What are good colored pencils?

"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
12/16/2018 at 13:41 • Filed to: None

Does anyone have experience with this? I'd like to but a set for my talented daughter for Christmas.

DISCUSSION (19)

vicali > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
12/16/2018 at 13:54

I would go to an art supply shop and get a starter set. Nicer than a student set and if it’s a decent place they can answer some questions.

Our kids are still learning on student sets. My niece has moved to the watercolour pencils and is making really nice stuff.

Pastels and charcoal are available too but can be messy to get started with.

Cash Rewards > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
12/16/2018 at 14:03

I remember looking in Michael's and noticing how damn expensive some things in their pens/pencils/markers isle. They might be a decent place to look.

Chariotoflove > Cash Rewards
12/16/2018 at 14:13

Michaels is actually a good place to start, as long as you don’t go for the cheap end cap sets intended for little kids.

Amazon is also a good place to shop for starter sets.

GoodIdeaAtTheTime > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
12/16/2018 at 14:20

My semi pro artist wife prefers Faber-Castell Polychromos. She did like the Prisma color pencils but apparently their quality has been lacking recently . The Faber-Castell are oil based bind er instead of wax and blend much better. They don’t suffer from wax bloom (her words, not m ine), the odd random shiny spots. They are a bit pricey, professional art supplies usually are.

AestheticsInMotion > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
12/16/2018 at 14:32

Prismacolor colored pencils are the industry standard for professional artists. Pricey, but the difference between Prismacolor premier and Crayola for artwork is akin to the difference between a D odge C aravan and a McLaren on the track.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00125JEIQ#Ask

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > AestheticsInMotion
12/16/2018 at 15:09

Thank you. I think that at the low end, Crayola is the way to go, but we're aiming higher here.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > GoodIdeaAtTheTime
12/16/2018 at 15:11

Thank you for that. In the comments about Prismacolor, I’ve been reading about lagging and uneven quality.

Dick Blick Art Supply sells Utrecht pencils with Blick brand. Does your wife have any experience with Utrecht?

DipodomysDeserti > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
12/16/2018 at 15:12

My wife is an artist and art teacher and she usually get Prismacolor premier for herself, her students amd our kids. Our kids have a pretty healthy collection of them.

Kinja'd!!!

Go to an art supply store to avoid dealing with the nightmare that is Michaels.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > GoodIdeaAtTheTime
12/16/2018 at 15:14

What does she like for a sharpener?

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > DipodomysDeserti
12/16/2018 at 15:26

Wouldn’t do Michael’s. Amazon or Dick Blick.

What does she like for an appropriate, high quality sharpener?

TheJWT > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
12/16/2018 at 15:45

I’m not an expert on this by any means, but Utre cht was an art store that got bought out by Blick; so I’d imagine they’re the kind of “store brand” . Again I don’t know what the quality is like, just wanted to chime in since I used to live about 100' from a Blick.

Agrajag > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
12/16/2018 at 16:14

Prismacolor ones are definitely good. Someone got me a set Koh-I-Noor Progresso colored pencils awhile ago and I was really happy with them.

DipodomysDeserti > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
12/16/2018 at 16:22

She has a nice heavy, metal sharpener that you can swap blades on. I’ll see of I can track it down.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > TheJWT
12/16/2018 at 16:31

I'd rather order from Blick than Amazon because not Amazon.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > DipodomysDeserti
12/16/2018 at 16:32

Thanks.

GoodIdeaAtTheTime > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
12/16/2018 at 18:23

Her primary sharpener: https://www.pencilthings.com/product-p/kum%20104.02.01.htm She says it works best for colored pencils. And if she can’t find it, it is small, she uses a sharp xact o knife, but wouldn’t recommend that for younger children.

Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
12/16/2018 at 18:37

Prismacolors. It’s what we were required to get for Architecture school, and they’re the only ones I’ll buy now. They’re excellent.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now)
12/16/2018 at 19:42

Thank you. I just ordered a 150-color set.

Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
12/16/2018 at 21:28

I hope they will enjoy them as much as I have. Learning to blend colors on paper with the clear pencil is pretty cool.