Enjoyed the review. I like seeing all the various art supplies . One of the best aspects of your channel is that you cover materials in a broad price range and your tutorials use supplies across all price ranges. I enjoy watching the tutorials because you are enthusiastic about creating with a wide range of materials and demonstrate that beautiful creations can be achieved with any and all supplies. You’re the best!!
Great review! I actually was in the same situation. Had bought the smaller set, and come to find out the portrait set is indeed 20 of the new colors they released. The other 4 colors I had to buy individually. They were natural russet 066, dark Phtalocyanine green 719, dark flesh 748, and dark flesh 5% 741.
The portrait set has some amazing colours - I bought it first, then the 4 individuals and last the 76 set. I rearranged them all to keep the neutral colours in the small box - I use them a lot! 😎
Your one of The most trusted names and voices in the industry on TH-cam, where people go to get trusted information, and I’m biased opinions on new products that are out there. I like despite the name that you do all sorts of art supplies on the financial spectrum, high and low. I’d love to see some more high end watercolours being reviewed as well.
Hello, Nice to meet you soon! Dear crafter Lindsay! I thought that your pastel and colors were most beautiful in the photo. And your many color works are always most beautiful and better! And You shown me best variety colors videos. Thus I always thank you for your videos and crafts! To Dear Lindsay!🌼!🧡!❤!
I bought the CD portrait set of 20 and assorted set of 20 in 2021. Then towards the end of the year I branched out to watercoloring. So I used them until 2021 but since then they’ve been sitting pretty in their boxes! I enjoyed your review very much because it reignited my enthusiasm for the luminance pencils and I should use them. It’s a good reminder that lightfast pencils can be used over watercolor pieces as a mixed media work that might be displayed. I try to be a watercolor purist but once when I made a non-fixable error on a watercolor painting I used my soft pastels and CD Pablo pencils to fix the problems. I really enjoy my Pablo’s. They keep a firm point but lay down so smooth over soft pastels and watercolors. Not everyone enjoys the Pablo pencils which is fine, everyone has a personal preference. Thanks!
Hullo Lindsay, I just chuckled when you criticized the “Jankie” background! I know that I know every minuscule mistake in my artwork too! That bag of oranges looks so perfect! It is good to hear you are just like the rest of the artists out here! I have never been “sold” on purchasing the lightfast pencils from any brand. I use so many different brands and kinds of pencils. Prismacolor & Polychromous are my go to brands. I rarely use just pencils for an entire artwork. You are truly inspirational and so generous with your reviews and product recommendations. Thank you Lindsay!
I appreciate reviews of the more expensive supplies, as I will definitely not buy the hobby-grade stuff, but I will think twice before buying art supplies to try a new medium. In such case I prefer buying a smaller, but versatile set of something I almost definitely like. Speaking of color pencils… From what I know about the kinds of artwork I am doing, Derwent Lightfast seem better suited for my needs;)
That plastic bag is incredible! Glad you’re enjoying CD pencils. I’ve collected my favorite colors open stock over the years. I thought of you when I got the sap green deep or dark. Really lovely set. Thanks for sharing 💕🌈
I have a few of these, but I just about rounded out the Derwent Lightfast recently. Cult Pens had them open stock for 2.75 each, and I figured that was going to be the best individual price for a while, so I went for it.
I like these but for some reason i love and use the pablos more, especially on pastel paper. Usually we get a bit more precious with the fancy pencills like these luminance but the pablos i use and just get replacements and backups with no second thought. I enjoy your reviews so yes please review all the things.
I enjoy all your reviews, but I especially enjoy the ones where you've found a budget product that performs as well as a legacy brand. That always ruffles a few feathers, but I'm not a professional artist so lightfastness isn't something I have to worry about.
I agree. I don’t begrudge others having these wonderful supplies, but I don’t like how some channels seem to begrudgingly present videos using more budget friendly supplies with no genuine enthusiasm creating with the product.
Thanks Lindsay for another great review. I have bought 4 of these pencils open stock just to try them as you suggested, even though I don’t need lightfast pencils. I hadn’t thought about that so thanks for highlighting it for me.💙
As always, your artwork is unbelievable! You master with every medium and make it look easy and you also explain processes in simple way.. you are also a gifted instructor 🤩 You are my “go to “ for any type of review. I appreciate your honesty but it’s your kindness, humility and grace that really impressed me more than anything else. I’m so glad you were able to buy these and get such a great deal!! I only have the museum aquarelles but if they are anything like those…wow!! I have Inktense and love them both but have to say that CaranD’Ache has my no 1 spot!! I’m self taught (by books for years) until I found TH-cam and paper crafts after I retired. I’d only painted in oil and just started watercolor and was actually searching for tutorials when I found paper crafts! They seemed to overlap. I’m 63 and at my age I don’t feel anything is too precious. When time is limited you realize how important it is to just enjoy your supplies. I’ve never tried colored pencils although I do remember creating a bulletin board for Christmas (the 3 angels and one has fallen halo)…with some cheap pastels about 40 years ago….lol I drew it a lot larger than the Christmas card I was using as my example. It’s strange. I have never felt I could draw but this reminded me I made this without even thinking about it…My grandmother even asked me to do it on wood for her yard!!! To anyone else younger please don’t let anyone make you believe you aren’t “good” or “capable “…..I think our mindset is half the issue. Sorry, I am rambling…lol Congrats on the pencils!! You will appreciate them AND enjoy using. My goodness! You need lightfast with your talents.. Thank you again for the BEST reviews.. Blessings, Nancy Rolfe
I love the bag of oranges! 😊 I don't think this brand would be my cup of tea as I like a softer pencil but the colours are really vibrant, and I can see anyone who enjoys a harder pencil really enjoying these. 😊 After the last 3 years, I am not at all precious about my art supplies and enjoy them with riotous abandon! 😄. The key to using my coloured pencils more often for me was ditching the tins and putting them in 'pop-up' canvas pencil cases as they're easier to just grab and go than hunting a tin out of a drawer. 😊
One thing I have to say about expensive supplies vs cheap ones is lightfastness. You mentioned this of course but my perspective is, if you're selling originals, it's much better to go the extra mile to pay for stuff that will last on paper. That way whoever buys it will have a product that will last a lifetime. If this isn't a concern and the artist is doing art for fun only, or starting out, it's very good to use whatever they're most comfortable with! I use Caran D'ache because I hope to sell my originals one day, but I also feel they're a wonderful product because of how they blend and don't break.
I completely agree. If your art is just a hobby, which is absolutely fine, or you just sell prints and such, then the cheaper pencils are a great deal.
100%. I sell my original work, and able to sell for a good price because I know for a fact the lightfastness in the tools I use will last a lifetime, paper included. Customers have been very happy! I have a customer sent me a picture from a colored Pencil work I did 10 years ago, it looks exactly the same from the day I completed it ( she has it on her wall, and it does get exposed to fair amount of light)
Thank you for another great review Lindsay! Caran d'Ache Luminance are in my large lightfast storage binder because when I do artwork for hanging or gifting, that lightfastness matters. I love their blender pencil and yes it's still available at Dick Blicks! The Luminance line up of the three percentages in a number of the pigments series is perfect and I especially adore the Payne's Grey series! I've not tried the Derwent Lightfast but I've heard great things about them, which is awesome after the fiasco over the ProColour product.
Procolour is a non glare pencil designed for reproduction. It's not lightfast. I think many people didn't realize the intent of those. They are also very hard. They are beautiful on sanded paper tho. Some colors are lightfast if you want sharp, hard leads for details. I think some clear marketing for that would have been useful. They are not bad pencils but they are like Marmite, you love it or hate it 😆
Thank you for this Lindsay. I love your oranges in the bag, it's fantastic. Mind you, all of your art work is. Hope that burn isn't too painful, it looks it 😮💕
I’ve found that I actually really enjoy these on Amazon printed coloring books. Is it a splurge? Absolutely. But I enjoy the process of coloring so much more that, for me, it’s worth it.
