Recommended models: Faber-Castell Water-Soluble Colored Pencil - Set Series, Faber-Castell Oil Colored Pencil Series
 
When it comes to colored pencils, we have to mention Faber-Cas-Car, which began producing pencils as early as 1761, and the products were favored by Van Gogh, and now Faber-Cas-Carat is still the world's largest manufacturer of pencils, with an annual production of more than 2 billion pencils.
 
Faber-Castell was also the first manufacturer to use water-based paints in the production of pencils, taking the first step towards product safety, and before that, wooden paintbrushes were oil-based paints with high levels of toxic and harmful substances, setting a new global standard in the industry.
 
Faber-Castell is known for its professional colored pencils, and for school-age children, the brightly colored and well-colored Faber-Cascade colored pencils can be used as a good introductory and advanced brush option, but its colored pencil shaft is of normal thickness and sharp nib, which does not take into account the pen habits of young children, so it is not recommended for children under 3 years old.
 
Faber-Cascade color pencil has three series: children's red box series, college blue box series, artist green box series, according to its refill composition can be divided into oil-based color pencil and water-soluble color pencil, the color is up to 120 kinds, and some colors can also be matched alone. Among them, red represents the entry, green represents the primary stage in the professional level, and the blue box positioning is more embarrassing, it is not cost-effective for entry, and the performance for professional painting is not enough, so few people consider the blue box series.
 
The economical color pencil is the parrot red carton series, many people's first water-soluble color pencil is it, the color rendering is good, you can use water blending to paint, improve the color pencil outline of the line, make it more soft, and shape the watercolor effect. This product belongs to the "Asia special" model, is the product of Faber-Casparatus regional layout, produced in Indonesia, not of German origin, but the quality is not bad, can be used as a children's entry color pencil, the classic 48 colors are priced at 132 yuan.
 
German origin color pencil is also a red box in the dot matrix water-soluble red box series, the pen barrel is triangular, and anti-slip dot matrix design, comfortable feel not easy to slip, the refill uses a unique SV bonding technology, not easy to break during the painting process, this product belongs to the advanced model, children who intend to study painting can consider, 10 colors priced at 212 yuan.
 
In terms of quality, the knight red box series is better than the castle series, using SV bonding technology, anti-drop and shock-resistant, and can be equipped with a single brush, the price is also quite pleasant, the price of the 48-color knight red box is only about 70 yuan, which is very suitable as an entry oil-based color pencil.
 
There is not much difference between the performance of oil-based colored pencil and water-soluble colored pencil, but the core quality of oil-based colored pencil lead is closer to wax, and it cannot be mixed with water, so it can only be painted dry, and the lines are relatively delicate, so it is mostly used for detailed depiction or sketching.