Worst Colored Pencil Review Ever | 160 Art Track Coloured Pencils
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- Worst Colored Pencil Review Ever
I know the title might seem a bit over dramatic, but once you watch the review you might agree with the title. I have also completed a written review where there is some additional information and images that you might want to see including the Art Track Colored Pencils on black paper etc.
I would also like to say that in no way whatsoever am I being disrespectful toward the company that has made these colored pencils. There are one or two things I think they should change or do differently but I address these in both the written review and this UA-cam video review.
UA-cam REVIEW - Review of Art Track 160 Colored Pencils - bit.ly/3EshQ9W
WRITTEN REVIEW - Review of Art Track 160 Colored Pencils - bit.ly/3RNDx78
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Than you for your honesty Harry. These pencils are presented so well and look really good many people could be tempted to buy them especially for children but imagine the dissapointment, they would be put off art for ever.
Oh dear, frustrating pencils are the worst! But more importantly, filling a water brush with odourless mineral spirits….that is pure genius and I am totally going to try that! ❤️
Wow Harry, wow... I watched almost all of your videos and I subscribed to your channel a loooong time ago, almost 5 years ago, and I'm sure I have never seen a review title like that. They must be really really bad to tell such an "extreme" thing. Look at that green: what a shame it is, very grainy and you can see how difficult it is to get some pigment from that core . They seem to lay down a lot like the "Elios" from FILA, the worst pencils you can buy here in Italy.
Half a year ago I bought a 120 set of "Zenacolor" from Amazon for 23€ or so for my mum. They are another relatively well known set of budget pencils, good for coloring books, kids... not aimed at anything serious, for sure. But heck, from what I can see they have at least 3 times more pigment than those "Art Truck" and you can layer on watercolor paper pretty easily with most of the colors. These seem like subpar qualty chinese pencils that bet everything on the number of colors and price
Thank you so much for your honesty Harry - I always look forward to your reviews. You are always honest and try to avoid negativity but sometimes these companies leave you no choice but to issue a bad review. I have bought most of the products you approve of and they are all fantastic!
Thanks Harry for this interesting video, and for always being honest! there are so many colored pencils on the market, but unfortunately not all of them are good! These reviews are very important to us, because they give us an idea of which product is the best for us. Thanks Harry as always! ❤️
This reminds me of my experience when I used to do a lot of coloring. I had been using better pro brands for a while and knew the results that I could achieve with them. But to challenge myself one time I bought some Crayola markers or pencils I can't quite remember. Anyway, I worked on a piece and the big difference I noticed was that it took me so much longer and required so much more work to get the beautiful look with color lay down, shading and highlighting and everything. It was so much harder to get the kind of quality end product with the cheap stuff than it was with the good stuff. We all know, there are some brands that are very inexpensive, but give us decent quality. Here in the U.S., General's is one of those brands. But they don't offer a huge array of art products...mostly pencils, small sets of color pencils and some other small art accessories. But I can imagine the frustration with an entire large set of colored pencils, to have this kind of poor quality would be very frustrating. Thanks again for your clear and honest reviews.
General's is a top brand in every area, and the choice of many pros. I suspect many think General's isn't a top brand because of the lo0w cost, but the cost is loow onl;y because the owner doesn't want to rip customers a new one. Really. General's is a very old, very reliable, very high quality company in every area. Many pros know this, but somehow the word doesn't reach the masses.
I know a great many people judge quality by price, which is silly. If only they knew what goes on behind the scenes, and how much some companies mark up prices, they would certainly change their minds. General's has one of the lowest profit margins out there. Sadly, this makes many think they aren't a top brand because they don't cost enopugh. Even many pros are fooled by this.
There's far too much snobbery with any kind of art supplies, and far too little real research and common sense.
Hi Nancy, I haven't tried any of the Generals products yet but I have heard and read nothing but excellent things. Id love to try their graphite and charcoal pencils. They are not always easy to get here in the UK but they are definitely on my list.
Thank you so much for your honest review. You help so many of us more than you know. Even if we weren't planning to buy these, others often ask us for recommendations and it is good to have many opinions. When you give a strong opinion such as you did here, it is very helpful. THANK YOU for following through and taking the time to post. Appreciate you and your page so much! :)
Thanks! Always count on you for accurate and honest reviews.
