Wax VS Oil | Colored Pencil REVIEW

Today, it's a battle of two different types of pencils! Wax vs oil! We are taking a look at both wax and oil pencils and comparing the differences between these two types of colored pencils! Do you have a favourite type? Let me know below!

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Materials/ Equipment used:
♦ Caran D'ache Luminance pencils.
♦ Faber Castell Polychromos pencils.
♦ Prismacolor premier pencils.
♦ Zest it pencil blend.
♦ Prismacolor colorless blender.
♦ Daler Rowney aquafine paintbrushes.

References/ Sites:
♦ Amazon
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♦ King Bee Microphone.
♦ Sony Vegas Pro 14 Edit.
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[AmyLouiseArt]

Wax or Oil Pencils? Do you have a favourite? 🤔Let me know below!

[YourMajesty]

1:33 - FYI Wax build-up and Wax bloom are 2 different things. Wax build-up is what develops when the tooth of the paper refuses to take anymore layers, and what you end up with is a smeared & mottled crayon-y residue that just sits on top of the paper. Wax bloom is the white film that develops when the wax oxidizes, it's similar to the way a melted candle begins to thicken as it cools. Usually wax bloom happens in colder climates, and typically it shows up weeks to months after. It can be wiped off with a towel and then sprayed with a fixative so that it doesn't return. But you're not likely to see bloom in high-end wax pencils like Prismacolor. It's more likely to happen with pencils that aren't very pigmented, and have alot of wax filler.

[gilbirdsareawesome]

I always combine my prismas/ derwent colorsofts and polychromes. I also use pastels. Also this is such a helpful tutorial for new artists who may not know anything about pencils

[ivmara]

Oil Base =Sharpness but Hard
Wax =Smooth but Blunt Edge.

[minouart]

I have to set something right - from caran d'ache themselves: Luminance are mainly oil based. Leads are made of powders, waxes and hydrogenated oil (solid not liquid) and natural organic binder. So you can say they are both oil and wax pencils but those are more oil pencil. You can say almost every pencil has some amount of wax in them, some more, some less... :)

[liamlockheartart]

I strongly prefer oil based colored pencils because I don't like the dust that wax based pencils leave behind, and wax based pencils are so much more prone to breaking.

[Janderson]

This is the best description of the difference between the oil pencils and wax pencils. I have watched a lot of you tube videos and you are the only one that has TRULY explained the difference between the oil and waxed based. Make me wonder if the other individuals know the difference. I just sat through hours of video pencil reviews and no one explained it like this. This helps sooo much thank you. I am watching this agin just in case I missed something.

[jessicamatheneyfineart]

A good review of the pros and cons to colored pencils. ;) I prefer oil based because they do better for details, but I like to use some white and grays from Luminance because they add highlights well over the top of my polychromos.

[PamelasPassionforPencils]

I love my Prismacolor pencils. They are my favorites. I prefer the wax over the oil pencils although I just wish they weren't so easy to break. You definitely can't have a heavy hand, otherwise should definitely stick to oil-based pencils. Great video!

[PyrographyMadeEasy]

Hi Amy,
great information presented. I have so many colored pencils and yet I hardly use them. Each time I watch a video on colored pencils I get the urge to start coloring!

[SemekiIzuio]

I think im sold with Oil Based for their durability. I prefer layering rather then blending

[astrinymris]

FYI, if you scumble with a very sharp point, you often don't "need" a blender with Polychromos colored pencils. But if you want one, the oil-based Lyra Splendor Colorless Blender works great! It also works very well with Prismacolor, too. Just sayin. :-)

[brusheswithbec]

Derwent Lightfast actually are the most lightfast, every pencil has the highest rating. They are an oil-based pencil :) But I definitely think it's good to own both, they both excell at different applications, and of course different sets can have different colour tones. Their wax-based Drawing pencils are also 100% lightfast but they only come in 24 colours, beautiful earthy tones though :)

[littlebirdie]

This is an incredibly helpful and informative video! Thank you for taking the time to make the video.

[myfanwynia]

Great video Amy! I love the polychomos but would often use them in conjunction wth wax pencils, they have a different vibrancy to them, somtimes find hard wax pencils can be better for details, I love the derwent academy grey and whie set for this. I love the look of the pencil blending fluid, you mae me want to get sme to try it out 💗🖐🌞🌻

[ginasartcorner]

I have both some cheaper wax pencils which I used before I got Polychromos.
If I draw on my toned tan paper I often use the wax ones because they are so soft and super for blending and I use my polychromos often in combination with my markers or watercolor :)
Great video as always lovely!

[katymoons]

That was so informative thank you! God bless 💕💕

[joablevytam]

I love the effort you put into your videos. Very organized. I'm not even really learning anything I don't already know but just enjoy watching your videos!

[ThatArtTeacher]

Great review!
I'm partial to oil myself :D

[KerrieWoodhouse]

I love the soft creaminess with wax but the trickiness of sharpening them tends to push me towards other media altogether!