Reviewing The Derwent Lightfast Coloured Pencils - Are they worth it?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.ค. 2024
- Hi friends!
Today we are looking at a very special pencil, possibly one of the best British pencils of all time. The very elegant, very velvety Derwent Lightfast pencils
The Lightfast's are Derwents first foray into oil based pencils with a claim to 100 years of lightfast colour with shall we say unique colour range.
BUT are they everything they are cracked up to be? Are they worth it? How do they feel! How to they handle? All the questions!
Lets test them and find out:)
- Sunshine💜
ALSO YES theres a funny background at 33:00 I just thought it looked cool so i've left it :D
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G R A B Y O U R S E L F S O M E 😊
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♦ Derwent Lightfast (100 Set): amzn.to/3ViUwTK
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--- C H A P T E R S ---
0:00 - The Introduction
1:28 - Unboxing and the Design of the Derwent Lightfast coloured pencils
6:15 - Test 1 - Saturation and Vibrancy - How Saturated and Vibrant are the Derwent Lightfast coloured pencils?
12:23 - Test 2 - The Straight Gradient - How well do the Derwent Lightfast coloured pencils Gradient?
14:48 - Test 3 - The Blending Test - How well do the Derwent Lightfast coloured pencils Blend?
18:42 - Test 4 - The White Factor - How does the Derwent Lightfast coloured pencils White Perform?
20:52 - Test 5 - Colour Accuracy - How accurate are the Derwent Lightfast coloured pencils barrel to the pigment?
22:56 - Test 6 - The Break Factor - How strong are the Derwent Lightfast pencils?
28:21 - Test 7 - The Joy Factor - My opinions using the Derwent Lightfast coloured pencils.
30:52 - Price Comparison Derwent Lightfast vs Polychromos
32:14 - The End and the Big Score
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This is seriously so professional! i dont why this chanel isnt popular or famous!
Unfortunately the type of person who wants to spend 30 min+ chatting about pencils is few and far between😂. Thankyou though ☺️💜
I built up to a full set of these through open stock over time. They are very unique pencils, and the earthy color range is good for me as I deal in landscapes. These pair perfectly with the Luminance from Caran d’Ache to get an awesome color range when combined. That’s a very pricey combo, but one that for artists is well worth it since the Lightfast and Luminance will stand the test of time, both in quality and on paper.
Oof that is a very expensive setup! Do you find you stick mostly with the lf1 for the lightfast and add the the Caran d’Ache to fill in the colours that are lf2? Or ignore the lightfast rating?
I’ve heard about the pairing with the Caran d’Ache from a few people, while I haven’t actually used them yet but hopefully I’ll get a chance to soon.
I’m doing a piece with the lightfast at the moment and yeah it’s a challenge with the limited pallet but they quite a pleasure to work with. ☺️💜
@@StuffBySunshine I typically use both LF1 and LF2. I don’t have all the Luminance, just some open stock to fill in the gaps with Derwent’s color range. Maybe in a few years I will eventually own them all. I find buying small sets and then build up with open stock over time is easier on the wallet.
I love how you test the pencil pressure results using a scale. Your channel is very professional. So glad I found it!
Thanks☺️ Glad you enjoy it!
More pencils!
I haven't tried them all yet🤪
I think I would like these in combination with the polychromos, especially after seeing how your drawing with these turned out.
A lot of people do that my friend! I’d love to experiment more with the bigger comments but they are just sooo expensive!
Thank you for creating these wonderful videos! I love the scientific unbiased approach!
No worries at all! I’m glad you liked them☺️💜
I find them hard to work with on their own (too soft to use for details and subtle gradients and too hard to be able to layer lighter colors on top of darker) , but I love the darkest colors to layer on top of other, softer pencils, because they are so transparent AND pigmented. It makes something darker without it losing its saturation! I haven't been able to find that function in other colored pencil sets!
Also, I agree with another comment here: I can't believe you're not the most watched TH-camr in the art category!
They are an interesting pencil, in the future I’m going to do a series of VS vids to direct compare to other pencils which should be fun. But yeah, I have used them since this review but I’m pretty sure I’ve done the same thing as you and used another pencil for details on top.
