Great video. My two cents: after years of working with all of these brands, I can say with confidence that I use my polychromos for 90% of projects. It’s just more dynamic overall. Generally a ‘better’ pencil in almost all aspects (detail, longevity, coverage, blendability, adaptability, range of paper mediums that it works well on, consistency in mark making). As for the ‘intensity’ issue, I just find that the more pressure and more layers after allowing the pencils to set and rest gives you more opaque colours. You can always go more opaque (with poly) - it’s difficult to force an opaque pencil (like Derwent’s 2 brands and Luminance) to go transparent. As an addition to my polys, I occasionally use the whites from Derwent (lightfast and drawing) for different intensities of white when I’m drawing water, or if there is an intense specular highlight (but this is when I’m too lazy to set layers of poly - but to be clear, if I wanted to get the same intensity with poly - I totally can). But that’s about it. Polychromos for pretty much everything, and then the Derwent whites as add ons. I gave my luminance pencils away to students as I’m not a fan. But I do keep the purples, violets and magentas (5 pencils) I have from luminance, at hand - something about their specific intensity is difficult to beat. Especially for feathers and other majestic ‘details’.
Great to hear your praise of the Polychromos! They are the least pricey artist brand here in Germany, so they are my go-tos. What do you mean by "allowing the pencils to set and rest"?
I love hearing your opinions of your supplies. It's so helpful! Plus, it's great that you preface everything saying "it's my opinion". I appreciate all you do!
Great video! I know that your videos take a lot of time, and work, to make, but I want you to know that I really appreciate it. They have helped me, and my work, tremendously. Thank you! 🤗
This is such a good review thank you xx So much more practical than most other reviews I’ve seen 😊 x Your husband is ace he’s such a good sport to join in 🤣
Thanks for the great explanation of types and uses. I watercolor, and am going to need to experiment with pencils and my current "go to" products of Dr Martin's Bleedproof ink, gouache, Signo Gel Pen and Posca Pen.
awesome! another Matt cameo. You have very talented feet Lisa. And thanks for the shots of mixing the titatium white. Picture paints a thousand words and all that.
@@Lachri I did, thanks. I'm saving up for a set of either Lightfast or Luminance, I'm not sure yet. This helps, and based on the color palette I'm leaning more towards the Lightfast set.
@@ChristinaTodd1970 If it helps, I have both. Luminance 10% and 30% colours are very useful but I love the Derwent lightfast. They are so soft and with oms they blend amazing! Just hope they do more colours soon. You won’t be disappointed with them.🤗
@@denisehopkins7338 Thanks Denise. That does help. I was looking at the 10% and 50% Luminance colors last month when they were $2.11 per pencil. I wish I would have bought them then ☹️ because now they’re back up to a million dollars per pencil. As much as I love those colors I still like the color palette of Lightfast better.
Just a question. Is there an alternative to the liquid you add to the brush n pencil powder? I cannot source the liquid anywhere from my location but can get the texture powder. Thank you.
I've never seen you mention water-soluble wax/oil pastels (like Neocolor II, Crayola Portfolio, etc) which is another way to add opaque white and light highlights. They can be used directly like regular pastels, or painted on with a fine brush. Since the main binder is either wax, oil, or a mix of both, it should be archival over color pencils. (There's definitely plenty of binder left after activating them with water, because they *will not layer* beyond a certain point, unlike most water-based mediums.) I know you have your favorite Brush & Pencil products, but for folks in different countries who don't have access to this brand, alternatives are important.
That's interesting! The reason I don't recommend them is that I've not personally researched or used them so it's not something I would put my name on the line for. Thanks for sharing your experience with them :)
Thank you for suggesting water-soluble wax/oil pastels, I will look into these! I'm in a country where I can't get the brush & pencil products so I've been looking for alternatives.
I enjoyed this video thank you. I might would have mentioned an eraser shield for newbies that don't know about that around the 14:00 mark. Or perhaps that that might be an idea for another video erasers/erasing machine.
That was so helpful, thank you!! I recently got a Faber Castell Goldfaber white and it is really soft and opaque. It’s probably just a bit less opaque than the Derwent Drawing Chinese white, which is my favourite 😊 Besides, the appearance of your husband and the look on his face always make me laugh - really wraps up the artist’s everyday struggle at home 😂
Am so sad it isn’t possible to order the texture touch and white powder outside US UK and Canada 😭 i could possibly get the white titanium but could it be used alone? (The texture touch can’t be shipped by airmail apparently it’s hazardous)
I definitely thought the Caran d’ache white was the best , I have like 10 of them because is what I use the most but that Derwent lightfast and drawing really surprised me
Yeah, that one surprised me too! I would have put money down that the Lumanance would be the more opaque of the two. I even learned something from this!
