Review: Cretacolor Nero Pencil (Oil Based Charcoal)

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  • Опубликовано: 15 окт 2024
  • The Cretacolor Nero Pencils are dark and almost smudge-proof. They work great with watercolour with the downside being you have to sharpen them.
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Комментарии • 106

  • @Echo-Of-Noise
    @Echo-Of-Noise 6 лет назад +42

    Another good thing about the nero pencils is that you can layer them on top of graphite, which i can't do with other carbon/charcoal pencils.

  • @IrisMG
    @IrisMG 7 лет назад +12

    I have the original Koh-i-noor Negro Pencils, and I used 1, 3 & 5. After Cretacolor from Austria bought them out they changed the name slightly bu5 not the composition of the pencils, thankfully. I used 5 to sketch with, midtones with 3, then rarely used 1 as it was very hard to sharpen because it was so soft. Good pencils that stand the test of time. Need a vellum surfaced paper to really bring them out

    • @InyasArt
      @InyasArt 2 года назад

      Hey there, Koh-I-Noor are still making them at least in the form of the Gioconda 5.6 leads.

    • @guitarla3351
      @guitarla3351 2 года назад

      I think the name has changed to silky black, it's still sold with code 8815

  • @MsRome30
    @MsRome30 6 лет назад +4

    Hello Teoh, I've been using these pencils for years and I really love them. Since I'm a left hander the fact that they smudge less is a big bonus for me. I use them for portrait drawing. I use mostly the number 3, I've found that you can even out the pencil strokes to some degree by passing over areas with the number 5 very hard pencil. I never thought about using them for Urban Sketching, so this is something new and exciting to try. Thank you much for all your wonderful reviews.

  • @vwood2
    @vwood2 8 лет назад +22

    A great review - thank you. I sometimes use Pitt oil based pencils, which come in a sanguine colour (burnt sienna) as well as black. They give drawings an old masters look, which is kinda neat.

    • @teohyc
      @teohyc  8 лет назад +2

      Thanks. I've not heard of those pencils. I got to try them. lol

    • @QueenWaspGo
      @QueenWaspGo 8 лет назад +4

      Cretacolor makes oil based pencils that come in sanguine, sepia light, sepia dark, white, and the nero. I like bothe the cretacolor and the faber castell.

    • @teohyc
      @teohyc  8 лет назад +1

      I have some of the other Cretacolor oil based pencils. They are nicer to use compared to the drier version of the same pencils.

  • @NMranchhand
    @NMranchhand 5 лет назад +3

    That was a very thorough and professional review. Thank you. I enjoyed your light, loose sketches of London.

  • @RDGardea
    @RDGardea 5 лет назад +5

    They come in a Hard 5 as well. Superior Reproduction for Commercial Art due to the lack of shine when photographing. Thanks for the very informative video. I will share.

  • @pfccafe6437
    @pfccafe6437 6 лет назад +9

    Thank you. You have a wonderful way of explaining everything. I enjoyed your beautiful work also.

    • @teohyc
      @teohyc  6 лет назад

      Thanks 😁

  • @LeaGalTan
    @LeaGalTan 8 лет назад +8

    Must get these pencils! I sketch a lot with graphite pencils, but I don't like the reflection. The Nero pencils are just what I need. Your London sketches are wonderful!

    • @teohyc
      @teohyc  8 лет назад +1

      Thank you ~(˘▾˘~)

  • @nancyloomis3046
    @nancyloomis3046 3 года назад

    I just bought the “Pocket Set” of 6 to try them out. I think I’m gonna like them. Thanks for the review!

  • @QueenWaspGo
    @QueenWaspGo 8 лет назад +3

    I also love the sanguine, sepia dark, and sepia light pencils they make. They also have 5.6mm leads available! I love using them in toned sketchbooks. I don't like the white pencil that much, I'd rather use a white polychromos or the derwent chinese white pastel pencil.

    • @teohyc
      @teohyc  8 лет назад +1

      +QueenWaspGo I think they have the dry white pencils and the oil based white pencil.

    • @QueenWaspGo
      @QueenWaspGo 8 лет назад

      I've tried both. They advertise one as charcoal white and the other as oil.

  • @thoroner1
    @thoroner1 8 лет назад +3

    Graphite is nice for smooth blending but when I want something black I like charcoal better.

  • @maureenkennedy3234
    @maureenkennedy3234 2 года назад

    Thank you thank you thank you for doing this video with the watercolor!

  • @LilyLaPeche
    @LilyLaPeche 7 лет назад

    Another very helpful review. Your reviews really help me to choose what art supplies to buy, so thanks!

    • @teohyc
      @teohyc  7 лет назад

      +LilyLaPeche Thanks 😀

  • @vin4216
    @vin4216 6 лет назад +3

    I need those Nero pencils.