Thank you so much for your wonderful donation but you really shouldn’t, your comments and watching the videos and support mean the world to me and with the way finances are for everyone at the minute it worries me so much subscribers thinking they should send donations. You guys are amazing to me in more ways than you will ever know.
Hi Harry. I have these and I cannot disagree with this review. Will still use them 🙂 but mostly for colouring patterns or mandalas on double-sided colouring books.
I also bought these as the advert made them look amazing. They are the worst pencil set in my collection, my grandkids won't even use them. Maybe they will be great as fire wood in the winter too help keep warm 🙈
Love your integrity, Harry:)
Thank you so much Lindsay although based on a particular commenter you would think I set out to destroy the company. Of all the reviews I’ve completed this was the worst but I was so torn between not uploading it at all or adding it. I know you get the same thing on your channel.
Hullo Harry, thank you for sharing your experience with these pencils! I purchased the square Brutfuner budget pencils for my nephews and nieces to use when they visit. Very good value for price! I also purchased Jerry’s Artarama Cézanne pencils both sets are 120 pieces and they are also very reasonably priced the Cézanne pencils are about $10.00 more but are a bit better grade of pencils. They are also inexpensive that I am happy to let others use them as a step up from the Brutfuner square pencils!
Sometimes companies make a money grab and without people like you and Lindsay to help consumers make a good choice they would succeed in taking our money and give us crap! You create honest fair reviews and we appreciate YOU!
Thank you so very much for your kind words, I’ve just realised laying in bed that I forgot to add the results of my layer and blending test to this review, I am an idiot, I was so eager to finish the review that I forgot to add the test results. I’ll add them to the written review in the morning, I am such an idiot, this really is my worst review in more ways than one 😂😂.
@@TheArtGearGuide I am sure we have all been off of our game a time or two, give yourself a break and keep your perspective, you have always done your best and if one video is not top notch you will come back on the next one! Rest easy we will continue to support you and your amazing videos! Stay safe and be well.
@@TheArtGearGuide don't beat yourself up so hard. Your hard work to make these reviews is much appreciated!
Thank you so much for your honest review. However your drawing is beautiful as always
Ok Harry, to measure the pencil was not really neccessory. Everybody knows if you buy these kind of pencils thats not top quality. My kids use them. They are happy with it. I hear no complains.
That is brilliant for your kids and I am glad they love them, but I have tested and reviewed countless colored pencils, from the cheapest to the most expensive and this was my opinion, an opinion I might add based on trying the pencils on several paper types. As for measuring the pencil, it helps people, and by people I mean colored pencil enthusiasts, to know whether or not the pencil I am reviewing at that time will work in their current sharpeners. Sharpeners come in all shapes and sizes, some people can pay a couple hundred pounds on an electric sharpener, but that sharpener may not be able to accommodate all pencil sizes, so I try to help out on that front. Hope that helps clear up your comment
Thanks as ever for your honesty Harry. You're one of my go to channels for art products because I know I will get a genuine review and reaction based on more than just swatches.
How is this different from other cheap pencils, like brutfuner, arteza etc etc. Expensive pencils are expensive because the lightfastness and their nice user experience. And never buy fro Aliexpress or amazon in the first place, except if you hate planet earth.
Most expensive pencils are expensive because people are willing to pay whatever they want to charge. The profit margin on the tops brands is astounding, and while not illegal, should be unethical. I don't hate planet earth at all but saying that buying from Aliexpress or Amazon means you hate the planet is sillier than a screen door on a submarine. It's way, way, way over the whacko line.
As for lightfastness and colorfastness, the first is a joke, and the second is simply a nonfactor. Good marketing is why people worry about either of these things, even though the facts say they shouldn't.
I’m not sure why so many people think this review reflects the price of the pencils, i mentioned once about the cost and even the. I couldn’t remember how much I paid for them. Not even in the written review did I mention how much these pencils cost. The review is purely based on their performance. In all of my reviews, especially the recent reviews I stay away from commenting on worth, if I think the pencils are worth the money et because that is a subjective thing, we are all willing to pay a certain amount for products and that is mostly based on what we can afford as individuals. I don’t think I have ever said in a review that I think they are worth the money and so people should buy them. I show the price and leave it up to you guys as to whether or not you want to spend that money on pencils.