@@Lachri You’re the best Lachri, I’m been following you for about 10 years probably it’s since you started and you keep surprising me with new tips and tricks , thanks for your dedication., I love painting and drawing but I just don’t have the time to practice and do it constantly , but you are one of the artists that keeps me interested on doing it
Great comparison. Derwent lightfast looks awesome! I am searching a set of colored pencil. polychromos and derwent lightfast are in my final list. In my country, Polychromos's price are more reasonable. I am just a hobbyist. Which one will you recommend?
Thank you for this! I find it so difficult to keep the whites still white when doing a painting with coloring pencils. For example, I am trying to do a realistic apple blossom and the whites are not whites anymore! Such a struggle.
Great video Lisa. Among Derwent Watercolor pencils, Faber-Castell Albrecht Durer Watercolor pencils, Caran D'ache watercolor pencils (both the Museum Aquarelle and the Supracolor), and Derwent Inktense, which do you think is the most opaque white?
love this video. it answers almost all of my questions about whites 😀 but I still wonder if white pastel pencil will show up over some other wax or oil color pencil? Oh and I use titanium white gouache. works rather well.
@@Lachri I paint with acrylic but use oil based pencils to outline edges and add some fine details. Some of which might get painted over and then it’s all varnished. Is this archival?
Hello everyone. If someone can answer my question i would be so grateful. Im a pencil (graphite) artist and i will often use my eraser to make the white lighting pronounced. Id like to know if a white colored pencile can write over lead and make the white stand out even more?
This is so helpful! Thank you so much. Just one question: is the sanded paper you used the Arches watercolor paper? If not, could you please tell me which one you used? I didn't find another paper listed in the description.
Thank you for your dedication in helping all of us create wonderful art. I have been following your UA-cam channel for Like 10+ years!!! and recently a subscriber of your Patreon. You have helped me immensely ❤️❤️❤️. I need to submit my work to your critique part some day!!
You know what the best white colored colored pencil is? Gouache 😂 Of course it depends on the application, but joke aside, for opaque highlights the above is true
@@Lachri I wasn't aware! Thanks for mentioning this! So many people use it but never once do I remember reading it isn't archival. I guess I now have to wait and see how it holds on top of oil pencils vs watercolour..
Not fair, you did not apply the same presure and the same amounts of layers in polychromos or pablo. Beside the tip of them where not the same as your derwent drawing. You forgot to compare lines also.
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You helped me understand the difference between the oil and wax. I’ve been confused about that. Thank you!
Glad I could help 😃
Great video. My two cents: after years of working with all of these brands, I can say with confidence that I use my polychromos for 90% of projects. It’s just more dynamic overall. Generally a ‘better’ pencil in almost all aspects (detail, longevity, coverage, blendability, adaptability, range of paper mediums that it works well on, consistency in mark making). As for the ‘intensity’ issue, I just find that the more pressure and more layers after allowing the pencils to set and rest gives you more opaque colours. You can always go more opaque (with poly) - it’s difficult to force an opaque pencil (like Derwent’s 2 brands and Luminance) to go transparent.
As an addition to my polys, I occasionally use the whites from Derwent (lightfast and drawing) for different intensities of white when I’m drawing water, or if there is an intense specular highlight (but this is when I’m too lazy to set layers of poly - but to be clear, if I wanted to get the same intensity with poly - I totally can). But that’s about it. Polychromos for pretty much everything, and then the Derwent whites as add ons.
I gave my luminance pencils away to students as I’m not a fan. But I do keep the purples, violets and magentas (5 pencils) I have from luminance, at hand - something about their specific intensity is difficult to beat. Especially for feathers and other majestic ‘details’.
Great to hear your praise of the Polychromos! They are the least pricey artist brand here in Germany, so they are my go-tos.
What do you mean by "allowing the pencils to set and rest"?
Hi there, I'd like to know which 5 Luminance pencils you kept. I'm trying to build my collection. Thanks.
Wonderful comparison!
Thanks! :D
That ending was great, “did you draw that with your feet?”
That would be an interesting video 😆
My fave white is the Holbein soft white 501…..pure perfection!!👍🏼
Great evaluations and comparisons. Thank you. It's nice to see you and your husband have fun. God bless you both.
I love the derwent artist pencils on sanded paper and pastelmat, it barley shows on other surfaces. Comes out finer and brighter than polychromos!
