If you have trouble with a pencil core shattering inside, wrap it in a heating pad for about twenty minutes, let it cool and it might be as good as new. Lindsay aka the Frugal Crafter said what do we have to lose. If the core's shattered, it's unusable, anyway. I had one of my Arteza pencils do that and it was as good as new. I'm sure you've heard this before, but some newbies might not have. Like you, I love a soft pencil and love to blend with my Prismacolors. You can also use glue to attach your itty-bitty pencil nubs to the next pencil instead of tape, and sharpen right through it. Thanks so much for the tour of your collection of pencils. I"m glad to meet you!
Hi there! Yes! I have done the heating pad on some and it worked okay. Others not - like Black Widows they don't lol. Prismas are soft enough to heat up and then if you roll them gently they should come back together, but sometimes they just don't. I used to glue my pencils together, but the glue gunked up in my sharpener. So, now I only sharpen to the tape line and then pull off the small piece left and throw it out. What glue were you using? It didn't dull out the blade or gunk up in the mechanism? Welcome to the channel!
Awe thank you. I tried to give a little opinion on each without making it too long. Of course it is all based on my coloring style but I hope it gives a little insight. Plus it is really fun for even me to watch last year's video and then check out this one and see how my feelings have changed over the year as I use them more.
It’s 2023 and I am watching this video. I am a colored pencil artist. I have a collection but mostly prismacolor which is my favorite used with solvent which turns it into paint form. I have other brands too but haven’t tried. I just bought Inktense, can’t wait to try!!!! I shop a lot in thrift stores. Found some out of production colored pencils!!!!! I want to try Derwent pencils soon. So expensive being an art enthusiast. Thanks for this video! Love ❤️ and ☮️
Really enjoyed your video. I have all the colored pencil sets except for 2. I also enjoy collecting colored pencil sets and just got a Caran D'ache Pablo set because they were on special at an art supply store. My husband thinks I am an art supply hoarder lol. I look forward to seeing more of your videos.😊
Haha a long time ago my hubby learned to stop questioning my purchases. He got tired of the evil glare I'd give when he sighed at my Amazon and Blick Art boxes. It is definitely a collecting hobby, but you know, I do try to use all of the ones I collect to justify it. I don't do it well, but I do try :). Thank you for watching!
This was a pleasure to watch. It was my first video by you and it is a well-made video. Thank you for sharing and you now have a new subscriber. Love seeing all those pencils.
I love the Derwent Artist & Procolor too! You get such clean lines with them and I find they layer really well. Glad I'm not the only one, they don't seem very popular. Although Harry from the Art Gear Guide channel likes them too. One of the best things about the Derwent Artist is the fact they come in 120 colours. I believe it's Derwent's largest range of colours.
@@BlueKungFu yes, right now the Artist is the largest - Lightfast is 100 so they are in second there. I think the Artist's pencils are just so unique in colors and how you use them. I love them.
The Derwent Artist pencils and Holbein's are my MOST favorite pencils of all. My Derwent Artist pencils go back into the 90's when the whole pencil barrel matched the lead. Oh and Caran d'Ache Pablo's are a close runner up for me
@@Stardancer11 I have a 36 set of Derwent Artist pencils from the 1980's. They seem a little softer, easier to transfer pigment. But still delicate. Lovely pencils.
This has been one of my favorite videos! I am definetly a pencil girl. Every now and then I will break out my alcohol markers. Very nice pencil collection. Yes I would leave those Derwent pencils in that wooden box too.😊 So pretty!
Thanks so much for this video. I'm watching a year later but there is still so.much relevant information here and I love the way you share your experiences with each set and what they would and wouldn't be good for. 😃
I, so agree with you on the Holbeins but I do love the colors. Soft white is soft opaque and crumble. I bought Lightfast reds, pink etc. Everything but the greys to fill in where I thought my Lumies were lacking. So happy Lightfast and Lumies are a perfect fit for me.
You know that is an excellent (and super cost savvy) way to get the best of LIghtfast and Lumis. They work crazy good together for one being predominantly oil and the other wax, but hey, why question a good thing. Yes, Holbeins are awesome, and honestly if that price tag came down I wouldn't be so harsh on them, but I guess for the price I expect a magical unicorn to fly out of the pencil and do the work for me (yet to happen, but I'm still hopeful). They are beautiful pencils though. I have yet to find a quality issue with them, and I do agree, the colors are breathtaking.
Extremely helpful video when considering new purchases! You also reinforced some of my opinions on a few sets. I also like the way you store the pencils. All in all, a great video, thank you for your expertise and time!
When I first started seriously coloring, I started with Prisma, Polychromos and Inktense. I had no idea what I had but that's all I had. I loved working with them. I actually am coloring a page in one of the Romantic Country books with Inktense.
Inktense are sooooooooo fun. I love them. You know, I might own a lot but I always go back to the same few sets. There are just some you can pick up and it just feels "right" to use (if that makes any sense lol).
@@ColorfullyOptimistic Kori, I totally know what you mean. I recently bought I Holbein's open stock just to test and see how i feel about them So far so good. I'll know more after I've used them a bit. I did find myself picking up those Polys. Familiarity. It just is 😊
Thank you so much for sharing. I found your video to be quite informative. I only have the 150 prisma set. My first true love. I now am ready to set out and look for an addition to my pencil family. Your personal knowledge was good to hear. I'm certain your video was a big job. It was most appreciated by this new adult colorist.
Wow, what a fantastic collection 😍 I only have the Inktense, Poly’s and Luminance - for now, because yes, I am a collector too haha ☺️ I would really love to extend my collection with the Derwent Lightfast which is at the top op a very long pencil set wish list, but since I am also collecting colouring books, markers and all the other crafting supplies under the sun, it is sometimes a vicious internal battle of which supply or book is the most needed and of what can be afforded - if I could only win that lottery lol 😂 It was very nice to hear your opinion, tips and tricks to all the sets and it definitely made me reevaluate some of the sets on my list - thank you 👋🏻🤗👋🏻
Just take your time. It has taken me awhile to collect these with books and it does get pricey especially as you get into more and more of the higher end sets.
Fun fact: you can use your Inktense to do artwork on fabric! My sister bought hers while she worked in a quilt shop because it was a tool they used for fabric colouring. Be interesting to see how you get on with the Fellissimo... :)
I have been building my art supplies for a year now, I love art. I been trying to get back into drawing again. I have a total of 1222 colored pencils, and I'm going to buy the Kalour 240 set, I'm very impressed with those colored pencils. I just brought the shuttle art 180 colored pencils set, these are excellent colored pencils. I also have the 150 prisama color pencils set, I love them colored pencils. I also want to buy the Markart 120 set colored pencils, I was also impressed with those to. I have the Blick 72 set of colored pencils, only used thoes four times. So there still a new set.
That's a lot of pencils - I have never added up my sets. I've seen a few people use the Markart and Blick, but I don't have them myself. The Kalour I'm curious about, because they look like they are manufactured by the same people that do the 180 Brutfuners and Soucolors. So I'm curious if they are the same as those. I have to do more research on them.
I spoke with the creator of the black widow pencils on messenger and he said they are looking into creating a a full set of all the pencils, and they are open stock it’s just very expensive for shipping that it works out better just to buy the set on Amazon again
Yes when I day open stock I always mean like how I can go buy a pencil at 2am on Blick. You can message the owner for open stock for sure though for black widow
I have the fellisimos; I finished getting the whole subscription last year in March . It was lucky as covid was just starting in Japan so shipping apparently stopped or slowed right down just as i got my last box . They are lovely; beautifully made with such attention to quality . I store mine in a set of artists drawers ..much easier than the individual boxes . Having them, for me is ESSENTIAL ..LOL ( I am also a pencil collector ) I have the old first subscription too of the 500 .. I do like them ..they are harder but wonderful for layering. Enjoy! Great video... and I envy you the lovely box of Derwent artists.. I know the scent of the wood is one of my favourite things about them ☺️
Omg I'm so jealous! You made it to the end! They are a great pencil. I wish they were easy to get AFTER the sub. Yes I have been thinking about cases after I finally get 500 and really want a way to almost display them since I'm waiting 2 years to get these lol. I would love to see yours! Could you shoot me a picture on Instagram or Facebook?
