In this video I'll share the 30 Caran d'Ache Luminance pencils that I put together earlier this month to create a complete palette suitable for most of my work. If you also lean towards muted, earthy, softer colours (with perhaps a hint of brighter colour here and there), then this video is for you! But even if this isn't your usual colour palette, I hope that this video will inspire you and that you'll perhaps discover some new colours that you'd like to add to your own collection. Let me know your favourite Luminance colour from their range of 100 in the comments section below! Natasha xxx
Another useful white is Holbein Soft White. It’s literally soft, extra buttery and smooshy. You have to be careful when sharpening it, they recommend using a knife
I have become obsessed with Caran d'Ache Luminance pencils!!! You are enabling my habit ;-). I can't limit myself to my absolute favourite, so here are my Top 5: Burnt Ochre 10% (872) Burnt Sienna 10% (862) Olive Brown (039) French Grey (808) Violet Grey (093) (I have just seen that I have three of them! LoL) Every time I do an order from Jackson's I add at least 5 more pencils to my order! Love your Suffolk videos, by the way, and look forward to seeing more xxx
Ive been watching your videos for a few months now and find them so relaxing, its very nice to just sit back with some tea or to just chill out and destress before bed, they really help me to sleep and I find your energy very soothing! Mother vibes (as im only sixteen). typically i dont gravitate towards these types of videos but as an artist myself seeing the supplies you use and your process is cool along with the comfort the time watching brings. Thank you! I always find myself coming back after a stressful day. 💕genuinely youve helped me through some very tough days :)
Chrysocolla blue would need to come on my coloring jaunts with me. And yes I stayed to the end of this video. I usually do stay to the end. I love the lilt of your voice Thank you Natasha for your insight !
Thank you for the video. I just purchased my first best of Luminance. Your advice on different colors will help very much. Yes, I watched the entire time until the end. .
Hello, I love earthy colors as well. The French grey is such a soothing, beautiful color. Thank you for sharing your informative videos and your gorgeous creativity with us. Wishing you abundant good health and prosperity. 🙏💕💕
I recently ordered a bunch of stuff from Jackson´s and in that order were a bunch of these Luminance pencils 😄 I recently got back in to loving colored pencils and I really love these ones 😊 I mostly work with watercolors but every now and then I pair watercolors and colored pencils and I love the way it looks.. I used to not like any texture in my work but things change 😄 Thank you for this video.. now I could add a few more to my "Need to have" list 😉
I love that you have some very silimar colours but that you include them anyway 😄 I'm amazed you got down to 30 colours. I'm glad the derwent drawing pencils just don't have anymore colours, so the choice is alread made for me. And the luminance are not in my price range, that's easy too. I have the brutfuner 120 set. Or it might be 150, I'm not sure ☺️ there are so many colours, I can mix and match to my hearts content. I'll interested to see how long your 30, next time 31 colours stay this way. Let us know if there are any changes or additions!
Thank you for this video! It is so helpful. So far I only have 2 Luminance pencils! My favourite is light cobalt blue, the other is a white but I think I will try to find the white you mentioned in the video as this one is not the best for layering on top of gouache or other pencils I am finding.
Don't yet know the full range, but from your list here my favourite would have to be the Violet Grey :) More gorgeousness for my Jackson's list (via your link of course!) Am very grateful that you are swatching these, makes it so very much easier to choose successfully. Thank you ❤ Have also noticed that my blowing your pencil crumbs away even works sometimes... 😂😂
lovely video. I have most of these luminance pencils. my favourites are chrysoprase blue, all the paynes greys, apricot, anthraquinine pink, violet pink , oh dear so hard to choose. xx
Ah I am so inspired to swatch my pencils before we go on vacation in a state park in West Virginia this fall. Never occurred to me to try out pencils this way. Thanks so much for this video!!!
