Polychromos vs Luminance | The Most Amazing Colored Pencils

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00:00 Faber Castell Polychromos & Caran D'Ache Comparison
01:03 Faber Castell Polychromos & Caran D'Ache Build Quality and Sharpening
02:31 Faber Castell Polychromos & Caran D'Ache Color Range
02:59 Faber Castell Polychromos & Caran D'Ache Light Fastness
03:29 Faber Castell Polychromos & Caran D'Ache Pricing
04:30 Layering with Faber Castell Polychromos & Caran D'Ache
06:53 Using White Pencil with Faber Castell Polychromos & Caran D'Ache
08:02 Using Pencil Blender with Faber Castell Polychromos & Caran D'Ache
08:57 Faber Castell Polychromos & Caran D'Ache Eraser Test
09:23 Using Solvent with Faber Castell Polychromos & Caran D'Ache
09:55 Adding Detail with Faber Castell Polychromos & Caran D'Ache
10:35 Faber Castell Polychromos & Caran D'Ache - Which Brand is Best for You ?

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[melissapym]

Love the professionalism in every aspect of this video . Super helpful! Thank you 👍😀

[GuReumArtStudio]

Very helpful video. I don't have a lot of experience with color pencils, but I certainly appreciate your advice. Thank you for sharing! 😊💖

[HappyAngelDrawings]

Videos like this are so helpful, thank you for your amazing work ^^ I think both colors were quiet good ^^

[SCRArt]

It's really amazing, I Absolutely love it!!! Thank you for sharing. 🔥😍🔥

[jamesaritchie]

I really dislike most VS videos. I think this one is a versus I see too often. Caran d'Ache and Faber Castell are very different pencils, and each does some things much better than the other. For my personal style, I prefer Faber-Castell because I can do very small detail work better, easier, and faster than I can with Caran d'Ache, But I can do shading and blending faster, easier, and better with Caran d'Ache. For me, neither set is as good as it can be and should be without help from the other set.

And, frankly, while I love my Caran d'Ache pencils, I just marginally prefer Prismacolor. I simply have no problem with leads break during sharpening the way many complain about. No pencil lead, whether a 9B graphite, a pastel, a watercolor, or a charcoal bre4aks during sharpening because the lead is soft or weak. It breaks because you have the wrong sharpener, and/or you're using that sharpener improperly. Often stopping lead breakage is as simply as being gentle, and turning the sharpener, rather than turning the pencil. When you turn the pencil you get more wobble, which is the main cause of breakage, and you usually get more pressure on the point, and that pressure of often at a bad angle.

Over sharpening is also a cause, and this is usually the fault of the sharpener. Too many sharpeners let you sharpen past the place where you have a great point, and this includes a number of sharpeners that have an auto stop of some kind. Regardless of the sharpener, you need to stop and check the poiont before the sharpener tells you it's finished. I love the Derwent long point sharpener, but it's a prime example of stopping before the auto stop kicks in.

I love the long point for some of my drawing, and on some of my pencils, but I don't need it or want it on other pencils. This sharpener, and others like it, can cause lead breakage if you try to put a long point on any pencil with soft lead. But also like other sharpeners of this type, it gives me a perfect needle point well before it reaches the auto stop, and well before the long point has been cut. Check your pencil after five SLOW cranks. If it isn't right, do two more cranks. Right around this point it should be extremely sharp. It won't have the long point this sharpener is designed to give, but it gives me a point I absolutely love. And when used this way, I almost never have a broken lead with Prismacolor pencils.

Sokme handheld sharpener have this same problem. It gives you a sharp point, but lets you keep sharpening just a little longer, and the little longer, plus not turning the sharpener instead of turning the pencil, is when the lead typically breaks. This is often a necessary part of sharpener design, but this doesn't mean you have to keep sharpening all the way to the point where breakage is common. Hard lead of any kind can usually take a bit of mistreatment from a sharpener, or from the person using the sharpener, but, really, I sharpen 9B and 9XXB graphite pencils, soft charcoal pencils, watercolor pencils, and pastel pencils without breakage, so Prismacolor pencils are easy.

Anyway, Prismacolor pencils are certain high into artistic territory, and, for me, the advantages far outweigh the disadvantages. The best pencils in the world always have been, and always will be, whatever brand the artist using them prefers. Not only has top level professional quality, even museum quality art been created without Caran d'Ache, or Faber-Castell, or even Prismacolor, it's been created with colo0red pencils that were nowhere near as good as some of the cheap Chinese pencils.

Graphite pencils, charcoal pencils, watercolor pencils, pastel pencils, and colored pencils don't create anything. Artists do the creating, and as the saying goes, "It's a poor worker who blames the tools". I marginally prefer both Faber-Castell and Prismacolor over Caran d'Ache. I know other professional artists who feel the same way. This is not putting down Caran d'Ache pencils. They are wonerful But my style, my taste, what works best for me, is not Caran d'Ache. So, just for myself, Faber-Castell and Prismacolor are better pencils. For you, the reverse is true. Quality is always about personal preference, and this is a good thing.

[HomeMade_AT]

I know the Faber Castell Polychromos but I have never tested the Caran D'Ache ones. Very interesting to see the difference. Thanks for testing and comparing and have a wonderful weekend, Erika

[torifielding]

Love the video, I love working with polys I’m currently frustrated with luminance and the flakiness of the pigment after 4/5 layers. The pigment smudges 😮 will definitely have a learning curve with those

[nicasionohart]

Ohhhh that useful contents!!
Thank you so much for sharing 😊

[ArtforLife]

Nice comparison and review! Fantastic sharing my friend

[smyillustration]

Thank you for sharing this very helpful tutorial!! Love it!🍀 Enjoy your weekend~~

[JoArtsCrafts]

It was so nice💕
Beautiful 🥰
Thank you for sharing this video

[pradhascreativework]

Wonderful content and a very useful tutorial!
Thanks for sharing 👍

[chrisfineart]

I have watch numerous videos on the topic. Yours is the best by far. Thanks.

[fotoalive]

Very Happy to find your channel Today ! Thank you for sharing your expertise ! Greeting from QC 🙏

[pojokmenggambar]

Great work of art, I'm happy to always be connected with you

[handcrafteddiyideas]

Very interesting video dear friend🤗🤗.. Thank you for sharing✅✅✅.. Like👍

[SuzanneLegault]

What sharpener do you use for your Prismacolor ? I find it really hard to get a point with the manual sharpner.

[starlostt_]

This was so interesting and fun to watch ! 🤍Such a great video

[nudgehole_]

Very nice drawing!! I enjoyed your video.🥰🥰 My friend

[deborahartworks]

This is a wonderful tutorial. The polychromos shaded area look more luminous and there is more texture to the area.