OH I've not tried those on sanded paper! Good to know!
I love hearing your opinions of your supplies. It's so helpful! Plus, it's great that you preface everything saying "it's my opinion". I appreciate all you do!
I vote for Faber Castell Polychromos white pencil. I don't think you can beat that one.
Great video! I know that your videos take a lot of time, and work, to make, but I want you to know that I really appreciate it. They have helped me, and my work, tremendously. Thank you! 🤗
This is such a good review thank you xx So much more practical than most other reviews I’ve seen 😊 x Your husband is ace he’s such a good sport to join in 🤣
I love how this touch of texture and titanium white works!
this is very informative 😍 thank you 🤗
Excellent review of the different pencils and methods 👍👍👍
I like General white pencils, they shows up well on most surfaces.
Thanks for the great explanation of types and uses. I watercolor, and am going to need to experiment with pencils and my current "go to" products of Dr Martin's Bleedproof ink, gouache, Signo Gel Pen and Posca Pen.
Thank you very much for this video !
Another great vid and your hubby cracks me up
😊 thank you
Thank you! So helpful I’m ordering some lightfast.
This is the most helpful white pencil video I've seen so far! Thank you Lisa!
Thank yoU!!
This video was beyond helpful, Lisa, thank you!
Great all white colored pencil
Just lovin' the hubby cameos lol
Thank you.
Great info. Thanks
awesome! another Matt cameo.
You have very talented feet Lisa.
And thanks for the shots of mixing the titatium white. Picture paints a thousand words and all that.
LOL He's been a good sport lately getting involved with these! Glad you liked the titanium white mixing part! :D
Yay! This is the video I’ve been waiting for!
Hope you enjoyed it!
@@Lachri
I did, thanks. I'm saving up for a set of either Lightfast or Luminance, I'm not sure yet. This helps, and based on the color palette I'm leaning more towards the Lightfast set.
@@ChristinaTodd1970
If it helps, I have both. Luminance 10% and 30% colours are very useful but I love the Derwent lightfast. They are so soft and with oms they blend amazing! Just hope they do more colours soon. You won’t be disappointed with them.🤗
@@denisehopkins7338
Thanks Denise. That does help. I was looking at the 10% and 50% Luminance colors last month when they were $2.11 per pencil. I wish I would have bought them then ☹️ because now they’re back up to a million dollars per pencil. As much as I love those colors I still like the color palette of Lightfast better.
Just a question. Is there an alternative to the liquid you add to the brush n pencil powder? I cannot source the liquid anywhere from my location but can get the texture powder. Thank you.
Thanks for this video, learned a lot! Loved the ending!
I've never seen you mention water-soluble wax/oil pastels (like Neocolor II, Crayola Portfolio, etc) which is another way to add opaque white and light highlights. They can be used directly like regular pastels, or painted on with a fine brush. Since the main binder is either wax, oil, or a mix of both, it should be archival over color pencils.
(There's definitely plenty of binder left after activating them with water, because they *will not layer* beyond a certain point, unlike most water-based mediums.)
I know you have your favorite Brush & Pencil products, but for folks in different countries who don't have access to this brand, alternatives are important.
That's interesting! The reason I don't recommend them is that I've not personally researched or used them so it's not something I would put my name on the line for. Thanks for sharing your experience with them :)
Thank you for suggesting water-soluble wax/oil pastels, I will look into these! I'm in a country where I can't get the brush & pencil products so I've been looking for alternatives.
Great video, as usual. I'm loving the addition of Mr Lisa lately! We finally get to put a face to the voice on the other side of the wall lol
I enjoyed this video thank you. I might would have mentioned an eraser shield for newbies that don't know about that around the 14:00 mark. Or perhaps that that might be an idea for another video erasers/erasing machine.
Can I draw with graphite pencil after placing a base layer of the Derwent Drawing Pencil Chinese White?
Hb 2B 6B 9B which is the best to draw on Babby blue canvas background? Thank you. God Bless you! 🙏 ❤️
That was so helpful, thank you!! I recently got a Faber Castell Goldfaber white and it is really soft and opaque. It’s probably just a bit less opaque than the Derwent Drawing Chinese white, which is my favourite 😊 Besides, the appearance of your husband and the look on his face always make me laugh - really wraps up the artist’s everyday struggle at home 😂
Oh Lisa! I love this video, very interesting, amazing! Thank you a thousand time! I will save this, with another great video of yours🥰🏆❤️
I wonder if with blue pencil underneath it's only about translucency. Maybe Luminance looks so pale because it blends too well for its own good :)
Am so sad it isn’t possible to order the texture touch and white powder outside US UK and Canada 😭 i could possibly get the white titanium but could it be used alone? (The texture touch can’t be shipped by airmail apparently it’s hazardous)
awwww! Well you will have to be the master of the Faber-Castell Perfection eraser then!
