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They are coloured pencils that are oil based like polychromos as opposed to wax based like Caran D Luminance. I prefer the oil based ones as you can get a "bloom" with the wax ones. I wouldn't think you could use them over oil paint or acrylic successfully but then I'm not very adventurous..
Val Kenyon
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I have one single pencil which I think was a freebie from Ken Bromley. It’s very nice and smooth to use, but I’ve never combined it with oils, as I didn’t realise it could be used that way! I don’t think it would work over oils but could be useful if you wanted to draw in pencil before painting. I usually jump straight in with paint.