  • @BarbrajoanOriginals
    @BarbrajoanOriginals 8 лет назад +1

    Very interesting Teoh, I'd not seen these before, and am looking forward to trying them..
    Thanks for the review...

    • @teohyc
      @teohyc  8 лет назад

      Thanks \ (•◡•) /

  • @JacopoMoruzzi
    @JacopoMoruzzi 8 лет назад +5

    Man, those pencil tips are sharp. You sure have a very good sharpener ;)

    • @teohyc
      @teohyc  8 лет назад +3

      +Jacopo Moruzzi It is the KUM Automatic Long Point.

  • @erins.5420
    @erins.5420 8 лет назад +3

    The eraser might be an issue like you said. I really haven't found an eraser that works better than the bright white pvc free erasers. That would be a cool review to do....find the best eraser for graphite and these Nero pencils. Also I have recently been using erasable ink pens!!!! It's a cool look because you can erase what you've watercolored over!!! I've discovered that a few months ago and been playing around with it. It's fun actually! I've been using the fusion erasable pens. Some colors work better than others but interestingly enough it can be used as a sort of masking. It's awesome and unique.

    • @vwood2
      @vwood2 8 лет назад

      Erin S. The erasable ink is a really neat idea . Do you find that the fusion pens erase well after covering the lines with watercolour? Sometimes it's hard to erase pencil after it has been painted over.

    • @erins.5420
      @erins.5420 8 лет назад +2

      Vicki Wood it is! You should really try it! I haven't seen anyone talk about it online when I google it or anywhere on RUclips either! But it's so cool I can't keep it to myself anymore!

  • @observationprocess5844
    @observationprocess5844 2 года назад

    I just started playing with cretacolor oil pencils and found it quite challenging, and this video was quite good!-so thank you for posting this! Perhaps it would have been great to share your insight on what type of paper these pencils are best suitable for? I realized my problem was the paper I was drawing on; for me these pencils are more enjoyable to work on a smoother surface.

    • @teohyc
      @teohyc  2 года назад +1

      These pencils work better on smoother paper.

  • @misaelN04H
    @misaelN04H 7 лет назад

    I also noticed that by laying down the graphite first, the oil charcoal sits over it quite well. In my drawings I have found reason use that. The Cretacolor makes some really deep blacks, very nice. I also use the Mitsubishi pencils but only in 10B. Have you used any spray fixatives over the Cretacolor pencils?

    • @teohyc
      @teohyc  7 лет назад +1

      I only spray fixative over the Cretacolor pencils when they are exposed. If I cover all the pencil marks with watercolour, there's no need to use fixative.

  • @mstalcup
    @mstalcup 4 года назад +1

    Nice review! I just bought used my first Cretacolor Nero before finding your video. I wanted something I could use with graphite for the darkest values where I definitely wanted to avoid the distraction of a burnished, shiny 9B graphite pencil. It worked very well for my purposes. I am planning on buying some of the other pencils in this series. Can anyone tell me if any of these contain both graphite and charcoal, like a hybrid pencil?

    • @Gyncop
      @Gyncop 4 года назад

      I don't know about these but a mix of graphite and charcoal that I found interesting is made in China, by Marie's. It's the 14b. But for me, nothing else is like coal. Then there will be really dark values ​​and without the uncomfortable brightness of the graphite.

    • @Gyncop
      @Gyncop 4 года назад

      Or go straight to Conté Pierre Noire 3b.

  • @t.bunker2511
    @t.bunker2511 6 лет назад

    Since they are oil-based, I wonder if they can be used for pre-sketching without their migrating to the surface like charcoal or graphite pencil can through an oil painting without sealing first.

  • @gnostie
    @gnostie Год назад

    On which paper was this demo done?

  • @PalmDreams
    @PalmDreams 8 лет назад +5

    is there a particular brand of FIXATIVE that you like ? love your reviews...and videos!

    • @teohyc
      @teohyc  8 лет назад

      I don't have any preference. Schmincke makes a lot of fixative.

  • @nenahdm
    @nenahdm 7 лет назад +2

    I have used them for years now and I think they're great! But there is a fifth one actually: extra hard. Did you know that?

    • @teohyc
      @teohyc  7 лет назад

      Thanks. I did not know that

  • @ihy8602
    @ihy8602 8 лет назад

    I really like the extrasoft for figure drawing, I just wish the cores weren't so flimsy. Unlike my normal charcoal pencils they seem to break way too often if I sharpen them to a long taper.

    • @teohyc
      @teohyc  8 лет назад +2

      These oil-based ones are quite durable and don't break much. I wished they have mechanical pencil leads too. LOL.

    • @ihy8602
      @ihy8602 8 лет назад

      Teoh Yi Chie
      You can get them in 5.6mm lead, I believe. Don't know if they make anything smaller.