These videos are always really great to watch and listen to.Really insightful to hear why you choose the colours you like and to hear how you will use them in your work and how you can use them to mix and later too.Iy hell's and inspires us as we put our own palettes together,but also a created palette like this could also inspire a new way of working or ideas for new work.I think the way you use coloured pencils in your magical work is what gives it that distinct look that we know and love as your work.From the Luminance range some of the colours I love are,colbolt green,terracotta,Cassel earth,Indian yellow,anthraquinone carmine,buff titanium,sanguine russet,ultramarine pink,blue de nimes,dark indigo,carnelian,malachite green,purplish red,sepia,Payne's gray 30%.I love that Luminance pencils also have some colours in different percentages as this really useful and I must confess I own all of these! It will be interesting to see artwork created with this palette.(Matt) p.s I have sent you a little gift which you should receive quite soon
Thank you for sharing, and i bought my first luminance pencils after wstching this 🤭 Please could you recommend a pencil sharpener you find useful for these if possible?
I am curating a set of about 40 to 50 policromos/albrech durer equivalent colors, and plan to curate about 30 to 40 luminance/museum aquarele in the future. I don't want bigger ranges for each brand because I get overwhelmed while using, for exemple, a set of 100 (luckly for my wallet). I fell like I will gravitate towards muted shades, but witch kinds of colors should I get for landscapes, urban landscapes, some floral and the eventual realistic drawings?
Thank you, Natasha! You convinced me! I just ordered many of these from Jackson’s (slightly cheaper price/pencil with Shipping to NY/US). Can’t wait to try them out.
What a great idea to keep a palette of "Can't live without" pencils at your Mum's house - less travel means less chance of breakage, and a luminance pencil with a shattered core would be highly upsetting! I don't own any luminance pencils, and from these swatches I don't know if I can choose just one favourite. I love all of the greys you chose (and what a fine range they offer), but Olive Yellow and Carnelian both peaked my interest, because I don't have anything similar in my collection.
I did a similar exercise a few years ago with my Polychromos pencils, choosing a selection of 24. I always wanted to redo it and see how my preferences have changed. From the Luminance pencils I really like very similar colours as in your collection, the Pink White, Dark Indigo and the French Greys. And of course the Derwent Drawing Chinese White! 😎
I love this range of colours and it’s good to be able to buy the colours you love and use instead a stock set. I’m having trouble finding where to buy individual pencils, where do you buy yours please!
My top three are dark indigo, Anthraquinoid pink and olive yellow. If you have black and white on the side and bring in A. pink you have your top 30 again. Maybe try to swatch the darker swatch first, then it would be easier to do the light one not too dark. (If you understand what I mean....). Thank you.
Very nice selection! I have more FC Polychromos pencils, but I saw some new colors in C d'A I would like to add. If you had to pick just 10 colors, what would you choose? I'm heading overseas next month and I'm thinking of bringing colored pencils instead of watercolors. Unfortunately, I'm rather limited on space so I can't bring 30 pencils. :(
Ooh, I'm not sure off the top of my head - that could be a video idea in itself! I think I'd struggle to choose just 10. I hope that you enjoy your trip overseas!
Nice collection but I would have to ad some of the derwents like mars orange, denim nightshade and some of the faber castels cinnamon and helio turquoise just to name a few lol...Must have been so hard to leave anyone out.......I think I would just buy them all and have two sets of everything lol....
I very recently acquired the Portrait Set so I don't have a super wide selection, but from the pencils I do have it's a toss up between Violet Pink and Middle Verdigris.
I will do a sketchbook tour someday. I feel like I'm still finding my way with my sketchbooks, and I keep working across so many different ones that I haven't filled any of them up yet!
@@NatashaNewtonArt I do the same. They're filled with swatches and scribbles lol. I can't wait to see your sketchbook/s tour. When you're ready of course.
