Colored Pencil Observations

Well I can't find in the reading of my other post what I wanted you to know about colored pencils. I am not an expert on coloring, so no pictures from me. Just some observations I have made about colored pencils in general.

The Prisma Pencils are the best for getting nice results. In a comparison of all the colored pencils I own which are many. I have noticed a few things.

1. I think it is the amount of "wax" in the pencil that makes it work best, and blend best. The softer the pencil writes the better the blending that can take place.




2. Cornell-Loew(C-L) makes many multiple colors but their pencils have a very hard lead, and they do not work well with odorless mineral spirit blenders. They are perfect for adding a little contrast in fine cross hatch lines, but not for shading etc.




3. Crayola falls a little between C-L and Colorific not quite as hard as C-L, a great pencil for kids so the lead doesn't break alot, but it only blends slightly.




4. Colorific made by Sanford who makes Prismas blend well and are softer than Crayola and they blend nicely with the Colorless blending pencils by Prismacolor , and nicely with mineral spirit blenders but not as nice as Prisma's.




5. In my collecting I have these pencils just labeled "Made in China". Probably a Dollar store buy for my kids. They are softer than the Colorific and slightly harder than the prismas. They blend well with both the colorless blender pencils and the odorless mineral spirits.

For now I am using the random Prismas I have, about 8, The "Made in China" and the "Colorific" pencils, this gives me a set of about 50-70 colored pencils. I can color with these and they give me a nice assortment of colors until I buy a set of Prismas. My next big purchase will be a 72 set of Prismacolor Pencils. I am just patiently waiting for a nice Michael's or Joann's coupon to do it. KWIM.

I hope this information helps. I noticed the mineral spirit blender at All That Scraps is waitlisted. It is my experience with All That Scraps that if you email christine she will let you know when waitlisted product will be available and will create a way for you to do a preorder. She will ship it right away when it comes in.


Until Later... Happy Stamping!