#pencil review

Finished scrawlrbox challenge for may 2021! pretty happy with it. This was a fun box. Small review of posca pencils under the cut:

The posca pencils came in 6 colours of a similar tone: Blue, purple, Red, Teal, Beige and grey. Not the best mix of colours for getting a big range but enough to get a feel for the pencils.

The pencils have a wax core which I was originally worried about but it seems to be pretty stable - there were no broken leads despite me constantly dropping them and them being delivered by post. Like most wax pencils they did Not maintain a point for long but I found the point wore down faster than any other pencil I’ve ever worked with. So keep in mind you’d go through these pretty fast if you use them a lot.

Colour went down thick and creamy - I personally prefer oil pencils but if this is something you look for these do achieve that well. There was no note on how light fast they are but they blended fairly nicely with solvent without loss of pigment. However they are ridiculously expensive at £20 for a pack of 12 and £2.50 individually. While nice if you can get them cheaper - definitely not worth more than polychromos or a price so close to Caran d’Ache lumianance. Performed better than prismacolor but thats not hard given the pencil lead didn’t break every two minutes.