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diggeo
Reviewed in the United States on September 20, 2024
These pencils are too thick to properly go under your nails. When you try to sharpen them to make it so that they can fit they keep breaking. Even when they are not at all pointy yet.
Leeseh
Reviewed in the United States on June 8, 2024
I use these white pastel pencils to outline and sketch on my canvases before painting with acrylic or oil paint. Lays down an easy-to-see line, also easy to smudge out if you feel the need to redraw. I keep several handy. I sharpen with a boxing knife, as the pastel core will shatter in a conventional sharpener and definitely in an electric sharpener. Recommended.
Françoise Detandt
Reviewed in Belgium on March 16, 2024
Après avoir testé en atelier ce type de crayon pastel, j'ai trouvé que son rendu est excellent, il est bien pigmenté. Je le recommande
Déborah
Reviewed in France on February 27, 2024
Bon produit
Lisa Rivera626
Reviewed in the United States on December 20, 2024
They blend so nicely. But have to be careful not to apply too much pressure or they will break.
Estrella
Reviewed in Spain on December 16, 2024
Muy buen producto y llegó muy rápido, recomiendo al 100%
Bulbul
Reviewed in India on December 12, 2024
This is just like normal pencil....completely worthless, Waste of money, very disappointed 😞
Carl Cathcart
Reviewed in the United States on December 11, 2024
Should be in every artist's toolbox.
Lacey Curtis
Reviewed in the United States on November 25, 2024
I could just buy coloring pencils cheaper.
PRIVATE
Reviewed in the United States on November 13, 2024
Doesn't deposit much color.
Tawna Leffel
Reviewed in the United States on April 9, 2023
Fast delivery. Product as expected.
E. Valero
Reviewed in Canada on November 9, 2020
The Conte au Paris pastel pencils are wonderful overall with the biggest negatives being the smaller colour selection (48), and that a big chunk of them are not lightfast. Performance wise though - they are excellent. Gorgeous colour saturation, a large, robust colour core, and although the core remains fragile as all pastel pencils are, I had no issues when sharpening (just make sure you use a very sharp pencil sharpener or a utility knife). A bonus is the black and white are also sold in blister packs of 2 which is excellent since those are 2 pigments I use a lot, and both colours offer excellent performance, and are lightfast. The Conte Black pastel pencil is also one of my favourite black pastel pencils second only to the General's Multipastels; and I find it superior to both the Faber-Castell Pitt pastels, and the Stabilo Carbothello. Recommended.
Maugha
Reviewed in the United States on May 6, 2017
I became interested in Conte pastel pencils when I heard an artist state that he had covered the paper in conte prior to testing the chalk pastels he was about to review. I wondered why and started to do research on this. It seemed that most of the reports stated it is harder and more waxy than a regular pastel and as a result is often used as a base. I am just starting to get into charcoals and pastels so I was intrigued. I just received them along with several types of chalk pastel sticks.I really like these. I still am not educated enough on hard pastels as I only have one Derwent Inktense and am not fond of it at all. I thought the Conte's would be like that but they are not. This is an easy pencil to work with and yet sturdy on paper and as a pencil. This will be one of my utility pencils, like my Ebony or my burnisher or blender pencil.Cudos to Conte, I will purchase more when money permits.
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