  • @romelmadray1056
    @romelmadray1056 6 лет назад

    Hi recently got a set of Cretacolor Leads, Box of 6 Assorted Colors.Assorted Colors, Box of 6 - This set contains six different leads and is therefore a great basic sketching lead assortment. Includes one each of While Pastel, Sanguine (oil), Black Compressed Charcoal (medium), Graphite 4B, Sepia Dark and Sepia Light.Trying to figure out if Cretacolor Sepia Dark and Sepia Light are graphite, oil or pastel. Any ideas?

    • @romelmadray1056
      @romelmadray1056 6 лет назад

      ????Would you know which ones are chalk pastels, graphites, dry pastel, oil based leads or charcoal? These are he leads themselves

    • @teohyc
      @teohyc  6 лет назад

      +Rhom Arts I'm not sure what the Sepia are made of.

    • @romelmadray1056
      @romelmadray1056 6 лет назад

      No worries. thanks and keep up the great work and have a nice day.

  • @nokhaizhcr3854
    @nokhaizhcr3854 7 лет назад +1

    my charcoal pencil turns into powder whenever I try to draw with it
    some one please HELP!

    • @teohyc
      @teohyc  7 лет назад +2

      They are suppose to work like that. You have to use a light touch.

  • @sandrawaugh6308
    @sandrawaugh6308 8 лет назад

    I was wondering if the oil in the Nero pencils bleeds through to the back side of the paper?

    • @teohyc
      @teohyc  8 лет назад +1

      +Sandra Waugh There is no oil in the liquid form. It does not bleed through.

    • @x-changex-outx-oner8224
      @x-changex-outx-oner8224 6 лет назад

      Teoh Yi Chie
      The pencil may not bleed through but when Nero (emporer) was stabbed, I think he did bleed through.
      .......Sorry Teoh, I couldn't help myself.
      Keep up the great work.

  • @barfi945
    @barfi945 3 года назад

    Thank you so much !

  • @xAlluraWhite
    @xAlluraWhite 8 лет назад +1

    where can i find the nero pencils in singapore? great review btw :)

    • @teohyc
      @teohyc  8 лет назад

      ArtFriend sells Cretacolor pencils.

  • @JoyfulArtisticAdventures
    @JoyfulArtisticAdventures Месяц назад

    I m ur new subscriber! Thanks for Nero pencil review.

  • @Elusive_Reclusive
    @Elusive_Reclusive 8 лет назад +2

    What kind of pencil sharpener did you use for these pencils?

    • @teohyc
      @teohyc  8 лет назад +2

      Those table-top turn-style sharpener. The KUM Automatic Long Point is good for sharpening these too. www.parkablogs.com/content/review-kum-automatic-long-point-pencil-sharpener

    • @Elusive_Reclusive
      @Elusive_Reclusive 8 лет назад +1

      I am trying to find a sharpener that gives a long point, so good recommend, thanks!

    • @BarbrajoanOriginals
      @BarbrajoanOriginals 8 лет назад +1

      BTW, I did get the KUM pencil sharpener and like it very much

    • @เมย์ปาทาน
      @เมย์ปาทาน 6 лет назад

      anne berry กๆะะสาเ

    • @usamanasher6852
      @usamanasher6852 6 лет назад

      Barbra Joan You SHOULD like it, it's for 15 Euros WTF lol

  • @dreagerd7560
    @dreagerd7560 6 лет назад

    i have Austria Cretacolor and idk if they are fake (;-;) but they are good ;)

    • @teohyc
      @teohyc  6 лет назад

      These pencils are already quite affordable. Not sure why people will want to make fake pencils

  • @しょん-r2k
    @しょん-r2k 5 лет назад +1

    asako tsukimura using nero for water colour

  • @JosephAlbert88
    @JosephAlbert88 8 лет назад

    Teoh do u think investing in w&n brushmarkers are worth it ?

    • @teohyc
      @teohyc  8 лет назад +1

      I've no experience with them. From the description, they seem like Copic markers.

    • @JosephAlbert88
      @JosephAlbert88 8 лет назад

      Erin S. Link doesn't work it is video is not aviable

  • @greyareaRK1
    @greyareaRK1 8 лет назад

    Great overview!

  • @miksolt
    @miksolt 7 лет назад

    Thanks for the great review! I wonder if you know of any WATER SOLUBLE OIL PENCIL out there.

    • @teohyc
      @teohyc  7 лет назад +1

      Oil is not watersoluble so I don't know if there are any products like that.

    • @miksolt
      @miksolt 7 лет назад

      Of course, it's not water soluble, but still there are water mixable oil colours and charcoal. That's why I tought might be oil pencil as well (becouse maybe it's not too good to breath in the paint thinner during drawing)

  • @laeumelia
    @laeumelia 6 лет назад

    Have you tried blending it with a brush?

