Are Caran D'Ache Worth It? Review Neocolor II Water Soluble Crayons & Speedpaint a Tortoise w/Me!
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- Опубликовано: 17 ноя 2021
- Fancy as ever @CARANDACHEcom Neocolor II Water Soluble Wax Pastels (a mouthful!) are expensive, but are they worth the money? How do they hold up when compared to regular ole Crayola crayons? We find out before we dive into a test piece of the fancy Neocolor ii water soluble crayons. I paint a Tortoise in the sea using every possible method of application of these babies. Let’s learn how to enjoy them together! Please consider subscribing if you enjoyed the video, and definitely leave me a comment with which you would rather use! Note, this is not sponsored (I wish!)
Materials used:
Stillman and Birn Alpha Series Sketchbook - amzn.to/3nln6CV
ColErase Pencil in Blue - amzn.to/33vI9LD
Princeton Neptune Round Brush Size 6 - amzn.to/3zSDn7a
Dagger Brush- amzn.to/31SSrVX
Arteza water brush - amzn.to/3fl24Q8
Posca Pen Extra Fine in White - amzn.to/3zUA6o7
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Time Stamps:
0:22 Facts and First Impressions
2:28 Caran D’Ache Swatches
3:26 Testing, Techniques and Comparison
6:20 Full Fangirl Mode Achieved 😂
9:58 Full painting of a tortoise named Edgar (warning, the volume jumps up-I am still getting the hang of my new fancy microphone!)
14:24 Thoughts/wrap up/please consider subscribing! 👍☺️🙏
Losing hope?!? Yet you never do! You tried tried tried on hyper speed until you matched the second set of swatches.
You are so much fun to listen to, especially when you begin to wet your swatches! “Oh, this is sooo much funnnn!”
Enjoyed you explaining all the different techniques you were using as you painted the amazingly detailed tortoise. And it’s so true that the lines in the dark blue water did indeed look like streaks of light… and you didn’t even plan for that look!
Lol! Such a sweet comment! 🤗
I love the turtle. Since getting the nickname after my back surgery i been collecting different turtle things, and love anything turtle. I have 4 that i need to play with. And buy white and black ones for my mixed media old book.
I'm so glad you liked it!! I love turtles, too, I had them as pets as a child since I was allergic to fur and feathers (I had a snake, an iguana, and a bunch of other lizards, too!). Thank you for coming to my channel, I hope your back is better!!
All products used are in the description!
I've used Mungo oil pastel crayons. They are not bad. I have the neocolor 2 crayons but have not used them yet because of the expense. Now I'm ready after watching your video. Your drawing was lovely....I only draw patterns and mandalas in black ink. I'm coloring them with pencils...watercolor pencils...watercolors ..markers and now water so
Uble crayons. Enjoy swatching colors from these media. Cool video to get some tips from.☺️
I'm so glad to hear you'll try them out now! I absolutely love mine and they last a long time.
That's really cute!!! I loved your painting!!! I use caran'dache neocolor crayons since forever and love them. I just don't like to paint big areas with them, because it's not easy to get a good spread of the pigment. Because they're soooo pigmented!!! I just don't think it's a fare comparisson with the other crayons, because they're a totally different material. Excuse my English. It's not my mother language. 😂 But I really liked your video. Thanks for sharing. 🤗
Your English is perfect! That is right on, the large area was my biggest struggle! Do you usually just do a multimedia approach and do the large areas with something else, like gouache or watercolor?
@@CreatingCuteArt Normally I just use them as common crayons because of their smoothness. Love them! is like watercolor pencils, I use them for making the dawing that I'll paint in watercolor, because they will almost desapear and leave just the watercolor showing. I don't like to use these mediums as watercolors.
As a youngster, I used to dip (or spit on) the colored pencils I had, then dab on their newly brilliant colors to my art. They were inexpensive ones, but they really got intense. As I watched this video, I decided to get out my Neo2’s and add them (dry) to a small work I have, being started in watercolor, which I was planning to continue in gouache to mellow it out. It’s a picture of a cat, adored by its owner, in overexposed color, the “red eye” is Green (!) and the background manages to make pine boughs look like exotic tropical foliage. I figured the essentially abstract background I roughed in might be fun to fiddle with, so I drew (dry) on some colors with the Neo2’s, then wet them. I am guessing/hoping I can go over the crayons with gouache later.
