Ultimate Watercolor Pencil Showdown! Comparing 6 Popular Pencils!

This one is crazy! I am taking 6 popular lines of water-soluble colored pencils, and doing a side by side comparison! Let's see how all these watercolor pencils match up! We will be taking a look at the working properties, prices and lightfast ratings of the Derwent Watercolour Pencils, Koh I Noor Mondeluz, Faber-Castell Albrecht Durer, Caran d'Ache Supracolor, Caran d'Ache Museum Aquarelle, and the Derwent Inktense pencils!

Resources:
Derwent Watercolour:
Koh I Noor Mondeluz:
Faber-Castell Albrecht Durer:
Caran d'Ache Supracolor:
Caran d'Ache Museum Aquarelle:
Derwent Inktense:

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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
02:05 Swatches
06:59 Derwent Watercolour Pencils
14:14 Koh I Noor Mondeluz Pencils
23:16 Caran d'Ache Supracolor Pencils
32:15 Caran d'Ache Museum Aquarelle Pencils
39:35 Faber-Castell Albrecht Durer Pencils
48:50 Derwent Inktense Pencils
58:33 Final Thoughts
1:04:05 Outtro

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Music:
Piano sound in the beginning is my own.

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[thefrugalcrafter]

I'm loving this comparison! Never thought of AD pencils being more flowy but that is probably why they are one of my faves! Also I used these on fluid 100 and it was awful! I was sure my paper went bad, I may have honestly, but the color vanished when I added water. I had to use my inktense blocks to save it!

[alejandromorales]

I find both Caran d'Ache have the creamiest feel. I love drawing with either the Supracolor or the Museum Aquarelle ... Albrecht Durer feel really SILKY. I pretty much use those three interchangeably.

[almas.]

I have the full set of AD and I love them. Arches hot pressed is my favorite paper for these pencils. I sometimes combine them with Polychromos, especially for botanic art.

[ChantelleArts]

this is perfect for us in Europe since often it's prismacolor that's used and derwent isn't included, but derwent is pretty cheap here 🥰 great comparison and you'd done a great job explaining everything

[cheryl]

Shana, only you could watercolor 6 different parts of an image and make it look like it was completed using only 1 brand of watercolor pencils. Your picture is amazing. I have the 24 set of Inktense pencils and Blocks, the 76 set of Museum Aquarelles and the 12 set of AD pencils. The Museum Aquarelles are sooo beautiful and vibrant. I don't use them as much as I'd like to, because of the cost of having to replace them. I use my watercolor pencils mostly as a fill-in or touch-up, to my watercolor sketchbook.

[cheryllapham]

I was surprised to find that I prefer the Albrecht Durer to the Caran d” Ache Museum Aquarelles. And now I’ll have to try Derwent as well. Thanks for a great comparison!

[akschauer]

Thank you! I have some Albrecht Durer and Inktense and I love both. It was informative to hear you explain how you built them up. It's also great that you mentioned the weird pricing shenanigans with sets/open stock. I always make sure to do the math, because it's often cheapest per pencil/item to get a mid-sized set and fairly often the open stock bulk pricing ends up cheaper than the larger sets. It's so weird.

[heatherwarner]

I have other watercolor pencils - AD, Castle, Spectrum Noir (which I love) and some Sergeant. You helped me decide on the Inktense. I do mixed media and want some thing that won't move with watercolors like a Pitt pen but more flexible. Thank you so much.

[JessicaSzempruch]

My favorite is the Inktense. They are so versatile and consistent. I also love the Albrecht Durer, as I can get loose watercolor effects similar to paints. Depends on what kind of project I am doing or what kind of mood I am in as to which I reach for. Something to be said about the Albrecht Durer is that they work really well as a dry colored pencil, so you are getting kinda of a 2 in 1 product.

[SMBDesigns]

Thank you! I loved the comparison! I gave all of my art supplies to my daughter a few years ago. Lately she has been organizing her room and gave me the 120 set of supracolors back! Looking forward to playing with them

[sararamer-dean]

I think the Museum Aquarelle are my favourites in real life, but Derwent Inktense are probably next. I was sad that I didn't like the Faber Castel Albreacht Durer better. Thanks for comparing them all.

[Insidekimsworld]

I am a true blue Inktense fan. I have more than a dozen brands of watercolor but when I found Inktense, I gave all of my other watercolor pencils to my grandchildren.

[CocktailBuzz]

Love your videos. You are a gem and offer so much great information. We have the entire set of Supracolors and do love them, but those Museum Aquarelles beckon! (The pencils are hexagonal, not octagonal, though.)

[Art_by_Nicole]

4:39 Wow, I’m really surprised about the Koh-i-Noor pencils! They look more vibrant and less pencil strokes than the Derwent watercolour

[Martine]

This was so GOOD! You laid out the merits of each line of pencils in a very thorough and interesting way. I would love to see more of these in the future!

[foxykc]

I have been using Lyra Aquarelle Prussian blue for skies.

[jv]

This video is excellent, it is so helpful! And the piece your created is gorgeous. Can you next please do a video reviewing Prismacolor’s watercolor pencils? TIA.

[leahpitt]

Love this, I have a set of the Derwent watercolour pencils that were a birthday gift well over 30 years ago. They have a special place in my heart.

[sigriston]

So cool! I’ve been on a watercolor pencil phase and this video is right up my alley to enjoy and relax! 😺

[micheleyoung]

I really appreciate the time and effort you put in to create this video. It was informative. Thank you so much, Shana! ❤