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Which Color Pencils are the Best for Beginners? Polychromos vs. Prismacolor
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- Опубліковано 7 вер 2020
- Do you want to know which color pencils are the best for beginners? In this video I'll share what I love about Faber Castell Polychromos color pencils and what I love about Prismacolor premier color pencils so as a beginner, you can decide which color pencils are best for you!
As I compare and contrast these two brands of colored pencils, I share a couple of no-line color images too so you can really see how easy it is to blend with the Prismacolor Premier and how great the Polychromos are for achieving fine lines and details!
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The Polychromos are the better pencils. German quality. Also I know that the Polychromos do not contain dangerous chemicals, while I can't say the same about Prismacolors. There is no better color pencil than the Polychromos. Even the much more expensive Caran d'Ache Luminance is inferior to the Faber Castell Polychromos. The only thing you should do is to get a white pencil from either Prismacolor or Caran d'Ache Luminance, because I agree that the white Polychromos pencil is inferior. If you know all this now, the choice should be simple.
I use both and I lean towards the polychromos. I love the way your card came out. You're right the rose gold pops off of the navy card stock, it's a great look. Thank you for sharing!
Thank you so much for watching!
I really liked your review. I grew up with (and still have some) Eagle and Berol Prismacolor from the '70’s and 80's. They are harder than the Premier. I prefer the older Prismas as I find the Premier too soft. I bought a set of 12 Polychromos to try and really liked them. I treated myself to the full set last Christmas and my husband gave me a full set of the Prismacolor Premier. I prefer the Polychromos as I have a very light hand and like to layer, layer and layer some more. I find the Prismacolor saturate the paper faster than the Polychromos so I can layer more with the Polys and add more depth to my colourings. You’re right about the white Poly, it isn’t great. I have a white Prisma in my Poly's set. I like to use Gamsol to blend so the stroke lines from either type of pencil disappear. The only time when I really prefer the Prismacolor, and I cant explain why, is when I colour greyscale pictures.
I wish I had a light hand! lol I tend to be very heavy handed at everything :) Interesting about the greyscale! I don't tend to do those, but I might try for a different look!
I just started drawing and colored pencils are my main medium 💕 my boyfriend's German so....he gifted me the Polychromos 💚😂 I LOVE IT!!! I also grew up using the Faber Castell classics ❤️
That is awesome! I bet for drawing the Polychromos are amazing. My daughter draws in a hard graphite pencil and then uses the Prismacolor for coloring and blending. Everyone has their favorite :)
Polychromos sind angeblich sehr gut aber ich hab leider keine 😢
That was great, can’t wait to see your daughter share her sketches too, shading and all 🌈
Thank you so much 😀She's very excited :)
I ordered full sets of prismas polychromos and luminance. Lets go!!! I love prismas. With all their flaws i still would pick them if had to choose just one. Cant wait to try luminance never have before
I'm Arabic, I love painting, I love your channel, and thank you for translating it. 🌹🌹🌹 Your channel is has a information. thank you
Thank you so much! I actually don't know how to translate so it must be UA-cam doing that! Thanks UA-cam! :)
What a great video! Very informative!
Thank you so much, Gina!!
Looking for Prismacolor sponsorship 👉👈.
I love how everyone is so kind In the comments. And you are so sweet
I am so fortunate to have met so many wonderful, crafty friends here!
Wait I actually got a ♥️ and a comment from you thank you so much you helpede a lot I am subscribed 👍
Helpful video. That rose gold heat embossing on top of your coloring on navy cardstock was beautiful.
So glad to hear it was helpful! Thank you...that might be my new favorite combination!
Fantastic video. I especially love how beautiful the navy cardstock with the rose gold embossing turned out. Stunning.
Thank you so much! I love that color combo too! I'll definitely be using it again! :)
Let's just say I changed to faber castle polychromos and never looked back
Thanks for this video. I loved the way you did the comparison and showed the strengths of each product. Thanks so much!
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching!
you say you are not an expert in coloring, but I think the work you did on this is amazing. So beautiful
Thank you so much Susan. Your kind words really made my day. I appreciate you spending time with me. Have a wonderful weekend.
I learned a lot from this video, so thank you very much! I did not realize there was special paper for colored pencils. Love watching you💕. Stay safe and have a great day!!😁
So glad to hear it was helpful! Definitely use whatever you have as far as paper, but if you're not getting the results you want or are having a hard time achieving them, then maybe try a different paper out! Have a wonderful rest of your week!
Great video comparing the 2 brands of color pencils. I love my prisma color pencil. Thanks for sharing. 💕😊
Thanks so much for watching! I am excited to work more with the Prismacolors!
