Derwent Chromaflow Colored Pencil Review - Lachri
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- Опубліковано 8 бер 2021
- Are these new Chromaflow Colored pencils from Derwent worth the money? Find out and see an example of how they perform!
The pencils used were provided to me by Derwent but all of the thoughts and opinions in this video are my own.
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Derwent having consistent colors across sets is a god send. I LOVE that they do that. I think that pairs great for sets like these, since you can invest small, then replace them with their lightfast counterparts if you want to upgrade/get "refills". :)
Thats exactly what I wanted to say! I always recommend this for beginners/ habbyists with tight budget because buying one or two Lightwas/luminance isn't as hard as buying a set and you know that you'll use the color :D
Derwent has actually recently released lightfast rankings for these
Just downloaded a pdf from Derwent. Most of these colours are actually lightfast. Surprise, surprise. Had to order a tin of them after watching your brilliant demo.
Best review yet on these pencils; hits the points of formulation, lightfastness and ease of use and blending. GREAT JOB....thanks
Great review for these New Derwent studio grade pencils. Love your honest review and showing your actual work with them. Thank you for being awesome!
I have this pencils and I love them ,I'm so glad they send you this pencils, artist like yourself really deserve this and more. Really great review 👍👌
Thank you for the great thorough review, as usual! BTW, the picture turned out beautiful, as usual! Thanks again Lindsay!
Thanks for the review, Lisa! This pencils look pretty interesting and as a total beginner so they’ll be good for me.
I love your drawing 💕
Wow! You provided so much advice here! Thank you.
I really like them and they layer like crazy! I haven’t had any breakage problems and hope they bring out more colors.love the picture you demonstrated.
I've had these for a week now and I really like them. I think they are alot of fun.
Beautiful drawing! And great explanations 🙌❤️
Going to buy and use as my travel pencils, thanks for the review!
Thank you for that informative review! I’m not an artist but a colorist always looking to improve my work.
I saw this notification and came straight here! I love review videos and recently been reviewing a lot of Derwent products myself! Brilliant video Lisa 😊
Thanks! :D
A new video about colored pencil❤❤ the best thing that happenend to me this week! 😍
Yay! Thank you!
Got mine just today. So great that you had reviewed them. I hadn’t heard any anything about these before this past Sunday and I just love Derwent and wanted to try them. Thanks
Hope you enjoy them as much as I did!
Great video just bought a set of 72 can't wait to use them.
This was a fun review. Thank you.
I heard about these in a random video and didn’t understand what was different about them. I knew you would eventually mention them and here we are. Thanks Lisa!
:D
Seems great for colouring books too. Might need to try... Great artwork useal. Love seeing the process.
It's a great piece of art. Love all the colors so much.
Bought them after the live where you mentioned them! Got them already and started playing with them immediately lol! They blend great and are beautiful colors!
HAHA glad you like them!
I just got some of these. I like them. The soft and smooth feel of Prisma but it'll actually hold a point and doesn't instantly break.
From what I’ve heard from someone at Derwent they are designed to be similar to prismacolor as in soft and highly pigmented but without any of the issues that plague them.
Yeah. I'm gonna stop recommending Prismacolor to people, and tell em about these. Chromaflow wipes the floor with Prisma. Prisma's just been coasting on the name for too long.
I have these - I love them! I do like them more than the colorsoft though I couldn't pinpoint why I just know I do. Thank you for the review!
When these are available in the U.K. I plan on getting a set for adult colouring books and also to use in my sketchbook to plan out bigger colour pencil pieces before I do the final piece!
I just saw these at Blick and almost got them. Had not for the fact that last week I bought the Luminance 72 pencil set! $$$
So I'll just join your Patreon and start using those. 😁❤️
I recently won a 12 set of these in a contest 😁 can't wait to use them!
Great idea for sketchbook
i just bought the 12 set im a long time artist but pencils are new a bit i love your art
I am going to get a set if these. I have a serious colored pencil addiction, but I LOVE trying different brands of pencils to get different effects. I also am not fond of Prismacolors. I just feel like I am wasting my money every time I buy them. I loved watching this and can't wait to see more of your work.
The drawing is amazing I have really missed your videos. I have just almost fallen asleep to your voice. It is so soothing. Its 22:31 here right now.
Thank you so much 😀
I was window shopping the US Amazon website a couple of days ago (I'm in Canada) and saw a big feature for these on the Derwent shop page. I was hoping they would be a lightfast range but I knew the price was too low for that. I'm amazed at your results! Definitely not something I need for myself on my limited budget, but I'll keep this line in mind for when my daughter's old enough to graduate from Crayola.
