Derwent ProColour colored pencil review and leopard demo w/ Lachri
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- Опубліковано 23 сер 2024
- A full review of the new Derwent ProColour colored pencils! Should you buy some for yourself? Find out in this video!! I'm talking about all the good and bad about these pencils and showing you how they perform on a fully detailed project.
I've got tips for drawing a leopard in colored pencil and showing you how I blend and layer the pencils for a realistic look!
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I'm working on Fabriano Artistico extra white Hot Pressed 140lb watercolor paper.
My fine white details are being painted on with my mixture of Touch Up Texture and Colored Pencil Titanium White Powder from brushandpencil.com
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EEP! I was wrong, there are 40 colors that are lightfast enough to use on my colored pencil work! I missed a yellow ochre color! :D
Lachri Fine Art What pencil did you use for the initial sketch? Water soluble graphite? Or regular graphite pencil?
Lachri Fine Art What's lightfast? 🙂
+Jennifer Kent I used a regular 4h graphite pencil :)
Vicky, Lightfast is a term used to determine how long a color will last before it starts to fade when exposed to light :)
Vicky Chatz Lightfast means it will not change color due to light exposure. The higher the lightfast rating the longer the color will stay unchanged. Its how archival theu are
i say this always but I just love these reviews! tells me so much more about the pencils than those normal color swatches people usually do. thank you for doing these! 💖
Yeah the color swatches never help me on reviews. Even for making a review I feel like I can't give my full opinion if I don't actually try the product on a project. That's how you find out how well they layer/detail/blend etc :D
Lachri Fine Art that is so right! Also I've found that the best way of finding new art supplies is by finding the artist you admire and whose artworks you wish your own would look like and check what supplies they use. That way you know the problem is not in your supplies if you don't get the results you are looking for, but you only need to practice more. ☺ your channel has been a goldmine to me that way 😄
I don't know when this video came out, but Derwent recently came out with a line of lightfast colors, currently at 36. The company plans on expanding the line to 72 throughout 2019. See Art Gear Guide with Harry.
You speak the right amount of fast, all the info is crucial, and your voice is gleefully joyous.
Thank you, I've learned so much which I have never thought I needed to learn.
God bless you💖
I'm so glad you find the content helpful! Thank you for your kind words.
My bird goes nuts when I watch your video. She loves your voice.
I was so disheartened when I saw the lightfast chart, but this review has me wanting to buy them ASAP! I am thinking about buying them open stock, so I avoid purchasing the pencils with low ratings. I know I can trust any reviews from your channel as your opinions are always backed up with video. I loved the artwork, so excited to see more work with these pencils.
I was really disappointed too. Even more so because I didn't get the ratings until after I had already fallen totally in love with the pencils. I was just showing my husband the ones that are lightfast and there really are some beautiful colors I'm happy to add to my regular "usable" set of polychromos and luminance now, so I'm trying to look at the positive lol.
Lachri Fine Art haha yes positivity is key. I am making a list of future pencils to buy!
The color is magnificent on this! It is so lifelike, I expect him to turn and look at me at any time.
I just have to say I've watched this about 4 times. Every time you do a color pencil piece you wow me and when they come to life they just make me so happy. Thank you :)
So good to hear that Derwent is coming up with something oilier! Derwent was my first love, but lately i've been gravitating towards oil-based coloured pencils... :) Can't wait to get my hands on these!
Oh you will love these then!
Glad to see you back at it! I've been working on my colored pencil skills and I can't wait to tune into more videos!
I knew the definitive review of these pencils would come from you Lisa :) I like when reviews show a real project completed with the product, well done as always! And welcome back, I missed you and chicken!
Thanks :) The shoulder chicken says hi :P
Hello Lisa, great review! I will have to try these and I'm hopeful that they might reformulate because I just checked the Derwent site and they must have reformulated the Inktense! Nearly all of them are now lightfast, pencils and blocks.
Incredibly helpful! The set that I use from Derwent went out of run ages ago, so I've been considering purchasing Derwent for a while. Thank you!
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this is gorgeous Lisa!
Thanks Lindsay!! :D
It's amazing to watch the build up of the pencils. Absolutely fascinating. Thanks
Another great review! Your color choices in this are stunning. Love the piece!.
Thank you!
I recently picked up a copy of Derwent colored pencils for portraits, and I really love them. I'm going to have to invest in these eventually, as that I really like Derwent's quality. I have a whole set of graphite drawing pencils as well.