Colorfully Optimistic thanks! Yes I used to fret every month waiting for the delivery . They got lost a couple of times in the mail and Felissimo were fantastic in kindly sending me replacements , no questions asked,. I'm in Canada so our postal can be very bad sometimes . Plus, I never told my husband that I was getting them ( not that he'd mind , but...lol) I have been doing art stuff for many years and he thinks it cool but dislikes clutter so didn't need to see more coming every month.. I spent a long time deciding about the drawers as I loved the way Fellisimo packaged and had the little poems about each set. It seemed sad to not keep them in the cases but once you start getting 10, 20 they are taking quite a bit of room and I haven't a separate room really for keeping them. I can definitely share some pics with you. I'm on Facebook and you can locate me there .. my name's Mary Taylor-Lee. I have wanted to exclaim about them for a long time but no one else has them,so this is cool !
This is an amazing video, and I wish more of the people that commented reciprocated your friendliness. In case they are useful, I have some suggestions for pencils I’ve tried (which maybe you have already acquired throughout 2022): 1. Posca uni pencils. Amazing smoothness, good price on amazon, limited color range. 2. Windsor and newtown, watercolor pencils. I find them almost as soft as their colored pencils and sufficiently pigmented (for their price). They’ve just expanded their range to 48 watercolors. 3. Uni arterase. They are slightly smoother than polys, but hold a super sharp point. Jetpens sells them open stock, but the full set is cheaper on amazon. 4. Derwent drawing. Wish they expanded more on this line, especially considering how similar they are to Lightfast. They are incredibly water resistent too. 5. An obscure one from ali express: qianxunwuyu, the skintone set. After speaking with the seller, they started shipping to the US. They are a dryer version of Lightfast but have pretty nice pink shades. 6. Paul Rubens watercolor pencils: I’ve only found them on Ali Express. They are by far the softest watercolor pencil I’ve tried, almost like a neocolor. They seem to be almost a prototype, because not all colors dissolve the same, and funnily, the body of the pencil reads “palu rubens”.
I definitely need to update my stash. I do have the W&N Watercolor pencils and got the Derwent Drawing ones! I need to do a video for just colored pencils and one for watercolor ones haha. Thank you for advice and ideas!
Hope I didn't miss it, but have you done a 2022 colored pencil set? I'm so excited to identify someone who organizes pencils they way I do...by color but swatching by color family...so much easier to find them! Brutfuner square finally released sets with names.
Wow, what an extensive set of pencils in your collection. I have many of these sets, but not all. I thank you for this review. I was really interested in your opinion of the Derwent Artists pencils. Colors look beautiful, but if they are harder than than the Procoulors, I may take them out of my cart. Also happy to see you purchase from Cult Pens also, IMO they have some of the best prices on the market. I really enjoyed watching your video and hearing your opinions of all your beautiful sets of pencils. Well done!
I love watching collection videos, it was great 😀 I have many of this pencils you have, which I not have but want is the irojiten, the polychromos, and schpirrer farben. I love my felissimos🥰 The soucolor pencils are the same as the black 180 brutfuner set.
Yes, they are the same pencils (there's a few other brands that are in there too) for those Soucolors. I ended up giving mine away this year. I have swapped out a lot of sets, so I'll have to do a 2022 edition.
I agree with most of your thoughts on the pencils you own, I have 75 % of the ones you have.... Though , try using the Tombow Irojiten alongside the Polychromos. I own two full 90 sets of the Tombow's and it took me a while to figure out how to use them. I like the Tombow's for their very unique selection of muted colors that I have not found in any other brand of pencil before. Their pastel color selection is impressive as they have the medium to darker pastels to choose from as well. The Tombows almost feel like an oil based core. I am yet to combine them with the Derwent ProColor set, though I think they will also compliment them as well. I do really enjoy your channel, great work.
In the Black Widow sets, only the Skin light and Skin Dark duplicate the numbers. So the skins are one set and then all the others make a different set.
There are some duplicates outside of skin, but luckily you have the code (from the tin) in front. But, when you organize them numerically like I do, you do have a few of those instances. I love how the dragons were organized when those came out - perfect numerical sequence.
I am just now watching this and I've recently got the holbeins for a gift from my hubby for such a hard year (long story) please do coloring alongs tutorials or anything.. there is like none! PLEASEEEE
I'll be honest, I'm not Holbeins biggest fan lol. So, it is hard for me to do color alongs and tutorials. I have a few on here, and I might try a few more.
@@ColorfullyOptimistic im not their biggest fan either lol, but to spend that much money i need to use them for real lol. And I could really use some inspiration! Thank you either way!
I had a subscription too in Japan about felissimo, i have recevied in May le the 10th set. In Japan, there is no shipping cost and not devise yen/monnaie. On amazon or ebay they are more expansive ( double or more price).
Yea in Japan they're definitely affordable. However in the US the Amazon ones come out just a bit over if shipping doesn't increase dramatically in the next year.
I have the same issue about the writing on the Luminance. The silver tiny writing makes it as if the letters melt together on the round barrel. I even tried reading glasses....nada. ..I then had to refer to the legend with the numbers to find the color name. Other than that I do like them a lot.
So they are different for sure. The bruts are oil, Felissimo wax. Also, the Felissimo I find softer and of course they have wayyyyyy more colors lol. Price-wise, per pencil, Bruts are cheaper, but that's only because I have currency conversions and shipping rates. If Felissimo were local, they'd be one heck of a budget pencil competitor, and honestly, they're smooth with amazing colors so they would be something I'd buy more of. I will also say the Felissimo are made way better than the Bruts. Very good quality - which surprised me.
well done on this video. with all those great brands how to do you ever use the budget brands again lol.. I too have all the expensive 1's. not much of a fan of lightfast. I don't know if you have them or not but you should consider PABLO. I think Polychromos, Holbien, Pablo are the best color pencils. I do have prismacolor but hardly ever use them.
I don't have Pablo yet. I use budget ones at times but I always feel giddy going back to my others. I have mixed feeling with holbeins lol. But I will def try hot press. I haven't used it much with pencil
@@ColorfullyOptimistic please do. Pablo are so under rated. I heard your comments about the price on Holbein. I must agree. a few professional colorists mentioned Hot Press Water color paper for general use and after i tried it once i got heaps for future use. Something i tried with it recently was copic base color with pencil over top. due to water color paper it does drink the ink but the results are brilliant. I use Polychromos/Pablo on this paper. So much tooth. another paper type that was recommended to me was Mi-Teintes. double sided paper. 1 side is for pastel so remember that. 1 girl in Australia runs courses called Kit & Clouder recommended it. Its expensive stuff but worth it. If your on budget go Hot Press water color. 2 weeks ago i was sent a 36 set of pencils that iam swatching right now. I had never heard of them before so u might not either. they are great color and medium soft. Faber Black Edition 36. They really don't say what they are. www.amazon.com.au/Faber-Castell-Black-Editition-Colour-Pencils/dp/B086WNYTPZ/ref=pd_ybh_a_110?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=AF9YF8GXQA9NG57QHGC9
My friend needs a set of color pencils but she can’t afford a set like my prisma. So Kori for her first set which is the best budget set? I see that you own a ton of them so I figured you would really know. I will always use my prisma. So what do you think? Ty for showing all those. 👍🏻💜
@@ColorfullyOptimistic Oh thank you so incredibly much ! The luminance and lightfast blend & layer well with each other? I hope that makes sense!! Lightfast Work on strathmore toned papers? May i also ask, do you like the pablo more? im really so incredibly sorry for all the questions and so grateful to you! I’m trying to get back into colouring and trying to f. All this is so interesting and incredibly helpful again! 😁😁 I have luminance 100, polys and prisma. Incredibly lucky and so blessed that I received them as gifts from parents over the years ( I’m 36!) This video was so helpful. Subscribed and bell on!!! ☺️
I have the ‘joy’ 😭 of living 2mins walk from an art supply shop that sells Caran d’ache luminese for 4 for £10, so I’m gradually building up my collection.