If you look at my reviews of the Faber Castell Classic Red 60 set, one of my all time favourite pencils and yet perhaps the cheapest set of pencils based on cost per pencil, you will see the difference in the swatch and the artwork
@@jamesaritchie1 so what is the profit margin on Derwent Lightfast Pencils, I’ve never been able to find this info but I’d love to know it and I am guessing you know what it is James and if you can share the profit margins on the other top brands that would be awesome because it would help with peoples reviews.
I’d also like to know what the facts are about the Lightfastness info you mentioned. I agree that people shouldn’t think they need to buy lightfast pencils but I didn’t know there was factual information out there stating that what we already know about lightfastness is nonsense. I always thought that the only people who should use lightfast products are those wanting to sell their original art, but I’d love to know what the facts are about lightfastness that make people buy them. I am always trying to learn new information about art supplies so that I can deliver accurate information.
OMG I saw this teaser on youtube and I remember how bad they where when I bought them in 2021. Brought back memories. They where an absolute disaster pigmentation wise and hard, very hard. I Liked the box though. But the pencils....NO WAY. These are indeed the worst
Thank you so much for your comment. The box was the reason I wanted to review them, but when I started testing them, they were just terrible. No matter what I did, I couldn’t get a decent result, however someone in the comments took great offence at me because I couldn’t get a good result from them. Thank you so very much for your support and comment.
Thank goodness for this review. Usually I make pieces with graphite pencils or watercolor. I wanted to try my hand with colored pencils and I saw this had good reviews so I ordered it. When I tried it, what I got was pretty grainy and my hand was getting sore from trying to blend + layer. I was thoroughly convinced that it was my fault and I just purely sucked ass. But lo and behold, this review restored my hopes and dreams of being an artist. Restoring my faith and reassuring me that perhaps I was not a complete and utter failure. Thank you.
It is definitely not you, I found these pencils really terrible on all fronts and so don't blame yourself.
Being Honest.. Truth from you, gives us an Artist as Yourself..giving us an Informed Decision.. Now people will not waste Money and time..Praise God for People like you.🤟🤟🤟🕊🙏
Shouldn’t this be titled: “Worst Colored Pencils Ever Review”? Or is this review actually the worst ever? 😝
A bit of both really I think, I didn’t deliver the type of review I wanted, I stopped the process a two thirds of the way through but the pencils them selves frustrated the life out of me, so it is a bit of both. I did consider a title similar to what you mentioned but ended up putting the blame partly where it belonged which is with me. Thank you so much for your comment
These crayons aren't the worst at all. I love these pencils and I have a lot of fun practicing with them. Because to be honest they are very good for making sketches and starting with the drawing. I respect everyone who wants to use professional colored pencils but you cannot expect to make high quality drawings like you would if you used Carandache colored pencils, for example. It's like that.👍
Sorry for my English but I didn't master this language too much.🙏
Thank you for the review! I honestly like reviews like this that tells us to avoid stuff- far too many reviewers only do positive reviews and while a positive outlook IS good it does not benefit us consumers all the time. Honesty is far, far more important for us who watch reviews. I am only sorry you had to waste money on these pencils!
Thanks so much for your honesty, this is the sort of set I’d be looking at for Christmas presents for my great niece12 or even my grandchildren 5&6 but will definitely avoid these. I want to encourage them to enjoy art works and these wouldn’t do that. As you say in these times money is tight and I’d have hated to provide a rubbish present.
Harry did you ever review Amazon Basic Pencils?
No because I can’t find them on Amazon UK, every time I look Arteza and other cheap brands appear but no Amazon. As soon as I can get a set Ill definitely review them
Thank you for your honesty Harry 🙏 Do you know if this is the same as EVAZAR Colouring pencils?
Wonder what are your favorites from Ali Express. I was somewhat satisfied by the Paul Rubens pencils, and the Sakura were ok too.
I think my favourite pencils that I purchased from AliExpress are the Nyoni Colored Pencils, I really loved the selection of colors in that set and the pencils were really nice as well.
@@TheArtGearGuide in the Us, Markart sells those nyoni pencils and I agree. But I was really disappointed by the nyoni watercolor line.
So exactly what is wrong with them?