Another wonderful and informative video, amazing art. And every time I am so excited about Lachris lovely bird 🐦
so glad you made a review on these! i was waiting for it to know your opinion cause im interested on the procolour, and its good to see them in action
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My life finally feels complete with your videos back!! I've missed you see much! Glad you're back, I hope your healthy as ever again :)
haha thanks :)
One of my favourite videos Lisa! Thank you, glad you're back. I'm interested to see if derwent listens to customers and works on lightfastness for the future :) going to grab some openstock when they come out because of this review ^_^ thanks!
Thanks :D
Just a beginning artist. I found your channel and thoroughly enjoy watching your videos. By the way, I find your voice so relaxing for some reason. Thanks for all your hard work and instruction.
your reviews are always so in depth i love them
LOL These ones sure work better for my techniques than coloursoft do :P
So nice to see you back online Lisa ^_^
We were all missing you.
Thank you :) My schedule will still be pretty sporadic for a while but I will upload when I can :D This *should* have been this Wednesday's video lol.
Excellent review and a stunning work of art! Thank you! :)
Good to see you Lisa! Good to see Shoulder Chicken too! Beautiful work, I can see why you were disappointed with the lightfast ratings for the purples/yellows as they really do add a richness to the colours. I thought I'd finally bought all my requirements for the coloured pencil work, but looks like I'm going to start shopping again!! I'm not always happy with the Polychromos greens, so it will be interesting to see what are available with these Derwent pencils. Thanks again Lisa!
There are about 6 lightfast greens in the set :D Lots of browns. I'm actually pretty happy to have this many brown/tan shades to choose from. I'm still mourning the purple and pink colors though lol. They were SO pretty :(
Lachri Fine Art Oh no, definitely going shopping then, always on the look out for more browns too!! Thanks for the info! 😀
Love the review. That piece is so gorgeous and I love how shimmery the fur looks!
When I saw the piece on instagram, I wondered if the departure from your usual style came from some limitation in the pencils, and I'm glad to see that it wasn't.
Thanks! Nope, the different colors on this one were something that I think I will be doing on future pieces. I really liked the oversaturation on this one! :D
Thanks a lot! I thought I was done purchasing colored pencils...now I want these. Glad you are back. I hope you are feeling better.
LOL I still say I'm going to make my slogan "Lachri Fine Art, spending your paycheck one video at a time" haha
Your reviews are exceptional! Thank you for taking the time to give us the information we need to move forward in our art.
I hope you're feeling better! I can see myself going broke with pencils lol
Thank you so much Lisa for this great review! I am so excited about these pencils. I cannot justify paying the price that the Luminance cost in Canada as I am a hobby artist. These sound fantastic 😀
They were wonderful to work with!!
Good to have you back Lisa!
Thank you :)
This turned out beautiful! Would you consider doing a tutorial where you use both the coloured pencils and intense? That would be great to see!
Also, as far as the lightfastness goes, if you frame your work under UV glass can you still sell the originals?
I will add that idea to my to do list for sure!! For the lightfast issue UV sprays and UV protecting glass do make a giant difference. I know a lot of great artists who use fugitive prismacolor colors in their work and just frame them behind UV glass. I'm personally not comfortable with that for anything I sell. I can't say which of us is right or wrong, we just have to do what we're most comfortable with :)
So glad to see you back and doing what you love most...I think we all missed you so much. Thank you for doing this review, I have the Derwent Artist pencils and to be honest, I really don't like them but that should improve with practice.
These blow the Derwent Artist pencils out of the water!
Hi Lisa,Welcome back,we missed you a lot. I hope you're feeling better, you look great.
Thanks :)
Yay are inspirational. I have had fun getting back to playing with art. Thank you.
Thank you :)
Wow! Another AMAZING work of art! so glad you're feeling better. I'm so excited to get my hands on those pencils. great review. thank you.
Thanks :D
Beautiful work Lisa. You have done a fabulous job of reviewing these pencils.
Also, I love seeing your bird. I had a female cockatiel when I was a teenager. They are so beautiful and clever.
Thank you :)
Yay! glad to see you back in my feed. I hope you are feeling better :)
Thank you :)
I wish these were lightfast so I could buy the original 😍😍 gorgeous leopard, nice video!!
Wow you are an incredible artist! The leopard is amazing and beautiful! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you :)
I'm so happy your back and better! :D
I love your videos and you are a huge motivation for me, missed you :3
Thank you :)
beautiful piece! so glad to see you drawing again!
Im so excited! just got this set along with lyra rembrant colored pencils!
