Royal & Langnickel Essentials - 157pc Sketching & Drawing Art Set, for Beginner to Advanced Artists

Royal %26 Langnickel was the first brand I had ever used in my art career! I still remember the Christmas when I was 12 years old, opening my first official tin-sealed set of graphite pencils and charcoal. Reviewing the entirety of the drawing set for Royal %26 Langnickel was a fun blast of nostalgia for me, and I loved jumping right in! Upon opening the set, I automatically loved the roll-up pencil case for all the graphite and colored pencils. Everything fit perfectly and smoothly, it was so nice that all the pencils came pre-sharpened as well. I started off using the graphite pencils testing between the drawing paper and the mixed media which created a noticeable difference in the pencils' performance. The drawing paper has a much better grain to it that lets the pencils have a deeper color to them. However, upon testing the graphite pencils in order, there was an extreme difference in their individual performance. Traditionally, from my understanding, 6B would be the darkest/softest of a 6B-5H set, while 5H would be the lightest/hardest. However, in comparing a gradient I made with each pencil, there is inconsistency throughout. Mainly in the harder pencils, H is the hardest while 3H is the softest and 4H is the second hardest to H, then 2H, 5H and 3H to follow from lightest to darkest. In the soft pencils, 6B has a nice, pronounced softness compared to the others, but not as deep as I have seen in some other soft pencils. The pencils from 3B-5B all have the same gradient and feeling of softness while 2B is the second softest of 2B-6B. The drawing eraser worked beautifully however, and even worked in pulling up some color from the colored pencils. For the colored pencils, there was a beautiful ability to blend in the reds and blues. The reds and oranges in particular blended perfectly with fairly bright color. The pencils with a lot of yellow additives, such as the yellows, browns, and greens were quite waxy with flatter color and a lacking blending ability. The neon-colored pencils and metallics, on the other hand, all performed wonderfully with fun and bright color. The purple and red metallic lacked the most in color but were still fun to blend. The yellow, pink, and green neon stood out as it was easy to lay down bright and full color. The willow charcoal sticks had good depth in hardest to softest, though the papers provided could only handle so much of the softer color, but what it did hold onto, it held onto very well. I started some small sketches with the different charcoal and the pencils were harder to lay down a lot of value, but they were good for small details. I used the kneaded eraser, shaping it to take away value to shape my sketches. However, the kneaded eraser was very oily, it stuck more to my hands than charcoal stuck to it, and it was difficult to shape even after some repeated use. For a starter set for artists or young students this set is perfectly portable, with a wide array of new tools to play with.

My son and I had so much fun using this set. As an artist, I was pleasantly surprised at all the color selections. Even fluorescent and metallic color pencils. Charcoal and quality drawing pencils!!! I can’t get over the metallic pencils and how vibrant. Awesome art set for any artist.

The clipboard is bigger than expected but other than that, it has everything I need to start drawing again. This is the best deal I found with everything great from beginners to masters. Wish it had a 3rd case to hold the rest that the other 2 don’t since I like to take it traveling. I definitely love it.

I love my new art set! It has everything I need and more! Awesome quality and great price! Very pleased with this set and plan to purchase another one to give as a gift.

This 157pc sketching and drawing art set is a great starter kit for anyone who's into drawing or anyone who's looking to get started! It has everything needed to get you going so you don't have to scramble and buy everything individually. What I love about this kit is that it doesn't feel cheap. Sometime when you buy the basic starter kit, the quality stinks but not this one. I love everything in this kit; especially the huge clipboard that comes in handy when I'm not drawing at my desk. You won't regret buying this for yourself or give it out as gift! *** I got this product for free in exchange for writing the review. My review is my honest opinion.

I used the products in my junk journal. There is so much, I haven't had time to use every piece. High quality, durable, and, many mediums to choose from. I loved the many colors to choose from. I would 100 percent recommend these. They have inspired me to kick start art again. As

Massive easel clipboard, pencils, pastels charcoals, smudgers, paper, and more. This thing was massive for the cost. Artists dream. I absolutely would recommend not wasting your money trying to purchase the individual kits that make up this collection. The quality is better, you get more professional products. Royal %26 Langnickel is one of the better brands of art supplies, but this was put together with love for the beginning to advanced artists. My brother bought it for my birthday. Thanks Wal-Mart for the super fast shipping. I would give it 10 stars, if I could.

I received this product for free upon leaving a review. This art set is honestly amazing and comes with everything you need to bring your ideas to life. The charcoal pencils are top of the line, and the assortment of colored pencils has everything you are looking for. I have already recommended this product to people and will definitely purchase for myself after I have used this!!

This is a huge set, great for the listed retail value. I got this for free in exchange for a review, but I wouldn't think twice about purchasing it full price. There are a wide selection of items to choose between. Everything is included. Paper, sketching tools and coloring tools. There are some things I wouldn't typically use, but I gave it a short. The watercolor pencils were quite fun.

the pencil rollup is only big enough to hold about 1\2 of the pencils and nothing else. The tiny little bag listed as a pencil case is to short to hold theses pencils. only way to keep every thing organized is to leave it in the original packing tray, otherwise it won't all fit in the included carrying bags. Lots of supplies that look to be good quality. Gonna keep for the supplies, and find some other way to organize and carry them. BUYER BEWARE.