@@ColorfullyOptimistic well you get prismacolors for cheap, they are hugely expensive in the Uk, so generally more expensive than polychromos… I’ve started with the greys and teals because I am obsessed.
I've been doing basic art with Prismacolors as my go-to for a good few years I used Artist's Loft before switching because they were bad pencils. I started with the 12 pack (very well loved), then the 48 pack (didnt use much from it) and i got the 132 pack. I still have the 12 and 48 pack I'm keeping for the same reason you said in the start! They could become rare in the future! Especially the 48 pack because its barely been used. But over these past few months I've been getting more serious about art and acquired the 24 pack of Polychromos. But they're so expensive I'd rather not spend the money for the full 120 pack at the moment. I have also gotten the 120 pack of Castle Art soft touch because they seemed decent and were on sale for $45 on Amazon! I also had these really cheap Royal & Lang colored pencils i got a few years ago from a bigish art set my mom got me. But they were really hardcore and seemed decent and cheap to counteract the very soft prismacolors. But also just bc I wanted really cheap colored pencils so I got a new 24 pack 😂 But now I feel like wanting to gather all sorts of different types of colored pencils just to have but also use. Thank you for not making me feel alone in this lol!
It can be fun to have a variety of pencils just because they work for different purposes. I mean I LOVE prismacolor, but I don't use them for hair in portraits. Also, combining brands to get those color combinations you really want is fun as well. Like Derwent Lightfast, Caran d'ache Luminance, and Pablos I tend to combine to get those colors I want.
@@ColorfullyOptimistic Yeah! I definitely will mix the different brands to get different results and shades etc. Prismacolors are amazing for blending, but because of the barrels cracking, cores breaking, points dont stay sharp etc I want to find more hardcore/oil based ones for finer details
Hello, thank you ! I've just noticed that you have an older version of Arteza Expert 120. For exemple, your Raw Sienna is A039 and the current Raw Sienna is A301. The present version seems to be known with a water dissolution issue. Did you know that ?
Yes that's why I said it must be the newer set in my comments. I tested my older one and it doesn't do it. One thing I didn't know is they've changed up the color numbers, but if they reworked the formula that makes sense why there would suddenly be issues (now I'm wondering if there are other differences between the old formulaand new). Hopefully they fix it. If I used mine more I would buy another set and test.
I am a little confused on what you meant about the Luminance sets. So is the 72 plus the portrait set = to their 100 set? Are the 4 open stock included in the 100 or is there 4 other colors (making 104). If so, what are those 4 colors? Thanks! Just looking to buy a set sometime soon and trying to clarify...
So, there are 4 open stock not in any of the sets. You will have to buy those in addition to their 70+ set and their portrait set to get the full 100. I dunno why they did it that way, but they did.
I'm not sure if it's fair to compare Derwent Lightfast and the Luminance...BUT if you had to, which do you think you'd choose? I'm struggling to make a decision lol
Honestly, it is really hard to say. I love both and use both together often (they actually work quite nice together). If I had to choose for portraits, I'd say Lumi, but for non-portraits, Lightfast.
I don't like the way my Blick 72 colored pencils set lay down, might be a quality issue. They are scratchy, and don't blend well. So I have not used them very much.
@@ColorfullyOptimistic I have the Blick 72 colored pencils set, I'm not liking them. Might be a bad batch, but they are very scratchy, I don't like the way they lay down. But give them a try for sure, I hope you have a great experience with them.
Hi there! I wanted to say one more thing. I do really wish the SF pencjls would come out with a bigger set, like a 120. I did go ahead and get the 96 set. I found them at such a good price.🌝
Have you tried any of the Koh-I-Noor colored pencils? I have the 72 and 144 count of Polycolor, the Tri-Color, and the Magic pencils. I have really fallen in love with their products. I even like the Magic pencils. I had a hard time figuring out how to use them, but after that they are a lot of fun to use.
Technically you can get them open stock but like $8 a pencil lol. This is the caveat with most budget pencil sets though. They're great sometimes, but to replace one, you must replace all, and at that point, they aren't really a budget pencil.
I love my black widows but the Coverings over the pencils just piss me off. Pick one way to present your pencil and stick by it. I find when they’re in my binder pencil holder, half the time the name is covered by the band holding them in.
I just ordered the square bruntfuners on Amazon. After three trusted reviews I think it’s a good choice to color with my 9 yr old niece. On an aside, I’m wondering if Derwent has multiple production sights. If a set is made in Great Britain than it’s marked Britain, but if they are made in England 🏴 itself then it’s labeled that way. Thank you for sharing.
Oh I think you'll like the squares. I really do. I'm not sure on production sites or if it is just the older ones say one thing, while the newer say another. But, that's a good point to think of.
@@ColorfullyOptimistic I bought the luminance I'm still 20 pencils short of full set most I've spent on pencils and I hardly use them . I've noticed all pencils prices like plolychromos have shot up in price I won't spend that much anymore
So, I did try those a long time ago and they were scratchy. However, I may have had just a bad batch. I do plan/want to try them again, but it is a big price tag to swallow. So they are on my list. I definitely plan to get them in the future though.
There is actually 100 in the Irojiten pencil series. Three sets of 30 "volumes" and then an open stock set of 10. The set of 10 packaged together takes from the various volumes, but doesn't include the new 10 open stock
@@ColorfullyOptimistic aaahhh, okay 👍🏼. I also purchased a pack of 12 Tom Bow, eBay auction, seemed no one wanted them. They are re-cycled pencils and are not sharpened. I paid around $4 incl. postage so if they are worthless, the pain will not be bad.
Hey there! So I have a few videos on my channel explaining the process for those specifically. You go to their site, and you sign up, but please keep in mind you cannot cancel in those 25 months. So, you are locked in.
Tombow Pencil Colored Pencils, Color Dictionary, Select Set, 36 Colors, CI-RSA36C This is the description. I think I’ve seen a couple of other sets also from Tom Bow but they aren’t related to the irojiten sets.
Do you experience extreme wax blooming with the darkest Derwent Lightfast pencils too? When I first got them I was like yaaay, finally really dark greens and reds! But then they turn greyish because of the wax bloom :(
Hmmm no, I don't get wax bloom with the Lightfast. They are an oil-based pencil, of course, they will have wax in them too, but I haven't seen/experienced bloom on them so that's odd.
@@ColorfullyOptimistic i haven't used them on so many different types of papers. I've swatched them on the same type of paper I've swatched all the others and then used them in drawings on Bristol paper. I recently picked them up again to use together with luminance, so it's funny how you mention those go so well together in the videos! :) I will get back to you later when I've tried them on different types of paper, but it will probably take a few weeks for the wax bloom to show up.
That shell on all the woodless pencils I know of is very thin plastic, and it's just the kind of plastic that gets ground up very, very, very small, and ends up in your lungs and bloodstream. Plastic is not a good thing under the best of circumstances, but no one knows what long term health problems can result from having plastic particles in your lungs and blood. I really don't want to find out. Anyway, the world is drowning in plastic, and the oceans are a nightmare. I try to avoid disposable plastic, and avoid any plastic that will be reduced to particles at all costs, so I definitely avoid woodless pencils that have a plastic coating. Anyway, when dealing with a Walmart or Amazon brand, you can't go by price. Both companies are powerful enough to basically tell a manufacturer how much they'll pay, and they demand quality for that price. If the manufacturer doesn't go along, they can be put out of business by these immense companies. It's a pretty evil practice, but also legal, so what can you do? As for being light fast, many cheap brands from China have never been officially tested for light fastness. Some withstand sunlight surprisingly well, others do not. But many panic over light fastness when it isn't necessary. Just because a pencil has low, or even no, light fastness does not mean it's going to magically fade after a few years. It's all about where and how the work is dis[layed. There are paintings with almost zero light fastness that are still vibrant after four hundred years. I have Crayola drawings my kids did as long as forty years ago, and they look like they were done yesterday, even though they've been on display all this time. Anyway, the story is that Amazon did everything possible, including hiring experts, to duplicate Prismacolor. If this works, they are considering going after Faber-Castell and Caran d'Ache next, though that would be a few years down the road.