Hi Natasha have you tried Berol Karismacolour pencils, they are lovely, I acquired them from an auction, i enjoy your videos. I have trouble choosing colours, i like so many, best wishes Sonia
I just love using chrysocolla blue 😊 Also I know this video was posted serval months ago, but if you have t tried, try Stabilo All white pencil. I find it great! Although I haven’t used the Derwent drawing white. Polychromo white is the one I have, but I find stabilo much better 😊
Hi mama newt! Lol great video I so want to get some of these pencils I really like the turquoise one and the soft greys and browns and of course paynes grey and indigo lol
Hi Amber! :) You should - if you only buy one or two to try, I'd say go for the Payne's Grey and one of the softer greys because they're so useful to have. xx
Thanks for sharing your favourites. What's my favourite? That's a really difficult one. I tried both the luminance and the lightfast and ultimately got the lightfast (they are more translucent, so suit ethereal fantasy better). But there are a few colours that are only in one of the other (so I'd obviously like to choose all of those, please!). If you really pushed me to choose just one colour from the luminance set, I'd have to go with Anthraquinoid Pink because it is such a beautiful shade, on the peachy side of pink, perfect for sunsets and roses. And because I like the name in French... 😊
Love these colours. I bought about 30 open stock, so expensive at $6 AU each! Very similar colour palette to you and my favourite colour is paynes grey 👏👏
this is a lovely palette, I really like that moss green and the french grey so I may have to get those next :D I only have two luminance pencils - cassel earth and paynes grey (which I bought because of you :) and I love the paynes grey!! i loved the green-brown umber color of cassel earth but unfortunately the pencil I ended up with is quite crumbly :/ oh well. but I suppose paynes grey would be my favourite by default then lol
I've noticed that some of them are more crumbly than others - I'm sorry that you've ended up with a dodgy Cassel Earth. The Luminance Payne's Grey is, in my opinion, the most beautiful PG pencil available!
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Interesting that they have different shades of Payne's Grey. I don't think I've seen that in other brands. Great video! Thank you! I love Chrysocolla. Question on a side: Have you tried Derwent Graphitint? They're watercolourable and mixed with charcoal or graphite, so they have rather muted tones.
@@NatashaNewtonArt I have a traveller set of tinted charcoal and a box of Graphitint and they're great for night scenes and undergrowth nature. I use them quite often. I would show you a couple of paintings made with them to give you the feeling, but TH-cam doesn't like links or files 😅
Hi, I am trying to solve a question I have about these pencils. I have 13 luminance pencils and I feel a little confused because everyone says they feel amazing, but mine all feel dry like pastel does. They are opaque and pigmented but they feel scratchy and dry. Only one color, dark sap green 739 feels creamy and waxy, like I expected them all to be, which makes me think the rest of the ones I have are somehow defective? I don't know. It's weird.
Hi Loati! Most of mine are creamy and waxy, with just the odd colour being a bit more scratchy, so I think that yours might be defective? I'm not sure what's happened there, but the lovely texture of these pencils is one of the things I love about them!
@@NatashaNewtonArt thank you for your response! In fact my suspicions are coming true because I've been enquiring and I've been told the same as you. I bought mine open stock so I must be getting a bad batch or something. Which makes me kind of sad because they are not cheap. At least they still are opaque and pigmented even though they dont feel the greatest for a colored pencil.
Love your choice of colors! It’s always fun to see your favorite colors of any art product. I have a number of these colors- a couple of my current personal favorites are Indanthrone Blue, Light Blue, Olive Brown 10%, Middle Verdigris and Ultramarine Violet from Luminence . I also have many blues from Derwent Lightfast that I love. And all of the Derwent Drawing pencils that you introduced me to! Thank you.
Just caught up on this, great video. I love the luminance pencils I think they are my favourite! I have anthraquinoid pink and I love it, bright but subtle at the same time. My favourite pencil is between Paynes grey and dark Indigo, if I pushed I would go Paynes grey. X
I loved the 'greenyellow'/ pistacho on page 2, together with the grey tones... I was sitting here wondering, if some of those greys couldn't easily be mixed, to create some of the other gray/pinkish for instance... it just takes one pair, to give you one spare room for the pink you wanted to add....? Well, 31 is a pretty number anyway... 😉😂
I don’t have any luminance pencils yet. I want them all, but they’re so expensive! Do you have to get the 100 set to get these 30 colors, or are they all available in a smaller set?
You can buy them individually at Jackson's! There's a link to Jackson's in the video description. Just search 'Luminance pencils' and the individual ones should come up too. :) I would advise buying individually rather than in sets. If I bought a set, I'd have so many I wouldn't really use.
It's the colour mixed with white to make it paler, so in Payne's Grey 30%, it's 30% PG and 70% white, in PG 60%, it's 60% PG and 40% white. Does that make sense?! The lower the percentage, the paler the colour. :)
Hey Natasha….have been so busy last few days …I did not read the post by the annoying person that you spoke of on Instagram! I also have made some very small comments on some videos on You Tube….even Twitter….and have been vehemently attacked! Unnecessarily so….over NOTHING! It seems that people are just full of hate! They strike out at people over nothing really. I am so sorry that this hate was aimed at you……we love you out here all of us Newts! Hang in there.
