Great visions deserve great materials and great support. And who listens more carefully to customer needs? We do! Want to step back from your creation with pride? With Castle Arts you can.
Our brilliant, know-how Guide Booklets are chock-full of tips, tricks and techniques for knowing your tools and to assist in your creative quest to transfer on to paper what you see in your mind.
CREATE subtle effects and light and shade. PRODUCE brighter, more vivid effects with the soft wax core. MASTER the key techniques as you control the smooth application of the rich, vibrant pigments.
Our loyal customers love our art materials, rate us alongside more expensive brands, and give 4.5 star ratings on . And with our Customer Services Team to assist along the way... it’s a gift!
Every Castle Arts set includes a 5 or 6 step tutorial, guiding you through the colors and techniques used to create the image used on the respective packaging, in the case of the 120 Color Pencil Tin, a 5 step tutorial showing you how to draw and color a Castle.
Every Castle Arts set includes a 5 or 6 step tutorial, guiding you through the colors and techniques used to create the image used on the respective packaging, in the case of the 120 Color Pencil Tin, a 5 step tutorial showing you how to draw and color a Castle.
Every Castle Arts Color Pencil set comes with a 28 page guide to using color pencils. The guide teaches you how to take care of your pencils, from sharpening methods to holding your pencil to achieve different styles and effects.
It explains the color pencil range, light and form, pencil pressures and strokes, blending, layering and texturing techniques as well as more tutorials, a glossary and details about joining the Castle Club.
Every Castle Arts Color Pencil set comes with a 28 page guide to using color pencils. The guide teaches you how to take care of your pencils, from sharpening methods to holding your pencil to achieve different styles and effects.
It explains the color pencil range, light and form, pencil pressures and strokes, blending, layering and texturing techniques as well as more tutorials, a glossary and details about joining the Castle Club.
A short video showing some of the topics and techniques covered by the 28 page guide to using Castle Arts color pencils.
A short video demonstrating the use of Castle Arts color pencils.
What is the difference between the tin of 120 pencils and those that come in the zipcase?
The pencils are exactly the same - the rigid tin is perfect for home studio use whereas the travel zipper gives you more options and portability.
How good are these when drawing on black cartridge paper and will they work on wood if it is then sealed with varnish?
They work very well on dark papers and yes, they work well on wood and can be sealed with varnish afterwards.
How many skin tone colors are in these sets and how many shades of white and gray are there in the set?
It depends on the skin tone you are after, but there is a wide selection in both 72 and 120 sets. In the 72 set, there are three grays, one white and a black. In the 120 set, there are six grays, one white and a black.
Do the colors blend and layer easily?
Yes, they layer really well and are very blendable and creamy with or without a blender, adding real usability to your art kit.
Looking for a gift for an artist - is this a professional grade product?
Yes, our in-house artists have fully tried, tested and compared our products and so they are fully endorsed for quality and application.
120 COLOR PENCILS
PRESENTATION TIN
EASY-LIFT PENCIL TRAYS
POP-UP PENCIL SELECTION
Simply press the pencil end to lift it from the tray and you're ready to layer, blend and detail.
BEAUTIFUL & VIBRANT
The richly pigmented, richly tinted leads layer, blend, detail and burnish to perfection.
Artist grade, break-defying leads in an enticing range of intense pigments encased in soft-touch basswood barrel for clean, easy-to-hold control, the pencils are super-sharpenable and hold their point for detailed coloring.
Purest quality wax cores with creamy lay down, velvety smooth application and controlled layering enable you to achieve that soft, saturated, natural look where colors merge from one shade to another and edges run from hard to soft.
Put your colored pencils through their paces by varying pressure to control density and deploy techniques like hatching, cross-hatching, contouring and stippling – or put on the pressure to achieve that rich, burnished sheen.
Mighty Bamburgh Castle in Northumberland, England, goes back to the 6th century AD and now houses the gallery where our resident artist Peter Phillips exhibits. A painter of global repute, he and his team of artists specify our art supplies, create our Guides and Tutorials, produce our videos and provide practical advice and know-how born of a lifelong love of art.
You’ll get more out of everything because we put more into everything. In our dedicated studios our artistic and technical staff test competitive brands, and where they fall short, we develop better materials – in the formulation and selection of pigments; the touch, feel and comfort in use; tools, packaging and presentation that look and work better.
Join our loyal and ever-growing global family of Castle Artists who stay in regular touch with each other and ourselves through emails, social media, our savvy Customer Services team and the Castle Club - sharing experiences, tips and creative inspiration by exhibiting their art on our website Gallery.
| Customer Reviews | 4.8 out of 5 stars 19,904 | 4.7 out of 5 stars 10,768 | 4.8 out of 5 stars 23,434 | 4.8 out of 5 stars 13,201 |
| Price | $49.98$49.98 | $47.99$47.99 | $39.98$39.98 | $44.09$44.09 |
| Are the pencils water-soluble? | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ |
| Number of pencils included? | 120 color pencils | 72 color pencils | 72 color pencils | 120 color pencils |
| Is the core wax or oil based? | Wax based | Wax based | Wax based | Wax based |
| Are sketchpads included? | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ |
| What color range is supplied? | Full color spectrum | Full color spectrum | Full color spectrum | Full color spectrum |
| How are the pencils packaged? | Hinged metal tin | Fabric zip-around case | Hinged metal tin | Fabric zip-around case |