Crayola Colored Pencils 50-pk.

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Average Customer Rating:	4.5
Brand:	Crayola
Weight:	0 pounds
Dimensions:	7.2 inches x 8.4 inches x 0.8 inches [Width x Length x Height]

Product Categories

Pencils; Sewing, Craft & Hobby (12890711); Speciality Office Products

Product description

This assorted color drawing pencil set will make your art projects appear brighter and more intense. Includes 50 pencils in many different shades of primary colors along with silver and gold. Manufactured from strong, reforested wood, leaving rainforests alone and protecting the environment.

Around the time children enter kindergarten, they begin to explore the art of small-scale, detailed drawing. While parents and teachers never want to discourage big and bold art, colored pencils are an ideal tool for children to use to satisfy their urge to draw smaller, intricate shapes. A set such as this one, with 50 different colors, also gives children the chance to explore the world of color. They can carefully fill in the blotchy markings of a calico kitten or precisely form each blade of grass--maybe trying a combination of yellow-green, pine, and jade. Older artists will appreciate the generous assortment of vibrant colors as well as the convincing metallic shades of silver and gold. Although most colors are true to their labels, a few don't deliver. For example, the pale rose leans more toward an antique, dusty rose, and the taupe is just a shade dark. But overall this is a great set of colored pencils, appropriate for any household.

Features

50 assorted colored pencils in many different shades of primary colors

Manufactured from strong, reforested wood to protect the Rainforests and our environment

Customer reviews

« 16 Cents Per Pencil »

No one can resist a pack of these babies for 8 dollars. Hell, even professional artists that use artist quality can't let these go for this awesome price even if they rarely use them.
It's just too much fun to gaze upon them on the shelves of Wal-Mart, but I have to say they look better on your bookshelf at home. Alright colors, not the best quality to lay down, but fun when your cousins come over for some art projects.

Rating: (4 out of 5) @ 2008-03-29

« Awesome! »

Superiour quality and such a wide assortment of hues! my daughter loves it and so do I! Great product, will buy again.

Rating: (5 out of 5) @ 2008-01-20

« . . . The Never-to-be-Forgotten thrill of NEW boxes of Colored Pencils OR Crayons . . . »

For kids who demand realism these colored pencils, augmented by #B00006RVTB (multicultural set of EIGHT colored pencils), are an adventure no matter what your age. Even the littlest artists want to "get things right" - - though they often end up using some crazy chartreuse &/or purple to prove themselves in today's fantasy world. I can recommend three coloring books appropriate to use with this wonderful array of colors: "Ancient Native American" coloring book (# 0785820647); "Great African-Americans" coloring book (# 0486288781); "Great African-American Athletes" coloring book (# 048629319X). Try any & all of these from DOVER publications.

For the more sophisticated, the skintones of apricot, burnt sienna and mahogany are also available in Binney & Smith's sets of PAINTS. To have them so widely available proves the point that being politically correct is an O.K. (even profitable) idea. It took years of agitating by kids to achieve this - - OR, was it the United Methodist Women who spearheaded that campaign? Reviewer mcHAIKU applauds all who worked to give companies the wake-up call. AND - - Be sure to read reviews by Smeequat "Ash" for knowledgeable & helpful 'weighing' of artists' supplies.

Rating: (4 out of 5) @ 2006-10-18

« The best things in life can be cheap! »

Never assume colored pencils are for children. Never assume that a cheap art item is a poor quality art item. Crayola, for me, are best known as the most afforadable and widely ranged set of pencils on the market.

They have hard lead that gives very smooth laydown. With these pencils, it is always best to start out light and layer your colors until you get a sleek, natural result.

The problem with Crayola is that the lead is too hard for blending, i.e, 'pushing' the colors into one another. If you are the type of artist who is into such things, I suggest Prismacolor pencils. But you can mix a little with a white Crayola pencil, so give it a try if you like.

Overall, wonderful for hardcore traditional artists or beginning scribblers. It definately won't burn a hole in your pocket.

Rating: (4 out of 5) @ 2006-01-23

« yay »

hey, they're colored pencils from crayola, what more can you say? they work well, they let a child be creative, and there's lots of colors to play with. good set of art supplies.