I think it's good. It's your hobby and your money and you are helping keep a good company in business and the more people who buy the product the less it costs i have found.
Thank you Lindsay- I have been contemplating getting these…. I will get them open stock and give them a try (why didn’t I even think of that!). I appreciate your reviews! I’ll try to grab them through your Amazon link
Thx Lindsey = well between you and Sarah Renae Clark I am all excited about coloured pencils which I never understood before. Think I will get the Prisma Colours because I like creamy and soft and no real need for the light story. Thx again. Jackie
I started off with just a black and white and I loved them so much I got a few more colors and then it seemed I was raving about them so much my son got me the large set 😮and I am overjoyed 😁so now I feel my artwork does not seem good enough for the pencils but it's given me a whole new learning experience really .. but oh I just love them ! ..Thanks Linsday 🤍
I'm liking a harder pencil more and more, to the point (no pun intended 😆) where I'm not enjoying my Prismacolors as much as I used to. I have an old set of Prismacolors from when they were still made in the USA, and they're BARELY used. I have the Polychromos and Lyra Polycolor for now. Plus a crapload of budget pencil sets. I love the Black Widow series and I just got the Kalour 240 set which feel so smooth on the paper. Like butta. 😁 The Luminance or Derwent Light-fast are on my wish list for that "some day".
I wanted all 100 so I bought the 76 and the 20 portrait set plus 4 open stock and saved over $50 off from the price of the full 100 set. Got them at Blick with my Christmas gift cards just a few weeks ago. I’m very happy😊 Anyone who wants the portrait set for doing portraits should check the colors in the set… not very “portraity “ to me, but it does have Ultramarine Blue… I know how you love UB!
You inspired me to finally try pottery where you need a kiln! I have been really wanting to but dont have a kiln so thought I couldn’t, hopefully it goes well lol😂
I enjoy mine got mine 2 years ago half the price of what they are sold today , i also hardly use them due to the fact its far to expensive for me to replace but i do enjoy them
I bought the skin set + 4, they are NICE, and I love pencils that show the wood, however I feel they are too opaque, what can I say? I am a Prismacolor girl. I have no interest in lightfastness, I color in coloring books and it’s not like I’m creating art that has to be preserved 😊 Great review! I love how grounded you are. On the cost, I do prefer to buy the best I can afford, but if you do the math, buying a bunch of budget pencils can be much more expensive that a good quality set 😊
I just bought the portrait and the forty color luminance pencils. For my portrait work I am only going to use luminance or Derwent light-fast (I have both). I love Prismacolor but not for the drawings I am going to sell (I have the 150 and 120 set plus a pencil case of Prismacolors). I normally don't use just one brand of pencil to finish a drawing so my portrait drawing will be a combination of luminance and light-fast. Love your channel. In my opinion, you are an extremely talented artist.
The 20 portrait colors and 76 set you have are all different colors. There are only 4 colors you need to buy open stock to get the complete set of 100. I bought the portrait set from Blick for around $50, to use with my complete set of polycromos. They work great together. But I think the set of 76 is pretty complete on it's own, the additional 24 have similar colors, even though there are no duplicates.
I bought a set of 2 of those blenders recently, and YES u can buy that blender on open stock too, i also buy the luminence on open stock since i cant buy the sets.
Hi Lindsay! Enjoyable review and beautiful artwork! I’ve purchased a few of these pencils (about 20) and although I seem to collect lovely pencil sets including most of the expensive brands/types (Polychromos, Derwent Pro & Lightfast, CD Pablo) for some reason I haven’t been a fan of these pencils so I never pulled the trigger to buy the complete set… but I’m not really sure why. It could be that I don’t do fine art but I used to LOVE to color although I’ve gotten away from it doing other creative things. Mostly, I just wanted to say that I absolutely LOVE the Caran D’Ache Blender Bright and have used it with ALL BRANDS almost every time I color. I like that they now create it in its original stick form as well as to coordinate with the Luminous wood barrel. Maybe because I’m not a fine artist who burnishes with a light color pencil of the same brand I’m using and because I found the Blender Bright at the beginning of my coloring craze (2012) I never learned another way. The Blender Bright can make even cheap Crayola Twistable Pencils look fabulous! Thanks for all you do to encourage, educate, and inspire. Have a great day! 🙂
I use them with polychromos and derwent lightfast. I have specific colours in each brand with some duplicates where I want them for different things. But I’ll never buy a full set of pencils again, learned my lesson a few years ago!
Had to watch this again ..Here in the UK they are £3.00 open stock .....I now going to get the 76 set for my birthday in April next year hahahahaha Happy crafting
If they still do the portrait set, those are the extra pencils they released after the 76 set…plus four extras which didn’t come in a box. How annoying was that! 😂 I got lucky and managed to get an empty 100 box to fit them all into, which my local art store gave away. Combine these with the Lightfast pencils, and that’s 200 pencils of awesomeness! (And $$$$).
They really are beautiful pencils. I don't use mine enough, I've been doing more coloured pencil drawings on the canson sand grain paper and I'm scared of wearing them down!
Lindsay you are such a talented artist and so much of your work should be displayed! Have you ever created a work with non-lightfast paint or pencils and wished you hadn’t so you could display it? Just curious. I think you should have at least one wall in your home dedicated to your work 😊
Love ur reviews also! Lindsay! I was wondering would u consider doing a watercolour pencil show down? Like co oaring a lot of your watercolour pencils? I think people would find that very helpful! Have a great day Lindsay Gracie 😊
How do you sharpen these? I am so worried about the waste when the pigment part of the pencil gets shaved in the sharpener that I try to do it by hand but then its difficult to get a good point. Any suggestions would be welcome. And thanks for your honest talk Lindsay... its refreshing to hear true opinions rather than the subtle saleman/woman ship that creeps in (even with best of intentions) when people are doing reviews of products that they are being sent or have affiliate links for.
These are my dream pencils. I think I'd rather have them than Holbeins. I'll probably never have them though. Polychromos are about as high-end as I can feasibly afford.
When you use up a color in those brands you replace with a luminance and you will have them in your favorite colors so you know they will get used and it won't be too much money at one time.
About a month ago, I got a 40 color set of Luminance for $87.50 at Blick’s. I would have gotten a bigger set but I had just spent almost $200 for the Caran deAche Supracolor2 water soluble the month before.They’re beautiful too, but not as lightfast. And then sometime around the same time, a medium set of Stabilo pastel pencils. I sort of went a bit shop happy. 🤪
Some colorist say that luminance pencils are soft..and have to sharpen often (same with the Derwent LF).. but I am starting to think that they use them wrong and push to hard.. I have a small set of CA museum aquarelle which have a learning curve but the box is stunning.. just like yours. If I am going to invest in a new box it would be the Derwent colorsoft. I have a small set and they are so soft and blend easy.. or otherwise, if money allows I would go for one of the light-fast pencils (luminance or Derwent)
Caran has smaller sets....if you have the 76 set ....you can buy the portrait set and you will have all the colors...That's what I did. It was cheaper.than but the full set
I find that these pencils make a good middle of the road option in terms of the colours used - they don't go as light/pastel as the Derwent Lightfast (compare the CD light cobalt blue with D's light aqua for instance), nor do they go as dark (CD's sepia vs D's chocolate) but you do have the lighter more pastel shades that I found to be lacking in faber-castell's polychromos range. I paid £161 for my set of 76 as you have here, and £45 for the 20 set plus 4 extra pencils (when Cult Pens were doing a bundle offer of those) - compared to now when it'd be £206 and £54. I don't tend to use mine much because I shift towards and away from using coloured pencil depending on my mood. Most often they get used in colouring books (I know, but if I'm going to spend on these I'm going to use them, and I can always buy openstock replacements) but I've yet to do an actual piece with them. Maybe I should soon.
