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Castle Art Supplies Gold Standard 120 Colouring Pencils Set | Quality Oil-based Coloured Cores Stay Sharper, Tougher Against Breakage | For Adult Artists, Colourists | In Presentation Tin Box

$69.99 USD

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Castle Arts – the Brand that understands

Great visions deserve great materials and great support. And who listens more carefully to customer needs? We do! Want to step back from your creation with pride? With Castle Arts you can.
Our 36-page Booklet takes your art to new levels

Our brilliant, know-how Guide Booklets are chock-full of tips, tricks and techniques for knowing your tools and to assist in your creative quest to transfer on to paper what you see in your mind.
Gold range – superior, smooth oil-based pigments

Quality cores formulated with oil for greater hardness, with exceptional control over color layering, blending and burnishing; giving superior color coverage, finer detail, and rich, deeper tones.
Join our 1.5 million happy customers worldwide

Our loyal customers love our art materials, rate us alongside more expensive brands, and give 4.5 star ratings on Amazon. And with our Customer Services Team to assist along the way... it’s a gift!

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A step-by-step guide to your success

Every Castle Arts Gold set includes a fold-out tutorial, guiding you through the colors and techniques used to create the ten images that make up the Gold Range tutorial frieze featured on the cover of every Castle Arts Gold Range product.

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A step-by-step guide to your success

Create the Castle Arts Gold Frieze with this step-by-step guide. Every Castle Arts Gold set includes a fold-out tutorial, guiding you through the colors and techniques used to create the 10 images that make up the frieze.

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Learn with Castle Arts

A step-by-step guide to your success

Showing the oil-based color pencils included with the Castle Arts Gold range pencil set, followed by time-lapse footage of one of the 'orchid' illustrations being completed.

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Taking Your Art to a New Level

Every Castle Arts Gold Color Pencil set comes with a 36 page guide to using oil-based color pencils. The guide teaches you how to take care of your pencils, from sharpening methods to holding your pencil to achieve different styles and effects.

It explains the color pencil range, light and form, pencil pressures and strokes, blending, layering and texturing techniques as well as more tutorials, a glossary and details about joining the Castle Club.

The video showcases the product in use.The video guides you through product setup.The video compares multiple products.The video shows the product being unpacked.
Learn with Castle Arts

Taking Your Art to a New Level

Every Castle Arts Gold Color Pencil set comes with a 36 page guide to using oil-based color pencils. The guide teaches you how to take care of your pencils, from sharpening methods to holding your pencil to achieve different styles and effects.

It explains the color pencil range, light and form, pencil pressures and strokes, blending, layering and texturing techniques as well as more tutorials, a glossary and details about joining the Castle Club.

The video showcases the product in use.The video guides you through product setup.The video compares multiple products.The video shows the product being unpacked.
Learn with Castle Arts

Taking Your Art to a New Level

A short video demonstrating Castle Arts Gold color pencils in use.

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Can these Gold pencils be used over or under black micron ink pens and are they transparent for grayscale coloring?

They are fairly translucent for colored pencils (this makes them wonderful for layering), so they can be used over ink lines. They are also well suited for greyscaling.

Can Gold Range color pencils be used on wood and other hard surfaces?

Gold colored pencils adhere to many hard surfaces such as wood, stone, leather and metal. The pencils are permanent, but we recommend you seal your drawing with a coat or two of varnish.

Can you achieve natural dry blending with Castle Gold as you would with a softer wax based pencil?

Very easy to blend because of the smooth oil base; if you use a colorless blender or a stump on a test patch, you can see the color move onto the paper from the edges of the patch.

What is the optimal surface on which to use these — do you recommend a particular type of paper?

Most papers will do but smooth cartridge paper is our favourite. Try working on watercolor paper too — the surface has a pleasing little texture for the pencil to ‘bite’ into.

How long does a single pencil typically last?

Black and white typically last the longest, other colors last for three months at least, more if used lightly. Of course it all depends on how fervently you apply these pencils to your everyday art!