Thank you, Lynn! It's almost as if this type of behaviour is becoming the norm now (I really hope not). I'm sorry to hear that you've dealt with it too. x
They are quite soft/crumbly but I love the texture of them and the amount of pigment. Other pencils can sometimes be too hard for me and they don't have a strong or intense enough colour, but these do. Also, the colour range is just beautiful! The high lightfastness is also a huge plus for me. There are pros and cons to all ranges of coloured pencils, but these seem to suit me the best.
In this video I'll share the 30 Caran d'Ache Luminance pencils that I put together earlier this month to create a complete palette suitable for most of my work. If you also lean towards muted, earthy, softer colours (with perhaps a hint of brighter colour here and there), then this video is for you! But even if this isn't your usual colour palette, I hope that this video will inspire you and that you'll perhaps discover some new colours that you'd like to add to your own collection. Let me know your favourite Luminance colour from their range of 100 in the comments section below! Natasha xxx
really nice video and explanations and also paired with the music, your voice, and your drawing, keeps putting me into a meditative sleep lol
Ha ha!
It does wonders for me too!
Thank you Natasha!
Another useful white is Holbein Soft White. It’s literally soft, extra buttery and smooshy. You have to be careful when sharpening it, they recommend using a knife
Ahhhh, saving this...these are the exact type of videos I like with the expensive pencils... which ones to buy when you can’t get the full set!
Aw, I hope you enjoy it! :)
Was thinking same thing bought a box of 20 and some open stock. Going back to buy more open stock tomorrow and was looking for suggestions.
You do the best swatches on youtube… so enjoyable!
Oh, thank you!
I have become obsessed with Caran d'Ache Luminance pencils!!! You are enabling my habit ;-).
I can't limit myself to my absolute favourite, so here are my Top 5:
Burnt Ochre 10% (872)
Burnt Sienna 10% (862)
Olive Brown (039)
French Grey (808)
Violet Grey (093) (I have just seen that I have three of them! LoL)
Every time I do an order from Jackson's I add at least 5 more pencils to my order!
Love your Suffolk videos, by the way, and look forward to seeing more xxx
Thanks Sara! (And sorry for being such an enabler, ha ha!).
Hello Sara how are you doing 😊
Ive been watching your videos for a few months now and find them so relaxing, its very nice to just sit back with some tea or to just chill out and destress before bed, they really help me to sleep and I find your energy very soothing! Mother vibes (as im only sixteen). typically i dont gravitate towards these types of videos but as an artist myself seeing the supplies you use and your process is cool along with the comfort the time watching brings. Thank you! I always find myself coming back after a stressful day. 💕genuinely youve helped me through some very tough days :)
Thank you, Spence! I'm glad you're enjoying them, and that they help you to destress. :)
My favourite is the lovely pinky burnt sienna 10 percent. Lovely choice of colours.
Anthraquinoid pink! Thank you for this video Natasha!
Love how your swatches look like little birds' eggs 🐦 glad you got the Chrysocolla blue (my fave) xx
Thanks for the video. I've been looking for a landscaping pallette so this is perfect 🎉❤
Chrysocolla blue would need to come on my coloring jaunts with me. And yes I stayed to the end of this video. I usually do stay to the end. I love the lilt of your voice Thank you Natasha for your insight !
Aw, thanks Nanette!
Very Patchy 😭
Really beautiful and can’t wait to see what you create. Loved all of them
Thanks Rachel! x
Thank you for the video. I just purchased my first best of Luminance. Your advice on different colors will help very much. Yes, I watched the entire time until the end. .
So glad it was helpful! Thank you.
was here to the end 🙂
Salmon, Pink White, and Violet Grey
Cornelian surprised me! I would have immediately gone with my old standard Paynes Grey, but I like that surprising orange! Thanks for the video!
Cornelian is a really beautiful orange (and I'm not the world's biggest orange fan either!).
@@NatashaNewtonArtI love Cornelian. I find myself using it quite a lot.
Definitely stayed to the end! What was the pink pencil you mentioned at the end?
Love your palette … I had to 😊 with the “ oops” …. So easily done …
Thank you for these videos .