I already have several sets of colored pencils including the full range of prismacolor (in Canada haven't had much trouble with breakage other than normal) Faber Castell polychromos, the Derwent procolor and Lyra polycolor so wouldn't buy any for myself, however my 12yr old granddaughter is just getting into art and this looks like a perfect set to start her out with!! I also get asked frequently what are good for beginners and these will definitely top that list!
When I began drawing with color pencil last year, I bought Prismacolor, then three or four other expensive high-quality sets. As a rookie, that makes little sense. As the most frustrating set, Prismas are the set I’m using up -and not replacing for all the reasons you’ve mentioned.
I ordered a full set of these yesterday for sketchbook work. Thanks for the recommendation. ❤
Looks like someone who just plans on selling prints of their work could really benefit with the lesser cost of these.
Absolutely!
I did buy these. I am not an artist but enjoy quality colored pencils for fun and relaxation. I have a great collection of second hand Prismacolor and Derwent (thanks to Fb Marketplace) pencils. I went ahead and purchased these new since they are not available for resale due to being new. I like them very much.
I had purchased a set of the Chromaflow pencils and sent them right back. Right off the bat I had a lot of breakage. Plus, I had to sharpen them so often that they wore down very quickly. I only had them for a few days before sending them back.
These look like interesting pencils. I might have to check them out when they come to Canada. I see a lot of companies putting out budget friendly pencils, but I wish they also put out more lightfast ones :)
I agree!
Many thanks lisa, great review of this pencils! And I love this drawing!!!🥰 I'm totaly agree about the Derwent company make more, but with lightfast🙏🏼 And I think the company made them, just to test if the artists liked it, as a test. Because I had seen other reviews and they said that they did not see the logic of the company making these pencils, if they had the Derwent Soft colors. That's what the persons said....
I plan on buying these. I have Prismacolor and Arteza. I think these will play nice with what I already have.
I'll buy these when they are available in Europe. I like Derwent products and this sees like a great little set. I also think they are real pretty in matte black and gold, it's kinda silly but I love pretty pencils.
Great video! I have purchased these pencils and the pigment payout is great. I hate that they are not lightfast. They are so nice to work with, wish they were. But thank you again!
I have so many pencils, not going to want these, but they'd be good gifts. Love the drawing!!
Yeah, I see myself giving these as gifts too!
If you come to the UK, try to visit Keswick in our beautiful Lake District. The Derwent museum and shop are in Keswick.
I just finished a picture with these pencils. Fantastic!
Wonderful!
Hey Lisa, I just got a set of these last week. Did your set have some scrapes or weird letters imprinted near the point? I've been experiencing breakage with several colors too. I like the effortless lay down. Good for folks with hand weakness.
Is it possible the ones you received are counterfeit? I love your channel too!
Oh that's weird! I would ask Derwent about that for sure. I had the orange break once but that was it. I wasn't even adding heavy pressure to that one at that point, it seemed to be a one off issue. Throughout this I really added a lot of pressure and from different angles with a sharp point so I was surprised they didn't break more.
I received mine from Amazon after seeing Lindsey show them. The smell is so chemically. Her Huntress didn’t smell anything. Did you have an odor with yours? They are super creamy.
I had the same issue. Got them from Amazon out of the official Derwent store but suspected they might be counterfeit due to the issues. I actually immediately thought of this channel because I could not get the purples to sharpen at all. The cores were broken in multiple places. About 1/2 of them sharpened correctly but nothing I tried worked on the others. The smell was very strong are well, and I did have some scuffs in the barrel and paint bubbles at the color indicator portion of the end. I reached out to Derwent and they are sending me a new set. I sent several photos and they are working with their technical team to troubleshoot if it’s a QA issue.
@@ashleyconnor8891 no, mine came directly from derwent.
Thank you!💓🌞
I love this drawing ❤️
Thank you! It was SO fun to draw!
I have these on order!
Thanks for your review. I bought small sets of Coloursoft and Procolour. I was hoping to find something that colors like Prismacolor that doesn’t break. Looks like this is the answer for just playing around.
I love Derwent pencils. Unfortunately Chromaflow are very expensive where I live. In fact I paid less than double for the Derwent Lightfast 100 in the wood box over the 72 Chromaflow in the tin. So….. that was a no brainer decision. Loving my lightfast.
I already purchased them. I liked the bright colors. These will be good for card making since they are not lightfast.