Wow I’m so happy fir you Lisa it’s been awhile since Iv watched UA-cam and I’m amazed youv gained #’s in audience as you should! your the best at what you do...you should be a consultant fir every art supply productivity testing.. although you basically are now : ) you can pick up anything and figure them out pros and cons with unbiased reviews ; ) thats how I found you ..when u started then switched with polychromos, then watching you dabble with water solubles... so happy what ink-tense or derwent has done promoting your art [ the way I look at it )keep being your awesome self
I would buy that, regardless of coloured fastness, it's that beautiful
Thank you :)
Such a shame that not all of them are lightfast, those colors are just gorgeous! Definitely would love to see them expand the line with more lightfast ones :) Beautiful work! That purple is just wow! :D
I agree! :)
I loved that, such a gorgeous big cat
Thank you soooo much for all the information you give in all your utube demonstrations. This particular demonstration was really informative and makes me feel like getting a set for myself..thank you
I'm glad you liked it :)
Beautiful drawing,
I have a cockatiel too!!
I've wanted to give these pencils a try. Thank you for the review it's been very helpful. I wonder, did the pencils wear quickly?
Did that bird just sing GOT theme? Too cool, the critique of Derwent was cool too!
Great video and your "shoulder chicken" is adorable!
Thanks :D
I have made a colourchart of the 72 pencils now, and no, I am not convinced of these pencils. Generally I like firm pencil leads, but the procolour are so much harder than the Polychromos! They feel like the Artists. Maybe a little bit softer in some colours. Especially pale colours are scratchy. I need some pressure, that makes my hands tired. Another issue for me is the lightfastness. Derwent claim „professional quality“, but only 70% can be used for commissions. That’s not much. And these are the common colours, like browns and so on that are lightfast in almost every set. Luminance, Lightfast, Polychromos and Drawing stay my favourites
Awesome review, very helpful specially for us beginner's
Hehee, your shoulder chicken is so cute!! Thank you for the awesome review =)
Gorgeous cat! I love watching your videos, they always relax me:)
It's turned out beautifully!😍
Thanks :D
I am so pleased with the vast amount of info you present. I am disappointed to see these are not light fast because I was looking for pencils water soluable.
When I was young I had allergy problems with mineral spirits, so please tell me which are water soluable. Thank you
You did a beautiful work. Thank you
I noticed that the Brand You use is not important , You always make Magic with everything.
Lachri!!!!!!! Im so glad your feeling better. welcome back. 😉 This is my favorite peice youve done. ive seen LOTS of your videos. super cool these pencils worked so good. one question, how does the white compare to luminance? you mentioned the chinese white. below the touch up white, what is the next brightest white? thanks so much for sharing! love your work.
This is not as opaque as the white luminance but more opaque than the polychromos white :) Derwent drawing chinese white is the most opaque IMO.
Thanks!!
Great info and amazing Leopard demo
Thank you :)
Fantastic artist
looks good and am look forward to seeing how they work in comparison to my derwent artists set. tfs
I hope you share the comparison :D
Hi Lacri Fine Art, Have you considered doing a Redo of the Procolour pencils? Derwent probably tweaked the quality.
The lightfast issue is very important thing. I buy a set of 48 Prismacolors, and 13 of them are not lightfast, and it's really disappointed, because I need this colors, they were the colors pink, purple, coral...Thank God I have the Faber Castell polychromos, which I had bought 2 years ago, and I had also bought some pink colors, which complement the colors that I cannot use with the Prisma. The 72 set of Derwent Pro color have 40 lightfast? 32 are not lightfast. that is very significant when deciding to buy these colored pencils. And I love Derwent! I love this brand, what I'm talking about is the amounts of non-lightfast pencils.
this was so helpful
1 that now i know why did my animal drawings did not look relistic,i had the contrast ,but i did not make detail on the fur
2 now i know which pencils i would like, thank you
It would be really really cool if you could test the caran dache pastel pencils!!!
These pencils work beautiful!
Great video Lisa! 😁 Soooo, would you say you liked the pencils...lol 😆 That really sucks about the lightfast. By any chance will you try testing the 33 pencils with a UV spray? I know you don't do finishes on your cp pieces, but if the UV spray worked, then you could use all the colors. 😃
UV sprays and UV protecting glass do make a giant difference. I know a lot of great artists who use fugitive prismacolor colors in their work and just frame them behind UV glass. I'm personally not comfortable with that for anything I sell. I can't say which of us is right or wrong, we just have to do what we're most comfortable with :)
any tips on creating good realistic black hair, so it does not look flat. love ur videos
Check out this video :) ua-cam.com/video/Ri-4RCEdfe0/v-deo.html
BEAUTIFUL
Just beautiful Lisa.
