Sargent Art 22-1124 24 Premium Watercolor Crayons

Watched a tutorial where the artist used watercolor sticks primarily to make marks, then a different artist tried them out just using a wet brush right on them, both ways worked for different effects. The second artist also made marks then tried to blend, not so great. Then she cut a bit off and placed in a half pan, used like tube paint. Pretty good. I have a couple Daniel Smith sticks based on the first tutorial, I like adding marks and lines to some pieces. Organizing my workroom getting ready for holiday shows, and I found these Sargent “crayons” which I had forgotten I had, so I decided to give them a try.Used the wet brush right on them, on the side of the point, worked brilliantly. And once I was done, just set them down and waited a bit for them to dry, and then back in the box. I was able to blend colors just by holding the two crayons at once. The Daniel Smith are pretty pricey compared to these, so I’d call this a win. I may not color with them which is what I thought was how to use them, but I can see these being very handy for instance to travel with, pretty much no mess, only had to clean my brushes as usual. Highly recommend.

Excellent quality! It's the same level of the expensive other brand.

these crayons are beautiful and a lot of fun to work with. great addition to my regular pan watercolors.

Believe it or not my Crayola Creamsticks were easier to use and brighter in color than this product when adding water. This product has a great variety of colors and lays down on paper well if you want to use them just as a crayon and not use water. I may need to use them more to discover their magic.

Such beautiful colors. Nice assortment. Works great with water. Perfect for card making.

colors are nice and vibrant, crayons are nice size and easy to use

Not impressed. I am a watercolor artist, so my view could be skewed because of that. But they were not fun at all to use. They don’t loosen or blend or anything, really. When I paint over it with water, it never stops looking like a crayon colored there. I expected the color to loosen and spread and the edges to become soft and blended.

These watercolor crayons work great for my handmade cards. I love the quality of them.