My god, this video was a godsend! I was starting to feel like I had "too many" pencil sets: a total of 6 in all. I just sold two that I wasn't wild about: the Mitsubishi Uni 72 piece set, and the Staedtler 48 Karat watercolor pencils. I see now that I'm not the only one with an out-of-control colored pencil addiction. ❤
watching your video now and saw the Derwent Artists from Cult Pens. yes i 2 got 2 x these sets from Cult Pens sent to Australia. HATE HATE I HATE these pencils. In fact i would go as far to say they are the worst pencils derwent retail. I got 1 set sent to me as a replacement from Derwent Australia. some reason pigment was not coming from the pencil. its like the binding agent was but no pigment. anyhow. i sold the 2nd set off cheap. The Girl from Derwent Australia showed me that these pencils are considered the lowest grade they have. below Studio. She had a chart and i said, people would think they were Artist grade going from the price at most places and the name of the pencil. nope they are below budget.
Ah I'm sorry to hear that. Not all pencils are for everyone, but definitely sucks you bought two sets and realized you didn't like them. I do love Artists for hair and fur - they are amazing. They are definitely harder, but yes, these are a lower grade from Derwent, they are basically a student-grade in some ways, but for me, they still work.
I had the original Black Widow set, and I found them to be of terrible quality. I gave them away, though I have bought the rest of the sets and I am impressed with the quality of them. It is too bad they would not step up the quality of the original set as I would rebuy them. BTW, great vid, gave ya a like.
I hope that after this next set they release (supposedly this fallish?) they start to combine them all. I agree there was a quality shift between originals and Monarch. Monarch had definite changes to the formula. They were softer and easier to work with IMO.
@@jamiefugate8758 in my review of felissimo I have a link to their website. You can subscribe and get each box of 20 pencils per month (that's the original way to get them and not buy at once). They're a monthly subscription
If you have trouble with a pencil core shattering inside, wrap it in a heating pad for about twenty minutes, let it cool and it might be as good as new. Lindsay aka the Frugal Crafter said what do we have to lose. If the core's shattered, it's unusable, anyway. I had one of my Arteza pencils do that and it was as good as new. I'm sure you've heard this before, but some newbies might not have. Like you, I love a soft pencil and love to blend with my Prismacolors. You can also use glue to attach your itty-bitty pencil nubs to the next pencil instead of tape, and sharpen right through it. Thanks so much for the tour of your collection of pencils. I"m glad to meet you!
Hi there! Yes! I have done the heating pad on some and it worked okay. Others not - like Black Widows they don't lol. Prismas are soft enough to heat up and then if you roll them gently they should come back together, but sometimes they just don't.
I used to glue my pencils together, but the glue gunked up in my sharpener. So, now I only sharpen to the tape line and then pull off the small piece left and throw it out. What glue were you using? It didn't dull out the blade or gunk up in the mechanism?
Welcome to the channel!
I've never heard of that method. Thank you for sharing!
Love love love your collection!💕 so much fun to see them all and hear your opinion about the sets, I had a great time watching this🥰🤗
Awe thank you. I tried to give a little opinion on each without making it too long. Of course it is all based on my coloring style but I hope it gives a little insight. Plus it is really fun for even me to watch last year's video and then check out this one and see how my feelings have changed over the year as I use them more.
It’s 2023 and I am watching this video. I am a colored pencil artist. I have a collection but mostly prismacolor which is my favorite used with solvent which turns it into paint form. I have other brands too but haven’t tried. I just bought Inktense, can’t wait to try!!!! I shop a lot in thrift stores. Found some out of production colored pencils!!!!! I want to try Derwent pencils soon. So expensive being an art enthusiast. Thanks for this video! Love ❤️ and ☮️
Oh that's cool you snagged some in thrift stores
Really enjoyed your video. I have all the colored pencil sets except for 2. I also enjoy collecting colored pencil sets and just got a Caran D'ache Pablo set because they were on special at an art supply store. My husband thinks I am an art supply hoarder lol. I look forward to seeing more of your videos.😊
Haha a long time ago my hubby learned to stop questioning my purchases. He got tired of the evil glare I'd give when he sighed at my Amazon and Blick Art boxes. It is definitely a collecting hobby, but you know, I do try to use all of the ones I collect to justify it. I don't do it well, but I do try :). Thank you for watching!
This was a pleasure to watch. It was my first video by you and it is a well-made video. Thank you for sharing and you now have a new subscriber. Love seeing all those pencils.
Thank you so much - that is very kind of you to say and welcome to the channel too! Hope to see you around even more :)
Thanks for sharing all this! Yep, pencils are so fun to collect as well as use. Take care! 😊🎨🦋
They definitely are! Thank you for watching!
Gorgeous collection.
I must be contrary. I love Derwent’s Artist and Procolour.
Thank you so much!
I love the Derwent Artist & Procolor too! You get such clean lines with them and I find they layer really well. Glad I'm not the only one, they don't seem very popular. Although Harry from the Art Gear Guide channel likes them too. One of the best things about the Derwent Artist is the fact they come in 120 colours. I believe it's Derwent's largest range of colours.
@@BlueKungFu yes, right now the Artist is the largest - Lightfast is 100 so they are in second there. I think the Artist's pencils are just so unique in colors and how you use them. I love them.
The Derwent Artist pencils and Holbein's are my MOST favorite pencils of all. My Derwent Artist pencils go back into the 90's when the whole pencil barrel matched the lead. Oh and Caran d'Ache Pablo's are a close runner up for me
@@Stardancer11 I have a 36 set of Derwent Artist pencils from the 1980's. They seem a little softer, easier to transfer pigment. But still delicate. Lovely pencils.
Thank you for sharing your collection! I just found you on RUclips and have been enjoying your videos immensely!
Awe, well thank you so very much - very kind of you.
This has been one of my favorite videos! I am definetly a pencil girl. Every now and then I will break out my alcohol markers. Very nice pencil collection. Yes I would leave those Derwent pencils in that wooden box too.😊 So pretty!
That box was definitely part of the price and preserves the smell. I too am a pencil girl. I will use other stuff, but keep coming back to my pencils.
Thanks so much for this video. I'm watching a year later but there is still so.much relevant information here and I love the way you share your experiences with each set and what they would and wouldn't be good for. 😃
Oh it's never too late! I do plan to do a 2022 edition. It has just been bonkers around here and I haven't had time to pull them all out haha.
@@ColorfullyOptimistic I look forward to your new video.
I, so agree with you on the Holbeins but I do love the colors. Soft white is soft opaque and crumble. I bought Lightfast reds, pink etc. Everything but the greys to fill in where I thought my Lumies were lacking. So happy Lightfast and Lumies are a perfect fit for me.
You know that is an excellent (and super cost savvy) way to get the best of LIghtfast and Lumis. They work crazy good together for one being predominantly oil and the other wax, but hey, why question a good thing. Yes, Holbeins are awesome, and honestly if that price tag came down I wouldn't be so harsh on them, but I guess for the price I expect a magical unicorn to fly out of the pencil and do the work for me (yet to happen, but I'm still hopeful). They are beautiful pencils though. I have yet to find a quality issue with them, and I do agree, the colors are breathtaking.
Extremely helpful video when considering new purchases! You also reinforced some of my opinions on a few sets. I also like the way you store the pencils. All in all, a great video, thank you for your expertise and time!
Awe that's good to know! I'm glad it was helpful.