I keep the prismacolor pencil point short like the way they come using the prismacolor sharpener I think this helps avoid breaking the lead and it crumbling when using also light pressure and going slow.
I would love to see a video on how to use gamsol with colored pencils. Thank you!
Fabulous! Thanks for letting me know you are interested! And thanks for watching!
Thank you this helped me a lot. I was desiding which to get so thanks.
Great to hear!
Thank you for commenting it made my day.
You're awesome.
Thanks for sharing both pencils. I saw the post from Gina K showcasing your video. I own Prismacolor and this may prompt me to color a bit. Thanks!
Thanks so much for stopping by and watching! I really appreciate you spending time with me! :)
I do not enjoy Prismacolor Premier. They were the first of the more high-end sets I bought, but I don’t care for the slick feeling that makes them feel very waxy for me. I’ve had them for… gosh five or six years, I think? And they still look mostly unused. I like the Polychromos pretty well, but my favorite I’ve ever tried are the Caran D’Ache Luminance. They have the best color payoff for me, and they don’t break so easily or feel waxy to me like Prismacolor. I just don’t use them that often because they’re soooo expensive!
I know exactly what you mean by waxy. Thanks for recommending another brand to try!
Love my prisma colour
I agree! They are fabulous!
Such great information and a beautiful card. Thank you for sharing with us.
Thank you so much for spending time with me! :)
Hi this was great! Could you do more videos where there not sped up on your whole process of how to blend and would love to see a video on gamsol blending. Love your videos. Thank you
Yes, I can do that! I usually speed up the blending because it takes forever and a day lol and I don't want to put you to sleep lol! But you can slow down the playback if you want to see something a bit slower. :)
Rebecca Keppel how can a person slow down the playback. Can it be done on smart tv or the phone?
Monica Linerode on my laptop there is a small gear icon on the bottom right of every video of you click on that and select playback speed, you can slow it down. I believe on the phones it is three dots in the upper right of the video. :)
Very helpful.. Best to get both. Many thanks.
Glad it was helpful! I agree, I like having both! Thanks for watching!
Great video!! Please do one about the gamsol. I love all your videos!
Thank you! Will do!
Thank you for sharing this! Im always unsure which products to use... i have SO many and some work great for one type of job, while others work better for others.
You hit the nail on the head! Things like ink, paper and pencils all have certain qualities that make them work best for certain techniques/styles etc! Thanks for watching!
Thanks so much! Hope you do one using gamsol! I am getting ready to show using the gamsol to two friends who do coloring books. Maybe I will get them to do some cards with me!
Sounds like there is enough interest for gamsol! I will put it in the queue! Yay for coloring and maybe converting new cardmakers!! :) Have fun!
That was a really good information 👏. But I still don't know which to choose for colouring anime
Thank you!
That is totally outside my wheelhouse! I hope you find the info you need!
Yes, would love to see more videos on this topic. Tx
Fabulous! Thanks for letting me know!
After saving for a while I bought the 150 set of prismas 6 months ago with the plan of later replacing my worn out pencils one at a time with single open stock purchases from my local Blicks. Little did I know that about 1 out of 3 pencils in my 150 set is almost unusable. Seriously! The wood casings are SO poor in quality, that many are split completely in half length-wise from the factory. I thought my set was just a fluke. But each time I went to Blick's to check out their open stock, it was all the same. I have to look through 5 or 6 pencils of the same color to find one where the wood is not splitting or where the lead is not horribly off-center. Last time I bought a few, I took them home and the back end of the wood cases chipped and splintered by just gently putting them through the loops of my pencil case. I feel like they're desintegrating with each handling. I recently bought the 24 set tin of Faber Castell polychromos and Wow! What a difference! I now deeply regret my prismacolor purchase. I should have shelled out on the Polys from the start. But you live, you learn. You just have to understand that with polychromos, you need to stack a few more light layers of color to get that rich, popping vibrancy. That's because they're oil based instead of wax and just a little harder in consistency. But holy smokes, they are such a joy to use. They glide so smoothly on the paper, you get zero wax bloom no matter how many layers of color you put down, and the pencils feel so sturdy that I'm never afraid of them falling apart on me like the prismas. I'm now eyeballing the full set of 120 polychromos. I just have to wait till all my prismas are gone, so I don't feel like it was all a total waste. I don't see myself buying prismacolors ever again, unless someone confirms that their company has changed manufacturing operations and are no longer producing a defective product. I hate boycotting an art company, but current production prismas are just a nightmare of a product. Learn from my mistake. Buy once, cry once. I can honestly say that with how fast prismas fall apart on you with the lead and wood case breakages, they end up being at least 3 times more expensive than polychromos. I like the color selection on both, but the quality and longevity is not even comparable.
