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Bob
May 27th, 2018, 08:11 PM
Who likes/uses colored pencils

migo984
May 27th, 2018, 10:13 PM
Who likes/uses colored pencils

Me! I have quite a few different brands & types. My favourites are Faber Castell Polychromos. They are well-made, have superb quality cores, hold a fine point, rarely break & the colours are extremely fade resistant.

VertOlive
May 27th, 2018, 10:35 PM
I have a tin of Prismacolor pencils. They are fairly soft and their color leans more toward saturated and less toward subtle. When I was shopping them, they seemed in the middle of the price ranges I saw. I only use them for coloring books, not free hand drawings.

Sailor Kenshin
May 28th, 2018, 06:03 AM
Prismacolor here, too. I've used them for decades, and not just for coloring books. I also have a set of Staedtler watercolor pencils. Though maybe I got the brand wrong...

Bob
May 28th, 2018, 07:47 PM
I have a tin of Prismacolor pencils. They are fairly soft and their color leans more toward saturated and less toward subtle. When I was shopping them, they seemed in the middle of the price ranges I saw. I only use them for coloring books, not free hand drawings.

I just bought a tin of 72. I see videos of really nice work done with Prismacolor pencils but I also see a lot of videos of people criticizing them. I guess there was a time when the quality control was bad. I like them

Bob
May 28th, 2018, 08:21 PM
These just arrived a few days agohttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180529/3e0f47ae15c2cb174e3d1275ad96cc0e.jpg

migo984
May 29th, 2018, 12:10 AM
I have a tin of Prismacolor pencils. They are fairly soft and their color leans more toward saturated and less toward subtle. When I was shopping them, they seemed in the middle of the price ranges I saw. I only use them for coloring books, not free hand drawings.

I just bought a tin of 72. I see videos of really nice work done with Prismacolor pencils but I also see a lot of videos of people criticizing them. I guess there was a time when the quality control was bad. I like them

As you probably know there is a big debate about Prismacolor v. Polychromos. I am a big fan of the latter: they are superb.

I have a tin of 120 of the Prismacolor, & whilst I like the colour selection (lots of reds & neutrals), I don’t think they’re the best of my sets. They seem more fragile to me. The cores often break so I have had to replace those I can’t sharpen, they are waxy & don’t layer well as they tend to build up a bloom that dulls the finish, and the wood casing isn’t great quality. But they are available as open stock, which is always good, still fun to use & I enjoy them. In fact I used them yesterday & was happy with the result.

If you enjoy coloured pencils take a take a look at Peter Weaterill’s website. It’s full of great info. http://www.penciltopics.co.uk/

The U.K. Colour Pencil Society. https://www.ukcps.co.uk/ & its American equivalent https://www.cpsa.org/ feature excellent artwork.
🙂

Pterodactylus
May 29th, 2018, 12:28 AM
I also use the Faber Castell Polychromos (and also the FC Albrecht Dürer) and enjoy them.

Polychromos are oil based, Prismacolor are wax based, alone this fact already explain behavior differences. Beside the used pigments.

Btw, the Caran d‘ache Luminance are also wax based.

All 3 are high quality (and therefor expensive) products.
Which one somebody prefer is also depending on the personal preferences.

Rapidray
May 29th, 2018, 07:01 AM
These just arrived a few days agohttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180529/3e0f47ae15c2cb174e3d1275ad96cc0e.jpg

So is Blackwing actually making those colored pencils or someone else and getting boxed for Blackwing?

Sailor Kenshin
May 29th, 2018, 07:13 AM
These just arrived a few days agohttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180529/3e0f47ae15c2cb174e3d1275ad96cc0e.jpg

Please let us know how you like them!

I do agree that Prismacolor shows a wax bloom; I still like 'em. I bought a basic set of the oil-based ones and those are also enjoyable, just a different feel and experience.

The El Cheepo sets I got, on the other hand.. ;)

TAYLORPUPPY
May 29th, 2018, 04:27 PM
These just arrived a few days agohttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180529/3e0f47ae15c2cb174e3d1275ad96cc0e.jpg

So is Blackwing actually making those colored pencils or someone else and getting boxed for Blackwing?

These are made by BlackWing.


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TAYLORPUPPY
May 29th, 2018, 04:36 PM
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Bob
May 30th, 2018, 05:28 PM
Does anyone have the 150 count primas? Blick has them for a whole lot less than other places

migo984
May 30th, 2018, 08:18 PM
Does anyone have the 150 count primas? Blick has them for a whole lot less than other places

I thought my tin contained 120. In fact it’s 132. I bought mine from Amazon several years ago.

migo984
May 31st, 2018, 01:00 PM
Inspired by this thread to use my Polychromos coloured pencils after not using them for several months, I've posted a sketch of fruits and veg in the FP Geeks Art Gallery thread :)

https://fpgeeks.com/forum/showthread.php/15840-FPGeeks-Art-Gallery?p=241696&viewfull=1#post241696

suzy01
May 31st, 2018, 11:41 PM
Another vote here for Polychromos, I chose them over the other ones based on the reviews etc and I've not been disappointed. I need more practice using them though!! 🤣 I'll post in the art gallery thread too

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TAYLORPUPPY
June 1st, 2018, 06:01 PM
Does anyone have the 150 count primas? Blick has them for a whole lot less than other places

I thought my tin contained 120. In fact it’s 132. I bought mine from Amazon several years ago.

Prisma actually has a tin of 150. I don’t have them yet. I just have the 72https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180602/7fcf48a6d72ce6fab67e14f99aa4fcbf.jpg


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TAYLORPUPPY
June 1st, 2018, 06:05 PM
Another vote here for Polychromos, I chose them over the other ones based on the reviews etc and I've not been disappointed. I need more practice using them though!! 🤣 I'll post in the art gallery thread too

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I’m going to end up buying them as well. All the reviews rate polychromatic over prisma. They’re just so much more expensive


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TAYLORPUPPY
June 2nd, 2018, 09:44 PM
Another vote here for Polychromos, I chose them over the other ones based on the reviews etc and I've not been disappointed. I need more practice using them though!! 🤣 I'll post in the art gallery thread too

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I’m going to end up buying them as well. All the reviews rate polychromatic over prisma. They’re just so much more expensive


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TAYLORPUPPY
July 13th, 2019, 12:33 PM
Does anyone have the 150 count primas? Blick has them for a whole lot less than other places

I thought my tin contained 120. In fact it’s 132. I bought mine from Amazon several years ago.

Prisma actually has a tin of 150. I don’t have them yet. I just have the 72https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180602/7fcf48a6d72ce6fab67e14f99aa4fcbf.jpg


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https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190713/c78c9cf867c9ac5d9c926b8b9d9ffefa.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190713/485607bae7eaf463d62f8444ec21fca8.jpg
Now I got em’



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TAYLORPUPPY
July 13th, 2019, 01:04 PM
These just arrived a few days agohttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180529/3e0f47ae15c2cb174e3d1275ad96cc0e.jpg

Better pichttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190713/ae6c165977da24d12cf7bf7ca0ed181a.jpg


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jbb
July 13th, 2019, 09:12 PM
I like colored pencils.