When I first started seriously coloring, I started with Prisma, Polychromos and Inktense. I had no idea what I had but that's all I had. I loved working with them. I actually am coloring a page in one of the Romantic Country books with Inktense.
Inktense are sooooooooo fun. I love them. You know, I might own a lot but I always go back to the same few sets. There are just some you can pick up and it just feels "right" to use (if that makes any sense lol).
@@ColorfullyOptimistic Kori, I totally know what you mean. I recently bought I Holbein's open stock just to test and see how i feel about them
So far so good. I'll know more after I've used them a bit. I did find myself picking up those Polys. Familiarity. It just is
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@@pattytolliver2651 That's the thing. We love what we love and hate trying something new lol
Your collection is absolutely amazing thanks for sharing ☺️
Thank you so much 🤗
Thank you so much for sharing. I found your video to be quite informative. I only have the 150 prisma set. My first true love. I now am ready to set out and look for an addition to my pencil family. Your personal knowledge was good to hear. I'm certain your video was a big job. It was most appreciated by this new adult colorist.
Despite all of the pencils I've collected, Prismas still are, and always will be, my fav :)
It does not matter what we use, as long as we use what we have and chose.
Very true!
Thankyou Kori,I enjoyed watching this video,started yesterday morning in the doctors waiting room n just finished it in my warm bed ❤
Hope you're feeling better
Wow, what a fantastic collection 😍 I only have the Inktense, Poly’s and Luminance - for now, because yes, I am a collector too haha ☺️ I would really love to extend my collection with the Derwent Lightfast which is at the top op a very long pencil set wish list, but since I am also collecting colouring books, markers and all the other crafting supplies under the sun, it is sometimes a vicious internal battle of which supply or book is the most needed and of what can be afforded - if I could only win that lottery lol 😂 It was very nice to hear your opinion, tips and tricks to all the sets and it definitely made me reevaluate some of the sets on my list - thank you 👋🏻🤗👋🏻
Just take your time. It has taken me awhile to collect these with books and it does get pricey especially as you get into more and more of the higher end sets.
@@ColorfullyOptimistic Yes, you are so right, I know I have not been collecting for very long, and I just get impatient haha
Fun fact: you can use your Inktense to do artwork on fabric! My sister bought hers while she worked in a quilt shop because it was a tool they used for fabric colouring. Be interesting to see how you get on with the Fellissimo... :)
That is awesome! I had no idea that you can use them on fabric so I'm going to have to try that out!
I wonder if the Inktense on fabric would fade in the laundry. Of course, a lot of quilts aren't used on the bed. They're too much a masterpiece.
@@teresamorgan4529 oooh not sure. I might test that and see lol
So many pencils....love it
It is fun, but I really need to start using them more so they don't sit there collecting dust :)
I have been building my art supplies for a year now, I love art. I been trying to get back into drawing again. I have a total of 1222 colored pencils, and I'm going to buy the Kalour 240 set, I'm very impressed with those colored pencils. I just brought the shuttle art 180 colored pencils set, these are excellent colored pencils. I also have the 150 prisama color pencils set, I love them colored pencils. I also want to buy the Markart 120 set colored pencils, I was also impressed with those to. I have the Blick 72 set of colored pencils, only used thoes four times. So there still a new set.
That's a lot of pencils - I have never added up my sets. I've seen a few people use the Markart and Blick, but I don't have them myself. The Kalour I'm curious about, because they look like they are manufactured by the same people that do the 180 Brutfuners and Soucolors. So I'm curious if they are the same as those. I have to do more research on them.
I spoke with the creator of the black widow pencils on messenger and he said they are looking into creating a a full set of all the pencils, and they are open stock it’s just very expensive for shipping that it works out better just to buy the set on Amazon again
Yes when I day open stock I always mean like how I can go buy a pencil at 2am on Blick. You can message the owner for open stock for sure though for black widow
@@ColorfullyOptimistic yes I gotcha, readily available, would be nice
I have the fellisimos; I finished getting the whole subscription last year in March . It was lucky as covid was just starting in Japan so shipping apparently stopped or slowed right down just as i got my last box . They are lovely; beautifully made with such attention to quality . I store mine in a set of artists drawers ..much easier than the individual boxes . Having them, for me is ESSENTIAL ..LOL ( I am also a pencil collector ) I have the old first subscription too of the 500 .. I do like them ..they are harder but wonderful for layering. Enjoy! Great video... and I envy you the lovely box of Derwent artists.. I know the scent of the wood is one of my favourite things about them ☺️
Omg I'm so jealous! You made it to the end! They are a great pencil. I wish they were easy to get AFTER the sub. Yes I have been thinking about cases after I finally get 500 and really want a way to almost display them since I'm waiting 2 years to get these lol. I would love to see yours! Could you shoot me a picture on Instagram or Facebook?
Colorfully Optimistic thanks! Yes I used to fret every month waiting for the delivery . They got lost a couple of times in the mail and Felissimo were fantastic in kindly sending me replacements , no questions asked,. I'm in Canada so our postal can be very bad sometimes . Plus, I never told my husband that I was getting them ( not that he'd mind , but...lol) I have been doing art stuff for many years and he thinks it cool but dislikes clutter so didn't need to see more coming every month..
I spent a long time deciding about the drawers as I loved the way Fellisimo packaged and had the little poems about each set. It seemed sad to not keep them in the cases but once you start getting 10, 20 they are taking quite a bit of room and I haven't a separate room really for keeping them.
I can definitely share some pics with you. I'm on Facebook and you can locate me there .. my name's Mary Taylor-Lee.
I have wanted to exclaim about them for a long time but no one else has them,so this is cool !
Omg that’s a lot of pencils. I love it. 😍
LOL yes, I need to do one updated since I've purchased a lot more in the past 2 years
This is an amazing video, and I wish more of the people that commented reciprocated your friendliness.
In case they are useful, I have some suggestions for pencils I’ve tried (which maybe you have already acquired throughout 2022):
1. Posca uni pencils. Amazing smoothness, good price on amazon, limited color range.
2. Windsor and newtown, watercolor pencils. I find them almost as soft as their colored pencils and sufficiently pigmented (for their price). They’ve just expanded their range to 48 watercolors.
3. Uni arterase. They are slightly smoother than polys, but hold a super sharp point. Jetpens sells them open stock, but the full set is cheaper on amazon.
4. Derwent drawing. Wish they expanded more on this line, especially considering how similar they are to Lightfast. They are incredibly water resistent too.
5. An obscure one from ali express: qianxunwuyu, the skintone set. After speaking with the seller, they started shipping to the US. They are a dryer version of Lightfast but have pretty nice pink shades.
6. Paul Rubens watercolor pencils: I’ve only found them on Ali Express. They are by far the softest watercolor pencil I’ve tried, almost like a neocolor. They seem to be almost a prototype, because not all colors dissolve the same, and funnily, the body of the pencil reads “palu rubens”.
I definitely need to update my stash. I do have the W&N Watercolor pencils and got the Derwent Drawing ones! I need to do a video for just colored pencils and one for watercolor ones haha. Thank you for advice and ideas!
@@ColorfullyOptimistic I would love to see a video of all your supplies. Or atleast updated pencil collection with the spares included.
Hope I didn't miss it, but have you done a 2022 colored pencil set? I'm so excited to identify someone who organizes pencils they way I do...by color but swatching by color family...so much easier to find them! Brutfuner square finally released sets with names.
I have not! It is on my list though. I just have ummm like 3 sets to swatch still haha. Then I can film.
@@ColorfullyOptimistic You "enabled" me to purchase the indra set :-)
Fantástica coloración de lápices de colores. Gracias por enseñárnosla.
Wow, what an extensive set of pencils in your collection. I have many of these sets, but not all. I thank you for this review. I was really interested in your opinion of the Derwent Artists pencils. Colors look beautiful, but if they are harder than than the Procoulors, I may take them out of my cart. Also happy to see you purchase from Cult Pens also, IMO they have some of the best prices on the market. I really enjoyed watching your video and hearing your opinions of all your beautiful sets of pencils. Well done!