Wonderful video to see the coloring with two brands of coloring pencils. I’d like to see a video on using Gamsol with the coloring pencils. Thanks so much for sharing
Thanks so much for watching!
I am adding a gamsol video to the queue!
Thank you so much, a great video. I started out with Polychromos and am still practicing. I’d love to see a video using Gamsol and I really appreciate your paper recommendations. I ordered both to try. Thanks.
Thanks so much for watching! Gamsol is getting added to the queue! I was really struggling to achieve the looks I knew were possible with the Polychromos and the papers can really help!
Thank-you so much for a very informative video. I would love more videos on colored pencil techniques
Fabulous! I've got a couple of ideas in the queue!
I ordered a set of 12 polychromos pencils, my husbang ordered me a set of 120 in a wooden box, I love polychromos, but I also love Derwent procolour wich is a waxed base pencil as well but also expensive, I love both these pencils, I also have the Derwent blender and burnisher set wich does great on both brands, now I want to save up and order different sets of Derwent and than maybe some other sets of Faber-castell and at last I want to save up for the caran d'ache, I am not a pro but drawing and colouring just keeps me so relaxed, I just love it
Greets
I bought a very TINY set of Derwent Inktense and they are AMAZING watercolor pencils. Like you said, very expensive but beautiful. I agree! Coloring is such an amazing way to relax. Have a wonderful, crafty day!
@@RebeccaKeppel thank you, the same for you, greets 🌺
Great comparison! Thanks
Thanks for watching!!
I would like to see how you use gamsol.
Great video
Thanks!
Great information! Thanks
Thank you so much for watching!
Great comparison. Would love to see you using the gamsol.
Thank you! Sounds like I need to add gamsol to the queue! :)
Thank you this helps a lot
Glad to hear it!
Great review thank you
I really appreciate you spending time with me and leaving all these kind comments! So glad you are here!
Where im at the polychromos and the prismacolors are roughly the same price. I use goldfaber as my go to unless i i something special then i break out my polychromos.
Great review!!
Thank you so much!
Im from the uk and polychromos are cheaper here so im happy they compare well to prismacolour
Isn't that interesting?! They are SO much more expensive here! Glad you have something that works for you!
Very helpful!
So happy to hear it was helpful!
Also the Faber Castell Polychromos are much more lightfast. Everyone of my 36 set except for 1 is *** and one is **. a A whopping 40% of Prismacolors out of their line is * or totally poor /. That does factor in. Now, the Derwent Luminance oil based but creamy) has a 100% excellent rating. I believe the Prismacolor has gotten so cheaply made since the factory moved from the US to Mexico, that Arteza (artist grade) outranks it over all with quality, price, lightfastness equal, and usability. Thanks for sharing! PS, an older woman who uses Polychromos & has her whole life every day, said the secret to making them work is never use a heavy hand. Layer only, with a light hand. Don't use presser over each glaze except for burning at the very end and that can be done without pushing hard. Just takes time.
Actually Google for light fast tests done by Stephanie Kilgast. Maybe the pencils used for lightfast testing the Polychromos were light fast, but in practice, they aren't really more lightfast than Prismacolor. And the Prismacolor are more receptive to UV protectant sprays. I would generally take lightfast ratings with a grain of salt when it comes to colored pencils.
For card making, I use very smooth paper. What type of colored pencil should I use? I’m partial to Prismacolor but will something else work better? - W
Personally I will never buy prismacolor again. I got a 24 pack to try and after having lost several half's or thirds of pencils due to breakage I'm done. It's like the cores were shattered throughout several of the colors and I just can't , horrible quality control. I'm sure there are many a remedy because they are wax based but I just don't care , they shouldn't come already ruined . Some breakage I can understand but I wound up with about 8 of the twenty four with serious breakage problems . I'd rather spend more and worry less , besides with that much going to waste without over several years you may as well buy polys it will be cheaper in the long run.
Yikes! That is a lot of breakage. I have heard that their cores are more apt to breakage and I've experienced that once or twice where you keep sharpening and then tip just plops out and so you know the core must be shattered but 8 out of the 24?! That is ridiculous. I've definitely had that problem way less with the Polychromos. But my problem is I am way too heavy handed to get a get blend with how hard the tips are. I like the Prismacolors for how creamy they are and I haven't had the kind of breakage you've experienced. If I had I definitely would not have recommended them. Have you tried contacting customer service for your 24 pack?
@@RebeccaKeppel VERY late reply but a while back after Prismacolour moved manufacturing to Mexico (?) quality control went out the window, resulting in several batches of shattered off center leads and brittle pencils. Their price took a dip too. I think they have things back under control now though.
