These are nice watercolor pencils. Thoughtfully packaged design: with the hanger tab at the top one pulls out the two-layer tray of pencils. Pulling the tray out at the bottom reveals the sharpener's storage area. This is all nice to keep organized.However, my inexperience caused me to think these would be similar to the Albrecht Durer Faber Castell watercolor pencils (These pencils are great! I got them for doll customization for a face-up, but I use them for watercolor painting too. In both projects I was satisfied 100%. They blend pretty easily. I have one other art supply from Faber Castell, (ink liners) and I can say so far I like this brand!Best value you can get. I had bought very poor quality pencils. But this Fabre Castell water color pencil product rocks. Inside the package it also supplies a. Pencil sharpener which I found better than most of sharpeners I got from other pencil products. It is very reasonably priced and the quality is very decent. Ditch the 120-color set and go for this one. You won’t feel disappointed. The tin box 120-color is 19 times more expensive.Looks like I didn’t see Jayleen’s review pictures early enough. My first impression upon receiving this merchandise is that it is not anything like the one I have gotten one or two pieces from Blick’s. I was under the impression that the pencil had a cap at one end of it like the professional grade of Faber Castel. But mostly because it is my fault and not theirs so I am not really gonna return it, because I am just going to use it for a color watercolor drawing, if I still decide to do one.These are so different from the one I purchased from BlickI know it's cheaper, but not for doll repaint at all! Color is no bright and not sticky to the surface at all compared with the Blick version. Never buy this for doll repaint!full disclosure: I not a professional artist, it's just an occasional hobby. However, my sister is a professional and she liked these though watercolor is not her favorite medium (she uses oils). That being said, I love these pencils. From my limited experience, they work quite well and I love the variety of colors in this package. The case is quite clever and overall, the whole thing is a joy to use.I absolutely love these pencils. I was looking for a set of watercolor pencils to start out with and heard nothing but good things about this brand. I gotta say that I 100% agree. The pigment that u get is fantastic. I used them to design a wedding invite and it came out gorgeous. They were easy to use and to layer. I'm currently working on a greeting card that I included a picture of so u get an idea of how vibrant the colors can be. I also felt that the price was very reasonable and manageable for most budgets.It seems like someone used the brush already lolThe picture is right after opening.Smooth coloring, various color range choices, easily absorbed in regular paper( sketchbook).I am a somewhat experienced watercolour hobbyist. I have many other brands of water colour pencils from all price ranges, even dollar store ones lol. I was very surprised and pleased with these water colour pencils. With the amount of colours it comes with I was truly expecting dollar store quality but I was wrong. These perform almost the same as some of my favourite water colour pencils from the original Faber Castell Studio edition and same with the Derwent Professional edition as well.I liked how easy they activate with water, are very easy to blend out and it’s very easy to sheer out if need be or pack on extra colour. There are however one or two colours which almost completely sheer out once water is added but that’s an easy fix by letting it dry and adding another layer. If anything I found these to activate with very little water in comparison to my Faber Castells which was shocking lol.In this review I have included colour swatches so you folks can compare it with the other two brands of water colour pencils I mentioned earlier which I feel these water colour pencils compare to. The top left in the colour swatch chart are the 24pc Faber Castell Studio Edition, the top right are the 24pc Derwent Professionals and all along the bottom portion of the chart are the 48pc Faber Castells that come in a red box (the ones I am reviewing right now lol).I’d say if you’re a vey experienced artist or a commission artist skip these and go for the very higher end stuff but if you’re like me who’s a hobbyist or paints on canvases for your own home decor or gifts for friends then get these. Even if you’re a beginner these will give you enough colours to play around with and you won’t be breaking the bank either. I’d defs recommend these to folks.great quality but did take a full month to arrive in Canada.Blended very nicely for me.