Koh-I-Noor Gioconda Soft Pastel Pencil Set, 48/Each Packed in Tin, Assorted Colored Pencils (FA8828.48)

Sense I purchased, I have been using the pastels pencils with my Stabilo Carbothello and Faber-Castel Pitt pastel pencils. Great selection of colors and make a great starter set for an artist that wants to start using pastel pencils but does not want to take a big hit of the other two brands I mentioned. The sharpen pretty good on a hand crank sharpener but I use a knife on all my pencils. I recommend the 48 pieces set

I like the price and condition of the product I received. I had not used this brand of pastel pencils before and they seem to be a good quality pencil that I can enjoy drawing florals, trees, etc with.

I'm not a pencil person so maybe I don't really understand these but I don't find anything great about them. I bought a 6 pack from Micheals and they just don't seem to be anything special. They are a cross between a colored pencil and a pastel. I'm not discouraging anyone from buying them- just bear that in mind.

I have used Stabilo Carbothello pencils and used these for add-on colors that the other set didn't have. These pencils have a lot of brighter colors in the mix which i liked a lot. They blend well with Stabilo, Pan Pastel, Faber Castell and NuPastel. I use and electric pencil sharpener (Exacto Schoolpro) and they sharpen to a beautiful point without breaking.

Nice pastel pencils. Not too hard or too soft. Blend and sharpen well.

These are the best pastel pencils I have ever used. I love them. I wish they had a 72 color set. The colors glide on smoothly and there is less chalk dust than there are with other pastel pencils. There is a good color range with each color fairly represented.

Very good product

I love coloring with these pastels! The colors are bright and I use them to shade my Zentangle drawings.