Shuttle Art Coloring Beginners Sketching Reviews Summary

Color Quality and Variety

Pros:

• "I love how vibrant the colors are and they are so easy to use."
• "The colors are strong and good quality."
• "The colours are true & can be used lightly or as a deep strong colour."
• "Beautiful bright colors. Organized beautifully."
• "A whole lot of colors to choose from, and the pigments in the pencils are very nice."
• "The colors themselves layer nicely and there's lots of selection to create your own colors."
• "The colors are wonderful and with 172 pencils, there's a great selection to choose from."

Cons:

• "Not too impressed with the yellows but I have a set of pencils with more yellows so I can combine the sets."
• "These arrived broken. No ones that are not. The colors are not very bright."
• "The colors are inconsistent not only with the shade of the paint on the pencil but the longer you swatch one shade the more likely the color will transition into a different shade."
• "The exterior color does not always match the lead so keeping your pencils in the order of the exterior color will not result in a progressive gradation."
• "The hues are not rich and vibrant and that CAN be an issue depending on your style."
• "Unfortunately my daughter opened it before I took photo but got many browns and no yellow."
• "The white is pointless as it lays nothing down."

Packaging and Storage

Pros:

• "The case they arrive in is sturdy enough to keep them in, so no panic needing to find something big enough to store them in."
• "For packaging, they arrive in simple cardboard boxes."
• "I am very pleased that these pencils came in a secured case so that the pencils do not bump around."
• "The box they're shipped in is made of hard plastic and doesn't bend easily."
• "The PET plastic case is real nice and protects the pencils while keeping them organized."
• "The box it comes in is very convenient along with the trays."
• "The packaging is wonderful...individual shelves make it so easy to keep them organized."

Cons:

• "I did like the product but it doesn't come with a way to keep the pencils sorted after opening them."
• "The plastic case & flimsy trays is functional to start with but you really want to invest in a more sturdy and protective way to transport your pencils."
• "It is extremely difficult to reclose the plastic container and it takes up a lot of room to spread the colors out."
• "Unfortunately the packaging isn't very sturdy."
• "The packaging is not really reusable or suitable for storage between uses."
• "The snaps broke off the first day."
• "The packaging isn’t terrible but not suitable if you’re wanting to keep them organized or use them regularly."

Durability and Usability

Pros:

• "Real good deal for the money. High quality. Sharpens easy and keeps a point. Points do not break."
• "Great pencils wife loves them."
• "They're easy to blend and they work great with oil base pencils for a more rich deep color."
• "These are excellent pencils for adult coloring books and an excellent value for the money."
• "They lay down so smooth."
• "Love the value and quality of these colored pencils. They are vibrant like my Prisma color scholar pencil set."
• "I can really bare down on these leads and they don't break on me."

Cons:

• "The worst thing is when I go to sharpen these! My pencil sharpeners do not work!"
• "I have had 6 now break, the worst was the deep pink this is now 30 mm shorter."
• "Tendency for certain colors to break easily at the tip under pressure."
• "Overall these are really good color pencils but I would say 1/3 of them won't sharpen properly and continuously break which is really frustrating and disappointing."
• "I'm now stuck with 472 pencils that can't be used as they keep breaking."
• "You can't sharpen them without the tip breaking off!"
• "Many pencils I sharpened down to the end on the 1st sharpen because the lead kept breaking."