I definitely thought the Caran d’ache white was the best , I have like 10 of them because is what I use the most but that Derwent lightfast and drawing really surprised me
Yeah, that one surprised me too! I would have put money down that the Lumanance would be the more opaque of the two. I even learned something from this!
@@Lachri You’re the best Lachri, I’m been following you for about 10 years probably it’s since you started and you keep surprising me with new tips and tricks , thanks for your dedication., I love painting and drawing but I just don’t have the time to practice and do it constantly , but you are one of the artists that keeps me interested on doing it
Great comparison. Derwent lightfast looks awesome! I am searching a set of colored pencil. polychromos and derwent lightfast are in my final list. In my country, Polychromos's price are more reasonable. I am just a hobbyist. Which one will you recommend?
Thank you for this! I find it so difficult to keep the whites still white when doing a painting with coloring pencils. For example, I am trying to do a realistic apple blossom and the whites are not whites anymore! Such a struggle.
Glad I could help ❤️
Great video Lisa. Among Derwent Watercolor pencils, Faber-Castell Albrecht Durer Watercolor pencils, Caran D'ache watercolor pencils (both the Museum Aquarelle and the Supracolor), and Derwent Inktense, which do you think is the most opaque white?
I'm leaning towards thinking the Inktense block white, but i've not tested them side by side so i'm not sure.
The chinese white is legendary. ❤
love this video. it answers almost all of my questions about whites 😀 but I still wonder if white pastel pencil will show up over some other wax or oil color pencil? Oh and I use titanium white gouache. works rather well.
I just tried it. White Conte does not show over an oil pencil.
White gouache is water based so it's not archival on top of oil/wax based pencils.
@@Lachri why? dorland wax is used over waterbased media and it has no impact on lightfastness. will it fall of?
@@katarinaholik you can put a wax/oil based product over a water based but not the other way around. It won't stick long term. 😊
@@Lachri I paint with acrylic but use oil based pencils to outline edges and add some fine details. Some of which might get painted over and then it’s all varnished. Is this archival?
I subscribe to you many years ago and I still get notifications FYI I love this video
Very helpful.....thanks Lisa
Ps.....love your nails! 💅
Thanks :D
Hello everyone. If someone can answer my question i would be so grateful. Im a pencil (graphite) artist and i will often use my eraser to make the white lighting pronounced. Id like to know if a white colored pencile can write over lead and make the white stand out even more?
But more important: never occur to me to compare the whites over layers of other colors! Which should be obvious, still...
Thank you!!
Fantastic review! I love how many examples you showed, was really helpful :) Thank you ^^
Glad it was helpful!
A 19 minute video on white colored pencils? Where do I sign up??? 😄
This is so helpful! Thank you so much.
Just one question: is the sanded paper you used the Arches watercolor paper? If not, could you please tell me which one you used? I didn't find another paper listed in the description.
The sanded paper is the LuxArchival from Brushandpencil.com :)
Hahaha, loved the very end.
When her foot flower is still better than anything you’ve ever drawn...... 😂😂😂
ROFL 🤣 Your hubby!
This is super helpful information!
Thank you for your dedication in helping all of us create wonderful art. I have been following your UA-cam channel for Like 10+ years!!! and recently a subscriber of your Patreon. You have helped me immensely ❤️❤️❤️. I need to submit my work to your critique part some day!!
😅😅😅 Best ending ever!
your hubby is a riot lol lol
😂
If a 50 year old wants to do flowers like that, and is happy with their finished image, why not?
Best white is Betty White.
You are so right!
You know what the best white colored colored pencil is? Gouache 😂
Of course it depends on the application, but joke aside, for opaque highlights the above is true
IT'S unfortunately not archival on top of wax/oil based colored pencils. 😭
@@Lachri I wasn't aware! Thanks for mentioning this!
So many people use it but never once do I remember reading it isn't archival. I guess I now have to wait and see how it holds on top of oil pencils vs watercolour..
Your hubby is awesome lol x
Did you do that with your feet? 😂😂😂
😁
Did ya do that with your feet? umm yes.... oops roflol
Not fair, you did not apply the same presure and the same amounts of layers in polychromos or pablo. Beside the tip of them where not the same as your derwent drawing. You forgot to compare lines also.