Thanks for the review. I needed to edit my comment because I realized you answered my first question. So the colors are the same as the lightfast ones, what about the texture and saturation do you think? I'm particularly interested in Magenta and Turquoise Green!
I personally use mostly derwent lightfast and polychromos, but I feel like these would be good to buy for my son since they definitely blend better than the children's pencils he has now.
Now I’m interested in getting these. I’m a fairly new adult colorist and am curious about how easy you make them sound to use.
Hi Lisa!!
Regarding the Lightfastness
According to ACCO, they are 88% lightfast. They have answered a customer question in Amazon India which says so.
these are in my wishlist. yeeeah
Awesome stuff.
I'm primarily a colorist.. and I ADORE these pencils. I dont understand why they don't get more attention.. but I'm thrilled to find they are finally available open stock even though I have to import them still. These are what you get if Prismacolor premiere and verithin had a baby..with the Derwent color palette. I wish so badly they would extend them to 120, but the 72 does have a complete and balanced color palette. They are absolutely perfect for working over a marker base, they are super soft, pigmented, opaque, blend beautifully, and are small enough to fit into little spaces for shading and detailing. The white is outstanding. I'd rather have these than any of the other Derwent's, or Carandache... and they are a fraction of the price.
I'd also say these are looking pretty tempting for someone selling digital prints instead of the originals. If it's digital the color gets to be preserved for ages without worrying about the lightfastness, and I have to say I'm really interested in these. I'm still learning, and I'd love to give a better quality if I ever do badges but for now mostly what I do is digital stuff. Thank you for letting me know these exist! I rarely comment but your videos keep me inspired and keep me wanting to work hard on art.
Thank you so much for the kind words!!
There are now 72 pencils now and they have published the lightfastness for each pencil. They now are available open stock. I think Derwent listened.
I get the issue with prismas - fortunately, my new 150 set has not had a single lead break and that’s been with multiple sharpening - I was afraid to invest in Derwent’s Lightfast because I have severe arthritis in both hands and felt my best option was to go to prismacolors even with their reputation of breaking - how does the softness of the Lightfast pencils compare to the prismacolors? I may pick up the chromaflow pencils even though I don’t need them lol - but would really like the lightfast option if they are soft enough :) loved your video!
I still would like more colors in the set. Love Terri Simmers.
Love this video, where did you get the reference photo from?💕
I have seen more like this one on your channel, I mean some abstract photos..they look really cool
The sea turtle came from wildlifereferencephotos.com :D They've got amazing photos!
Lisa, would you consider doing a review of,Holbein colored pencils? I have all of the recognized professional grade of colored pencils, but I have noticed that Holbein does not,seem to be used as often by artists with you tube channels who teach and are making a living from their art. I would truly appreciate hearing your honest opinion on them.
These would be perfectly fine for creating work you were going to sell via prints and just archive the originals. Or, as you mentioned, for sketchbooks and the like. Since they now have sets up to 72 pencils for the Chromaflow, these would be great for anyone wanting to do this, as well as for students, kids and adult colourists. I just checked how many of them were rated a 7 or 8 for lightfastness and 43 out of 72 were that highly lightfast. Not bad for a "cheap" set! That's better than many of their more expensive stablemates.
Lisa, thanks for the review. A pass from me, simply because of lightfastness and unavailability of open stock. Apart from that, they seem quite impressive.
Btw, how old is your cockatiel? I adopted one last year and he is the cutest little guy 🥰
what was the brand of the brush you used to blend with? I didn't catch what you said in the video. I struggle with blending but it could just be as you said not having enough pencil down before I attempt to.
Lays down lots of color quickly and blends well with burnishing - sounds like a good candidate for coloring books to me! Too bad they don't have more colors, though.
They have a 72 color set
i really liked these pencils. Do yo think we will get a bigger set?
Hi Lisa, thank you for sharing your info so generously! My question is....you say these are really inexpensive coloured pencils. I looked them up and the price I found was about $2 per pencil, so a 24 pack was around $47. I am a newbie when it comes to buying coloured pencils. Does this price sound right to you? Thanks😁
i really wish that there were more colour count in these... and also, all the other derwent pencils are of 4 mm lead but these are of 3.5 mm... this is why im confused whether i should buy the chromaflow or the coloursoft of derwent... can you please give me your suggestion of which will be better? btw, i really love your review videos! thanks a lot!