@@thefrugalcrafter thanks so much for responding. I do also really enjoy the derwent inktense. I’ll have to check the ones you mentioned. Thanks so much.
Hey Lindsay, as someone who bought the wood box I would just like to point out that the "80 pencil" set of the wood box IS the 76 set. You don't get more colors in that box, they just add an extra white, black, and two colors I can't remember for sure off the top of my head...phthalo blue? and maybe a green? Not sure, and I'm not near the box right now to check. Idk if there's those extra pencils in the chipboard box, but I just want to clarify for anyone curious that the wood box has no bonus colors over the chipboard. For people who like collector's-level packaging, especially for top-tier supplies, the box is VERY nice. Just crazy expensive. If you're not the kind of person who is kind of obsessive about packaging (and you put the pencils in your own case or whatever anyway), it's probably not worth it. But the build quality is great if you are. I don't think there's any art supply manufacturer as on top of the packaging game as Caran D'ache.
How are these different from the Pablo sets? I don't have any Caran d'Ache pencils, but might purchase them in the future. I'm not a fan of the same color barrel of the pencil though (barrel is what surrounds the lead? not sure what the term is). Even though I know the pigment doesn't always match the barrel, it takes me twice as long to search for the pencil I need when the barrels aren't colored lol.
My dad got me the 76 set for Christmas! They’re so beautiful, I am lucky. Before that I’d been using the two 20 sets of regular and portrait colors plus some extra greens and grays~ my desk space is pretty small so I’m finding the big box a bit awkward though, I may get a pencil wrap for them.
I got these for under £20 a couple of years ago! Amazon UK cancelled most people's orders but a few of us were incredibly lucky to have our order honoured. I felt like I'd stolen them lol
I had really unlucky experience with those pencils. Out of 20 i've bought 3 are defective. 2 will do, one is completely unusable. I could say it's really a bad luck and maybe i need to give them another chance, but i'm not motivated to risk again considering their cost. But their skin tones are really great and hard to replace. And texture is very comfortable to work with (i'm a fan of soft pencils). Considering not using expencive pencils and saving them for something global and important... I dunno, first you pay a fortune for a box of pencils, then you waste some of the pencil lead while sharpening it (depends how sharp you need it), then you don't use them, store them and wait for a suitable case. And in the end it turns out you payed insane money for something which is not used at all? I think stuff of such price needs to work and pay off what's spent on it without regrets, sketchbook or picture on the wall :D Especially since they are available piece by piece.
I had an even worse experience with Derwent Lightfast. Multiple with horribly crooked cores, one has a giant knot in the wood and is so misprinted you can't read what it is, two so crooked you have to trim wood off the tip to use them and one warped so it won't lay flat on a table. Out of a 12 set and another 15 or so open stock bought from two different online stores. I've never gotten a bad Poly or Albrecht Durer.. ever... and I can't tell you how many of either of them I've bought over the years. I have a handful of open stock museum aquarelle plus the full set and they are all perfect.. I also own the full set plus a few of the supracolors all fine...so IDK about CAD... but I will never pay good money for another Lightfast that's for sure. I totally agree using what you buy. It's useless if you don't use it. If whatever you are doing makes you happy that is enough of a reason to use the good stuff. I use my museums in coloring books on a regular basis.
@@waymire01 that means even big names aren't that infallible :) But I must agree faber-castell pencils are really of stable reliable quality. If only they were as creamy soft.
@ lightfastness: I'm surprised that you set the highlights in the cake drawing with gel pens. I was told in shops that gel pens have extremely poor lightfastness. Are there special "artist lightfast gel pens"? I am struggling to find a solution for putting highlights onto dark areas of pen drawings. I've tried Holbein, Polychromos, Caran d'ache luminance and Prisma Colour who are fabulous, but because I change and correct a lot in the course of a drawing, the white pen has to "overcome" many layers. The resulting highlights are too pale and dim. Like in your video, I noticed that people switch to over pen types when they set highlights, but I couldn't make out what they used.
I recommend a product by brush and pencil called titanium white and touch-up texture. You mix it together and paint it on. It makes an opaque white, archival highlight. That said if I am working in my sketchbook I use a pen. I've never had a problem. The only issue I've had with a white pen is color leeching up from the pencil but you can add another layer of pen. It could scrap off too but I haven't had it happen.coloed pens could fade when exposed to light but what would white fade to? Maybe it could yellow but I haven't had that happen.
@@thefrugalcrafter i've been swatching by color, intermixing brands; once i decide which brand i like best (so far Derwent LF), i can stop replacing duplicate colors. It does seem some brands have a wider selection in one color range and terrible in another color range. So i guess i'll always have some of each.
they are really beautiful pencils. Thank you so much for the review. I have 100 colours and the' portrait set' plus extra 4 are worth it - they are all different from the 76box set. I love the additional colours & feel really finish the set off. May i ask, Do the lightfast work well on the strathmore toned tan and grey too? thank you so much !
@@thefrugalcrafter and I think the 4 extra colours are - natural russet, dark flesh 5%, dark flesh , & Dark Phthalocyanine Green. But check if you can!
I would never encourage anyone to buy art supplies they can't afford comfortably, or to go into debt for a hobby. That said I did want to mention I recently discovered Blick is partnering with Paypal to offer interest free payments over time. I purchased the full set of Albrecht Durer on four payments over two months and it made it a bit easier to budget. I have no idea what the requirements are, I've had a paypal account for years and have a good status with them and was approved immediately. I would never have done it except it was completely interest free, and the fact that I was going to buy them anyway. It does save a LOT of money to buy a set vs open stock in the end.
Oh my word! Just minutes ago I was thinking I need a Lindsey vid. And all of a sudden, you popped up. I have the 76 set. In the mail is the other 24 pencils to complete the set. Suppose to be here Wednesday from Blick. I love these pencils. I ordered a few Holbein pencils. I don’t think I would get the Holbein because I have so many pencil sets. I would love to have derwent lightfast but just can’t justify the cost. I have polychromos full set & full set of dick Blick pencils. I have Albrecht Durer set & the museum aquarelle set. And 4 or five other less expensive colored pencil sets. Please just teach me just to say no.
I am not sure how to teach someone to say know. I will tell you what works for me. " Oh my, I just have to have those pencils." Then I remind myself " Hey you you can't even draw!" Works on the more expensive items only.
I do a reset anytime I am overindulging. I give it up for a month. I'll go a month not buying art supplies and I end up using what i have more. Sometimes I'll do longer (Lord knows I have enough for a long time) it helps!
I forgot I have some of these and I haven't used them because I don't know how to use them other than to touch up watercolor paintings. Do you have a tutorial on these?
I have never tried these, and I am not sure that I ever will. I know that if I ever bought these, my husband would go through hell, being asked 20-80 times per day what he thinks the chances are that these might have been dropped at the store and whether they will break in the sharpener. I am obsessed with pencil core safety, really badly, so unless CD comes up with a no wood version of these, it is a 90% no from me. Besides, I really do not feel like I am missing anything with the brands that I use: Faber Castell, Derwent, Koh-i-Noor, Posca and Prismacolor, and then a bunch of budget stuff, I am not going to drive myself and everyone else insane with a 4 Euro a piece set of pencils. I have no issues investing a lot of money into watercolors or pastels, because I know that no matter how many times they get dropped in transport, I will get my money's worth out of them, but with color pencils I just have this thing, I do not do well with the inabilty to see through the wood, and the thought of something possibly being wrong with these super expensive pencils would follow me around day and night. 😅
Higher end Caran d'Ache wood casings are pretty sturdy and the leads are fully glued inside the core, so there shouldn't be serious breakage. I've dropped the same Museum Aquarelle pencil five times on a hardwood floor (I don't know why that particular pencil is really unlucky) and it's never broken once when I sharpened it. They are definitely pricy, though.