@@meanmurine That is super fascinating! That must explain why some people have had such extreme experiences with breakage while I never did! Thanks for sharing this with us!
Cost depends ware you live if outside of America polychromos are cheaper a d easy to get.
Your comparison is useful, though I wonder how a paper with more tooth would be and I wonder about the effect of gamsol, which, in theory (as it was designed to blend pigments in oil) would blend Polychromos better than Prismacolor. Fodder for more video, I guess, eh?
A technical consideration for video: Overall your production values are very good. The audio levels are consistent and the images are clear. You do seem to have a lot of jump cuts between sentences when you're on camera, which is a bit jarring for the viewer. I understand that doing significant narration on camera in one take is unlikely (I've worked producing video in business for training), but at the beginning of this video, it seems like every sentence. Deciding between the small verbal stumbles that we all make (which you seem to edit out) and visual stumbles (which you edit in as a result) is a tough call. Narration over product shots might provide a useful transition.
Thanks for the suggestions.
What's the difference between a normal Faber Castell colour pencil and a polychromos?
I don't own any of the normal Faber Castells, but I know that the polychromos are an oil based pencil and is one of their higher end artist grade.
Great video, thank you for this. I have to say your craft room is my version of crack. It is awe inspiring
Aaaaw thank you so much Nicole. I have been building it piece by piece for 15 years now. But remember you only see a couple of corners lol. Since Covid I am sharing this very small room with my husband who is working from home. It's just like Instagram, you don't get to see the messy corners of people's homes, lol, just the spots that they've staged for photos :)
I love colored pencils - they’re my favorite coloring medium. So easy to use and blend, especially using Gamsol - I really don’t use them without gamsol, unless it’s on kraft or other non-white paper. So much better control too, as compared to markers. I bought the full set of Prismacolors about 15 years ago, and they’re still going strong. No breakage. I keep them in the original tin they came in. I also have the polychromos, but honestly, I don’t really care for them. I much prefer the Prismacolors. I’m irritated that I fell for the hype and spent the money for the polychromos. I would advise people to save their money and go with the Prismacolors. Note: I have the complete set of Copic markers, and they’re amazing, but colored pencils with gamsol is so relaxing to use and there’s almost no learning curve, as compared to alcohol markers.
So many good points!
Have a wonderful, crafty day!
I've decided that the question, "Which colored pencils blend the best?" is meaningless without knowing how the person in question blends... and what result they're going for. For me, using Polychromos is the easiest way to get my desired effect. Other people prefer Prismas or some other brand for their working style, and that's okay. :-D
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Would love to see you do a video with Gamsol please.
Fabulous! Thanks for letting me know! I am adding that idea to the queue!
I would like to see your technique with. Gambol
Sounds good! I'll add it to the queue!
Yes please expend on showing how to color with the gamsol. TYFS this great video. Take care and stay safe. ~Barbara
Sounds like a plan!
Thanks so much Barbara! You as well!
:) Rebecca
Bet. We gonna film this weekend? 😂😂
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wHAT IS thw cost of prismas where u live coz i think they r way more expensive in india
You can find the link to the prismacolors in the UA-cam description box.
@@RebeccaKeppel omg thank you so much for replying💕
This is only if you have money to burn. Student grade pencils often will do for beginners. Say the Gold Faber from Faber Castell, the Bruynzeel expression series, the Castle Art or Arteza colored pencils.
When prsima color are more expensive than polycromos where you live🥲
Oh no! That is wild! Polychromos are SO much more expensive here than Prismacolor!
@@RebeccaKeppel I wanted the prisma but it's almost 200 dollars for the 150 set 😫 the polycromos are about 130 dollars for the 120 set
Great video! I love my Prismacolor pencils. Would love to see a video featuring gambol. Thanks
Thank you! They are awesome pencils! I will put a gamsol video in the queue! :)
Your card is beautiful. I wouldn't recommend either for beginners $$$ lol
Thank you!
Beginners definitely do not need the whole set, but I think a set of 12 prismacolors is about $12 which is a great price for how amazing they are. I wouldn't advise a beginner to buy a cheaper colored pencil because I can pretty much guarantee they will not blend well and then they will just be frustrated and think their skills will never improve. :)
@@RebeccaKeppel Yes, I hear what you're saying, but I thought Prismas were more expensive than that. Thx!
Looking for Prismacolor sponsorship 👉👈.
Prismacolor is much more expensive than the polychromos in sweden
That is so interesting!
Prismacolor are expensive on my country same goes with polychromos 😢
Oh, no I am sorry to hear that!
I wanted to take my coloring and drawing more serious and so I decided I'm going with the prisma more waxy and the faber is just way to expensive for me .
I hope you love them! Happy coloring!
Prismacolor are so powerful.