MY DREAM PENCILS - HOLBEIN COLORED PENCILS | First Impressions, Review, Full Swatching

In this video, I will share my FIRST IMPRESSIONS on the HOLBEIN COLORED PENCILS. I will share my thoughts as I test these out and do a FULL SWATCHING of all the gorgeous colors. These pencils were HAPPY MAIL - the HAPPIEST MAIL I'VE EVER RECEIVED so I've been spending a lot of time coloring with them. I will have a video to follow this one where I discuss the pencils further and share my finished coloring page with you.

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0:00 Introduction
02:07 Unboxing and Packaging Review of the Holbein Colored Pencils
04:22 What's Inside the box of the Holbein Colored Pencils?
07:32 A Review of the Colors in the Holbein Colored Pencil Set in their box
16:03 Let's Take a Closer Look At the Holbein Colored Pencils
19:57 Pricing and Availability of the Holbein Colored Pencils
24:25 Testing the Holbein Colored Pencils in the Dahle 133 and Jarlink Pencil Sharpener
28:16 Swatching Out the Holbein Colored Pencils
32:41 My Thoughts and Experience After Swatching Out the Holbein Colored Pencils
35:31 A Complete Review of the Colors included in the Holbein Colored Pencil Set
44:19 Final Thoughts

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[Destinee]

Two years later I’m getting my own set of holbien pencils! I’m so excited

[SherriC]

What a beautiful gift Pamela! They are way outta my price range, I can't even imagine what they would be in Canadian!!! Yikers I am still saving up for polychormos hopefully one day they will be mine...lol Thank-you for the great reveiw

[loverofromance]

This is a DREAM set, so beautiful. You can just tell the quality in those pencils just by looking at the pencils. I am sure they feel amazing in your hands.

[amandaparker]

You are not wrong about the Prussian Blue…I received mine for Christmas and I even checked it against my open stock Prussian Blue and the one in the 150 set was “off” for sure. Thank you for the thorough review!💚

[timyank]

Ive had my Holbeins for about a year now and I love them. Totally among my top three favorite. Luckily, considering how much they do cost, they don't wear down quick so it should be a while until I have to worry about replacing any of them.

[cheryl]

Congrats on your wonderful gift Pamela. I bet you were shocked beyond belief to have received that happy mail package! I would very much like to see your side-by-side comparison of the Holbein and Brutfuner Macaron Pastel pencils. I noticed when you were swatching the Brutfuner Macaron's, that there were some of them that had the same names as the Holbein pencils and that they looked very similar. I can't wait to see what beautiful creation you've been working on with those gorgeous Holbein pencils. Please don't keep us in suspense for too long to see it! 😉

[Angbwillinspireu]

Congratulations. You have done THE BEST review of these pencils I've ever seen. Thank you for always doing well paced, thorough videos so your subscribers & viewers get a full overview ❤️

[Christine__D]

Oh that Ice Green color 😍😍😍 What beautiful pencils, and what a precious gift! So happy for you!

[TheMaggie]

Pamela, you are so lucky to have received those pencils! I maybe can get a small set someday. This was a wonderful tutorial of these pencils. I almost felt like I was swatching them myself. You were very informative on this set. I would like you to do the comparison between the Brutfuner (sp) and the Holbein pastels. Thanks again for all of your tutorials.

[cynthiaslater]

I've had my Holbein 150 set for a few years. Your box looks nice. I would love to know where it came from since it is not on the Amazon Japan website and the Blick website still shows the old box. I treasure mine and they are the best set. I also own Luminance, Polycromos, Supracolor and Prismacolor. Each is very nice in its own way, but Holbein is still the best. Whoever sent these to you is incredibly generous because Holbeins are very expensive. BTW, the Brutfuner 50 are an exact dupe, not the Brutfuner 80.

[grfuldeb]

They are my favorite of all time pencils. I have hard time using them cause i dont want to not have anymore but its like a colorist dream using them. Thanks for doing video on them.

[didilarson]

WOW!! Pamela, I'm so happy for you. What an amazing gift. Can't wait to find out what you do with these pencils over the next month or so. God Bless your generous fan. It was a great thanks for all you do and all your tutorials, we love you.

[andreajacobson]

I got both of my 150 HOLBEIN sets from Ebay straight from Japan. I paid $350 for them each time. They are absolutely gorgeous and so happy for you! I love mine and love that I have my back up set. I saved $200 which is a steal for me

[karinswartz]

Congrats on receiving the pencils from such a wonderful and generous subscriber! Enjoy them. :) It is a good lesson to try your pencil collections on different paper. I used Brutfuner in the Christine Karron Grey Scale Fairies 2 book. I was puzzled when I used Prisma in the same book and didn't get the same result. From that experience, I realized the difference.

[grannieannie]

I have the Holbeins, I wanted them for a long time & now that I have them I hate to use them because they cost so much! Stupid I know but there it is! I DO love them.

[renmuffett]

I'm pretty positive that Holbein uses the same pigment providers for their pencils that they get for their paints. As a pigment nerd watercolor artist who had done my own lightfast testing on watercolor, and pigment study for many years, if Holbein says its lightfast, its lightfast! I have some and the exact same names are used on their watercolor tubes, with those tubes show you the actually pigments used. The same pigments used in any other artist grade brand of paint . So I find myself shaking my head and laughing over color pencil snobs putting Holbein pencils down. Holbein is a very reputable company in the art community for their paint. Their standards are very high. So I expect no less for their pencils.

[daelite]

Such a beautiful gift. What a thoughtful generous gift. Enjoy Pamela! 💕💕💕

[melissaclark]

I Truly understand that kind of joy Pamela🤩, You bring so much happiness with your tutorials & easy to follow steps in coloring. That Almighty God through such a kind-hearted person shows so much Love & Joy in return.

[jeanblythe]

You do the best pencil reviews of anyone, and really let us know what the set is like. <3 This kind of review is the only way I know if I will purchase a pencil set because there are so many sets out there now. From the price, I know I won't be able to purchase these, but that's okay. I can't get the Serene coloring book either. I don't mind, much :D It is such a pleasure to watch you unbox these--we know you have some happy dancing being done. What a kind gift!!! Bless the person who gave you these :D And thank you for your joy, your fairness, your thoroughness, and knowledge. This is a very special review!!! Thank you!!! Bless you, Pamela!!!

[katecurrie]

What a wonderful gift to receive Pamela, gorgeous pencils, thanks for sharing with us 💖