Cult Pens is great! I do plan to review the artists because I have had a lot of inquiries about them, actually 😃
I love watching collection videos, it was great 😀
I have many of this pencils you have, which I not have but want is the irojiten, the polychromos, and schpirrer farben.
I love my felissimos🥰
The soucolor pencils are the same as the black 180 brutfuner set.
Yes, they are the same pencils (there's a few other brands that are in there too) for those Soucolors. I ended up giving mine away this year. I have swapped out a lot of sets, so I'll have to do a 2022 edition.
I got the brutfuner sq 120 at 3 am for 15$ this am lol sleep shopping is not a good hobby , I’m glad to hear people like them
Nice!
I agree with most of your thoughts on the pencils you own, I have 75 % of the ones you have.... Though , try using the Tombow Irojiten alongside the Polychromos. I own two full 90 sets of the Tombow's and it took me a while to figure out how to use them. I like the Tombow's for their very unique selection of muted colors that I have not found in any other brand of pencil before. Their pastel color selection is impressive as they have the medium to darker pastels to choose from as well. The Tombows almost feel like an oil based core. I am yet to combine them with the Derwent ProColor set, though I think they will also compliment them as well. I do really enjoy your channel, great work.
Awe thank you Dave. I have tried using the Tombow with my Procolour, but not Polys. They are an odd pencil, but I agree, beautiful colors!
WOW! Incredible, I hope to have a collection oneday. NICE!
Awe thank you. I did a 2023 edition if you want to see what I have now.
@@ColorfullyOptimistic Oh yes, I have watched that. LOVED it
In the Black Widow sets, only the Skin light and Skin Dark duplicate the numbers. So the skins are one set and then all the others make a different set.
There are some duplicates outside of skin, but luckily you have the code (from the tin) in front. But, when you organize them numerically like I do, you do have a few of those instances. I love how the dragons were organized when those came out - perfect numerical sequence.
I like the woodless water colors both watercolor and not water soluble
I am just now watching this and I've recently got the holbeins for a gift from my hubby for such a hard year (long story) please do coloring alongs tutorials or anything.. there is like none! PLEASEEEE
I'll be honest, I'm not Holbeins biggest fan lol. So, it is hard for me to do color alongs and tutorials. I have a few on here, and I might try a few more.
@@ColorfullyOptimistic im not their biggest fan either lol, but to spend that much money i need to use them for real lol. And I could really use some inspiration! Thank you either way!
Wow! you totally have massive collections😍😍 Love it🖍
Well mostly for the channel and reviews
I had a subscription too in Japan about felissimo, i have recevied in May le the 10th set. In Japan, there is no shipping cost and not devise yen/monnaie. On amazon or ebay they are more expansive ( double or more price).
Yea in Japan they're definitely affordable. However in the US the Amazon ones come out just a bit over if shipping doesn't increase dramatically in the next year.
I have the same issue about the writing on the Luminance. The silver tiny writing makes it as if the letters melt together on the round barrel. I even tried reading glasses....nada. ..I then had to refer to the legend with the numbers to find the color name. Other than that I do like them a lot.
Haha yeah I just go by numbers half the time. Makes it a lot easier!
Hey there is a dragon black widow set do you have that one yet or do you plan to get it
Yes I do have it! I swatched it in the channel
Cool I heard that set is really pretty
Where do u get your swatch sheets i love them...
Found this helpful and informative. Thanks for sharing :)
Glad it was helpful and thank you so much for watching :)
I’ve been waiting on your collection video😊. Are the brutfuners similar to the fellisimos...in size and performance?
So they are different for sure. The bruts are oil, Felissimo wax. Also, the Felissimo I find softer and of course they have wayyyyyy more colors lol. Price-wise, per pencil, Bruts are cheaper, but that's only because I have currency conversions and shipping rates. If Felissimo were local, they'd be one heck of a budget pencil competitor, and honestly, they're smooth with amazing colors so they would be something I'd buy more of. I will also say the Felissimo are made way better than the Bruts. Very good quality - which surprised me.
well done on this video. with all those great brands how to do you ever use the budget brands again lol.. I too have all the expensive 1's. not much of a fan of lightfast. I don't know if you have them or not but you should consider PABLO. I think Polychromos, Holbien, Pablo are the best color pencils. I do have prismacolor but hardly ever use them.
I print pages onto Hot Press water color paper. If you have not tried that yet. its great to use
I don't have Pablo yet. I use budget ones at times but I always feel giddy going back to my others. I have mixed feeling with holbeins lol. But I will def try hot press. I haven't used it much with pencil
@@ColorfullyOptimistic please do. Pablo are so under rated. I heard your comments about the price on Holbein. I must agree. a few professional colorists mentioned Hot Press Water color paper for general use and after i tried it once i got heaps for future use. Something i tried with it recently was copic base color with pencil over top. due to water color paper it does drink the ink but the results are brilliant. I use Polychromos/Pablo on this paper. So much tooth. another paper type that was recommended to me was Mi-Teintes. double sided paper. 1 side is for pastel so remember that. 1 girl in Australia runs courses called Kit & Clouder recommended it. Its expensive stuff but worth it. If your on budget go Hot Press water color. 2 weeks ago i was sent a 36 set of pencils that iam swatching right now. I had never heard of them before so u might not either. they are great color and medium soft. Faber Black Edition 36. They really don't say what they are. www.amazon.com.au/Faber-Castell-Black-Editition-Colour-Pencils/dp/B086WNYTPZ/ref=pd_ybh_a_110?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=AF9YF8GXQA9NG57QHGC9
just read the pack again for Faber 36 set. Buntstifte Black Edition
@@peternewport5626 I haven't heard of the FCs but i am definitely going to look into those!
you're missing the best of the Derwent's which is the Derwent Drawing pencils they put the awe in awesome but thats my two cents
I do want those, actually. They've been on my list for awhile. Just haven't purchased yet.
Love your collection!!
Thank you so much. 💓
My friend needs a set of color pencils but she can’t afford a set like my prisma. So Kori for her first set which is the best budget set? I see that you own a ton of them so I figured you would really know. I will always use my prisma. So what do you think? Ty for showing all those. 👍🏻💜
I like Brutfuner squares but they're oil based. For budget wax the Amazon Basics aren't bad either
Okay ty so much Kori for taking the time to answer me back. I really appreciate that. Have blessed day.
@@louisewilliams312 any time!
Have you bought The Colour Catalogue? You seem to have every set That she features in it. And they are amazing for picking Color’s!
Yes, I own them :).
thank you so incredibly much! your collection is amazing :)Your favourites the luminance and Lightfast?
No, no. My all-time favorite is Prismacolor. Lightfast I really really love too.
@@ColorfullyOptimistic Oh thank you so incredibly much ! The luminance and lightfast blend & layer well with each other? I hope that makes sense!! Lightfast Work on strathmore toned papers? May i also ask, do you like the pablo more? im really so incredibly sorry for all the questions and so grateful to you! I’m trying to get back into colouring and trying to f. All this is so interesting and incredibly helpful again! 😁😁
I have luminance 100, polys and prisma. Incredibly lucky and so blessed that I received them as gifts from parents over the years ( I’m 36!)
This video was so helpful. Subscribed and bell on!!! ☺️
My local art store (The Art Shop in Bayswater, Victoria, Australia) has Black Widows in open stock! :) I am really lucky lol.
I'm jealous! I would use them more if it wasn't a pain to replace them
I have the ‘joy’ 😭 of living 2mins walk from an art supply shop that sells Caran d’ache luminese for 4 for £10, so I’m gradually building up my collection.
Oh my gosh I'm so jealous!
@@ColorfullyOptimistic well you get prismacolors for cheap, they are hugely expensive in the Uk, so generally more expensive than polychromos… I’ve started with the greys and teals because I am obsessed.
@@vicster1981 that is true!