Thankyou! 😂 I think I’m making videos for artists specifically who want to get into the nitty gritty of things. People who want to watch half an hr of tests are unfortunately few and far between 😂💜
Very cool! I get the feeling you’re onto something watching this review…
The scale test revealed something I love about these pencils. You can get very light color but also nice coverage when using very light pressure, so they’re good for layering kinda like a Polychromos; but also you can use them with hard pressure / burnishing and get really deep and smooth color. So they’re kind of a “best of both worlds” in my mind when it comes to texture / application! (And your scale test proved to be a nice way of displaying that in a more objective way)
I also find that they blend extremely well, especially with a Derwent blending pencil or solvents.
BUT I’m with you on the quirky color palette! Even with the full 100 color set I see what I believe to be sacrifices, probably due to the lightfastness! The best example really is the Mid Ultramarine which I find quite the misnomer as it’s very light, nothing mid about it! And following it, the next lightest blue is something like the Sapphire which is already quite dark, so there’s not really a true mid blue in the set.
However, what the palette lacks in brightly saturated colors, it more than makes up for in DEPTH! The greens in this set are unmatched by any other colored pencil range, they’re really so unique and they go so dark it’s unbelievable! Very hard to beat for realistic nature / landscapes (which admittedly are not my forte but…) 😺
Thank you! Your observations and suggestions are very welcome and honestly very interesting and I’m now pretty excited and curious to see what they’re like on an actual art piece!
Every time I do a pencil review I then use the pencils on at least one art piece to see if I want to include them in my mediums and I’ve always come away with some pretty interesting and surprising things that I didn’t find out during the review.
Anyway, thank you again for your comment, I’m looking forward to experiencing them properly 😊
This video is definitely for the pencil people! Love that it includes the nitty gritty
Glad you think so!💜☺️
I recently acquired the 100 in the wood box.
These pencils are fenomenal! I’ve been working with Luminance for years and these so far are right up there.
I’d love to swatch them all particularly with the 100 kit. Have you found it’s a bit more usable color wise?
Oooh they sound and look great. May have to try those.
That are a little pricey but a really fun pencil to use💜
Oooo! I’m still learning a lot about pencils! I guess when you used those pencils you went to Infinity and Beyond!
I actually pulled that joke out of the script 😂💜
@@StuffBySunshine Boo! It would have a great joke tho 😂
Great vid. Really enjoyable.
Thanks Pete ☺️💜
I find that Derwent Lightfast does brilliantly in the really dark and really light colours - and with the whole 100 set it really shines with its vast range of values, but the set of 36 is definitely a curious choice and indeed consists of LF1 rated pencils and honestly there was no good mid-value green you could have chosen. Spruce green and Forest are similarly dark, and Mallard Green is turquoise. Mid Ultramarine is the same, no good mid-value blue to choose from
With the full 100, or even the 72 set, Vivid Green and Denim would have been good options but naturally that wasn't possible here; and going down to 48 would mean swapping Vivid Green for Grass Green but still allow for nice mid-value colours.
Curious as to your thoughts on the Tombow Irojiten as I just bought those myself, and wondering if Caran D'ache Luminance will ever get a look-in, expensive as those are
I’m doing an art piece at the moment with them and really enjoying them more than I thought I would. Although to get it to work it took a bit of thinking what to do with that color range 😂.
Oh whew I almost reshot the whole thing because it was so dark, glad it just wasn’t my poor choice.
I think you’re going to like (or you may hate)the tombow episode, not giving anything away but the tests surprised me quite a bit. Unfortunately I’ve been sick this week so I’m still working on it and it’ll be out either at the end of next week or the following week Monday sorry for the wait
Oh yes and the Caran D’ache luminance are def on the list! I’m paying for all the pencils so I generally do only one or two expensive pencils each round and this ones was the lightfast and the (upcoming) procolor. Next round!☺️
Most if not all colored pencils are a blend of Oil and Wax. When a company advertises their pencils in one way or another it only means there is more content of the advertised material. I hope people know that…
Not sure with the use of the scale and those initial tests as professional art supplies are designed to be layered.
For instance in test 2 with white, if you start with heavy pressure the tip will lose it’s sharpness right the way thus creating more texture as it’s not able to get into the deep areas of the paper…
Sure that’s true and they often have multiple other resins mixed in as well. It’s just a way to get across to people what to expect from the pencil.
Same thing with the scale test, you at home can see how they respond and work,
It’s really easy with a low saturation pencil to drive them into the paper and say “see how much pigment they put down”. With the scale, every pencil we do has a base line, or atleast a common pressure we can look at ☺️
Lord or lady, hmm? Perhaps you're watching Bridgerton like me and my wife 😂
Sadly no, BUT if they are on a horse and make an effort I’m happy to chat 😂😝