Thanks Adrian!
Sap green! Wonderful video, Natasha.
Many thanks!
I always stay to the end. I love your swatching but I haven't used any Caran d'Ache pencils ... YET!
Hello Erica how are you doing 😊
Prussian blue is probably my fave 😊
Hello,
I love earthy colors as well. The French grey is such a soothing, beautiful color. Thank you for sharing your informative videos and your gorgeous creativity with us. Wishing you abundant good health and prosperity. 🙏💕💕
That's so kind, thank you Trish!
Of your pencils, I like the violet grey the best!
Lovely colours! 🤩 And they all go together so well! 😍🥰😘
Thanks Chrissie! I'm pleased you think so. :) x
Love this video. I have never met a grey I didn't love. Ice blue is my favorite.
I recently ordered a bunch of stuff from Jackson´s and in that order were a bunch of these Luminance pencils 😄
I recently got back in to loving colored pencils and I really love these ones 😊
I mostly work with watercolors but every now and then I pair watercolors and colored pencils and I love the way it looks.. I used to not like any texture in my work but things change 😄
Thank you for this video.. now I could add a few more to my "Need to have" list 😉
I love that you have some very silimar colours but that you include them anyway 😄 I'm amazed you got down to 30 colours. I'm glad the derwent drawing pencils just don't have anymore colours, so the choice is alread made for me. And the luminance are not in my price range, that's easy too. I have the brutfuner 120 set. Or it might be 150, I'm not sure ☺️ there are so many colours, I can mix and match to my hearts content. I'll interested to see how long your 30, next time 31 colours stay this way. Let us know if there are any changes or additions!
Thank you for this video! It is so helpful. So far I only have 2 Luminance pencils! My favourite is light cobalt blue, the other is a white but I think I will try to find the white you mentioned in the video as this one is not the best for layering on top of gouache or other pencils I am finding.
Don't yet know the full range, but from your list here my favourite would have to be the Violet Grey :) More gorgeousness for my Jackson's list (via your link of course!) Am very grateful that you are swatching these, makes it so very much easier to choose successfully. Thank you ❤ Have also noticed that my blowing your pencil crumbs away even works sometimes... 😂😂
Ha ha, magic! ;)
lovely video. I have most of these luminance pencils. my favourites are chrysoprase blue, all the paynes greys, apricot, anthraquinine pink, violet pink , oh dear so hard to choose. xx
Oh yes, Apricot is another lovely one! xx
Hello Michelle how are you doing 😊
Ah I am so inspired to swatch my pencils before we go on vacation in a state park in West Virginia this fall. Never occurred to me to try out pencils this way. Thanks so much for this video!!!
Have fun!
These videos are always really great to watch and listen to.Really insightful to hear why you choose the colours you like and to hear how you will use them in your work and how you can use them to mix and later too.Iy hell's and inspires us as we put our own palettes together,but also a created palette like this could also inspire a new way of working or ideas for new work.I think the way you use coloured pencils in your magical work is what gives it that distinct look that we know and love as your work.From the Luminance range some of the colours I love are,colbolt green,terracotta,Cassel earth,Indian yellow,anthraquinone carmine,buff titanium,sanguine russet,ultramarine pink,blue de nimes,dark indigo,carnelian,malachite green,purplish red,sepia,Payne's gray 30%.I love that Luminance pencils also have some colours in different percentages as this really useful and I must confess I own all of these! It will be interesting to see artwork created with this palette.(Matt) p.s I have sent you a little gift which you should receive quite soon
Some of those you've mentioned are my other favourites too! And thank you so much, Matt - I have just sent you an email! :)
Thank you for sharing, and i bought my first luminance pencils after wstching this 🤭 Please could you recommend a pencil sharpener you find useful for these if possible?
Love the Prussian Blue! Loved the video.
Thanks Jennifer! Can't get enough of those deep blues. ;)
Beautiful colours! I can’t possibly say what my favourite luminance pencil colour is, I love them all. Yes. Even the greys.👀x
What?! You even love the greys too? I'm shocked! ;) xx
Dark sap green 💚 the color is SO beautiful 🥰❤️
It's so deep and gorgeous!
Great video Natasha. Definitely some great suggestions that I will be looking to add to my collection.
So glad it was helpful, Susan!