I've been doing basic art with Prismacolors as my go-to for a good few years I used Artist's Loft before switching because they were bad pencils. I started with the 12 pack (very well loved), then the 48 pack (didnt use much from it) and i got the 132 pack. I still have the 12 and 48 pack I'm keeping for the same reason you said in the start! They could become rare in the future! Especially the 48 pack because its barely been used.
But over these past few months I've been getting more serious about art and acquired the 24 pack of Polychromos. But they're so expensive I'd rather not spend the money for the full 120 pack at the moment.
I have also gotten the 120 pack of Castle Art soft touch because they seemed decent and were on sale for $45 on Amazon! I also had these really cheap Royal & Lang colored pencils i got a few years ago from a bigish art set my mom got me. But they were really hardcore and seemed decent and cheap to counteract the very soft prismacolors. But also just bc I wanted really cheap colored pencils so I got a new 24 pack 😂
But now I feel like wanting to gather all sorts of different types of colored pencils just to have but also use. Thank you for not making me feel alone in this lol!
It can be fun to have a variety of pencils just because they work for different purposes. I mean I LOVE prismacolor, but I don't use them for hair in portraits. Also, combining brands to get those color combinations you really want is fun as well. Like Derwent Lightfast, Caran d'ache Luminance, and Pablos I tend to combine to get those colors I want.
@@ColorfullyOptimistic Yeah! I definitely will mix the different brands to get different results and shades etc. Prismacolors are amazing for blending, but because of the barrels cracking, cores breaking, points dont stay sharp etc I want to find more hardcore/oil based ones for finer details
Hello, thank you !
I've just noticed that you have an older version of Arteza Expert 120. For exemple, your Raw Sienna is A039 and the current Raw Sienna is A301. The present version seems to be known with a water dissolution issue. Did you know that ?
Yes that's why I said it must be the newer set in my comments. I tested my older one and it doesn't do it. One thing I didn't know is they've changed up the color numbers, but if they reworked the formula that makes sense why there would suddenly be issues (now I'm wondering if there are other differences between the old formulaand new). Hopefully they fix it. If I used mine more I would buy another set and test.
I am a little confused on what you meant about the Luminance sets. So is the 72 plus the portrait set = to their 100 set? Are the 4 open stock included in the 100 or is there 4 other colors (making 104). If so, what are those 4 colors? Thanks! Just looking to buy a set sometime soon and trying to clarify...
So, there are 4 open stock not in any of the sets. You will have to buy those in addition to their 70+ set and their portrait set to get the full 100. I dunno why they did it that way, but they did.
Ever since I started using the Dahl 133 sharpener I haven't had any breakage issues.
The Dahle works great, but lately it has been a pain in my backside with my square pencils - not sure why, but it will not sharpen those things.
@@ColorfullyOptimistic I love my Dahl but you are right -my square Bruts worked much better in my amfat electric sharpener.
@@nancymensch1087 Yes! They didn't want to sharpen well in mine, but the Afmat was a breeze haha.
I love the rate a wordless watercolor pencils haven’t tried the regular watercolor ones
I honestly need to use mine more.
I watched amazon from 2 am - this am and thing we’re going up and down some by 9$mostly going down
What was going up?
I'm not sure if it's fair to compare Derwent Lightfast and the Luminance...BUT if you had to, which do you think you'd choose? I'm struggling to make a decision lol
Honestly, it is really hard to say. I love both and use both together often (they actually work quite nice together). If I had to choose for portraits, I'd say Lumi, but for non-portraits, Lightfast.
@@ColorfullyOptimistic thank you!!
I don't like the way my Blick 72 colored pencils set lay down, might be a quality issue. They are scratchy, and don't blend well. So I have not used them very much.
I don't have the Blicks yet but do want to try them.
@@ColorfullyOptimistic I have the Blick 72 colored pencils set, I'm not liking them. Might be a bad batch, but they are very scratchy, I don't like the way they lay down. But give them a try for sure, I hope you have a great experience with them.
What brand is the teal case holding your Arteza Experts?
Oh gosh. It was a no name brand but they don't make them anymore
Hi there! I wanted to say one more thing. I do really wish the SF pencjls would come out with a bigger set, like a 120. I did go ahead and get the 96 set. I found them at such a good price.🌝
Yes! I hope they release a 120 set. It would help fix some of those missing colors, but still, I was impressed with the 96.
Amazing collection. I do plan to subscribe the fellisimo pencils as well but maybe next yr. 😊
It is a long commitment and you can't cancel, so just make sure you're ready!
WOW awesome sets you have...
Oh thank you!
Are the Derwent Artist good for layering hair? I saw a great sale on them. Almost the same price as the Procolors.
Yes they layer well but the colors are much softer. They don't do the same on hair as Procolour but I like them in general
@@ColorfullyOptimisticThanks for that tip. I was hoping they were brighter. I will wait and follow along once my procolors come in.
@@autumnrain3844 for sure! You can always get cookies open stock and try
Have you tried any of the Koh-I-Noor colored pencils? I have the 72 and 144 count of Polycolor, the Tri-Color, and the Magic pencils. I have really fallen in love with their products. I even like the Magic pencils. I had a hard time figuring out how to use them, but after that they are a lot of fun to use.
I haven't tried the Koh-I-Noor yet, but they are on my list!
I heard only good things about those Schpierrer Farben. But you can't get them in open stock. So if you are out one color you are out of luck.x
Technically you can get them open stock but like $8 a pencil lol. This is the caveat with most budget pencil sets though. They're great sometimes, but to replace one, you must replace all, and at that point, they aren't really a budget pencil.
Polychromos was love at first sight.
I love the way they smell and they are my favorite to use on Hanna Karlzon pages.
Looks a lot like my collection lol I love it!! Do you also have the uni posca pencils(super soft)? or the mitsubishi pencils? Love them! :)
No. I showed what I had here but may try them soon
Have you tried the uni posca colored pencil?
I haven't yet. I have seen mixed reviews, so not sure how I will feel about them.
Where do you get your swatch charts?
I make some of my own and others are a mix from Emily Illustrator and Mystic Sparkle Wings on Deviant Art
If you’re in the uk you can order through the derwent pencil museum and get things cheaper
Yet another reason I need to leave the US lol. Yeah I don't have that option here, sadly.
I love my black widows but the Coverings over the pencils just piss me off. Pick one way to present your pencil and stick by it. I find when they’re in my binder pencil holder, half the time the name is covered by the band holding them in.
They have been reowrking their pencils. I recently purchased a new set of Black Widows to replace some that I was missing and noticed some changes.
You should add the 72 set if Deli pencils they have regular and water color.lol and Pastelowe 50 set pastel pencils,36 pastel Indra creative!!!!
Oh girl I have a list lol. I just saw this Indra ones. They look pretty 😍
I just ordered the square bruntfuners on Amazon. After three trusted reviews I think it’s a good choice to color with my 9 yr old niece. On an aside, I’m wondering if Derwent has multiple production sights. If a set is made in Great Britain than it’s marked Britain, but if they are made in England 🏴 itself then it’s labeled that way. Thank you for sharing.
Oh I think you'll like the squares. I really do. I'm not sure on production sites or if it is just the older ones say one thing, while the newer say another. But, that's a good point to think of.
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Wow beautiful collection thought I was bad 😂
Haha, trust me I'm not the worst, but I definitely own more than necessary. I do plan to use them all a lot more though so I can justify it!
@@ColorfullyOptimistic I bought the luminance I'm still 20 pencils short of full set most I've spent on pencils and I hardly use them . I've noticed all pencils prices like plolychromos have shot up in price I won't spend that much anymore
They was 150 for 120 of FC pollys now like 170 I'm glad I have set so can just replace single pencils when I need them
@@DebbielovestoColour crazy. Out here they're about $120 to $140 for a 120 set!
@@ColorfullyOptimistic it's definitely expensive I carnt keep up so many pencils I want and carnt get 😂
Omg… I thought I am the crazy colored pencils lady… but I am still far away from where you are. 😅
Haha well that's good (and bad lol). I can't help it. I love collecting!