@@caitlinjeanne Yes, I know that they are actually built pretty solid. They better be at that price! 😅It's really not a rational fear that I am having, it's kind of like the people who have to check the stove 5 or 6 times on their way out the door. I know it's unwarranted, and I have never had a bad experience with the artist quality pencils that I have used, actually not even with the cheap ones, but it's just once of those things. I guess everyone has their OCD-like trait, and mine seems to be worrying about pencil leads. Thank you very much for your reply though. ❤
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.
@@zaylahogervorst3745 We might have bad luck lol. Everyone I've watched review these says how the luminance are softer than polychromos but harder than prismacolors but my polychromos are very soft compared to my luminance! At least they perform well, but it is not the sensory experience I was expecting. I thought about buying a small set in the future to check if it's only a problem with open stock ones. But they are too expensive and now I feel reticent
Your pencils are probably ok, but just feel different than wax based pencils like Prismacolor. When the Luminance pencils came out, they were often described as “waxed based”. But Caran d’Dache actually says they’re a mixture of wax and oil. Many people find they feel more like oil pencils, such as Polychromos . Oil based pencils do feel dryer than wax based pencils, and some of the colours can feel a bit scratchy.
@@vwood2 I have polychromos, some prismacolors and derwent drawing. It's not about that. Every color pencil has both oil and wax. When people talk about being oil or wax based they are just refering to the predominant binder. My luminance, they feel dry almost like pastel and theres one of them that feels creamy and soft, like how I hear everywhere they are supposed to feel. Everyone I've watched use these has said they are creamier than polychromos but harder than prismacolors. And mine, except for the one that does match those characteristics, all are drier than polychromos to the point that, some of them, even leave some dust behind. If I didnt have one that feels great and I hadnt watched a ton of reviews I would think they are just like that.
@@loati94 There is one of the browns, I don't recall which, that is generally known to be scratchy and awful. Some of it could be climate.. depending on where you live temperature and humidity can affect what a pencil behaves like. Some of it may just be personal preference. I personally find them greasy and clumpy and unpleasant to work with, and yes they dust heavily too. I much prefer my polys or prismas, my favorite set is a combination of both. I don't care about lightfastness, if I did I'd be in trouble because I don't care for either the luminance or the lightfast and find their color options unpleasant as well. Scanning and printing is always an option for display.
#unpopularopinion but I really don’t like these pencils. I’ve received a few in various art subscription boxes and I just don’t like how scratchy and rough they feel when drawing.
Hullo Lindsay, I just chuckled when you criticized the “Jankie” background! I know that I know every minuscule mistake in my artwork too! That bag of oranges look perfect! It is good to hear you are just like the rest of the artists out here! I have never been “sold” on purchasing the lightfast pencils from any brand. I use so many different brands and kinds of pencils. Prismacolor & Polychromous are my go to brands. I rarely use just pencils for an entire artwork. You are truly inspirational and so generous with your reviews and product recommendations. Thank you Lindsay!
The teakettle burn belies how long ago you did some of these reviews, ha. You're healed now, right? These are nice. I suspect the cores are thick enough that they're the equivalent of 1.5 pencils of some other brands. I'm sad that you don't like your drawing of the oranges. It is cool. But it shows that even the elites in the You Tube art industry can be hard on themselves. For once the want monster is attacking, and it's birthday season -- and the big 60! -- but I found a screaming deal on full set Albrecht Durer today. I'm like, why do I want these too? Tis the season, I guess. I'm pretty sure I need a giant gaping hole in my head far more than I need these pencils, so please, just be quiet! Nah-nah just kidding. The want monster is a good friend, and it's nice to see him again ;-).
Enjoyed the review. I like seeing all the various art supplies . One of the best aspects of your channel is that you cover materials in a broad price range and your tutorials use supplies across all price ranges. I enjoy watching the tutorials because you are enthusiastic about creating with a wide range of materials and demonstrate that beautiful creations can be achieved with any and all supplies. You’re the best!!
Glad you like them!
I love your reviews. You are honest and straight-forward and I feel I can count on your opinion. Thanks,Lindsey
You are so welcome!
They blend themselves. They are amazing
Yes yes. I just love watching you talking about art supplies, any suppliies.
These are completely out of my price range as a substitute teacher. I will put them on my "someday" list.
Great review! I actually was in the same situation. Had bought the smaller set, and come to find out the portrait set is indeed 20 of the new colors they released. The other 4 colors I had to buy individually. They were natural russet 066, dark Phtalocyanine green 719, dark flesh 748, and dark flesh 5% 741.
The portrait set has some amazing colours - I bought it first, then the 4 individuals and last the 76 set. I rearranged them all to keep the neutral colours in the small box - I use them a lot! 😎
Thank you!
Your one of The most trusted names and voices in the industry on TH-cam, where people go to get trusted information, and I’m biased opinions on new products that are out there. I like despite the name that you do all sorts of art supplies on the financial spectrum, high and low. I’d love to see some more high end watercolours being reviewed as well.
Will do!
Girl, you are one ultra creative, talented woman… and teacher! Your work is simply amazing! So glad you share your gifts with the rest of us!❤
Thank you so much!
Hello, Nice to meet you soon! Dear crafter Lindsay! I thought that your pastel and colors were most beautiful in the photo. And your many color works are always most beautiful and better! And You shown me best variety colors videos. Thus I always thank you for your videos and crafts! To Dear Lindsay!🌼!🧡!❤!
I bought the CD portrait set of 20 and assorted set of 20 in 2021. Then towards the end of the year I branched out to watercoloring. So I used them until 2021 but since then they’ve been sitting pretty in their boxes!
I enjoyed your review very much because it reignited my enthusiasm for the luminance pencils and I should use them. It’s a good reminder that lightfast pencils can be used over watercolor pieces as a mixed media work that might be displayed. I try to be a watercolor purist but once when I made a non-fixable error on a watercolor painting I used my soft pastels and CD Pablo pencils to fix the problems. I really enjoy my Pablo’s. They keep a firm point but lay down so smooth over soft pastels and watercolors. Not everyone enjoys the Pablo pencils which is fine, everyone has a personal preference. Thanks!
Hullo Lindsay, I just chuckled when you criticized the “Jankie” background! I know that I know every minuscule mistake in my artwork too! That bag of oranges looks so perfect! It is good to hear you are just like the rest of the artists out here! I have never been “sold” on purchasing the lightfast pencils from any brand. I use so many different brands and kinds of pencils. Prismacolor & Polychromous are my go to brands. I rarely use just pencils for an entire artwork. You are truly inspirational and so generous with your reviews and product recommendations. Thank you Lindsay!
If price was no object, it really does seem like these caran d'ache pencils are the best, great review 🤔
I appreciate reviews of the more expensive supplies, as I will definitely not buy the hobby-grade stuff, but I will think twice before buying art supplies to try a new medium. In such case I prefer buying a smaller, but versatile set of something I almost definitely like. Speaking of color pencils… From what I know about the kinds of artwork I am doing, Derwent Lightfast seem better suited for my needs;)
you are a master with markers and pencils ,so good
That plastic bag is incredible! Glad you’re enjoying CD pencils. I’ve collected my favorite colors open stock over the years. I thought of you when I got the sap green deep or dark. Really lovely set. Thanks for sharing 💕🌈
That is awesome!