Oh I thought I said in the video and written review. They are more binder than pigment, when I did the swatch I had to push hard to get Color. If you look at the artwork I started, the layers are scratchy and grainy. They don’t layer very well at all and in general coverage is uneven and grainy.
Between the UA-cam review and the written review, especially the written review, you can click on the images and see for yourself how bad they are. I am not an amazing artist in the slightest, but I can apply a smooth layer or create a seamless gradient and create strong values, but with these pencils and on various different papers I just couldn’t.
I mentioned in the video and the written review that the red pepper has five or six different reds used including a black pencil from the set and if you look at the red pepper, the tonal value range is nonexistent. Even the section where I added the black, you would never believe black was added to that section if I hadn’t recorded it.
@@TheArtGearGuide ha ha the funny thing is I rather like the artwork you did with it. maybe I missed seeing you applying the pencil , as you usually do to get an idea how these pencils work or not work. or what sound they make touching the paper. but thanks anyway . for this and all the other videos you made.
Have you ever used Carisma Color? It's an old brand. Hard to get hold of coz they don't make them anymore. They're the best pencils I ever used, quite chunky so your hands don't ache while using them.
I've tried Prisma since & think they're awful, they don't blend as well as is made out & most seemed to arrive with snapped leads if the wood doesn't splinter when trying to sharpen them.
I always look on EBay for them, I have heard of them and I have heard so many wonderful things about them. My only hesitation in buying them is if I fall in love with them, I am not really going to be able to replace them.
However that being said, if I had the money, I would absolutely buy a set just to say I have tried them. They also look like gorgeous pencils to hold in the hand and work with.
@@TheArtGearGuide found out yesterday that I'd spelt their name wrong, it's a K. My first set of 12 came with my art gcse course "recommended buys kit" in 96. I managed to buy myself an unopened set of 12 a few years ago via eBay, cost £40odd. I haven't used them & they'd still be sealed if I didn't want to smell them (wood & oil type smell) to bring back the memories of using them in art class. My final mixed media gcse piece hasn't faded too much either, it's mainly watercolour with pencil overlay for the detail of Time & Decay on Fruit (do you remember that being taught? lol). I'd given it to my Nan so she could see how to build layers of colour with watercolours that she'd taken up in her 80s as she always assumed working with WC meant flat pigments with no depth. She went off with it & had it mounted & framed before returning it to me lol. It's never been in direct sunlight but I think the cobalt & perussian blues have definitely dulled & lightened over time in places. And it's one of my few remaining peices of art from all those years ago.
I have some of them, I bought them two or three at a time about 20 years ago. They are absolutely the best pencils I've ever used, and because they are so rare, I don't actually use them. Which is silly of me, but there you go.
Pretty typical with cheapos. Lots of binder, not much pigment.
The title is forggetting about my color pencils I made
I definitely will not getting these
Every time I review a product, especially colored pencils, I hate giving a bad review. If I test the product on say Bristol Smooth paper and it doesn’t perform well, I will try them on at least three or four other paper types, normally Vellum, Mixed Media, Derwent Lightfast and at an absolute push, PastelMat. I have this theory that for 99.9% of colored pencils, there is a perfect paper for that type of pencil and once you find that paper, the pencils will feel and perform beautifully for you.
Derwent Artist pencil was one such pencil, I tried loads of papers and finally when I tried them on the Strathmore 500 Series Bristol Plate, the entire pencil performed and just felt like a different pencil. for whatever reason, I just couldn’t find the right paper and I have in my studio at least 20 different types and brands of paper.
I had this experience so many times as a child. My parents and grannies knew better, but many relatives would come around with the cheapest most horrible pencils and I'd hate it. They were hard (it was exhausting to even colour a tiny leaf), difficult to get any colour out of the pencils, there was no way to make a shadow or get different tones, and often the colour outside and the colour inside didn't match. They all went to the donations box.
I totally trust all your reviews and go by them before I purchase any art supply. Thanks for sharing
Thank you so much Maureen I really appreciate your comment and support.
Thanks for excellent review. I know you don't like to speak poorly at all, or at least counter with some positives. Unfortunately, this couldn't happen. But we're all glad you've done this review.
Dang it i have just ordered these i trust you Harry they will be going back
Thank you so much for your honesty! Really appreciate this review!
