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Hi, I'm from Brazil, I was looking for some reviews to buy and your video was awesome Tks!

Hii, Nice review! Well done! I also have this koh i noor progresso and i also might do a review about them sooner or later. From now i am still having fun using them and testing in Multiple ways.I bought them in a trip to Croatia and there they were surprisingly cheap for their quality. Your review is technical, you actually Talk about the most important topics we should consider when chosing a pencil color. Very complete, well done for that! I would add something to this review, once on my tests i am not that technical- testing them in a colorful paper (example Kraft). They are truly amazing and actually pop comparatively to other pencil colors. I think their potencial is in this and in the fact that the pencil is woodless (and you can use similarly to pastels or charcoal ) - i think you referred this last One. The way they blend, is different from other brands - for example, in the case of caran d'ache luminance or on the case of bruynzeel, the colors really blend and transform In other color - you really get green from mixing blue with Yellow. With progresso blending is not that smooth, but it works somehow. I really love to work with them - a thing that i dont like that much in them is the color selection - i would expect to have more difference between the light blue/green to the dark blue/green. But white helps a lot getting different Shades. They are amazing! Try them on different paper 🙂

For some *really* strange and niche Koh-i-Noor pencils, try the Tri-Tone (wood pencils) or "Magic" (both wood and woodless pencils in several formats) line: they're pencils with a mix of 3 colours in each pencil so as you lay colour it keeps changing. Some of the mixes are less surprising like lighter to darker greens or blues, some other mixes are more exotic like red-purple-black or grey-orange-red.

I built up to a full set of these through open stock over time. They are very unique pencils, and the earthy color range is good for me as I deal in landscapes. These pair perfectly with the Luminance from Caran d’Ache to get an awesome color range when combined. That’s a very pricey combo, but one that for artists is well worth it since the Lightfast and Luminance will stand the test of time, both in quality and on paper.

Wow amazing review 😮❤

Black Paints Matter.

I think nothing can be compared to the good black velvet

Great vid. Really enjoyable.

Loving this chanel

This video is definitely for the pencil people! Love that it includes the nitty gritty

Very cool! I get the feeling you’re onto something watching this review… The scale test revealed something I love about these pencils. You can get very light color but also nice coverage when using very light pressure, so they’re good for layering kinda like a Polychromos; but also you can use them with hard pressure / burnishing and get really deep and smooth color. So they’re kind of a “best of both worlds” in my mind when it comes to texture / application! (And your scale test proved to be a nice way of displaying that in a more objective way) I also find that they blend extremely well, especially with a Derwent blending pencil or solvents. BUT I’m with you on the quirky color palette! Even with the full 100 color set I see what I believe to be sacrifices, probably due to the lightfastness! The best example really is the Mid Ultramarine which I find quite the misnomer as it’s very light, nothing mid about it! And following it, the next lightest blue is something like the Sapphire which is already quite dark, so there’s not really a true mid blue in the set. However, what the palette lacks in brightly saturated colors, it more than makes up for in DEPTH! The greens in this set are unmatched by any other colored pencil range, they’re really so unique and they go so dark it’s unbelievable! Very hard to beat for realistic nature / landscapes (which admittedly are not my forte but…) 😺

I find them hard to work with on their own (too soft to use for details and subtle gradients and too hard to be able to layer lighter colors on top of darker) , but I love the darkest colors to layer on top of other, softer pencils, because they are so transparent AND pigmented. It makes something darker without it losing its saturation! I haven't been able to find that function in other colored pencil sets! Also, I agree with another comment here: I can't believe you're not the most watched CZcamsr in the art category!

is it just me but like three turns in a pencil sharpener and half the pencil is gone? Was just so werid. I love these pencils i use a derwent sharpener and literally three or four turns and half the pencil was gone.

Most if not all colored pencils are a blend of Oil and Wax. When a company advertises their pencils in one way or another it only means there is more content of the advertised material. I hope people know that… Not sure with the use of the scale and those initial tests as professional art supplies are designed to be layered. For instance in test 2 with white, if you start with heavy pressure the tip will lose it’s sharpness right the way thus creating more texture as it’s not able to get into the deep areas of the paper…

I recently acquired the 100 in the wood box. These pencils are fenomenal! I’ve been working with Luminance for years and these so far are right up there.

Lord or lady, hmm? Perhaps you're watching Bridgerton like me and my wife 😂

This is seriously so professional! i dont why this chanel isnt popular or famous!

Oooh they sound and look great. May have to try those.

Oooo! I’m still learning a lot about pencils! I guess when you used those pencils you went to Infinity and Beyond!

More pencils!

Hello sunshine, 😇return to start of experiment. To harden the Musou black at the scratch, you must add MAT catalyst for polyester resin (this is the composition of the Musou black) I haven't tried 3.0; I have enough experimentation to do with Musou for the moment. On wood or paper, the backgrounds must be prepared with special resin primer paints tinted black or MAT black. A very expensive addition of products, but for what I am going to do with it it is worth the cost. Have a nice day. I live in France, so you will have to look online for catalyst mat in your country 🙃

They are too transparent, not richly pigmented. They do not work on dark backgrounds. My experiance is Derwent Artist is all you need. I have some of them from my now dead artist mothers tin, she bought them in London 40 years ago, they are still bright and smooth. 40 year old Derwent Artist look and perform just like the new ones. Think about that.

