Caran D'ache Luminance VS Faber Castell Polychromos Pencils

Today, it's Caran d'ache luminance vs Faber Castell Polychromos! We will be comparing both of these sets to determine whether the luminance pencils or polychromos pencils come out on top! Have anymore suggestions for VS series? comment below!

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Materials/ Equipment used:
♦ Caran D'ache Luminance pencils.
♦ Faber Castell Polychromos pencils.
♦ Fabriano Artistico paper.
♦ Zest it pencil blend.

References/ Sites:
♦ Amazon
♦ Ken Bromley Art supplies.
♦ Caran D'ache Luminance lightfastness sheet.
♦ Faber Castell lightfastness sheet.
♦ Blue wool scale comparison sheet.
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Recording/ Editing Software:
♦ Canon 200DSLR
♦ Steinberg UR22 MKII
♦ King Bee Microphone.
♦ Sony Vegas Pro 14 Edit.
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[amywellerart]

QOTD: Do you have a favourite? Or maybe you think another brand is better? Let me know!

[olgahein]

A little extra information, for those who are interested (mostly on Polychromos, as I know the company better):
- The company Caran D'Ache is in Switzerland, which explains the expensive price. I think they are the only remaining pencil company (at least for artist grade pencils).
- Luminance are not wax based, but wax-oil-mix based. That makes them pretty unique and versatile, combining aspects of wax pencils (fairly opaque, soft, vibrant) and oil pencils (long lasting, barely breaks, rare wax bloom, lighfast)

- Polychromos are nearly unbreakable. Not only are they ALWAYS exactly centered (german laser cut technology stuff), but additionally between the mine and the wood there is a very thin layer of glue. Secures the mine and even if it should break, it won't fall out.
- The company Faber-Castell is one of the flagships for eco friendly businesses in Germany: All their wood for pencils comes from Brasil, where the company owns a huge chunk of land. There, they grow their trees and plant new ones for each chopped off tree. And the brasilian workers they hire for that have far better working conditions and payment than average in Brasil. And the coating of the pencils was made with an eco friendly, non toxic and safe for water organisms material, the developement of which gained the company several prizes and recognition.
- The pigments in the pencils are also non toxic and eco friendly. Despite some of the hues being called 'cobalt' or 'kadmium', they don't have them, but substitute them for safer prigments, either Phtalo for cobalt or mixed pigments for kadmium.
- Due to Polychromos being translucent, they are perfect for layering. With that, you can achieve far more hues than the set offers, especially earth tones. Earth tones and muted tones are easily mixed from vibrant colors, doesn't work the other way round.
- The Polychromo white is useless for highlights, but it's purpose is for blending anyway (if you don't wanna/can't use those solvents and paint thinners for whatever reason, you can blend with the white pencil). Though it won't have that painted look like with solvent.

[joaneklein]

Best review of these two pencils I have seen, she doesn't waste time on non-important issues.

[TravisBrady-wnfr]

I'm making a huge leap. I've used Prismacolors for 35 years. Love em, but gotta peak over the fence lol. After a long years hard work I can finally move up. I'm blessed to be getting full sets of Polychromos, Luminance, and the Pablos. I'm extremely excited. I do animal portraits mainly and want to dabble in pesky human portraits. Love your videos.

[Tban]

Wow finally I found a comparison review that shows the difference on a drawing objective and not just side by side colour difference’s!
Thx for that great review :)

[raidenentertainment]

I sold a portrait drawing and got 200 dollars boutta buy luminance soon once the quarantine is over

[ColoringatVees]

Super review Amy! At the end of the video you talked about your scratchy pencil. Well, in my recently bought set I had 3 ! I've contacted their customer support and I got them replaced but yet one still was scratchy because it was from the same batch my original ones were from (it was mentioned on the shipping form)
The reason of the scratchyness is that some wax-particles weren't melted as they should have (that was the explanation of CD themselves)
I do love the Luminance but I think it is a shame that such an expensive set can have these serious issues.
My 3 were really unusable because of it. So if they are not scratchy they are really good but this issue still feels like a bummer. Didn't have such trouble with my other (and cheaper) brands. 😘

[AlexisCassandraArt]

Thorough comparison and great vid quality as usual! Haha I thought I was the only one that had the scratchy issue with luminance cassel earth! It’s literally only that one color😂

[JohnDoeBaylonArt]

im so jealous with the luminance 😥 I've been saving for years now

[jana_ap]

Me, a potrait artists, who just bought the Polychromos:👁👄👁

[ginasartcorner]

Uh~ I have a Polychromos set too, but not that big set! It is so so beautiful! Also, both pencils look so amazing!~ Just before Inktober I bought the Zest it and I can´t wait to try it!!

[HannahU]

I definitely want to buy the polychromos set now! I paint animals as well, and flowers, so those vibrant shades are what I need!

[rominsaini]

The frog looks more realistic with polychromos. That's the magic of Faber Castell. Although I want luminance😂😂

[monikaazariah]

Fantastic and crisp review thanks lot...I have the polychromos and wanted to buy the Caran Dache Luminance but I can't afford them 😭 so I'm buying a limited palette open stock pencils ....any recommended shades for landscape

[nicolem]

I have both sets and I think that has kept me from using them because I couldn’t decide which set would be better for what. I would start and then end up going back to ink or watercolor. This helped a lot. Ty!

[bella]

i would have loved to see how well they worked together (luminance as base and polychromos for details)

[silvi]

Hi Amy!
I hope you are well.
I would like to know if you got to use the Faber Castell Albrecht Durer color pencils and if so, what differences do you find between the dry used Albrecht Durer with the Polychromos?
Thank you!

[kasaisycamore]

im planning on buying the 60 color set of polychromos. would there be enough colors for skintones on that set? great video by the way! Youve got a new subscriber here.

[AnnetteDancer]

I have both of these pencils. I have the full set of polychromos and I got the 40 pack of luminance just for the luxury.

[JK-owmi]

I do love to watch your video no drama and no fancy dress like alot off woman's artiste doo in you tube you are best always to the point what I am looking thanks alot more video 🥰😘😘 love yaaaa from London