Thanks for telling us how these pencils work or in this case don’t.
never heard of them but will def avoid them if i come across them in the future
Hi Harry. I hope you are doing well. Could these pencils be used like a Prismacolor Verithin? For fine details, as they have a hard core? If so... consider shipping them to me, before you decide to throw them out..LOL.. gave ya a like...
Hi Dave mate I have no problem shipping them to you. I found a set of pencils that I think would be very similar to the Prismacolor Cpl-Erase which I know is not the same as the Verithin, but I’ll be reviewing them soon as an alternative, it’s always good to have an alternative.
The closes pencil I think to the Verithin is the Derwent Studio Colored Pencil, that is a really thin pencil and a super hard core.
But email me Dave and I’ll happily ship this set of pencils to you. I’d never waste them by throwing them out. If you email me with your shipping details I’ll get them off to you as soon as possible.
My email is theartgearguide@gmail.com
I think people should just buy a decent set of 12 of a brand which sells open stock, the 12 set should have black, white, 3 primaries of CMY or RBY and then a mix of others.
I know what you mean but I know my skills are not that good that I could create something amazing with 12 pencils. I know there are wonderful Artist out there that can and the art they create with 12 decent quality Colored pencils is amazing. For me personally, I need at the very least 24 to create some that won’t make your eyes bleed when viewing it, 😂😂😂
😂😂😂😂 I love it.
I don't like buying in AliExpress it takes long to get it delivered. I prefer Amazon. Thanks for you're honest review
If I can get them on Amazon I will definitely go there first because you are so right, the delivery is much faster, but for us in the UK, the Amazon in the UK is very limited and so AliExpress seem to sell a lot of unusual sets. Like there are a few sets I see on Ali Express at the minute and Id rather get them on Amazon but they just don't sell them on there yet. Than you so much for your comment and support.
Oof, thanks for the warning!
may you review the caran d ache 100 set and do a drawing pls
Hi Fiona I did a comparison review of the 100 Caran d'Ache Luminance and 100 Derwent Lightfast ua-cam.com/video/f0fEShyN6ZQ/v-deo.html if you click the link you will see in that video I show the full range of colors in both sets and the colors that look very similar in both sets. I don't thing I did any artwork in that video but I have done lots of art with the Luminance pencils throughout the channel. Hope this helps
My first time viewing your channel but I could hear the frustration in your voice. It seemed you really were concerned about giving this product a poor review. That leads me to believe you would review other products honestly as well. With organizations donating so many products to popular UA-camrs to influence watcher's purchases, it has become difficult to know which channels to trust. Like many who became coloring book fans, I have numerous sets of coloring pencils ranging from extremely expensive to cheap. When some of the adult coloring book community is touting $300 or more for a set of pencils your swatches made most of these pencils appear to be a great alternative. After seeing your review, I realize they would have ended up in the "used once pile" because they hurt my hand too badly to use again.
dont hate me
i have 72 pcs arttrack😨
Why on earth would I ever hate you, what I said about these pencils is only my opinion, which is every bit as important as your opinion. If you enjoy using them and you get joy and fulfilment from using them, that is the only real important factor.
I love everyone and couldn’t hate anyone.
@@TheArtGearGuide aww :D
No need to apologize for not having complete artwork. I could see for myself the insufficient color payload as you were laying down the reds. SO PALE!! This is a good, informative review. Thank you!
Thanks so much for this review. It looks very grainy and patchy.
That is what I was trying to show by adding the artwork the grainy coverage I got not matter how many layers I tried to apply. I think a lot of people seem to be under the impression that I didn't like them because they didn't cost much, but it had nothing at all to do with the cost, I never mentioned the cost in the written review and only mentioned the cost once in the video but even then I couldn't remember how much I paid for them.
For me cost doest factor in the performance of a pencil, so I think I must have done a bad job portraying that I didn't get on with these pencils because of the performance and nothing to do with the cost. I am so happy you could see how grainy and patchy the artwork was. Thank you so much for your comment and support.
@@TheArtGearGuide You did so many reviews from high end to budget pencils. I’m surprised that people being upset with you for being honest. Maybe they haven’t watched your other reviews. Please keep it up. You are doing great job. I personally saved a lot just by watching your reviews. Thank you so much for everything you do and your hard work!
