REVIEW: HOLBEIN Artists Colored Pencils // Trying out those lovely pencils for the first time

Today I played with a gorgeous set of HOLBEIN Artists Colored Pencils. I really enjoyed myself and want to play with them again to explore all the possibilities, see if they work well with other pencils and what surface I like best with them.

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Music: Butterflies In Love - Sir Cubworth
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[tanyachmilar]

Thank you for your review. I love mine and very happy Blick in the US carries singles.

[redgeminiarts]

I’m getting these this week and I can’t wait! I’m also buying Faber-Castell Albrecht Durer Watercolor Pencils 120 set, it’s my birthday treat to myself and my last week of CHEMO. 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[MirandaWatsonArt]

These look nice. I only have Prismacolor and a 12-set of Polychromos in the "top" brands, plus a few cheap sets that are good for coloring books and just playing around.

[NaomiCoutureArt]

Great review. Being in Canada these pencils are ridiculously expensive! I was thinking of buying just a couple open stock. I'm glad you mentioned about prismacolor still having a similar color range they are just arranged differently.

[fuzzydragons]

nice review, the pencils seem to blend pretty well together
I would love a set of these, but no more pencils for me, nowhere to put any more of them lol

[hazimmusa]

Thanks for the review, it's simple and easy to digest! I was thinking to grab the small set or some loose pencil since the price tag is too overwhelming and still I'm interested in the 'soft white' pencils. What's your opinion on that particular pencil compared to Derwent Drawing Chinese white or any other white colored pencils?

[PaintinHiding]

this was sooo useful! thank you so much! 😆🥰 would you happen to have a resource link for the range swatched on black paper?

[anne.B]

Thank you for your review. I just got mine. I have a Tihoo pencil sharpener but they’re too big. What kind of sharpener can be used?

[helencruzbryant]

Thank you very much for the information.

[joyjoy]

What brush did you use for blending the color?

[jenniefrench]

They really are not professional artist grade pencils. They haven’t allowed themselves to be tested either ASTM or Blue Wool testing for lightfast so those stars mean absolutely nothing. They are sold very cheaply in Japan. I am a colored pencil artist and these did not mix at all with my other pro brands but they are as expensive as buying either Polychromos(more expensive) or is Derwent Lightfast are on sale through Blick’s they cost $2 something. I tried them and wanted them too work. They leave an oil slick on your paper like working with oil pastels. Yuck. Even here they bearly or hardly show up on black paper because in my opinion they were cheaply made and hoped that others would fall for it. Well they did. My blender solvent is in my Caran’de ache water brush the one with the fibrous marker tip and it’s completely enclosed and I throw it in my bag. Holbein blends horribly as in your details disappear because they are oily. The colored pencil artist association tested the lightfastness in a Blue Wool way and the stars didn’t mean a thing. I sent mine back. Wow! They really buffaloed a lot of people.

[jamesaritchie]

There is no colored pencil out there that I hate as much as Holbein. They may be lovely, but they don't do ANYTHING as well as a number of other brands, including some very cheap Chinese brands. Or even Crayola, in some areas. I didn't thing any product could be this bad at this price, or so unbelievably overrated, but here that product is.

This, and they're also incredibly toxic, if you believe the US Government testing facilities. No thanks.