Sargent Art22-1124 24 Premium Watercolor Crayons

Watched a tutorial where the artist used watercolor sticks primarily to make marks, then a different artist tried them out just using a wet brush right on them, both ways worked for different effects. The second artist also made marks then tried to blend, not so great. Then she cut a bit off and placed in a half pan, used like tube paint. Pretty good. I have a couple Daniel Smith sticks based on the first tutorial, I like adding marks and lines to some pieces. Organizing my workroom getting ready for holiday shows, and I found these Sargent “crayons” which I had forgotten I had, so I decided to give them a try.Used the wet brush right on them, on the side of the point, worked brilliantly. And once I was done, just set them down and waited a bit for them to dry, and then back in the box. I was able to blend colors just by holding the two crayons at once. The Daniel Smith are pretty pricey compared to these, so I’d call this a win. I may not color with them which is what I thought was how to use them, but I can see these being very handy for instance to travel with, pretty much no mess, only had to clean my brushes as usual. Highly recommend.

colors are nice and vibrant, crayons are nice size and easy to use

these crayons are beautiful and a lot of fun to work with. great addition to my regular pan watercolors.

The colors are vibrant and they do what they are intended to do. They are good for the price, but if you can afford it I would get a higher quality set. They have a chalky feel going on the paper and the lines from drawing do no disapear when activated even when scrubing. This would be a good set for a beginner or someone who isnt sure if they will like this particular medium. I'll probably use these to sketch. Not bad, but not great either.

Excellent quality! It's the same level of the expensive other brand.

Such beautiful colors. Nice assortment. Works great with water. Perfect for card making.

These were my first set of watercolor pastels. I needed them for a class and having never used them before, didn't want to spend a lot for the set of Neocolors that the teacher used. These worked wonderfully and I enjoyed using them so much I actually ended up purchasing the Neocolors to see if I liked them ever better. To my pleasant surprise, I preferred this set over the expensive Neocolors! These were easier to spread with water, produced colors just as true as the Neocolors, and I really could see no reason to spend more again when these worked so nicely. And the fact that they are affordable makes my artistic heart swell with joy!!!

Not impressed. I am a watercolor artist, so my view could be skewed because of that. But they were not fun at all to use. They don’t loosen or blend or anything, really. When I paint over it with water, it never stops looking like a crayon colored there. I expected the color to loosen and spread and the edges to become soft and blended.