Danke!
Thank you so very much for the donation, I can't tell you how much I appreciate any support you provide to the channel, thank you so very much
Thanks for such an honest review!
Appreciate your honesty
Do you like or have you tried to use
Brutfuner 260 pencils ?
Are they the Brutfuner that come in two sets of 260 to total 520, or is it a single 260 set. I have reviewed 3 sets from Brutfuner I think
@@TheArtGearGuide no, they are only a 260 pack, seller said they were promotion
Lol, I always check the hardness on the specifications of the set. I don't touch any harder than B. I passed on these. The core size and hardness rating are what I chiefly use to select a brand on Ali. I have had the Staedtler Norris Club so I know I don't like hard pencils. Thanks Harry!
Ugh, the Norris ones, also a brand to avoid...
Yeah the Staedtler Norris Club pencils are actually very similar to the pencils in this review. Where is the core hardness chart on AliExpress, I’ve not seen that before but that is a good thing to help people select.
Very hard cores have their place, and can be invaluable, if you know how to use them in conjunction with softer cores. Wise artists use both very hard and very soft cores. It makes any job much easier.
@@TheArtGearGuide When you scroll down the page on the item, Ali has 3 tabs. The Description, Specifications, and Reviews. Specifications has the manufacturer, hardness, etc if they're onto it. It may just have China in the tab. In which case I look in another store. Reviews are useful too. Cheers for that Harry, the Norris club hurt to use with older hands.
@@jamesaritchie1 I do have pencils with harder cores, but I'm just colouring. And I'm older, and it just hurt to use these pencils. So I stopped. I agree with you, but I'm not making works of art.
Now the question is if you just disliked them that much that it influenced your review. I've seen you do way worse artworks with colored pencils you enjoyed. For a set of cheap pencils, these seem to do quite a decent job in your drawing. Sure, they're not the best, which is to be expected at this price, but they don't seem to do such a bad job either. I'm sure your experience wasn't pleasant at all, no dount about that, but the unfinished artwork doesn't reflect how bad you say they are, that's quite a decent, well perhaps even more than decent, result from terrible colored pencils.
You do know that you don’t have to watch the reviews? You are aware that it is absolutely not compulsory for you to watch anything I do, nothing bad is going to happen to you if you stay away from the channel and watch the thousands of other reviewers out there.
It’s not really about the artwork to be honest, it is more about the coverage, how the pencils layer, how they blend etc. I have never ever called myself an artist, in fact it got to the point where people were thinking I was seeking attention because I refused to put myself in the category of artist. And it is also important that you remember these reviews are only my opinion, there is no scientific method for creating a review there is no right or wrong way to perform a review. I can only use a product and tell you what I think of them and how the experience made me feel. By all means buy the pencils yourself and let me know what you think of them.
@@kevinworth3311 I am guessing there might be something wrong with you or you might just have a dislike toward me that fills your day, I don’t know but I never told you to stay away from the channel. If you read the reply you will see I told you if you don’t like the channel, you don’t have to be here, it is not compulsory. That was in reply to you saying that I should stay away from reviewing Watercolor and pastels, I did get that right didn’t I, you suggested I should stop reviewing those mediums because you don’t like the drawings I do. How is that a critique Kevin. I actually agree with you about my paintings and drawings and have said this for years, but I’d love to take a look at your drawings to learn from and perhaps get better faster.
Try not to make out I said something when the comments are still there for everyone to see, I never told you or anyone else for that matter to stay away from the channel. I said, based on your comment, that if you don’t like the content you are not forced to be here, it is not compulsory for you to have your sight diminished by looking at all those low grade drawings. I know if I don’t like a particular style of art I just stay away. I would never in a million years be so arrogant as to tell anyone that what they have done is low grade, even if I thought it because that type of comment is not a critique no matter what you think. That my friend is a statement, a critique generally offers help, how to do that thing better.
@@kevinworth3311 by the way Kev you are confusing your comments, the comment about the company making other products was one you left all on your own. This comment you left was in reply to someone else comment and you highlighted how low grade my drawings are
If you've done bell peppers before in better pencils, it would be interesting to see your "failed" drawing with the inferior pencils next to that, to compare color intensity.
