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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2014 0:43:49 GMT
For those of you who use colored pencils, can you share with me which brand you prefer and why? I have some spectrum noir pencils but have been told prismacolor are better. Is there really a difference? Thanks!
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Post by Eddie-n-Harley on Oct 6, 2014 1:57:38 GMT
I don't have spectrum noirs. I had prismacolors and they were nice, but if you go to WalMart, you can get a 72 pack of a brand called Cra-Z-Art for under $6, and they blended just as well as the prismas, and I liked the colors more.
(I mostly do the coloring and blending with baby oil/gamsol when I use colored pencils.)
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Post by woodysbetty on Oct 6, 2014 2:51:05 GMT
I have the spectrum noir ones.......
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mamakven
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Post by mamakven on Oct 6, 2014 2:58:53 GMT
I love my prismacolor pencils. They are pretty cheap on Amazon
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Post by jlprincess21 on Oct 6, 2014 3:32:55 GMT
I have prismacolor pencils and I love them. Haven't used them so much since I've started investing in copics, but they are great pencils. Jennifer McGuire has a video on her blog about them (it's old...you'll have to search) and you can youtube prismacolor pencils and find a fantastic assortment of videos with tutorials. I purchased the bulk of mine from www.dickblick.com You can buy them individually, which is really nice. I've also picked up a few from my local Aaron Brothers when they've been on sale. I use them with both gamsol (mineral spirits, also available at dickblick) and with the prismacolor marker colorless blender pen. |
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Post by PaperAngel on Oct 6, 2014 21:38:05 GMT
When I initially sought to purchase archival quality colored pencils for use in my scrapbooks several years ago, Prismacolor was touted as the best brand. Since I bought & exclusively use the (now discontinued) Prismacolor Premier Lightfast Pencils & Colorless Blending Pencil on my layouts, I've don't have experience with other artist grade pencils for comparison. HTH & happy coloring!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 7, 2014 3:23:07 GMT
Thanks everyone, just looking to try something different from my copics  |
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Post by crazy4scraps on Oct 7, 2014 5:43:52 GMT
Artist quality pencils have much softer leads which makes them much easier to blend than the cheaper kid's school quality pencils. They also have more pigment in them than the cheaper kind so you will see less "blooming" on your finished artwork (the white waxy looking coating that you sometimes see over time). Prismacolors are nice but I've found the colors to be quite opaque. Whether that's good or bad depends on how you want to work with them. The brand that I personally like best for using with stamped designs is Lyra. They are also a good quality artist's pencil but the colors are more transparent which is nice for coloring in stamped images. They are also very blendable which is important to me.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 7, 2014 14:27:58 GMT
thank you!
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Post by momtomy2 on Oct 8, 2014 17:52:10 GMT
Artist quality pencils have much softer leads which makes them much easier to blend than the cheaper kid's school quality pencils. They also have more pigment in them than the cheaper kind so you will see less "blooming" on your finished artwork (the white waxy looking coating that you sometimes see over time). Prismacolors are nice but I've found the colors to be quite opaque. Whether that's good or bad depends on how you want to work with them. The brand that I personally like best for using with stamped designs is Lyra. They are also a good quality artist's pencil but the colors are more transparent which is nice for coloring in stamped images. They are also very blendable which is important to me. I bought a really cheap set of colored pencils (not from the school area, but in Hobby Lobby where the prismacolor ones were). Am I understanding that I can use baby oil or gamsal and blend these too? Hummm, may have to try that. I use copics mostly, but have seen where people go in with colored pencils with their copics. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2014 19:22:57 GMT
My understanding is that you can use gamsol with all colored pencils...
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Post by crazy4scraps on Oct 8, 2014 19:27:44 GMT
It should work. I've never used baby oil but I have used Gamsol or lighter fluid. The cheaper pencils tend to have harder leads and that makes it harder to lay down the color or blend colors. If you are going to use them with Copics or other markers you may find that you need to spray the piece with a workable fixative between the marker and pencil layers to give the paper more tooth for the pencil pigments to grab onto.
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Post by artfulscrapbooking on Oct 9, 2014 16:18:06 GMT
Another one here for Prismacolors!! Ive been using them since art school. They are a great quality, softer lead, and lots of pigment. my blog: Artful Scrapbooking |
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loco coco
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Post by loco coco on Oct 9, 2014 18:16:07 GMT
we were required to have Prismacolors in art class, I remember being very happy with them. That was about 8 years ago!
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painterchic
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Post by painterchic on Oct 11, 2014 1:33:14 GMT
Another vote for Prismas for most things over any other artist brands I have.I started using them in HS. I have several other brands but I tend to reach for these most. The colors stay true and are very vibrant..especially when blended with OMS ( gamsol is a brand name of this). While I don't tend to make cards often I do use them in art work.
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isbaha
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Post by isbaha on Oct 11, 2014 21:37:22 GMT
I like to use mine (Caran d'Ache Swisscolor: not the highest quality, but still very good for how I use them) to color my embellishments (like stamped and fussy cut flowers).
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omelajoy
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Post by omelajoy on Oct 16, 2014 3:54:24 GMT
Still practicing on coloring so for now my faber castels and crayola are enough for me.
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Post by MerryMom on Oct 17, 2014 13:10:49 GMT
I still use my Stampin Up pencils that I bought .............. nineteen years ago.
They work great for me, I like the traditional "coloring with a color pencil" look and I'm not so much into blending my pencil colors. (Even though they are watercolor pencils, I rarely do that).
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Post by scrappington on Oct 17, 2014 13:13:48 GMT
I use water colour pencils and gamasol or my blender pen.
I have a mix of brands. Mostly to get different colours.
I haven't experimented a lot with them.
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Post by artisticscrapper on Oct 18, 2014 3:50:07 GMT
I've had my Prismas for about 15 years. I bought them back when I was doing rubber stamping and I always liked the results. I have an Aaron Bros by me and they used to sell them individually so you could get whatever colors you wanted. They may still sell them this way--I haven't been there for years.
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Post by penny on Oct 18, 2014 4:12:25 GMT
If you have an art store near you, most will have scrap paper near the displays of open/single pencil crayons and you can get a feel for them... I personally like Prisma because they're relatively inexpensive, wide range of colours, and I like the softness of the lead... There's one other brand that I love more (and of course can't think of their name), but the pencils are pushing $10 EACH and they're nicer, but not enough to justify $10 plus taxes for a pencil crayon...
And I just realized that I should've added pencil crayon to the thread about different names for things in different countries/regions - in Canada, coloured (haha - or colored), pencils are called pencil crayons...
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