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Today we are going to review Holbein Artists Colored Pencils. Until recently they have been very difficult to find in America and very expensive if you did manage to score a set on Ebay. Now that Blick is stocking them we have a reliable source of both sets and open stock Holbein pencils.
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Pros:
Highly pigmented
Fast laydown of color
Ability to layer several layers and mix colors
Good for folks with arthritis as little pressure is needed
Great color selection (range of 150 colors)
Really unique range of robust pastel tones
Lightfast ratings are provided on the pencils with 3 stars being highest.
Cons:
Price ($3.19 per pencil)
Availability (only Blick has them in USA and they can be hard to buy outside of Japan)
Tips wear down quickly
Bottom line:
The most unique feature about this line is the pastel tones. I plan to add a few more of those to my collection where I do not have similar shades in Prismacolor, Coloursoft, or Lightfast. I urge you to try a few open stock pencils before committing to a full set if you are not sure as there is not a huge per pencil savings in the sets and they mix and layer well so I don't think the full set is necessary to create beautiful art. I recommend these pencils but I do hope the price comes down as they become more popular and available.
One more thing, I referenced Arteza colored pencils as a very similar pencil. They have changed the numbering on the pencils so I am not sure if the pencils are still the same quality but they did start offering open stock pencils with the same names of the ones I have but different numbers for anyone who wants to try a couple and see. I have inquired about these new numbered pencils and I will update it here if I find out more.
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