Cornelian is my favorite 😀 also have the Museum one.
Ooh I have 14 of them, how exciting, lol.
I need a couple more of those autumn tree colours I think.
I can't wait for Autumn!!! (I just had to say that)
@@NatashaNewtonArt Oh god, saaaame.
Perfect timing!! I was just about to order some :)
I hope you find it useful, Hayley!
I am curating a set of about 40 to 50 policromos/albrech durer equivalent colors, and plan to curate about 30 to 40 luminance/museum aquarele in the future. I don't want bigger ranges for each brand because I get overwhelmed while using, for exemple, a set of 100 (luckly for my wallet). I fell like I will gravitate towards muted shades, but witch kinds of colors should I get for landscapes, urban landscapes, some floral and the eventual realistic drawings?
My advice would be to watch as many swatching videos as you can to get a good idea of the colours that are right for you. :)
@@NatashaNewtonArt Thant you, I am gonna do that and make my decision :) Loved you videos! Kudos from Brazil
Realising I now have 14 of this choice of 30. Violet grey is my favourite. Lovely video. Thank you x
Violet Grey is such a soft, calm, beautiful colour. x
Thank you, Natasha! You convinced me! I just ordered many of these from Jackson’s (slightly cheaper price/pencil with Shipping to NY/US). Can’t wait to try them out.
That's great, Linda! I hope that you'll love using them. :)
I couldn't choose a favorite. Maybe violet grey, but then I would become addicted and need to buy them all.
What a great idea to keep a palette of "Can't live without" pencils at your Mum's house - less travel means less chance of breakage, and a luminance pencil with a shattered core would be highly upsetting!
I don't own any luminance pencils, and from these swatches I don't know if I can choose just one favourite. I love all of the greys you chose (and what a fine range they offer), but Olive Yellow and Carnelian both peaked my interest, because I don't have anything similar in my collection.
I shudder at the thought! My beloved pencils. ;) Yes, this is much safer!
Loved this
Excellent! I would add some violets and pinks to this one to make it my perfect palette of 36 colours 😍😍😍
It definitely needs the Anthraquinoid Pink!
Lovely palette.
Thanks Christina!
Thank you for sharing this list.
You're welcome, Becky!
I did a similar exercise a few years ago with my Polychromos pencils, choosing a selection of 24. I always wanted to redo it and see how my preferences have changed. From the Luminance pencils I really like very similar colours as in your collection, the Pink White, Dark Indigo and the French Greys. And of course the Derwent Drawing Chinese White! 😎
Hello Brigitte how are you doing 😊
Great video 🌳🦋🌳🦋🌳🦋🇬🇧
I'm slowly collecting luminance pencils. So far, my favourite is the violet grey
Such a beautiful colour!
I watched this twice. lol It was so relaxing. And I don't think I could pick one favorite color because about ten sprang to mind at once. lol
Ha ha, I think I have your problem. ;)
I bet that was a hard choice!! Looking forward to your picks!! 🧡
It was insanely hard to narrow it down to 30! x
I love this range of colours and it’s good to be able to buy the colours you love and use instead a stock set. I’m having trouble finding where to buy individual pencils, where do you buy yours please!
Jackson's Art Supplies! There's a link in the video description. Just search "Luminance coloured pencils" on there. :)
My top three are dark indigo, Anthraquinoid pink and olive yellow. If you have black and white on the side and bring in A. pink you have your top 30 again. Maybe try to swatch the darker swatch first, then it would be easier to do the light one not too dark. (If you understand what I mean....). Thank you.
It's a much better idea to swatch that way around!
Not sure I can pick one Lumi only, but at the moment Cassel Earth is a particular favourite. This was lovely to watch!
Thanks Sonya!
Very nice selection! I have more FC Polychromos pencils, but I saw some new colors in C d'A I would like to add. If you had to pick just 10 colors, what would you choose? I'm heading overseas next month and I'm thinking of bringing colored pencils instead of watercolors. Unfortunately, I'm rather limited on space so I can't bring 30 pencils. :(
Ooh, I'm not sure off the top of my head - that could be a video idea in itself! I think I'd struggle to choose just 10. I hope that you enjoy your trip overseas!
Hello how are you doing 😊
Enjoyed the video. I love the chrysocolla (Sp?). :)
Thank you, and I think you've spelled it correctly!