- - chramaflow pencils are fantastic to cola with r
I haven't tried them too much yet but definitely want to
Did you know you can use a clear alcohol blender instead of water on the inktense it also works amazingly❤️
Yes. I actually have a few tutorials on my channel doing that technique 😃
Any interest in getting Caran D’ache Pablos?
So, I did try those a long time ago and they were scratchy. However, I may have had just a bad batch. I do plan/want to try them again, but it is a big price tag to swallow. So they are on my list. I definitely plan to get them in the future though.
Just noticed an additional set of ten. New for the irojiten sets. So it seems to be 46 new colours in all.
There is actually 100 in the Irojiten pencil series. Three sets of 30 "volumes" and then an open stock set of 10. The set of 10 packaged together takes from the various volumes, but doesn't include the new 10 open stock
@@ColorfullyOptimistic aaahhh, okay 👍🏼. I also purchased a pack of 12 Tom Bow, eBay auction, seemed no one wanted them. They are re-cycled pencils and are not sharpened. I paid around $4 incl. postage so if they are worthless, the pain will not be bad.
How do i get the subscription for felissmo
Hey there! So I have a few videos on my channel explaining the process for those specifically. You go to their site, and you sign up, but please keep in mind you cannot cancel in those 25 months. So, you are locked in.
I think the irojiten flat package is a set of 30.
What flat package?
Tombow Pencil Colored Pencils, Color Dictionary, Select Set, 36 Colors, CI-RSA36C
This is the description. I think I’ve seen a couple of other sets also from Tom Bow but they aren’t related to the irojiten sets.
Yes, Tombow also has a different set of pencils out, but Irojiten is one of the series.
I like the Amazon pencils too. I was surprised, got them on warehouse sale for $11+ .
oh im not the layering type either my ears and eyes peaked to that comment! i need to start using the pencils you like! im a smoosher too!
Haha! Yes for smooshing the pencils!
I have 3 of your pencil cases! :-D
Oh haha great minds...great minds 😄
Do you experience extreme wax blooming with the darkest Derwent Lightfast pencils too? When I first got them I was like yaaay, finally really dark greens and reds! But then they turn greyish because of the wax bloom :(
Hmmm no, I don't get wax bloom with the Lightfast. They are an oil-based pencil, of course, they will have wax in them too, but I haven't seen/experienced bloom on them so that's odd.
@@ColorfullyOptimistic Very odd! I've never experienced as much wax bloom with any pencil as I do with them :O
@@beuvelain That is crazy. What paper do you use them on?
@@ColorfullyOptimistic i haven't used them on so many different types of papers. I've swatched them on the same type of paper I've swatched all the others and then used them in drawings on Bristol paper. I recently picked them up again to use together with luminance, so it's funny how you mention those go so well together in the videos! :) I will get back to you later when I've tried them on different types of paper, but it will probably take a few weeks for the wax bloom to show up.
@@beuvelain Yes, they do work really well with one another, so when you are missing that lumi color your lightfast most likely have it.
Yeah, my castle art reg ones turned out to be water-colour was pissed.
I drawn animals and flowers but I find myself using up Caucasian color ranges faster then the others.
I thought only I had a problem with collecting too many color pencils 😂
You're not alone!
Hi, could you tell me the name of the artist you mentioned who works a lot with Derwent Inktense?
Oh SaniHeartColors, but she hasn’t uploaded much lately unfortunately.
Thank you.❤️
I've been collecting colouring pencils for the last 25years at today's prices it would cost several thousand dollars to replace.
That's very true. I couldn't imagine replacing all of mine.
Omg many ✏✏✏✏✏
Yes, the collection has grown lol. Like I said, there's two sides to the coloring hobby - collecting and actually coloring :)
That shell on all the woodless pencils I know of is very thin plastic, and it's just the kind of plastic that gets ground up very, very, very small, and ends up in your lungs and bloodstream. Plastic is not a good thing under the best of circumstances, but no one knows what long term health problems can result from having plastic particles in your lungs and blood. I really don't want to find out. Anyway, the world is drowning in plastic, and the oceans are a nightmare. I try to avoid disposable plastic, and avoid any plastic that will be reduced to particles at all costs, so I definitely avoid woodless pencils that have a plastic coating.
Anyway, when dealing with a Walmart or Amazon brand, you can't go by price. Both companies are powerful enough to basically tell a manufacturer how much they'll pay, and they demand quality for that price. If the manufacturer doesn't go along, they can be put out of business by these immense companies. It's a pretty evil practice, but also legal, so what can you do?
As for being light fast, many cheap brands from China have never been officially tested for light fastness. Some withstand sunlight surprisingly well, others do not. But many panic over light fastness when it isn't necessary. Just because a pencil has low, or even no, light fastness does not mean it's going to magically fade after a few years. It's all about where and how the work is dis[layed. There are paintings with almost zero light fastness that are still vibrant after four hundred years. I have Crayola drawings my kids did as long as forty years ago, and they look like they were done yesterday, even though they've been on display all this time.
Anyway, the story is that Amazon did everything possible, including hiring experts, to duplicate Prismacolor. If this works, they are considering going after Faber-Castell and Caran d'Ache next, though that would be a few years down the road.
I love these pencils and then one day the were in stock and I had a coupon and it came out to very affordable I bought a second set for backups
Brutfuner square , I returned thw 180 round pencils
Yes I like the squares too
My god, this video was a godsend! I was starting to feel like I had "too many" pencil sets: a total of 6 in all. I just sold two that I wasn't wild about: the Mitsubishi Uni 72 piece set, and the Staedtler 48 Karat watercolor pencils.
I see now that I'm not the only one with an out-of-control colored pencil addiction. ❤
I do like the pencils I collect, and have a monthly hashtag going, actually, that encourages everyone to use the supplies they have :)
So Arteza and Crayola are copying from the Polychromos and Goldfaber...
How are they copying? I might have missed that one.
watching your video now and saw the Derwent Artists from Cult Pens. yes i 2 got 2 x these sets from Cult Pens sent to Australia. HATE HATE I HATE these pencils. In fact i would go as far to say they are the worst pencils derwent retail. I got 1 set sent to me as a replacement from Derwent Australia. some reason pigment was not coming from the pencil. its like the binding agent was but no pigment. anyhow. i sold the 2nd set off cheap. The Girl from Derwent Australia showed me that these pencils are considered the lowest grade they have. below Studio. She had a chart and i said, people would think they were Artist grade going from the price at most places and the name of the pencil. nope they are below budget.
Ah I'm sorry to hear that. Not all pencils are for everyone, but definitely sucks you bought two sets and realized you didn't like them. I do love Artists for hair and fur - they are amazing. They are definitely harder, but yes, these are a lower grade from Derwent, they are basically a student-grade in some ways, but for me, they still work.
The box they come in was great. pity the actual pencils were rubbish
@@peternewport5626 awe in sorry. Have you tried them for hair? They're amazing
@@ColorfullyOptimistic no actually.
I had the original Black Widow set, and I found them to be of terrible quality. I gave them away, though I have bought the rest of the sets and I am impressed with the quality of them. It is too bad they would not step up the quality of the original set as I would rebuy them. BTW, great vid, gave ya a like.
I hope that after this next set they release (supposedly this fallish?) they start to combine them all. I agree there was a quality shift between originals and Monarch. Monarch had definite changes to the formula. They were softer and easier to work with IMO.
So i went to look atthe 500 Fellisimo pencils and they are 1,350.00 omg i would never pay that for pencils wow 😱....is that how much they were for u?
I didn't buy them at once. I'm doing the sub which is $39 to $42 a month per set. But I've known a few who have bought the whole thing.
@@ColorfullyOptimistic whats sub?
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@@jamiefugate8758 in my review of felissimo I have a link to their website. You can subscribe and get each box of 20 pencils per month (that's the original way to get them and not buy at once). They're a monthly subscription
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Thank you my dear!