Thank god i waited for lachri to review these first...i was about to buy it since they came out so early in India..lachri ❤️❤️thank you so much for your honest reviews
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I won't be buying these bcz i need lightfastness
Thanks for the review was looking at these for my coloring books lol Prismas just dont cut it anymore. Then I can save my polychromos for artworks only ;)
Since I am not selling my art I will stick to less expensive Prismacolors. I just love them, mine broke ones or twice in the two year period. Works out for me. Do you use oil medium for pencils? After trying pretty much every art medium I find colored pencils are my favorite to use.
Your pictures have an element of astro photography about them.
Is there a Lightfast or UV type spray varnish you can put over that where it will preserve it? Thank you for sharing! That is such a beautiful work.
There are several. Even better is framing it behind UV glass if you can find it.
Is chromaflow pencils going to be in bigger sets in future please ask if u don’t know I really want to know
Hola señorita Lisa la verdad es que me encanta su trabajo es como una fotografía pero sin dejar de ser una pieza artística 😍 y me encantaría saber si es posible que pruebe los lápices de colores derwent artist ya que me gustaria saber la opinión de esos lápices de parte de una profesional como usted, saludos desde México 🇲🇽
And a year later, they've announced a 72 set. I just saw it on their website just now when looking for something else. According to the lightfast swatches on the product page some of them are even 7 and 8 on the BW scale (which I hadn't checked when I bought the 24, but is there in their charts) - and there's some newer colours too. The full 72 is just over 100 pounds though, which isn't exactly the most budget friendly pricing. I'll buy them, because that's what I do, but I wonder how far they'll go with most of them being 5 and under, and still being that pricey.
I came to UA-cam hoping to find some info on them maybe.
I do have the original set of 24, which I'll give away when getting the 72.
It's only £69 now a year later
Hey Lisa I love the turtle! Does using an exact knife/scratch tool damage the tooth of the paper?
It can if you push hard with it, but with a light hand it causes no damage :)
What do you use as the solvent? What was the paper? Thanks!
I am in uk where these pencil are made, and we can’t get this pencil here so very frustrating
Hey Lisa! Totally love your works!!!
I am from India and totally agree with what you said about availability of art supplies.
I have tried chromaflow & I absolutely love it! However it is available at a similar price range to other derwent pencils (coloursoft/ artists/drawing)
I remember seeing your coloursoft review a while ago. I use coloursoft and did not have any problems like you described in that video. Maybe there was an issue with that particular set? Did you try using coloursoft after your first experience?
My issue with coloursoft wasn't due to quality control issues (like prismacolor) but that the formula just doesn't work well with my techniques. Yes, I've used it since then. I got another small set with smart art box, my experience was the same :)
@@Lachri Thank you for the kind reply!
Keep smiling and inspiring!!
They feel like a hybrid of Prisma and the old Ticonderoga colored pencils, but better overall. I haven't even done anything really except scribble on a piece of paper with them, but they seem like a holy grail of a colored pencil. I want a big lightfast range of these with a more opaque white. They almost seem to have the 'push and pull' that I loved about Ticonderogas, but I'm not entirely sure yet (I actually wish some company would buy the formulation of them and make a lightfast set with it). It's nice to finally have a worthy cheaper colored pencil option to suggest to beginners.
I soooo hope they make a lightfast range of these!!
Mam can we apply derwent blender or burnisher on chormaflow color pencil
Womit blenden sie ? Ist das öl oder was ist das . Das ist ja super
Which one are better
What brand is that slice tool?
I got my set right after Lindsay showed them so far the Strawberry was broken after I sharpened it quite a bit of pencil was gone. My Coloursoft had five break I dont know what is going on with the quality control.
I ran out before I finished your video to go get a set. But they didn't have. I wanted a prisma colour alternative
Is there a comic book character modeled after you? I think I saw you in a graphic novel.
Real instresting I actually like it.
How long does a UV varnish extend a picture’s life such as this one? Or others with crappy lightfast rating?
Hi Lisa, have you received and tried the 72 set of these at all? I am trying to work out whether to invest in the Chromaflow or the Coloursoft 72s. I have the 24 Chromaflow and really enjoy them. :) Thanks
no, but I wouldn't go with coloursoft. Those do not blend and layer well at all. I really only like those for quick sketches.
@@Lachri thank you!!
Great video! Would using a UV fixative on your work turn it into archival? (Considering the paper is archival)
It will help to an extent but wouldn't be nearly as good as using actual lightfast colors. You can also frame it behind UV glass to help :)
Thanks for sharing 😊 I have recently started my own channel!
I am wondering why I can’t get these in the UK?