@@NatashaNewtonArt I have a necklace with that stone/crystal. Have always loved the color and the stone.
Hello Paula how are you doing 😊
Nice collection but I would have to ad some of the derwents like mars orange, denim nightshade and some of the faber castels cinnamon and helio turquoise just to name a few lol...Must have been so hard to leave anyone out.......I think I would just buy them all and have two sets of everything lol....
Ha ha, I probably would if I could afford it!
I am thinking about recreating a Bob Ross painting with my Caran Dache. He was the one who inspired me so many years ago.
I very recently acquired the Portrait Set so I don't have a super wide selection, but from the pencils I do have it's a toss up between Violet Pink and Middle Verdigris.
They're both lovely! The Middle Verdigris is a gorgeous green and almost made it into this palette.
Crysocolla blue is one of my faves. Lovely pencils. Will you treat us to a sketchbook tour?
I will do a sketchbook tour someday. I feel like I'm still finding my way with my sketchbooks, and I keep working across so many different ones that I haven't filled any of them up yet!
@@NatashaNewtonArt I do the same. They're filled with swatches and scribbles lol. I can't wait to see your sketchbook/s tour. When you're ready of course.
Hi Natasha have you tried Berol Karismacolour pencils, they are lovely, I acquired them from an auction, i enjoy your videos. I have trouble choosing colours, i like so many, best wishes Sonia
I haven't tried those yet, Sonia!
I just love using chrysocolla blue 😊 Also I know this video was posted serval months ago, but if you have t tried, try Stabilo All white pencil. I find it great! Although I haven’t used the Derwent drawing white. Polychromo white is the one I have, but I find stabilo much better 😊
I have the Stabilo All White and really like it but I keep breaking it! I think I must be heavy handed. ;)
Great video! I too love caran d’ache luminance pencils 😍 I appreciate all of those beautiful greys! payne’s grey is one of my favourites
Hi mama newt! Lol great video I so want to get some of these pencils I really like the turquoise one and the soft greys and browns and of course paynes grey and indigo lol
Hi Amber! :) You should - if you only buy one or two to try, I'd say go for the Payne's Grey and one of the softer greys because they're so useful to have. xx
Olive yellow is a new and different color for me. I would use it often I think.
It's really beautiful - even more so in real life than on screen!
Anthraquinoid pink ❤️
Thanks for sharing your favourites. What's my favourite? That's a really difficult one. I tried both the luminance and the lightfast and ultimately got the lightfast (they are more translucent, so suit ethereal fantasy better). But there are a few colours that are only in one of the other (so I'd obviously like to choose all of those, please!). If you really pushed me to choose just one colour from the luminance set, I'd have to go with Anthraquinoid Pink because it is such a beautiful shade, on the peachy side of pink, perfect for sunsets and roses. And because I like the name in French... 😊
Love these colours. I bought about 30 open stock, so expensive at $6 AU each! Very similar colour palette to you and my favourite colour is paynes grey 👏👏
They're an investment for sure!
this is a lovely palette, I really like that moss green and the french grey so I may have to get those next :D I only have two luminance pencils - cassel earth and paynes grey (which I bought because of you :) and I love the paynes grey!! i loved the green-brown umber color of cassel earth but unfortunately the pencil I ended up with is quite crumbly :/ oh well. but I suppose paynes grey would be my favourite by default then lol
I've noticed that some of them are more crumbly than others - I'm sorry that you've ended up with a dodgy Cassel Earth. The Luminance Payne's Grey is, in my opinion, the most beautiful PG pencil available!
Interesting that they have different shades of Payne's Grey. I don't think I've seen that in other brands. Great video! Thank you! I love Chrysocolla.
Question on a side: Have you tried Derwent Graphitint? They're watercolourable and mixed with charcoal or graphite, so they have rather muted tones.
I haven't yet but they do look lovely!
@@NatashaNewtonArt I have a traveller set of tinted charcoal and a box of Graphitint and they're great for night scenes and undergrowth nature. I use them quite often. I would show you a couple of paintings made with them to give you the feeling, but TH-cam doesn't like links or files 😅
Hi, I am trying to solve a question I have about these pencils. I have 13 luminance pencils and I feel a little confused because everyone says they feel amazing, but mine all feel dry like pastel does. They are opaque and pigmented but they feel scratchy and dry. Only one color, dark sap green 739 feels creamy and waxy, like I expected them all to be, which makes me think the rest of the ones I have are somehow defective? I don't know. It's weird.
