Once someone is past a twelve-colour starter pack, the limit is no longer technique but range. This set answers that directly: thirty-six colours as a minimum, and up to a hundred and twenty, laid out in a hinged metal box that opens flat on the table like a paint case.

A large watercolour range removes most of the mixing decisions. Instead of trying to darken a green with a black pencil, you reach for the darker green that is already in the tray. For botanical work, portraits or landscape studies, that shortens the gap between what you see and what lands on the paper.

The lid is printed with a sunflower study that shows what the range does when it is washed rather than left dry. Inside, the pencils sit in fitted rows with the colours graded across the tray, so you find a shade by position rather than by pulling out a dozen pencils to test them.

The metal case earns its place on a set this size. A hundred-odd loose pencils in a soft pouch will not stay in order for a week, whereas the tin keeps the grading intact and the points protected between sessions.

Safencia lists the QiLi water coloured pencils metal box set at Rs. 7,125 for 36 colours, Rs. 8,550 for 72 and Rs. 11,545 for 120, with Cash on Delivery across Pakistan. WhatsApp confirms stock, your city and delivery charges before dispatch.

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