GOLD 120 COLOR PENCILS

120 gold range professional artist’s pencils

Break-resistant color pencils

Colors grouped, named and numbered

Organised in three 'easy-lift' trays
PRESENTATION TIN

A high grade tin box, a treasure and a pleasure

Strikingly illustrated 3-hinged lid

Portable, strong, presentation tin

Color list, named and numbered
EASY-LIFT PENCIL TRAYS

Easy-lift, easy to remove corded trays

Two, easy-lift, removable, corded pencil trays

Pencils arranged in color for easy selection
POP-UP PENCIL SELECTION

Easy pencil selection and 'pop-up' removal

Simply press the pencil end to lift it from the tray and you're ready to layer, blend and detail.
BEAUTIFUL & VIBRANT

Curated and developed by our studio artists

The richly pigmented, richly tinted leads layer, blend, detail and burnish to perfection.

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120 GOLD RANGE COLOR PENCILS

The difference with our flagship professional coloured pencil set is that the intensely pigmented cores, formulated with oil for greater hardness. Easily to sharpen, they hold their point longer, better for detail and resistance to breaking.
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ENDURING PERFORMANCE

Formulated with oil for greater hardness combined with creamy lay down, the vibrantly pigmented core within fine-grain basswood casing can be sharpened to a finer, longer-lasting point with greater resistance to breakage.
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COMPLETE CAPABILITY

Our flagship coloured pencil Gold range gives you mastery of every technique - blending by varying pressure to control density, layer upon layer; hatching, cross-hatching, contouring and stippling; or burnishing to achieve a rich sheen.
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REAL CASTLE; REAL ARTIST

Mighty Bamburgh Castle in Northumberland, England, goes back to the 6th century AD and now houses the gallery where our resident artist Peter Phillips exhibits. A painter of global repute, he and his team of artists specify our art supplies, create our Guides and Tutorials, produce our videos and provide practical advice and know-how born of a lifelong love of art.
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RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT ACROSS OUR RANGE

You’ll get more out of everything because we put more into everything. In our dedicated studios our artistic and technical staff test competitive brands, and where they fall short, we develop better materials – in the formulation and selection of pigments; the touch, feel and comfort in use; tools, packaging and presentation that look and work better.
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CASTLE WORLDWIDE COMMUNITY

Join our loyal and ever-growing global family of Castle Artists who stay in regular touch with each other and ourselves through emails, social media, our savvy Customer Services team and the Castle Club - sharing experiences, tips and creative inspiration by exhibiting their art on our website Gallery.

Overview and Comparison of Castle Arts Gold Range of Color Pencils

	Gold 120 Pencil Tin	Gold 72 Pencil Tin	Gold 72 Pencil Zipper	Gold 120 Pencil Zipper
Customer Reviews	1,551	1,551	1,253	1,253
Price	$69.99	$44.99	$54.99	$79.99
Are the pencils water-soluble?	✘	✘	✘	✘
Is the core wax or oil based?	Oil based	Oil based	Oil based	Oil based
Number of pencils included?	120 color pencils	72 color pencils	72 color pencils	120 color pencils
Are sketchpads included?	✘	✘	✔	✔
What color range is supplied?	Full color spectrum	Full color spectrum	Full color spectrum	Full color spectrum
How are the pencils packaged?	Hinged metal tin	Hinged metal tin	Fabric zip-around case	Fabric zip-around case

MADE TO EXCEED Our flagship professional coloured pencils set, ultimate 120 colour choice, named, numbered in colour families for picking the perfect shade: just flip up your choice from the layers in the beautifully giftable, protective tin box.
TIP-TOP PERFORMANCE Coloured drawing pencils formulated with oil for greater hardness, the vibrantly pigmented core encased in fine-grain basswood, can be sharpened to a finer, longer-lasting point with greater resistance to breakage even if dropped.
CREATIVE FULFILMENT Superior control over colour layering, unique blending capability, better for highly detailed areas, exceptional colour coverage, burnish for richer, deeper tones, longer lasting with more colouring time between sharpening.
SKILL BUILDING GUIDES Expert, easy-to-follow 36-page handbook crammed with tips and demos to refine your prowess with pencils. PLUS fascinating 10 part tutorial to create “Gold Frieze’ images PLUS tester and protector sheets.
TESTED, TRUSTED AND GUARANTEED Tested and developed by our studio experts to surpass our competitors. Trusted by ultimate judges – our 2.5 million customers worldwide; backed by unique money-back-PLUS guarantee. So buy now!

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