This cat looks psychedelic! (A Pinterest search yielded some appropriate cat eyes to substitute for the wild ones in the original).
What an adventure I’m having, trying and interweaving mediums! Never stop what you’re loving! And thanks for sharing!
- Pat in Coastal New Hampshire 🎨🖌 🖍 🖼 🤗
What a fun story! I am on Instagram so if you post it, tag me so I can see it! It sounds amazing!
@@CreatingCuteArt just sent you the cat pic on messenger ~ 🤗
Yayyyy! I got it, so cute! I love seeing other’s art (and I just did my very first kitten spread in my sketchbook this week so I was excited to see yours!
Thank you for sharing. I love your turtle he’s so cute. I love theses crayons! I love crayons throughout my school years, the best day of school was when I got to buy my new box of crayons! I can still feel how excited I was when a got the big box with a sharper built in the box. I’m loving Caran D’Ache and Lyra aquacolor!
LOL I so relate!! I loved the huge box of crayons when I was in school, and when my friends would have an even bigger set than me with more colors I would always ask to borrow!! :)!! I love these, too, they are so versatile!
They work really well on watercolor paper with a little texture. Are u using smooth paper here? Ur turtle is so cute!
Yes, it’s 150 gsm smooth white, totally not for watercolor lolol! But it’s a Stillman and Birn Alpha Series mixed media sketchbook so I thought it would be good-I’m excited to see them on cold press paper now that you say this!! So glad you enjoyed the lil turtle!
@@CreatingCuteArt my experience when using it with smoother paper is that the color application is a little streaky, it kinda thins itself out but on paper with some tooth, the color deposits into the tooth of the paper, kinda grabbing it more and it goes on thicker, smoother and creamier, giving more coverage. If you try it on cold pressed watercolor paper let us know what you think. Also, Lyra has crayons that are super nice too, just about as nice as the Neocolors but they are cheaper and I believe they are artist grade as well. You can’t buy them open stock though, they come in a small set of like maybe 12, a set of 24 and I think a set of 48 on Amazon.
@@Skinnychelle48 I will definitely do another video on them, I'm gathering some of these super useful comments with tips and plan to apply them in the next one!! I'm so glad to hear the Lyra are good, I've seen Melanie Chadwick use them and was curious! 🤗
Turtle time 🐢!
Yeahhhh!
I decided to get some Neocolor II because I love watercolour and I've been wanting to experiment with pastels and this seems like the best of both worlds. So this video was just what I needed!
I'm so glad you got them!! They are absolutely wonderful. The other video where I compare them to the Crayola Portfolio oil pastels gets even more in detail about how they work and comparing different techniques. Enjoy them (I know you will)!!
@@CreatingCuteArt I haven't gotten them yet though, just decided on it, which is why I'm watching every Neocolor II video I can find :D will check out the other one as well!
@@bloomanddot Ohhh lol ok I got ahead of myself. I'm excited to see what you create when you get some!! ❤️🤗👍
@@bloomanddot here is the link btw to the video where I do a bunch of specific techniques with them to compare them to the crayola portfolio ones: ruclips.net/video/36w-wJecpJI/видео.html
crayola has water soluble oil pastels called portfolio series. its not wax but its water soluble. maybe they could be compared to the neocolor ii's?
Whaaaaaaat!? A supply I've never heard of? How cool!! I will definitely look those up and see if I can arrange a "rematch" 🤗🥰👍 Thank you for the cool suggestion!
@@CreatingCuteArt no problem! I hadn't heard of them either until I came across a video lindsaythefrugalcrafter made about them. They look pretty fun
Ok I ordered them! I will probably do another brief haul video next week and then plan a "rematch" for my Caran D'Ache!!
What book do you use for swatches?
It’s an Arteza watercolor square sketchbook! I filled four of them in the beginning of my art sketchbook journey before I was comfortable trying a little fancier brands! They come in this tan and in grey.
@@CreatingCuteArt Thank you! I want a swatch book too, but I couldn't find what I wanted. Lol.
Once again comparing apple and oranges