Prismacolor portrait set (eBay)

I purchased these 22 portrait set pencils of eBay for $20 AUD.

Some colours give off a chalky look so I suggest you purchase a colourless blending pencil to soften the colours.

The top half has not been blended with the colourless pencil, but the bottom half has it's not noticeable in the lighter colours but makes a big difference in the darker shades.

My most used colour in portraits, "light peach" varies with pressure more than the other colours seem to.

Unlike Derwent/Polychromos pencils these leads are easily broken and require a lot of sharpening, the blacks seem to need to most sharpening even with the same usage as the other colours.

Overall a good set for the price and for people starting out drawing but not a wide enough range for professional artists.

Prismacolor Verithin review.

I was wanting to buy a large set of Prismacolor Verithins so i purchased a single black pencil to test the product first, I was amazed definitely worth the hype, I've recently been using Derwent Colorsoft which are great but not practical for details in eyes or flowers as they act like pastel pencils giving off dust and a wide spread of colour. Definitely recommend to anyone wanting to buy a large pack of artist (expensive) pencils to buy a single or small (6-12pack) first of colours you know you would use, which for me is black and primary colours. I'm waiting on some Faber Castell Polychromos hopefully they live up to the hype as well.