These are certainly not top of the line pencils, but I don't think they're nearly as horrible as you say, either. I find they work pretty well when used with a set of pencils that do have soft cores. I own a complete set of Faber=Castell Polychromos, a complete set of Caran D'ache Luminance, a complete set of Prismacolor Premier, all sorts of Derwent, and several other top brands, along with so many Chinese brands that I've lost count. Fortunately, I didn't have to pay for the Faber-Castell or the Caran D'ache, or I probably wouldn't own them.
I love the top of the line pencils, but I also love trying out, and frequently using, cheap brands. I've found that cheap brands often, but not always, do just as good a job as the top brands, if the artist knows how to use the cheap brands, and is willing to put in a little more work. In fact, other than colorfastness, which is most often not needed at all, many of the cheap brands are every bot as good as the top brands.,
I'ver also found that colorfastness has more to do with marketing than any real need. Outside of the western world, few artists seem to care at all about colorfastness, and for good reason. Check any large museum and you'll find all sorts of artwork that has no colo0rfastness at all, but still lokks as good as the day it was created, which was often hundreds of years ago.
I have a pretty fair number of pieces created with ordinary Crayola pencils that have been on display for thirty plus years, and they haven't faded at all because I don't hang any artwork in an arear where direct sunlight can reach it. If a piece of art is intended to be exposed to direct sunlight then colorfastness is required, but this almost never applies to anything done with colored pencils.
These pencils certainly are not Faber-Castell or Caran D'ache, but they are usable But, look, many pros use Faber-Castel, Caran D'ache, and Prismacolor all on the same drawing for the same reason I do. Polychromos works better for detail, Luminance works better the large areas and blending, and a number of Prismacolor pencils are simply better than Polychromos or Luminance. But it's easy to find three cheap Chinese brands that can combine to do the job equally well, especially if you don't worry about colorfastness, which much of the world does not. The only reason I use the brands I do for most pro drawings is because so many people have been fooled into believing that anything done with pencils that have little or no colorfastness must be cheap and inferior. If not for this, I'd never use a top brand if I had to pay for it. The profit margin of the very top brands is unbelievable, and if not illegal, then certainly unethical.
I can't say I love these pencils, but I can say I can combine them with a couple of other brands and do some seriously good work. Even by themselves, I don't find them horrible, I just find them labor intensive when used alone, not unlike Crayola. I do not find them horrible, and many do use them.
I am sure if I used them with other pencils, as you say they might perform better, I’ll try them like that in a comparison video but when I do the reviews I have to review them on their own because if I try them with a particular pencil and say, they work well with this pencil and not X Y And Z, I’d have to add so much more to my reviews and not everyone has a large selection of pencils like yourself.
I totally agree with you regarding cheap budget pencils, I can’t tell you the last time I reviewed an expensive brand of pencils, the vast majority of my reviews recently have been budget brand pencils. One of my favourite all time pencils is the Faber Castell Classic Red and although they come from a big company, 60 pencils for £13 is still considered budget and I love those pencils.
I found the pencils in this review difficult to use and enjoy because of their performance and nothing at all to do with cost. I am a huge champion for good budget Colored pencils I think they are so important for getting people interested in Colored Pencils.
Lightfastness is a strange topic but it absolutely is important if you are an artist wanting to sell your original work. There are lots of alternatives to selling art work, but if you want to sell the original artwork if you want to progress in that field you have to use lightfast pencils.
@@TheArtGearGuide £13? No wonder I never understood why people said Faber Castell Classic was cheap. A 60 set is $30 here in the US. But I guess it's only fair, I hear Prismacolors are a lot more in Europe.
Lightfastness is very important to an artist and art collector/buyer who has spent good money for an image that they want to last a reasonable amount of time without fading to nothing - without lightfastness the image will fade very quickly in an ordinary setting, and possibly a little slower properly framed with the right glass, and hung in the right lighting conditions etc Some colours fade much more quickly than others too and could leave you with an artwork that looks nothing like the one you purchased.
For a child/hobby artist or someone colouring in books etc I agree that it is obviously not so important but it is still an untruth to state something is lightfast if it isn’t. It is a red flag to see something budget priced touted as lightfast, as generally speaking lightfast products are much more expensive to produce.
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