Is BLACK 4.0 Flat, Matte, Semi Gloss or what and is it 100% acrylic or acrylic latex or acrylic enamel?

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You need to realise that if you disrespect professional brands, you're going to be REPORTED TO THE AUTHORITIES. You've got a lot of mental illness. These ARE mens pencils. They are the customers who TRADITIONAL is aimed at. Mothers WRONGLY assume they know everything. I want MY traditional style pencils ✏️ I REMEMBER what traditional was. Men buy after mothers have gone home from the shops. You'd better stop lying to the world 🌎 You are getting yourself in trouble with the authorities.

Thanks for taking the time to make this video! Really appreciated.

I still have one of the first batches of Black 2.0 from Stuart Semple. I've heard 3.0 and 4.0 are blacker, but for the very rare occasions I paint something... why? Black 2.0 was already way blacker than any other black paint, black 3.0 is even blacker. I feel like the only selling point of Musou is bragging rights that it is blacker than Black 3.0. Musou makes you physically sick, and you can't use it in a studio without protective equipment, and it's not THAT much blacker than Semple's paints. Certainly not noticeably so unless you have samples directly next to each other, and I feel like that's really the only time Musou would really make a difference and wouldn't be worth exposure to the fumes. Musou is blacker, but Semple's paints are usable without killing yourself on fumes.

Fantastic video. Plus it's great to find more Aussie creative CZcamsrs. Thank you for your hard work. I have Black 3.0 and had been doing some tests myself, like comparing various blacks I have, putting various matt varnishes over blacks to compare (which makes Black 3.0 look terrible) and trying crackle paint over the top of it (which just shrinks and peels itself right off). Great to find your channel and I do hope you continue to do more experimental stuff like this.

Cheers for a brilliant review, you've earned yourself another sub! Despite your final summary, I will take my chances, live with the stench and order myself some Musou though. ;-)

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What sort of primer did you use, acrylic or enamel? It seemed very shiny. Also, be careful with mdf, it's full of formaldehyde and arsenic

Prismacolor pencils are excellent colored pencils. They are nice and soft. This works nicely on several paper surfaces however other papers, anything smooth are not friendly to the soft lead and wax. In that case the oil pencil works better. It works fine on vellum and mixed media.

You definately need to get yourself an airbrush. It will open a whole new world of options. Airbrush Asylum has some good videos for beginners.

What a beutiful girl, you are really Sunshine

gold water colours are a lot more shiny

it appears I'm a little late to the party, but this was fantastic. I wanted to buy some black 4.0 for some mini painting. However what's the fun of a miniature if i can't let ppl pick it up to get a closer look, it's for fun not a museum piece! I'm gonna try to get my hands on Musou black. it looks the best IMO. thanks

Hi there! I love your videos (even though I discovered you like a week ago) and I'd love to see more art videos and reviews from you. Tbh, your style looks very vintage and nice and gives 80s and 90s combined with modern style and I love it. And it would may sound odd but i think you should do tutorials about clothing and etc. for people like me who doesn't knows how to dress.

Thank you so much. This is the best comparative test I have seen for these paints in practical applications.

They won't send anyone who isn't an influencer their order

I love these pencils and I find they blend great but you do have to layer them and these layer great IMO. I actually got some of my best results using these pencils but I also discovered the paper stock also makes a difference. I absolutely love the colour palette and these perform so much better than some of the other pencils from [insert name of company that starts with a "D" that has outrageously priced coloured pencils here]. Not for all tastes since these are not buttery but they are smooth (I do not find them scratchy at all), but like I stated, I got some gorgeous results with these so they are my go-to for colouring, and outside of the Polys, these sharpen the best & have the best points for small areas, which is something I cannot say about the Prisma Verithins (which have been a nightmare to work with for me).

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This was the most thorough video I've ever seen on this topic and I've learnt much more than I thought I would, damn! Thank you so much Sunshine

I've seen other artists suggest a coat or tow of white laid down, prior to gold paint. I have not tried gold paint, but want to at some point. I like the Matisse in your examples the best for what I would probably use it for.

Fuck, this voice is fucking annoying.

I am reluctant to try Musou, as I worry about the scent of it, but I may have to. I have been wanting to do a dramatic, highly contrasting art piece with a black background and heavily pigmented focal subject but have been reluctant to use my Black. Yes, it's not 2, 3, or 4. It's Semple's OG Black. It's nice but it dries quite 'chalky' looking and while it does absorb light, it's got an almost grey appearance to it when light hits it. I am a huge fan of Japanese-made art and stationary supplies however and if Musou is the most pitch-black (per say), I may have to invest in it eventually to try.

Such an informative video! New subscriber here <3

yes I use the Musou but rarely touch the black 3.0 or 4.0.

I have an older set of Prisma's and some newer Prisma pencils. The older set seems much better quality wood than the newer set. Pigment still seems as good though.

Awesome video and accent.

I want to know what the blackest ink is