I have a few of these, but I just about rounded out the Derwent Lightfast recently. Cult Pens had them open stock for 2.75 each, and I figured that was going to be the best individual price for a while, so I went for it.
Sweet deal!
I like these but for some reason i love and use the pablos more, especially on pastel paper. Usually we get a bit more precious with the fancy pencills like these luminance but the pablos i use and just get replacements and backups with no second thought. I enjoy your reviews so yes please review all the things.
I enjoy all your reviews, but I especially enjoy the ones where you've found a budget product that performs as well as a legacy brand. That always ruffles a few feathers, but I'm not a professional artist so lightfastness isn't something I have to worry about.
I agree. I don’t begrudge others having these wonderful supplies, but I don’t like how some channels seem to begrudgingly present videos using more budget friendly supplies with no genuine enthusiasm creating with the product.
Definitely! I'm always on the lookout for a diamond in the rough, the $20 art supply that works as well (especially for us non-professional artists) 😊
I would love to see a mixed media demo of watercolour and colored pencils. Especially on rendering the objects and keeping the background clean
I have quite a few on TH-cam and in Critique Club. Here is one of my favorites: th-cam.com/users/live5YZ6E4IzW_I?feature=share
Also these don’t really smear like some pencils and that helps.
Thanks Lindsay for another great review. I have bought 4 of these pencils open stock just to try them as you suggested, even though I don’t need lightfast pencils. I hadn’t thought about that so thanks for highlighting it for me.💙
You are so welcome!
As always, your artwork is unbelievable! You master with every medium and make it look easy and you also explain processes in simple way.. you are also a gifted instructor 🤩
You are my “go to “ for any type of review. I appreciate your honesty but it’s your kindness, humility and grace that really impressed me more than anything else.
I’m so glad you were able to buy these and get such a great deal!! I only have the museum aquarelles but if they are anything like those…wow!! I have Inktense and love them both but have to say that CaranD’Ache has my no 1 spot!!
I’m self taught (by books for years) until I found TH-cam and paper crafts after I retired.
I’d only painted in oil and just started watercolor and was actually searching for tutorials when I found paper crafts! They seemed to overlap.
I’m 63 and at my age I don’t feel anything is too precious. When time is limited you realize how important it is to just enjoy your supplies.
I’ve never tried colored pencils although I do remember creating a bulletin board for Christmas (the 3 angels and one has fallen halo)…with some cheap pastels about 40 years ago….lol
I drew it a lot larger than the Christmas card I was using as my example.
It’s strange. I have never felt I could draw but this reminded me I made this without even thinking about it…My grandmother even asked me to do it on wood for her yard!!!
To anyone else younger please don’t let anyone make you believe you aren’t “good” or “capable “…..I think our mindset is half the issue.
Sorry, I am rambling…lol
Congrats on the pencils!! You will appreciate them AND enjoy using. My goodness! You need lightfast with your talents..
Thank you again for the BEST reviews..
Blessings,
Nancy Rolfe
Aww, thank you!
I love my Caran Dashe Luminance and I like them, even more, when used over a Caran Dashe Aqquelle Museum watercolor pencil under painting.
Good idea!
I love the bag of oranges! 😊
I don't think this brand would be my cup of tea as I like a softer pencil but the colours are really vibrant, and I can see anyone who enjoys a harder pencil really enjoying these. 😊
After the last 3 years, I am not at all precious about my art supplies and enjoy them with riotous abandon! 😄. The key to using my coloured pencils more often for me was ditching the tins and putting them in 'pop-up' canvas pencil cases as they're easier to just grab and go than hunting a tin out of a drawer. 😊
YESSS you need to review the mother of all pencils! Ty!
Beautiful pencils. Thanks for reviewing Lindsay
Glad you like them!
One thing I have to say about expensive supplies vs cheap ones is lightfastness. You mentioned this of course but my perspective is, if you're selling originals, it's much better to go the extra mile to pay for stuff that will last on paper. That way whoever buys it will have a product that will last a lifetime. If this isn't a concern and the artist is doing art for fun only, or starting out, it's very good to use whatever they're most comfortable with!
I use Caran D'ache because I hope to sell my originals one day, but I also feel they're a wonderful product because of how they blend and don't break.
I completely agree. If your art is just a hobby, which is absolutely fine, or you just sell prints and such, then the cheaper pencils are a great deal.
100%. I sell my original work, and able to sell for a good price because I know for a fact the lightfastness in the tools I use will last a lifetime, paper included.
Customers have been very happy! I have a customer sent me a picture from a colored Pencil work I did 10 years ago, it looks exactly the same from the day I completed it ( she has it on her wall, and it does get exposed to fair amount of light)
Thank you for another great review Lindsay! Caran d'Ache Luminance are in my large lightfast storage binder because when I do artwork for hanging or gifting, that lightfastness matters. I love their blender pencil and yes it's still available at Dick Blicks! The Luminance line up of the three percentages in a number of the pigments series is perfect and I especially adore the Payne's Grey series!
I've not tried the Derwent Lightfast but I've heard great things about them, which is awesome after the fiasco over the ProColour product.
Procolour is a non glare pencil designed for reproduction. It's not lightfast. I think many people didn't realize the intent of those. They are also very hard. They are beautiful on sanded paper tho. Some colors are lightfast if you want sharp, hard leads for details. I think some clear marketing for that would have been useful. They are not bad pencils but they are like Marmite, you love it or hate it 😆
Thank you for this Lindsay. I love your oranges in the bag, it's fantastic. Mind you, all of your art work is. Hope that burn isn't too painful, it looks it 😮💕
It's all healed now:) I filmed this a couple weeks ago:)
@@thefrugalcrafter Oh I see, that's good then 👍🙂
Thank you for another great review. This isn't something I would invest in but always appreciate your thorough and honest reviews.
Glad it was helpful!
I’ve found that I actually really enjoy these on Amazon printed coloring books. Is it a splurge? Absolutely. But I enjoy the process of coloring so much more that, for me, it’s worth it.
I think it's good. It's your hobby and your money and you are helping keep a good company in business and the more people who buy the product the less it costs i have found.
Thank you Lindsay- I have been contemplating getting these…. I will get them open stock and give them a try (why didn’t I even think of that!). I appreciate your reviews! I’ll try to grab them through your Amazon link
I plan to buy them little by little open stock until I have the whole set. I cant afford the huge money dump but I can collect them patiently
I think the set of 100 is a steal, I spent well over a 100 more for mine because I got it in two sets
Thx Lindsey = well between you and Sarah Renae Clark I am all excited about coloured pencils which I never understood before. Think I will get the Prisma Colours because I like creamy and soft and no real need for the light story. Thx again. Jackie
You are so welcome!
I started off with just a black and white and I loved them so much I got a few more colors and then it seemed I was raving about them so much my son got me the large set 😮and I am overjoyed 😁so now I feel my artwork does not seem good enough for the pencils but it's given me a whole new learning experience really .. but oh I just love them ! ..Thanks Linsday 🤍
Thanks for the review... I love the background by the way...I have the 76 set they are fabulous.
Glad you like them!
I'm liking a harder pencil more and more, to the point (no pun intended 😆) where I'm not enjoying my Prismacolors as much as I used to. I have an old set of Prismacolors from when they were still made in the USA, and they're BARELY used.
I have the Polychromos and Lyra Polycolor for now. Plus a crapload of budget pencil sets. I love the Black Widow series and I just got the Kalour 240 set which feel so smooth on the paper. Like butta. 😁
The Luminance or Derwent Light-fast are on my wish list for that "some day".
