These
pencils have a very hard lead that wears well but lays down a decent
amount of color for such a hard lead. Once applied they had a lovely
metallic appearance, until I applied water. All metallic shimmery
goodness disappeared when I used water to move the pigment. At that
point they became sort of dull dark colors on the page. I tried blending
them with other watercolors but to no avail. Even when I applied them
to a wet page the shimmer wasn’t there as it was when they were wet.

I
used these for a few accents here and there through my art journal.
They were great for a hint of metal here and there so long as I avoided
working with water over them.

Price
point on these is about $10 for 6 pencils. That’s a lot of money for a
pencil you can only use dry if you want the shimmer than should be there
and is a rather boring color once you hit them with water.