Royal & Langnickel Essentials Sketch Box Set

Very nice and well received by my granddaughter

After reading some of the negative reviews about the packaging I was surprised at how well protected it was. There was plenty of protection around the box and the case is reasonably tough. The delivery was brilliant arriving 3 days early which I was very happy about. Once you have opened the case you are greeted with a very nice selection of equipment, all the items in perfect condition. In some of the sets that I have seen before all the items have fallen all over the place when I have first opened it, but this was not the case with this set. All the items fit perfectly into there spaces. The equipment is all very nice and very good value for money. All in all the box set is a very good value for money (better than I expected)and I will soon be on the way to becoming a brilliant artist.

Good value. (I bought the "Premier" sketching set as well in the fancier brown case and I think that was poor value by comparison.) The Essentials set is a handy introduction to several drawing media in one box. Be aware that a one size fits all approach to buying drawing paper won't lead to great results with, say, pastel pencils versus charcoal. The pastel pencils don't sharpen well with the pencil sharpener, a small sharp craft knife works better. Just about "ok quality" case although the factory workers need to learn to glue the brand badge on straight. The carrying handle makes the Essentials set easier to transport than the Premier set.

I've bought other product by Royal&Langnickel before, and even this time I'm satisfied of this purchase. The wooden box is really "essential", as is described in title: measures are 15"/35cm x 7"/17,5cm x h 2,5"/6,5cm; the wood has a grey varnish finish, not glossy; the handle is in silver painted plastic; metal locks and hinges work very well; two plastic display cases hold all things. Inside there are many good quality (not excellent, but that's it) products: - a set of 12 lead pencil: from 6B to B, HB, and from H to 5H; - 3 charcoal pencil: soft, medium, - 4 coloured crayon: white, sanguine, sienna, burnt sienna; - 6 graphite pastels: HB, from B to 6B; - 6 charcoal pastels: 2 hard, 2 medium, 2 soft; - 12 coloured pastels: brown ochre, sanguine, sienna, burnt sienna, black, grey (two of each colour); - 4 charcoal sticks long about 5"/12cm; - 3 blending stups: #1, #2, #3; - a metal double sharpner; - a pencil eraser; - a kneaded eraser; - a clear 6"/12cm ruler; - a sandpaper block; - a 12 rough sheets mini sketching pad; - an wooden artist mannequin. All pieces are firmly blocked in their location, i.e. anything's fall when open the box, and pastels are protected with plastic cover while the charcoal sticks are enveloped. Mannequin's hand are a bit out of proportion, but nothing's irreparable. Overall is not so bad for artist/designer that needs a compact travel set for their sketches, whereas is very useful, almost indispensable, for art students of all ages.

This is money well spent. As a beginner this is all you need. Quality is good especially for this price. I'm doing some fine work and every once in a while i hit a grain of clay. I find that annoying so I decided to buy better pencils for my favorite ones. In Holland every art store sells Derwent and at a price of € 1,35 a piece they must be good right? Well these Derwents contain about 2 to 3 times the amount of grain then these baby's. Put it all in perspective and you got a winner set here. Are there better pencils? No doubt! Are there better pencils at this price point? I seriously doubt it. Good Buy.

Really important to note that this comes with a really good introductory range of brushes, that buying individually would cost FAR more than this entire set. It comes with rounds, flats, mop and line brushes; it does not come with a rigger brush. I already had paint so have yet to try the included paints but I was blown away by how much great value this set was. The case itself is study enough and all in all, would be a lovely gift for someone of all ages. To note, the brushes have clear plastic handles with the brush size written in tiny green letters right where your hand goes that rubs off or is hard to see. I used a gold marker pen to write the size at the end of the brush but no amount of 20/20 vision will allow you to see those numbers otherwise! Really great buy and turned out to be much better than expected.

WORTH EVERY PENNY!!!Bought this for my daughter destiny,Originaly it was for her artwork in school but we liked it that much we keep it at home to use on her art homework or just drawing.Its top quality and it's so nicely set out in the box with everything you will ever need.Didnt want it used in school because it could get damaged or people ruining her stuff but at this price I'm gonna buy another one soon ,it was destiny's choice to keep it at home.So it's worth the money and the pencils etc are very proffessional not cheap in anyway the ends don't break off when your sketching so all in its all as it should be.Destiny loves this set!😍

Ok for beginner but probably better to get a better quality paint set

Arrived very fast even if it was Christmas. Excellent package. High quality. I recommend it witout any restrictions.

Yo se lo he recomendado a mis alumnos de dibujo y pintura, ya que llena las expectativas para cualquier persona..

El maletin es de muy buena calidad,trae muchas cosas utiles si quieres dibujar.Sirve tanto para principiantes como para expertos dibujantes.Esta muy completo,material de muy buena calidad y buen precio.Recomendable sin duda.

schnelle Zusendung, guter Preis

En muy bien estado , la verdad es que estaba muy sorprendida pero ha cumplido con todas mis expectativas