Comments about Caran d'Ache Supracolor Soft Aquarelle Pencils:

These pencils rock y'all! Bought these many years ago, but just realized how wonderful they really are. Luckily I bought a huge bunch (and plan to buy more).

These are marketed as watercolor pencils. But I don't use them that way. Yes, it's always important to note any and all manufacturing directions or information, but that doesn't mean you can't think outside the box. As artists, in fact, we always should. Anyway, this is how I use these pencils. For the record, I'm usually working on ink jet prints (matte photo paper). I'll apply a smooth even layer of pencil over a portion of the image. Then, I smooth color out by blending w/ a Filbert brush dipped in a small amount of water thinned gesso. The effect is wonderful, and these babies blend w/ the gesso in the most beautiful fashion.

Try it and you can thank me later!

Comments about Caran d'Ache Supracolor Soft Aquarelle Pencils:

For design space. I am an Arquitect.
I need to present to the costumers how the space look after my work, in the most real way posible, and I only can do that whit the watercolors pencils

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I forgot to mention these come with a wrapper instead of that sticky sticker on the Faber Castell pencils that leave a sticky residue on the pencil.

Comments about Caran d'Ache Supracolor Soft Aquarelle Pencils:

I use these pencils on linen paper....they blend wonderfully
I've owned just about every brand of pencil and I find these are the best....I also have these in the crayon form and love those also....

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I often used colored pencils after my paper was dry on watercolor paintings. I went to the Dick Blick store by my house and bought a few different brands of watercolor pencils including this brand, Derwent Inktense, and the Faber-Castells. The other brands are very nice also, but just not as smooth and soft as these. This brand also has some very nice hot/bright colors.

Comments about Caran d'Ache Supracolor Soft Aquarelle Pencils:

Excellent lay in of color, great for large blocking and fine detail, hold a point fairly well, although they are soft. Did have some issues with one particular source and broken leads but this was a mishandled at the brick and mortar stores' end issue more than anything else, the ones I odered from blick seem fine.

These absolutely MELT onto the paper, they just Dissolve into a lovely wash or bright clean color block. no scrubbing to get the "pencil" marking look to dissolve. it really is like picking up a half pan and drawing then washing.

They're really fantastic and I highly recommend the pale colors for sketching your work prior to using traditional watercolors, they melt un-noticed into your work and don't leave you with graphite marks in the finished piece. The silver grey 002 for cool sketches, the the Vandycke brown 045 or the Brownish Beige 404 for warm toned sketches, lay down your bare bones sketch and then get out your half pans and go to town.

So far they seem to have traveled well in the pencil box (the brick and mortar where I had the broken lead issue must have been playing kick ball with the boxes or something, because so far the ones I have that weren't from there have all been fine and traveled extensively with me)

Comments about Caran d'Ache Supracolor Soft Aquarelle Pencils:

I have not used this brand colored pencil before, and was very pleased when I tried it. The pencils are soft and well pigmented. They are easy to work and blend. I also like the fact that they are open stock and can be replaced as needed. I will certainly buy them again.