CRETACOLOR Nero Deep Black Pocket Pencil Set, 7 Pieces, multicolor

I have always loved Nero pencils, they are similar to charcoal in blackness but without the mess & much less messy than graphite but also less smudgy so if you like to smudge & blend your drawings these will take a bit more effort. In this set the hard, medium & extra soft pencils give a nice balance in tones for sketching & drawing (Nero's come in extra hard, hard, medium, soft & extra soft). The Nero sticks are great for covering large areas or for rubbings & I found the natural charcoal very smooth compared to other natural charcoal sticks I've used.

Impressed. I like high contrast drawings with black /dark backgrounds. This has made my life much easier! These are oil based pencil. Smudge slightly and are super dark.

The pencils feel like a combination of charcoal and graphite. The softer one seems to have more charcoal, and it's darker with less shine, but not like pure charcoal. The feel is smoother than lumograph. The charcoal in this set seems high quality. I recommend.

This product is excellent. Every Cretacolor product I have purchased is top notch fine arts material. Packaging of these items in the shipping container (a thin paper bag in this case) is ridiculous. These are delicate charcoal or graphite art materials. They appear to have arrived undamaged (other than a small dent I was able to press out in the pencil tin included with the set), but the fact that they are pencils could mean non-visible damage to the leads may still exist. I am not sure if Amazon or a third-party seller is responsible for the shipping packaging, but it is wholly inadequate. The use of thin paper or plastic bags to ship these types of delicate items is totally illogical! I purchased three items together to get overnight shipping, the hope that they would be packaged better, and the likelihood that the distance traveled and shipping transfers required would be minimized. None ended up being the case, since the package didn't make the overnight delivery and was shipped back to an Amazon center before being shipped out again just two hours later. I understand that the shipping bags may help reduce costs and environmental footprint, but certain products should not just be stuffed in a bag if they are delicate. Additional protection should also be used. The number of items I have had to return because of damage of improper shipment packaging has increased greatly over the last few years. I am now not going to be buying delicate items via Amazon moving forward.

très bien pour utiliser sur pastels à l'huile

Top.Passe super bien au-dessus des craies grasses.

Très bien