This was the first pear drawn and there is quite a bit of difference between the outcome of first coloured pencil drawing and last. To blend colour I had to work quite hard, not in pressure but just going over and over and yet I still feel the final result is a fairly light pear. By the time I was laying the brown pencil down, I felt the paper would not take anymore layering. A slightly waxy feeling was occurring, especially in the shadow area where I was applying a little of the blue and purple to the bottom of the pear.

The pencils all sharpened well, and I didn’t have any breaking or crumbling of the lead. Nice choice of colours in the set of 12 although the light green was very bright. Didn’t like that only the end of pencil was the colour of that actual pencil. The rest of the outer surface was a matte brown. If you were serious about this brand, I would purchase a larger set, so you get more colour options.

This was the 2^nd pear drawn, and I much preferred the choice of greens in the set of 12. The light green was a real apple green and the dark green being a little off, could have been darker. Interestingly, I never sharpened one of the colours during this whole coloured drawing. I found the same thing happening when it came to blending a darker colour over the top in that it took longer but was still able to get the colour down. When it came to adding some shadow colour at base of pear, the same thing happened like the Derwent’s, the blue and purple didn’t really go down on top of the greens and browns. It felt slightly waxy at that point in the drawing. Also, the only purple was more of a burgundy/red wine colour than a violet as you can see in the shadow.

Pencils didn’t need sharpening during this coloured drawing and there was no crumbling or splintering of lead either. I prefer the pencil to be incased in the colour of the pencil too as it makes it easier to always know you have picked up the right colour. A nice colour range for the set of 12 as long as you were not after a violet kind of purple.

This is the3^rd pear that was drawn and as mentioned earlier, I only ever looked at the other drawn pears for the shadowing, as I wanted to feel like it was the only pencil drawing, I was doing. All colours chosen to go in the set of 12were an excellent choice. The greens were both very natural greens. Layering was definitely the easiest to control with these coloured pencils to the point that I had to always maintain very light pressure otherwise the darker colours would dominate. I got the most texture from these coloured pencils as well, as you should be able to see in the examples. There was nothing I didn’t really like about this set.

The pencils sharpened well, I like the earthy colour mix and that the outer casing was the colour of each pencil. They did not chip or splinter and never felt waxy. 

The fourth and final pear drawing in the comparison of which is the best coloured pencils to buy! This is not a well-known brand and there is not a lot of history on them, other than Jasart makes them which is a reputable art brand. The colours were very similar to the Prismacolor’s however, there was only one light brown, no white and as their replacements, the 12 set contained pink and peach. To be honest, in a 12 set, who really needs white? The Jasart coloured pencils performed similar to the Prismacolor in that colour blended easily over the top and I didn’t have to work at it to lay a colour down. Yet, the texture is similar to that of the Derwent’s and the Faber-Castells.

They sharpened nicely, again no chipping or splintering of the coloured lead however just like the Derwent’s, only the end tip of pencil had the colour on it with the rest being incased in a black matte, so you do have to keep checking that you are about to lay down the right colour.