Hi Loati! Most of mine are creamy and waxy, with just the odd colour being a bit more scratchy, so I think that yours might be defective? I'm not sure what's happened there, but the lovely texture of these pencils is one of the things I love about them!
@@NatashaNewtonArt thank you for your response! In fact my suspicions are coming true because I've been enquiring and I've been told the same as you. I bought mine open stock so I must be getting a bad batch or something. Which makes me kind of sad because they are not cheap. At least they still are opaque and pigmented even though they dont feel the greatest for a colored pencil.
Are the luminance pastel pencils, they seem powdery, leaving little crumbs.
No, they're just normal coloured pencils. :)
Do they smudge like Derwent Drawing pencils? This is something I do not prefer that much
They do a little.
Love I!
Love your choice of colors! It’s always fun to see your favorite colors of any art product. I have a number of these colors- a couple of my current personal favorites are Indanthrone Blue, Light Blue, Olive Brown 10%, Middle Verdigris and Ultramarine Violet from Luminence . I also have many blues from Derwent Lightfast that I love. And all of the Derwent Drawing pencils that you introduced me to! Thank you.
LOVE Derwent Drawing and Lightfast!
Just caught up on this, great video. I love the luminance pencils I think they are my favourite! I have anthraquinoid pink and I love it, bright but subtle at the same time. My favourite pencil is between Paynes grey and dark Indigo, if I pushed I would go Paynes grey. X
I loved the 'greenyellow'/ pistacho on page 2, together with the grey tones... I was sitting here wondering, if some of those greys couldn't easily be mixed, to create some of the other gray/pinkish for instance... it just takes one pair, to give you one spare room for the pink you wanted to add....? Well, 31 is a pretty number anyway... 😉😂
lol i write oops! a lot in my sketchbooks 😝
I don’t have any luminance pencils yet. I want them all, but they’re so expensive! Do you have to get the 100 set to get these 30 colors, or are they all available in a smaller set?
They’re available individually I think
You can buy them individually at Jackson's! There's a link to Jackson's in the video description. Just search 'Luminance pencils' and the individual ones should come up too. :) I would advise buying individually rather than in sets. If I bought a set, I'd have so many I wouldn't really use.
Ultramarine. (on every swatch comment…😀)
I chose almost the same ones xD
what does the percentage mean in caran d'ache pencils?
It's the colour mixed with white to make it paler, so in Payne's Grey 30%, it's 30% PG and 70% white, in PG 60%, it's 60% PG and 40% white. Does that make sense?! The lower the percentage, the paler the colour. :)
I can not pick one its too hard. I did stay till the end though. :)
Thanks Penny!
Hey Natasha….have been so busy last few days …I did not read the post by the annoying person that you spoke of on Instagram! I also have made some very small comments on some videos on You Tube….even Twitter….and have been vehemently attacked! Unnecessarily so….over NOTHING! It seems that people are just full of hate! They strike out at people over nothing really. I am so sorry that this hate was aimed at you……we love you out here all of us Newts! Hang in there.
Thank you, Lynn! It's almost as if this type of behaviour is becoming the norm now (I really hope not). I'm sorry to hear that you've dealt with it too. x
They are so expensive. I expect they are value for money
My color CHRYSOCOLLA BLUE is very patchy and it looks like I'm painting with a crayon. Disappointment. It's a beautiful color. 🥲
I noticed that this one was a little patchy too when I used it more heavily...hmmmmm...
Those look very crumbly..do you find that, and does it bother you…they seem to disappear ..wear done quickly…why do you like this brand?
They are quite soft/crumbly but I love the texture of them and the amount of pigment. Other pencils can sometimes be too hard for me and they don't have a strong or intense enough colour, but these do. Also, the colour range is just beautiful! The high lightfastness is also a huge plus for me. There are pros and cons to all ranges of coloured pencils, but these seem to suit me the best.
Subtle society? Muted mob?
Stayed to the end, but have no opinion on my favourite colour - is that ok? 🫣