Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I'm new to Prismacolor pencils as they are a bit hard to get and expensive to buy in Australia. The ones I bought from Amazon are about half the price including postage than what I can buy them here. They are a really high quality artist pencil and they allow you to layer your colors and also to burnish. For those of you that aren't familiar with burnishing its a way of laying the color on in a heavier hand so that your pencil actually goes on thicker and takes on a waxier or almost painted look. These are the only pencil I have found so far that this technique really works properly with. They also blend together really well and the range of colors is just awesome. They are more expensive than what you may buy in your average office/school supply store but this is defiantly a case of you get what you pay for, if you want quality it's worth the bit extra. You really can't go wrong with these. A little tip: If you don't want your lead to break when you sharpen your pencils use a battery or electric sharpener. Often when you get breaks as you sharpen its because you are slightly twisting the pencil as you sharpen it and these ones are just too good to waste.