Koh-I-Noor Progresso Woodless coloured pencils REVIEW

Koh-I-Noor progresso woodless coloured pencils are in my opinion very close in quality to the Faber castell polychromos and prisma color pencils.They are rather soft almost creamy and layer up rather well. In addition the blending is effortless even more so with the use of a blending pencil. They are slightly heavier than your standard pencil as they are a stick of full colour.

Unfortunately they only come in a range of 24 colours though this is a good range to start working with and you can combine with other brands of coloured pencils. The pencils sharpen to a fine sharp point which is excellent for intricate details and those tiny parts you find in colouring pages or books! Bare in mind that they can crumble if applying too much pressure and its best to brush the bits of pencil away as they easily mark paper.

The fact that they are woodless means that you can use the sides of the pencil as though you were using a pastel to colour larger areas adding a rough texture (if left un blended) for an interesting effect to your work. Pressing down firmly can give you a strong depth of colour and gradually releasing the pressure can vary the gradient this is great for creating dimension.

The packaging is nothing special rather basic it's a flimsy cardboard with two layers containing two plastic trays (24 set version) which keep your colours from moving around too much. They do bang the plastic if you shake them about. If your travelling around with these just add some thin cardboard to pad out the tips of the pencils.

The colours in the 24-piece set include: Bordeaux Red, Cobalt Blue, Carmine Red, Chrome Yellow, Dark Brown, Dark Green and Dark Yellow to name a few. They are available on Amazon it packs of 12 and 24. The 24 set averages around £19 (I got mine at £11.32 on offer) In my opinion I  think they are great for both a beginner who is looking for something easy to work with in colouring books and someone who is more intermediate and wants to try something a little different.


Overall I rate these pencils 8/10.