Thank you :)
Your work is beautiful thank you
Thanks for the review Lisa. I've got a question, do these add an extra to f.i. a Polychromos set or Prismas? Like in different colors/shades? Or just easier/better in use?
I've got both these sets and are contemplating if I really need this extra set, if it adds something to my collection. I'm not a professional artist, I just love to color.
There are some shades that are different for sure so that is a bonus, plus I just really like how these perform :)
Which pencil shall I choose between derwent procolor and derwent studio color ?
Very beautiful
Thank you :)
So when you’re blending (this may sound like a stupid question but when you’re blending are you basically taking like turning the pencil into paint and then moving around like paint because that’s where I get confused when you try to use “blenders”??
Thank you for a great review. I don't know if you read the comments of older reviews Lisa but I would like to ask if the colours are the same as the polychromos to which they seem to be similar in feel and qualities. Are they worth getting in addition to the Polychromos or would the colours only duplicate them. Perhaps only the lightfast ones. Thanks again.
Jim
Gorgeous image. Lots of great tips. Thank you. Is the technique of layering colour with blacks applicable to watercolour or gouache?
Guache yes, watercolor is a bit different. You can layer but it's not quite the same because it can also lift when water is reapplied.
Do you have a video of pinks and purples that are light fast?
Excellent revenue, Thanks for sharing Chicken with us. So sweet
Thank you :)
Nice review. I decided to give it a try after this video
Thanks :)
Awesome... Thank you...
beautiful piece! I had a cockateil, his name was Baby bird. 💖
Aww :)
I needed this review so much, thank you! I don't have a lot of money and couldn't deside wich pencils to buy, so I think I'm going to buy these ones. The poly's and luminance are my dream, but I can not afford these. 😔
I hope you can answer this question..
How long does it take a drawing to fade when they are not the best lightfast like the luminance? When they are hanging in a living room for example..
And I found on the websites that the best lightfast only counts in museum light/conditions... So how long it takes to fade in normal light etc etc.
I watched a lot of video's aboit this topic, but it's sooo confusing.
My mom bought me a big present I did not know of, Prismacolors. I am sooo happy, but also scared because of the softness lol. . Do you know if the Prisma's and Proclours are good to combine? And if these to are good for drawing animals (hair)?
Sorry long message and more than one question. 😊😊
Maybe other people whom read this can advice me also.
Thank you so much😊😀
P.S. sorry forgot to say how beautiful your painting is 😍
okay so I have just started practicing drawing again so far for four months, for the first time in 8yrs, do you have a broken down beginners guide for colored pencils, and the proper materials and brands?
I was sure you said most of the inktense were lightfast....which is why I bought them, omg :///
can you please do a video that summarizes your favorite lightfast products on all mediums? And also where do you find that info per each color?
You can find the lightfast info on the manufacturers website. With Inktense we don't know how those ratings are impacted once water is added.
Considering how little you liked the colorsofts it is great to hear you be so happy with theese. :) Your enthusiasm is really inspiring.
How do they feel compared to eg. the draw pencils? I always felt the Draw is everything the coloursofts should be.
It is really too bad that Derwent loose out on lightfastness time and time again.
They got awesome colours in their pencil sets and they are nicely balanced amongst each others.
The Derwent Drawing pencils are much softer and more opaque than these are. They actually work very well together :)
Lachri Fine Art Thank you for the reply. :) Ill try fit them into my budget. :D
Beautiful !!!
Thank you :)
I always trust your reviews😀 thanks.
I found the right mop brush, try the daler rowney synthetic mop brush
Yes love it
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Thank you :)
Can you please tell me whether I should buy them or prismacolors for portraits?? Also prismas are too expensive in my area..
wow, I just got the derwent artists. Great video. Also, maybe the full blender works on the pricolours because both are a mixture of wax and oil?
It's possible, whatever the reason I'm happy to see that full blender work for something lol. I don't like them for Luminance at all.
I never work with coloured pencils. May try some out at some point
They are really fun to work with, especially for subjects with lots of small details :D
Lisa, I'm a huge fan! Love your work. I'm trying to get back into art; I've always had talent but never really developed my skills. My question is, I'm trying to build a collection of work but I'm unsure of how to go about it. Do you start many different pieces at once and work on them as the paint dries or start one and finish one at a time? I currently have 3 pieces started now; I try to start a new one to wait for the paint to dry (oil paint). Just not sure what to do to build a huge body of work...any advice would be appreciated. Thanks!
I normally recommend one at a time so that you actually finish everything. When having a lot of projects going at once it's too easy not to get anything finished because you lose interest :)
Aww chicken.