Keep an eye on the sets. The 72 lightfast and 76 luminance have had some good deals.
I wanted all 100 so I bought the 76 and the 20 portrait set plus 4 open stock and saved over $50 off from the price of the full 100 set. Got them at Blick with my Christmas gift cards just a few weeks ago. I’m very happy😊 Anyone who wants the portrait set for doing portraits should check the colors in the set… not very “portraity “ to me, but it does have Ultramarine Blue… I know how you love UB!
Thank you for the tip! Do you know the names of the other 4 colors off hand?
Natural Russet, Warm Earth 5%, Warm Earth 70%, and Dark Phthalo Green. Not very important, but I’m prone to full set syndrome.
@@vanillabead7839ull set syndrome 😂😂 I think I’m prone to that too and I am a beginner. Oh dear…
Thanks Lidsay i am thinking of getting 12 color box of them, too see if I like them .Thank you
My favorite colored pencils. They work extremely well with Derwent Lightfast and Prismacolor. Burnishing superb.
You always deserve a thumbs up!😉 This is another wonderful review!
Thanks again!
You inspired me to finally try pottery where you need a kiln! I have been really wanting to but dont have a kiln so thought I couldn’t, hopefully it goes well lol😂
Have fun!
I love your reviews/non reviews, Lindsay!! Your artwork is always phenomenal. Tfs.
Thank you so much!
Always great details in your reviews. Thank you!
I appreciate that!
I enjoy mine got mine 2 years ago half the price of what they are sold today , i also hardly use them due to the fact its far to expensive for me to replace but i do enjoy them
The full blender is still available and are my favourite blender if I am not using gamsol.
I have this set. And the portrait set too I love these pencils
On my wish list is the deluxe wood case set. I’ll never get it, but hey, a girl can wish! Also the Neocolor I and IIs…lol.
I bought the skin set + 4, they are NICE, and I love pencils that show the wood, however I feel they are too opaque, what can I say? I am a Prismacolor girl.
I have no interest in lightfastness, I color in coloring books and it’s not like I’m creating art that has to be preserved 😊
Great review! I love how grounded you are.
On the cost, I do prefer to buy the best I can afford, but if you do the math, buying a bunch of budget pencils can be much more expensive that a good quality set 😊
So true!
I just bought the portrait and the forty color luminance pencils. For my portrait work I am only going to use luminance or Derwent light-fast (I have both). I love Prismacolor but not for the drawings I am going to sell (I have the 150 and 120 set plus a pencil case of Prismacolors). I normally don't use just one brand of pencil to finish a drawing so my portrait drawing will be a combination of luminance and light-fast. Love your channel. In my opinion, you are an extremely talented artist.
Thank you:)
The 20 portrait colors and 76 set you have are all different colors. There are only 4 colors you need to buy open stock to get the complete set of 100. I bought the portrait set from Blick for around $50, to use with my complete set of polycromos. They work great together. But I think the set of 76 is pretty complete on it's own, the additional 24 have similar colors, even though there are no duplicates.
I bought a set of 2 of those blenders recently, and YES u can buy that blender on open stock too, i also buy the luminence on open stock since i cant buy the sets.
Thanks for the tip!
Hi Lindsay! Enjoyable review and beautiful artwork! I’ve purchased a few of these pencils (about 20) and although I seem to collect lovely pencil sets including most of the expensive brands/types (Polychromos, Derwent Pro & Lightfast, CD Pablo) for some reason I haven’t been a fan of these pencils so I never pulled the trigger to buy the complete set… but I’m not really sure why. It could be that I don’t do fine art but I used to LOVE to color although I’ve gotten away from it doing other creative things. Mostly, I just wanted to say that I absolutely LOVE the Caran D’Ache Blender Bright and have used it with ALL BRANDS almost every time I color. I like that they now create it in its original stick form as well as to coordinate with the Luminous wood barrel. Maybe because I’m not a fine artist who burnishes with a light color pencil of the same brand I’m using and because I found the Blender Bright at the beginning of my coloring craze (2012) I never learned another way. The Blender Bright can make even cheap Crayola Twistable Pencils look fabulous!
Thanks for all you do to encourage, educate, and inspire. Have a great day! 🙂
Thanks! I'll give it a try!
I am cracking up🤣🤣🤣
Just with the title.
You probably don’t but I’m gonna watch 😳
Ok gonna watch now🤗
😆
They actually work really well in combination with polychromos. But yes they are very much for more professional work. I use them with watercolour
I use them with polychromos and derwent lightfast. I have specific colours in each brand with some duplicates where I want them for different things. But I’ll never buy a full set of pencils again, learned my lesson a few years ago!
Had to watch this again ..Here in the UK they are £3.00 open stock .....I now going to get the 76 set for my birthday in April next year hahahahaha Happy crafting
Happy birthday!
@@thefrugalcrafter thank you xxxx
If they still do the portrait set, those are the extra pencils they released after the 76 set…plus four extras which didn’t come in a box. How annoying was that! 😂 I got lucky and managed to get an empty 100 box to fit them all into, which my local art store gave away. Combine these with the Lightfast pencils, and that’s 200 pencils of awesomeness! (And $$$$).
It is!
They really are beautiful pencils. I don't use mine enough, I've been doing more coloured pencil drawings on the canson sand grain paper and I'm scared of wearing them down!
Lindsay you are such a talented artist and so much of your work should be displayed! Have you ever created a work with non-lightfast paint or pencils and wished you hadn’t so you could display it? Just curious. I think you should have at least one wall in your home dedicated to your work 😊
No, not really because most of that is in sketchbooks and I wouldn't tear a page out to display it anyway. It all lives on online because I post it.
@@thefrugalcrafter well I hadn’t thought of it that way! Excellent point!
Portrait set is 20 extra colors and no duplicates!!
Love ur reviews also! Lindsay! I was wondering would u consider doing a watercolour pencil show down? Like co oaring a lot of your watercolour pencils? I think people would find that very helpful! Have a great day Lindsay Gracie 😊
Great idea!!
Just looked on amazon, $176.95 😀 thanks, lindsay!
Nice!
How do you sharpen these? I am so worried about the waste when the pigment part of the pencil gets shaved in the sharpener that I try to do it by hand but then its difficult to get a good point. Any suggestions would be welcome. And thanks for your honest talk Lindsay... its refreshing to hear true opinions rather than the subtle saleman/woman ship that creeps in (even with best of intentions) when people are doing reviews of products that they are being sent or have affiliate links for.
Thanks! I use an electric pencil shapener.
I was using a Mobius & Ruppert Triple-Hole Sharpener to minimize loss of the pigment core, but I’ve lost it.
Oh my word....I need to save up! I suppose that I could eat pasta and rice for a few months. 😀
Go for beans and rice. It's a complete protein (and cheap!)
@thefrugalcrafter Lindsay Weirich my son makes the best three bean chilli and rice I've ever tasted. Guess I am set not to go hungry!!
These are my dream pencils. I think I'd rather have them than Holbeins. I'll probably never have them though. Polychromos are about as high-end as I can feasibly afford.
When you use up a color in those brands you replace with a luminance and you will have them in your favorite colors so you know they will get used and it won't be too much money at one time.
Lovely pencil. Thankfully I can't afford them but I do own other pencils. Time to learn to draw, again.
