Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

First, let me tell you that I didn't buy the Arteza Watercolor Pencils for professional use. I bought them for a little kid who loves to color, but refuses to put caps back onto her marker pens! I went searching for colored pencils for my 8 year old granddaughter, who loves the bright, vivid colors of magic markers, but kills them within days of opening a new pack, when I came across these pencils, for a price I just couldn't refuse. I promptly ordered them for her, and then, in an act of pure selfishness, I ordered a set of "the best quality" pencils I could find, from another company, for myself. Both sets arrived on the same day, and I opened this set of pencils for Natasha, and we started on her homework paper. I was thrilled with the beautiful color, and so was she! When I opened my own set (of "much better quality pencils", I was actually tempted to trade with her...The Arteza, soft core Watercolor Pencils color smoothly on every kind of paper we have tried, with no lumps and chipping. I purchased the 48 pencil set for my little one, and a 16 pencil set for myself...Hers are definitely better, and I am, I have to admit, just a bit jealous, but I promise, I won't take these great pencils from the kid, although I may be tempted to borrow them from time to time, knowing that they are pencils, and they won't dry out! I wish I had found these pencils sooner! I could have bought 5 sets of these pencils (for myself) for the money I've wasted on markers and crayons in the past year!