MISULOVE Professional Colour Charcoal Pencils Drawing Set, Skin Tone Colored Pencils, Pastel Chalk for Sketching, Drawing, Shading, Coloring, Layering & Blending for Beginners & Artists(12 Colors)

I am quite happy with the pencils. ( I not only use them to draw, but also to mark on cross stitch patterns. And then if I want to reuse the pattern, I just erase the marks & reuse the pattern!

I love them but let's call this what it is: A collection of eleven pastel pencils and one charcoal pencil. I'm not complaining though. The selection of colors is great. If you have experience working with pastel pencils and need these colors, buy them. If it's your first time with pastel pencils there's a slight learning curve (harder to sharpen and easier to break), so keep that in mind. I guess marketing them as "colored charcoal pencils" makes them stand out from the other products? It is misleading though.

Easy to use. Very soft and creamy with lovely colors. Sharpens nicely. Good value and quality

Here’s the thing about charcoal pencils. It really depends on the paper you use. I was very excited to use these because I had used Pandafly and Markart in the past. But because I was also excited to use Strathmore Toned Mix Media Blue paper. It was a bit of a struggle to blend. Now that I think about it. Strathmore blue paper is heavier and thicker than the toned tan paper that I use often. It says it’s a vellum surface. I found myself having to reapply and add layers upon layers to get a smooth look. And with the toned tan. I don’t have to add much. But overall these were wonderful and I believe had I drawn this on a Bristol smooth paper. Or the lighter toned tan paper, the colors would pop and apply very easily to the paper. But I will definitely say this is a very good buy and the colors seem richer in tone which I loved. They were more of a creamy charcoal feel too. Just wonderful!

great product. really good to work with. thank you.

A good range of colors, if not as varied as I'd like. No, they're not pre-sharpened, but I managed to trim them with a standard, cheap manual sharpener. Be gentle and you'll be fine. The colors do smudge a little as charcoal does, and the color is nice. The red is especially vibrant, something I was worried about. If you're just looking for a simple set at a good price, these are a good investment.

Lead tips arrived broken although the box was not damaged. I was hoping to use them to draw on black paper, but that proved terrible as even the white did not show up well. On a white background, they did not perform as expected for charcoal. Too hard and scratchy, but did tolerate sharpening if careful. I have not tested them on other surfaces because of the disappointing performance on the black and white drawing tablet paper. I will not purchase again but set them aside in the hope there will be some kind of use for them eventually, or donate them to schoolroom use.

Great colors and very bendable for skin tones, a little hard to sharpen bc the lead keeps breaking but I think having an electric sharpener would help

These charcoals are excellent for either high contrast colour design, simple portraits (rendered on the right paper and blended with Conte sticks) or backgrounds and dream-like settings. Excellent for figure drawing as well. So many uses and the different hues make the work so much more accessible than grey tones and washes.

Parfait pour moi comme artiste du dimanche. Moins salissant que la pastel sec que j'ai connu. 😉

Broke everytime kind of chalky I don't like it like that found some work for me

All the leads are broken into parts. Already nearly a quarter or half gone before actually have the opportunity to use. Extremely disappointed and frustrated. Expected better quality products from Amazon US. If you want 'Made in China' pencils, buy from Chinese website. Much cheaper. Did not see that coming....