that I was able to buy them.

I’ve decided to try out this brand because Ive heard so much about the white color being the best. Bought it and fell in love with it because of its true white. Decided to buy this set after that. Loving it so far. I use it along with my poly set too. Never going back to anything else.

Excellent pencils and I got a good price using a gift card.

If you are a professional artist dont hate me for buying these. (If it helps as someone who is retired/disabled, my hobbies seem ever more limited!) I waited and waited for a couple years and then after having the Pablos about 6 months and watching more YouTube reviews as well as written reviews, I bought these as my Christmas present. I was prepared to love them and I dont. Why? I find them to be very dry and chalky. You can literally hear the scratch, scratch as you lay down color. No matter how I sharpen, or hold the tip to paper (never straight down), I get the scratch that I am used to with Derwent Studio that is intended for fine detail work. I dont think they layer all that well either. I would give 5 stars to the white titanium pencil for blending. It is superior. The other complaint is that the end cap is not indicative of the color, so it will take you a while to know which one to grab automatically. A color chart will help, but I admit to being lazy as well as having a very good memory so with my other pencils I know what the color of each will look like. I have started doing projects where I use only one makers pencil so I can compare. I did buy 10 of the pencils open stock before purchasing the set which I highly recommend to everyone, but particularly to the nonprofessionals!

These are in the top three pencils on the market. Caren Dache makes excellent products. Theyre a little pricey, but you get what you pay for. Theyre smooth, and heavy pigment to boot. If you cant afford the whole set, then just get a couple of pencils, especially the white. Highly recommended for serious colored pencil artists.

I bought these pencils for my granddaughter who is a great artist at age 17. She entered in her first art show and won Best of show... Acclaimed artist Emmanuel Enriquez served as judge. He put a note on her drawing saying to put it under glass with a great frame. She wanted these pencils so they would feather easier and blend better. Well worth the money. And I got it on Christmas eve... thank you so much.

Excellent set

This is the most expensive colored pencils I’ve ever bought and yet I’ve found 5 or more pencils that are “scratchy”. Like it scratch the paper and the color hardly comes out. I expect it to be creamy and smooth. I’m not sure if mine is defective. I would expect with this brand to have good product quality control. Bummed.

Received these today and just opened the box. Pencils look great! Blender stick is already broken so only 4 stars and I have sent a photo.. Wish the seller could replace the blender. Oh well, hopefully these pencils will live up to the great reviews. Now if I can just get over how much they cost.