The pencils sharpen well and are great for really light coloring if that's what you need. I'm disappointed that theydon't layer well at all and don't look more saturated.
This collection of crayons is the cutest and most dreamed of thing for my bookshelf.
Love the wide range of colors especially the very pale ones!!!!
I absolutely love the Irojiten Colored Pencils. They are very hard, not soft at all like prismacolor. This makes layering quite tricky, but blending seamless. I have colored in quite a few pictures with these and these are my favs for coloring in books.
The seascape library is wonderful for projects with low key colors in the "bright" shades like yellow and pinks. The palette is complex and fits a wide range of applications. Of course the pencils are just dreamy. They lay color down beautifully and are my favorite brand for building optical mixes of hatched layers. Five to seven pencils are a robust palette. I love Irojiten colored pencils.