A straightforward seventy-two colour set with a soft core, bought as much for school and family use as for serious drawing. Seventy-two is the count at which most people stop wishing for a colour they do not have, without stepping up to the price of a professional range. A set this size also survives a household: enough colours that two people can work at once without arguing over the single blue, at a price that makes replacing it painless.
Specifications
- Quantity: 72 pencils
- Core: soft
- Use: school, colouring, everyday drawing
- Form: wood-cased, pre-sharpened
Care & Use
Pre-sharpened pencils still need checking — a point that snapped in transit will keep snapping until the wood is cut back past the fracture. Store flat rather than upright in a pot; standing a set on its points is how they end up all broken.