    • @teohyc
      @teohyc  6 лет назад

      Not tried that before

    • @laeumelia
      @laeumelia 6 лет назад

      Teoh Yi Chie since its oil based I thought maybe it would blend better with a brush. Just a thought though

  • @bevroberts8440
    @bevroberts8440 8 лет назад

    Looks like a very good product for sketching; adding to my shopping list :D)

  • @etlinggaleano4022
    @etlinggaleano4022 3 года назад

    how do you sharpen your pencils?

    • @teohyc
      @teohyc  3 года назад

      With a KUM long point sharpener. www.parkablogs.com/content/review-kum-automatic-long-point-pencil-sharpener

  • @bubanner
    @bubanner 7 лет назад +1

    wow i prefer #4 too

  • @katherinesimonds622
    @katherinesimonds622 7 лет назад

    Fab review. Stupid question..how do you get such great points on your pencils?

    • @teohyc
      @teohyc  7 лет назад

      +Katherine Sullivan I use the Kum Long Point sharpener. Check out this review ruclips.net/video/TRBrvBKiyUU/видео.html

    • @Alan-mk7wb
      @Alan-mk7wb 6 лет назад

      Grab the Mitsubishi kh-20 long point sharpener. It has to be the best sharpener I have.

  • @sammygeorgakopoulos8148
    @sammygeorgakopoulos8148 5 лет назад

    How does it sound on printing paper? Does it sound like it's scratching the paper and can be easily usable like how you use a graphite pencil?

  • @UrraSergio
    @UrraSergio 7 лет назад +7

    I use an oil based charcoal pencil for warm up sketching in the bathroom. I use it on white tiles. It is easily removed with a damp cloth and saves paper and money. lol (I am bankrupt due to health expenses, so I must come up with ways to practice for free)
    I forgot to say: it's a makeup pencil. :p

  • @ShinoaXX
    @ShinoaXX 6 лет назад

    I have these pencils but they are really hard to sharpen :(

    • @teohyc
      @teohyc  6 лет назад

      Use the Kum long point sharpener

  • @Irisphotojournal
    @Irisphotojournal 4 года назад

    He should note that different pencils and erasers behave in different ways on different papers.

  • @mohdjameel1946
    @mohdjameel1946 3 года назад

    We can draw with this pencils on soft pastel

  • @robl9767
    @robl9767 5 лет назад

    Dear viewers I learned a very important lesson today. My dumb ass spent about four hours doing an oil impregnated charcoal and watercolor rose for the love of my life and I totally fucked up. How did I totally fuck up you ask? I used masking fluid to block off the white like a watercolor artist normally would (I use pens for this and trust 1000% easier). Well folks oil impregnated charcoal and masking fluid do not mix. All that white is now a muddy mess and I cannot fix it. So my suggestion use ink when using masking fluid because these Nero pencils (I used nero leads in a holder) just do not work. Ah art you bork ten times and then you oh now I know how this works. Please excuse my language but really there was no other way to explain it. I get the maybe I should have Googled that award for the day now don't I? Anyway Teoh you rock like always and I found this video on Google searching Creatacolor Nero. Sigh back to the drawing board like Willie Coyote that I know I misspelled like a digaling.

  • @PuppetMaster8707
    @PuppetMaster8707 6 лет назад +1

    I've never used an charcoal I enjoy Ebony pencils

    • @teohyc
      @teohyc  6 лет назад

      This charcoal is not like the real flaky charcoal

  • @Amonny
    @Amonny 6 лет назад

    Monolith is a horrible eraser. Try a Tombow Mono for a drastic change.

  • @RakhiKumari-cy7mn
    @RakhiKumari-cy7mn 4 года назад

    Oil pastels
    Creteacolor sepia oil pencils singles
    Right no yes
    I am kuck ✏️ hai dwaring hai
    Sad
    Plzz bolo no yes me
    Dwaring sad kuch

  • @actbrimstone
    @actbrimstone 8 лет назад

    I'm always number 4, of you know. What I mean😏

  • @georgessadourny1925
    @georgessadourny1925 3 года назад

    Les sous-titres sont honteusement mal traduits.

  • @picklesdill9138
    @picklesdill9138 7 лет назад +1

    am i the only person who gets goosebumps from blending with a stump? ughhhhh it gives me the heebie geebies

    • @teohyc
      @teohyc  7 лет назад

      I get that too sometimes. lol

  • @lilspazm4428
    @lilspazm4428 7 лет назад +1

    dark shit

  • @marilynlewis7259
    @marilynlewis7259 4 года назад

    About seven minutes into your demo and ad interrupted and I left.