About a month ago, I got a 40 color set of Luminance for $87.50 at Blick’s. I would have gotten a bigger set but I had just spent almost $200 for the Caran deAche Supracolor2 water soluble the month before.They’re beautiful too, but not as lightfast. And then sometime around the same time, a medium set of Stabilo pastel pencils. I sort of went a bit shop happy. 🤪
We've all done it 😆
Some colorist say that luminance pencils are soft..and have to sharpen often (same with the Derwent LF).. but I am starting to think that they use them wrong and push to hard.. I have a small set of CA museum aquarelle which have a learning curve but the box is stunning.. just like yours. If I am going to invest in a new box it would be the Derwent colorsoft. I have a small set and they are so soft and blend easy.. or otherwise, if money allows I would go for one of the light-fast pencils (luminance or Derwent)
You do the BEST reviews and you are such an incredible artist. Thank you❣️❣️❤️🇺🇸 Cathey
Thank you so much!
Caran has smaller sets....if you have the 76 set ....you can buy the portrait set and you will have all the colors...That's what I did. It was cheaper.than but the full set
I find that these pencils make a good middle of the road option in terms of the colours used - they don't go as light/pastel as the Derwent Lightfast (compare the CD light cobalt blue with D's light aqua for instance), nor do they go as dark (CD's sepia vs D's chocolate) but you do have the lighter more pastel shades that I found to be lacking in faber-castell's polychromos range. I paid £161 for my set of 76 as you have here, and £45 for the 20 set plus 4 extra pencils (when Cult Pens were doing a bundle offer of those) - compared to now when it'd be £206 and £54.
I don't tend to use mine much because I shift towards and away from using coloured pencil depending on my mood. Most often they get used in colouring books (I know, but if I'm going to spend on these I'm going to use them, and I can always buy openstock replacements) but I've yet to do an actual piece with them. Maybe I should soon.
My absolute favorite pencils. And I have many. What would be a budget alternative to these?
I don't know, if you can find a good sale derwent lightfast are as good but the 72 sets are often a good price.
@@thefrugalcrafter thanks so much for responding. I do also really enjoy the derwent inktense. I’ll have to check the ones you mentioned. Thanks so much.
Thank you
Hey Lindsay, as someone who bought the wood box I would just like to point out that the "80 pencil" set of the wood box IS the 76 set. You don't get more colors in that box, they just add an extra white, black, and two colors I can't remember for sure off the top of my head...phthalo blue? and maybe a green? Not sure, and I'm not near the box right now to check. Idk if there's those extra pencils in the chipboard box, but I just want to clarify for anyone curious that the wood box has no bonus colors over the chipboard.
For people who like collector's-level packaging, especially for top-tier supplies, the box is VERY nice. Just crazy expensive. If you're not the kind of person who is kind of obsessive about packaging (and you put the pencils in your own case or whatever anyway), it's probably not worth it. But the build quality is great if you are. I don't think there's any art supply manufacturer as on top of the packaging game as Caran D'ache.
Thank you!!!
How are these different from the Pablo sets? I don't have any Caran d'Ache pencils, but might purchase them in the future. I'm not a fan of the same color barrel of the pencil though (barrel is what surrounds the lead? not sure what the term is). Even though I know the pigment doesn't always match the barrel, it takes me twice as long to search for the pencil I need when the barrels aren't colored lol.
The pablos are not all lightfast I believe. I have not use them.
@@thefrugalcrafter Ah darn. Hopefully they go on sale soon then! I'll check other reviews too before buying. Thanks for the reply!
My dad got me the 76 set for Christmas! They’re so beautiful, I am lucky. Before that I’d been using the two 20 sets of regular and portrait colors plus some extra greens and grays~ my desk space is pretty small so I’m finding the big box a bit awkward though, I may get a pencil wrap for them.
I got these for under £20 a couple of years ago! Amazon UK cancelled most people's orders but a few of us were incredibly lucky to have our order honoured. I felt like I'd stolen them lol
Wow!
I have the 100 set. The 20 portrait set, a 2nd black, and a 2nd white makes the 100.
You can still get the full blenders and the combo pack.
The portrait set colors are the colors that are in the 100 set and not in the 76 set
Ahhh, thank you!
I had really unlucky experience with those pencils. Out of 20 i've bought 3 are defective. 2 will do, one is completely unusable. I could say it's really a bad luck and maybe i need to give them another chance, but i'm not motivated to risk again considering their cost. But their skin tones are really great and hard to replace. And texture is very comfortable to work with (i'm a fan of soft pencils).
Considering not using expencive pencils and saving them for something global and important... I dunno, first you pay a fortune for a box of pencils, then you waste some of the pencil lead while sharpening it (depends how sharp you need it), then you don't use them, store them and wait for a suitable case. And in the end it turns out you payed insane money for something which is not used at all? I think stuff of such price needs to work and pay off what's spent on it without regrets, sketchbook or picture on the wall :D Especially since they are available piece by piece.
I had an even worse experience with Derwent Lightfast. Multiple with horribly crooked cores, one has a giant knot in the wood and is so misprinted you can't read what it is, two so crooked you have to trim wood off the tip to use them and one warped so it won't lay flat on a table. Out of a 12 set and another 15 or so open stock bought from two different online stores. I've never gotten a bad Poly or Albrecht Durer.. ever... and I can't tell you how many of either of them I've bought over the years. I have a handful of open stock museum aquarelle plus the full set and they are all perfect.. I also own the full set plus a few of the supracolors all fine...so IDK about CAD... but I will never pay good money for another Lightfast that's for sure. I totally agree using what you buy. It's useless if you don't use it. If whatever you are doing makes you happy that is enough of a reason to use the good stuff. I use my museums in coloring books on a regular basis.
@@waymire01 that means even big names aren't that infallible :) But I must agree faber-castell pencils are really of stable reliable quality. If only they were as creamy soft.
I have a hankering for oranges 🍊🍊🍊
They are good this time of year!
@ lightfastness: I'm surprised that you set the highlights in the cake drawing with gel pens. I was told in shops that gel pens have extremely poor lightfastness. Are there special "artist lightfast gel pens"? I am struggling to find a solution for putting highlights onto dark areas of pen drawings. I've tried Holbein, Polychromos, Caran d'ache luminance and Prisma Colour who are fabulous, but because I change and correct a lot in the course of a drawing, the white pen has to "overcome" many layers. The resulting highlights are too pale and dim. Like in your video, I noticed that people switch to over pen types when they set highlights, but I couldn't make out what they used.
I recommend a product by brush and pencil called titanium white and touch-up texture. You mix it together and paint it on. It makes an opaque white, archival highlight. That said if I am working in my sketchbook I use a pen. I've never had a problem. The only issue I've had with a white pen is color leeching up from the pencil but you can add another layer of pen. It could scrap off too but I haven't had it happen.coloed pens could fade when exposed to light but what would white fade to? Maybe it could yellow but I haven't had that happen.
@@thefrugalcrafter Thank you for your light speed light fast response! ❤️❤️❤️🥰
just bought the luminance portrait set (20), surprisingly nice assortment of colors, no overlap with the 76 set (in case i ever get wealthy 😂).
The portrait set is on my list (after I use these more that is)
@@thefrugalcrafter i've been swatching by color, intermixing brands; once i decide which brand i like best (so far Derwent LF), i can stop replacing duplicate colors. It does seem some brands have a wider selection in one color range and terrible in another color range. So i guess i'll always have some of each.
they are really beautiful pencils. Thank you so much for the review. I have 100 colours and the' portrait set' plus extra 4 are worth it - they are all different from the 76box set. I love the additional colours & feel really finish the set off. May i ask, Do the lightfast work well on the strathmore toned tan and grey too? thank you so much !
Thanks! They should as the finish is smooth like the toned sketch.
@@thefrugalcrafter o!! I mean do the Derwent lightfast work on the toned sketch as well as the luminance? Thank you so much!
