The core on the Luminance line is also on the harder, chalkier side. There’s a good range of colors but you won’t find any neons or colors like that. The tradeoff of working with 100% lightfast pencils is a more muted palette. I found that I really liked the look of the color on the page, finding it intensely pigmented with a matte, slightly chalky pastel quality. The colors lay down evenly and stay matte, with no glossy “wax bloom.” They are also a joy to layer. The lead is highly pigmented with beautiful, intense color on both white and black paper. The round pencils are chunky and light in the hand, and the cardboard box has a foam liner which is easy to use and protects the pencils. And the Premiers are the best colored pencil to use on black paper of any set tested. Even younger children will appreciate the bright colors and soft quality that is way more fun to use than the standard Crayola schoolroom pencils. The Premiers are a great option for coloring book enthusiasts or artists of any age. But given that they cost less than $1.00 per pencil when purchased in sets, I’d choose the bright, saturated colors over the occasional broken core. The main drawback with Premiers is that their soft cores are prone to breaking. With that in mind, I think most artists and hobbyists would be happy with a soft, waxy pencil such as Prismacolor Premier. The Staedtler Ergosoft are a quality pencil designed to resist core breakage, and the Arteza Experts have lots of colors at a budget price but both of these have colors that lack intensity and depth. This is a harder distinction, as most of the student-grade (and cheaper) pencils tested were not as vibrant and pigment-rich as the artist-grade pencils. Other pencils will work too, but these six lines stood out for their bright, vibrant colors and lightfastness qualities that indicate artist-quality pencils.īut if you want a judgement, here’s my top picks.īest Artist-Grade Pencil: Derwent Lightfast Any of these, or a combination of these pencils, will give you everything you need in the studio. I was hoping this head-to-head test would result in one clear favorite, but instead I’d be very comfortable recommending six of the pencils tested including (in alphabetical order) the Caran D’Ache Luminance or Pablo the Derwent Coloursoft or Lightfast Faber-Castell Polychromos Holbein Artists’ Colored Pencil and Prismacolor Premiers. Other considerations included color range, vibrancy, materials, ease of use, shininess or “wax bloom,” if pencils are available individually, and cost. Special attention was paid to lightfastness ratings, which helps gauge how long the colors will stay vibrant and true. The goal was to find the best pencil for artists, along with the best set for coloring book enthusiasts and students. For this post, 15 colored pencil brands were tested including 11 artist-grade pencils and 4 student grade.
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