Posca Colored Pencil Review | Uni Mitsubishi Posca Colored Pencil Review

Posca Colored Pencil Review | Uni Mitsubishi Posca Colored Pencil Review

In this review we take an in-depth look at the Uni Mitsubishi Posca Colored Pencils. Most of you I am sure are familiar with the hugely popular Posca Pens, Posca have now introduced colored pencils to their art arsenal.

As always to help with the YouTube review I have also add written review where I mention that the Posca Colored Pencils can indeed be purchased open stock as I mistakingly mentioned in the YouTube review that I couldn't find them open stock. But in the written review there is a lot of other additional information. I have also completed a speed drawing of the artwork as well as add a page to The Art Gear Guide with still images of the artwork allowing you to inspect the images at your own leisure.

[gambiland]

I love the posca colored pencils they are so smooth and creamy they are great especially if you work in dark tone paper

[kassaArt]

Harry, thank you so much for your honesty. They look great but that's about it! I wish I had waited for your review as I bought the full set last year (for £58.49) I swatched them as soon as they arrived on several types of paper and as instructed ie on top of posca pens... I've not used them since and I wouldn't feel comfortable selling them on. Note to self - wait until Harry uploads his reviews!

[mjpete]

Hullo Harry, Thanks for the review! I do not believe these are for me despite others professing their liking of these pencils! OH! I saw Lindsay Weirich "The Frugal Crafter" use cotton-balls in the bottom of her "spirits" bottle. it kept her from getting to much of the OMS on her brush and made using the mixture easier. Just something I learned and thought I might pass it along. I have seen to many drips and stains from over use of OMS or Zest-It. I thought your StarWars figure quite menacing and an amazing drawing! Thanks for showing us these pencils and giving us your opinions. Please take care, be safe and enjoy the rest of your day!

[elaineacree]

Your review was great! I totally agree with you on the lack of lightfast ratings for a pencil that claims to be an artist grade pencil. If they claim "artist grade" they should definitely provide the lightfast ratings. Uni makes great products but never provides the lightfast ratings - and they should. Your art work with these pencils looks amazing! Your test on various papers was extremely interesting. The Uni Posca pencil superpower is the ability to stick to almost any surface even glass - although on glass it doesn't show up as strongly as on other surfaces. The Posca pencils and the crayons (Posca Wax Pastels) can be used with the Posca Paint Markers for details and special effects difficult to achieve with the markers alone. They also share the same basic color palette with the Posca Markers which helps with the detailing work.

[angelashortall]

Oh I want the posca pencils so so so bad!
They are not to be found here in Newfoundland and you’re right the price of them is wild.

[dorryfrost]

So pleased you did a review of these pencils. I was looking at these pencils and trying to justify the high price. Not much relevant info about the pencils on the packaging to convince me to buy. Thank you

[elizabethireland]

Great review and picture.
Bought the 36 set from Amazon a few months ago for £44, as I wanted them to do vibrant highlights. Also they are open stock on Cult Pens. They work well in colouring books and with other pencils. Now I have them I will buy open stock to replace them. They are not my favourites but they do work better with Zest It.
The best part for me is the three tiered case. I've decanted the Posca into a slotted case with colour chart and am using the trays for holding the pencils I'm using when I colour. It stops them rolling and has saved many an accident already. I can also keep the ones I'm using on a piece separate, which saves time if I'm using several sets.

[maryannprzybycien]

Thank you for this review. I've been looking at these on Amazon recently, but since there is no lightfast information for them, I don't want to spend that kind of money for regular colored pencils.
I do have the Prismacolor Premier pencils for serious artwork, and I just got the first three sets of the Black Widow series and the Arrtx pencils for everything else. 😊

[uwphotod]

HI! I am working on a very detailed art project where I am utilizing a lot of my my Prismacolor Verithin pencils. The set is only a 36 piece set and I found myself wishing the set has more colors in it. Not only that it appears that Prismacolor will be discontinuing the Verthins. Can you suggest THESE any other pencils that would work the same as Verithins. If so I would be interested the Pine Green as the Verithins do not have a dark green in it, as well the bright red. I purchased a Polychromos Pine Green, which held the point a just a "little better". I did go back and reviewed your old Verthins video what was the best Verithin review on Youtube. You nailed it 100%. This coming from a Verithin user. They are very hard, hold a point extremely well, great for details, yet still have a vibrant color.

[deborahthompson]

As always, I appreciate your review….this information is so good. Thank you.

[drsilval]

Hello, Thank you very much for the review.
I have a question regarding how these coloured pencils relate to the other Mitsubishi Pencil coloured pencils. It seems that Uni POSCA coloured pencils seem to be a product mainly present in the Americas and European markets, and for example are not found in the current Mitsubishi Pencils product catalogue (although other Posca products are present).

My specific question is whether these UNI POSCA coloured pencils are a rebranding of some of the other Mitsubishi coloured pencils or are they a completely independent line? And if they are independent, how does their quality compare with the UNI COLORED PENCIL which comes in 100 colours, with the POLY COLOR Mitsubishi or the 888 which comes in 36 colours...

[Cathy_in_colour]

Great useful review as usual Harry, thanks. I think there's a lot they need to work on here, particularly with regards to information about the pencils on the packaging. The lack of it would definitely put me off buying them especially as they are not cheap. And I will absolutely be watching your eraser video, this is something I'm always trying to find good information on and never quite finding, so I'm looking forward to that.

[Mirrigold]

I've had the 36 set since they came out but I got them at a half price discount which made them around the same price for a similar sized set of Poly's/Prismas etc and I've been very happy with them. I certainly would never pay £88 for the 36 as they were at the time. The 36 set has all the pencil numbers and names on the back of the packaging, so it's much easier to pick out what's what.
Great review as always Harry.

[thrashhippie]

Hi Harry. Thanks for all your reviews, they are my go to before buying pencils. I bought the 36 set a few years back. They had a plastic box round the black box and it had all the colour names that match up with the numbers on the edge of the pencils. I love these pencils, they are really pigmented and blend as well as Prismacolors. I love these pencils, just wish they were available open stock.

[wanderingstar]

Enjoyed the review as always. Haven’t been tempted to buy these. Spendy for what you get. Nice colors but happy I didn’t consider buying.

[miguelmartinespejoramirez]

I got the 24 set three years ago and I loved them. They were quite expensive (US$ 40) for such a small set in my city (Lima). There’s no open stock. They were very good and I used them mixed with the Posca oil pastels.

[busarob]

What would you refer to as a decent set of artist colored pencils for an artist coming from graphite and charcoal drawings? Thank you!

[susanmorgan]

If you buy the full set, you will get a color number and name key. I marked the slots in the plastic tin with corresponding numbers to make putting them away easy. I’ve never seen the small sets before. These are nice pencils, but they aren’t especially user friendly.

[tammygeorge]

Picture beautiful. Looks amazing! I've been wanting those pencils since they came out. But not on the top of my list, simple because of the price!! 🤷☺️. And yes I'll definitely watch a video on erasers!! So far I use the clay type. And Prisma has a solid white eraser that is really good. Now not there tan eraser of Prisma! It's a piece of crap, lol. But they have the white one I've got. And it came in a Prisma shading pen with a couple of items you get in the same package. I was really impressed with it!☺️🙋❤️‍🔥

[carolinependleton]

I really like Posca pencils, wish they did more colours.Have done some nice artwork and I have carandache, Faber-Castell and Derwent as well, but I still like to use these for bright pieces.