@@thefrugalcrafter and I think the 4 extra colours are - natural russet, dark flesh 5%, dark flesh , & Dark Phthalocyanine Green. But check if you can!
I would never encourage anyone to buy art supplies they can't afford comfortably, or to go into debt for a hobby. That said I did want to mention I recently discovered Blick is partnering with Paypal to offer interest free payments over time. I purchased the full set of Albrecht Durer on four payments over two months and it made it a bit easier to budget. I have no idea what the requirements are, I've had a paypal account for years and have a good status with them and was approved immediately. I would never have done it except it was completely interest free, and the fact that I was going to buy them anyway. It does save a LOT of money to buy a set vs open stock in the end.
Oh my word! Just minutes ago I was thinking I need a Lindsey vid. And all of a sudden, you popped up. I have the 76 set. In the mail is the other 24 pencils to complete the set. Suppose to be here Wednesday from Blick. I love these pencils. I ordered a few Holbein pencils. I don’t think I would get the Holbein because I have so many pencil sets. I would love to have derwent lightfast but just can’t justify the cost. I have polychromos full set & full set of dick Blick pencils. I have Albrecht Durer set & the museum aquarelle set. And 4 or five other less expensive colored pencil sets. Please just teach me just to say no.
I am not sure how to teach someone to say know. I will tell you what works for me. " Oh my, I just have to have those pencils." Then I remind myself " Hey you you can't even draw!" Works on the more expensive items only.
Lol. I will try that. You think it will work?
I do a reset anytime I am overindulging. I give it up for a month. I'll go a month not buying art supplies and I end up using what i have more. Sometimes I'll do longer (Lord knows I have enough for a long time) it helps!
Thought you'd be interested to know that from Amazon in Canada the 100 set is just under $600 (CAD).
Yikes!
I forgot I have some of these and I haven't used them because I don't know how to use them other than to touch up watercolor paintings. Do you have a tutorial on these?
The oranges in a bag one
I thought so but i couldn't find it.. I'll ty again thank you
they certainly are very expensive 'precious ' enjoy!
The 20 portrait colors +4 more equals the 100 set. Just ordered the 100 set….oh horrors🤣
I have never tried these, and I am not sure that I ever will. I know that if I ever bought these, my husband would go through hell, being asked 20-80 times per day what he thinks the chances are that these might have been dropped at the store and whether they will break in the sharpener. I am obsessed with pencil core safety, really badly, so unless CD comes up with a no wood version of these, it is a 90% no from me. Besides, I really do not feel like I am missing anything with the brands that I use: Faber Castell, Derwent, Koh-i-Noor, Posca and Prismacolor, and then a bunch of budget stuff, I am not going to drive myself and everyone else insane with a 4 Euro a piece set of pencils. I have no issues investing a lot of money into watercolors or pastels, because I know that no matter how many times they get dropped in transport, I will get my money's worth out of them, but with color pencils I just have this thing, I do not do well with the inabilty to see through the wood, and the thought of something possibly being wrong with these super expensive pencils would follow me around day and night. 😅
Higher end Caran d'Ache wood casings are pretty sturdy and the leads are fully glued inside the core, so there shouldn't be serious breakage. I've dropped the same Museum Aquarelle pencil five times on a hardwood floor (I don't know why that particular pencil is really unlucky) and it's never broken once when I sharpened it. They are definitely pricy, though.
@@caitlinjeanne Yes, I know that they are actually built pretty solid. They better be at that price! 😅It's really not a rational fear that I am having, it's kind of like the people who have to check the stove 5 or 6 times on their way out the door. I know it's unwarranted, and I have never had a bad experience with the artist quality pencils that I have used, actually not even with the cheap ones, but it's just once of those things. I guess everyone has their OCD-like trait, and mine seems to be worrying about pencil leads. Thank you very much for your reply though. ❤
Whenever I get spendy stuff I'm hesitant to use them lol it's silly.
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.
I only bought a few. Mine feel scratchy too😢
@@zaylahogervorst3745 We might have bad luck lol. Everyone I've watched review these says how the luminance are softer than polychromos but harder than prismacolors but my polychromos are very soft compared to my luminance!
At least they perform well, but it is not the sensory experience I was expecting. I thought about buying a small set in the future to check if it's only a problem with open stock ones. But they are too expensive and now I feel reticent
Your pencils are probably ok, but just feel different than wax based pencils like Prismacolor. When the Luminance pencils came out, they were often described as “waxed based”. But Caran d’Dache actually says they’re a mixture of wax and oil. Many people find they feel more like oil pencils, such as Polychromos . Oil based pencils do feel dryer than wax based pencils, and some of the colours can feel a bit scratchy.
@@vwood2 I have polychromos, some prismacolors and derwent drawing. It's not about that. Every color pencil has both oil and wax. When people talk about being oil or wax based they are just refering to the predominant binder. My luminance, they feel dry almost like pastel and theres one of them that feels creamy and soft, like how I hear everywhere they are supposed to feel. Everyone I've watched use these has said they are creamier than polychromos but harder than prismacolors. And mine, except for the one that does match those characteristics, all are drier than polychromos to the point that, some of them, even leave some dust behind.
If I didnt have one that feels great and I hadnt watched a ton of reviews I would think they are just like that.
@@loati94 There is one of the browns, I don't recall which, that is generally known to be scratchy and awful. Some of it could be climate.. depending on where you live temperature and humidity can affect what a pencil behaves like. Some of it may just be personal preference. I personally find them greasy and clumpy and unpleasant to work with, and yes they dust heavily too. I much prefer my polys or prismas, my favorite set is a combination of both. I don't care about lightfastness, if I did I'd be in trouble because I don't care for either the luminance or the lightfast and find their color options unpleasant as well. Scanning and printing is always an option for display.
#unpopularopinion but I really don’t like these pencils. I’ve received a few in various art subscription boxes and I just don’t like how scratchy and rough they feel when drawing.
There is a few scratchy colors(browns) but the rest are not like that
I've seen similar reviews with attached images; for the price there should be no issues whatsoever
Hullo Lindsay, I just chuckled when you criticized the “Jankie” background! I know that I know every minuscule mistake in my artwork too! That bag of oranges look perfect! It is good to hear you are just like the rest of the artists out here! I have never been “sold” on purchasing the lightfast pencils from any brand. I use so many different brands and kinds of pencils. Prismacolor & Polychromous are my go to brands. I rarely use just pencils for an entire artwork. You are truly inspirational and so generous with your reviews and product recommendations. Thank you Lindsay!
Dollar Tree is currently has Prang 36 count of Colored Pencils for $1.25. It'd a Great Bargain.
What state? I just came from dollar tree in south-eastern Connecticut and there were no colored pencils but a lot of Prang tempura paint.
@@annettefournier9655 I’m in Oregon
@@rhondasavage8590 OH man. Lucky you. Maine has better stuff than we do also. Our dollar store is so small.
The teakettle burn belies how long ago you did some of these reviews, ha. You're healed now, right? These are nice. I suspect the cores are thick enough that they're the equivalent of 1.5 pencils of some other brands. I'm sad that you don't like your drawing of the oranges. It is cool. But it shows that even the elites in the You Tube art industry can be hard on themselves. For once the want monster is attacking, and it's birthday season -- and the big 60! -- but I found a screaming deal on full set Albrecht Durer today. I'm like, why do I want these too? Tis the season, I guess. I'm pretty sure I need a giant gaping hole in my head far more than I need these pencils, so please, just be quiet! Nah-nah just kidding. The want monster is a good friend, and it's nice to see him again ;-).
😆 happy birthday!
Too expensive for my talent and skill ability. I'd have to work up to these.
I think buying these big set are a waste of money. I don’t need all of those colors. I would rather buy just the ones I will use.