What do These Remind You of? Phoenixcolor soft colored pencil review
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- čas přidán 23. 08. 2024
- Hi friends, I have another budget pencil review for you today! It's the inexpensive Phoenixcolor soft oil-based colored pencils. These were sent to me for review from Andstal Stationary shop on Aliexpres: www.aliexpress...
I tested these out with water and they do move a bit, not a lot but similar to the movement you would get from any oil-based pencil.
Pros:
Price (72 colors for $26.87 at the time of writing)
Nice color selection
Good color payout
Sharpens well
Good pencil build quality
Stadium seating packaging that lets you see all pencils at once with a small footprint.
Includes a sharpener
Cons:
Only available on Aliexpress and no open stock availability that I know of.
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Yes, I love your reviews. Between you and Harry at the Art Gear Guy, I trust and rely on you two to keep me from wasting money. And may I just say there are a lot of people who review art products but show none of their art to back it up. I'm thinking if you aren't doing art, who are you to review a product? So, yes, yes, yes, please show what and how you achieved your end result.
Personally, I'm way over flowers and landscapes. I want to know how to show reflection in glass, how to do realistic skin, how to color an old rusty iron pot...things like that.
Thank you Lindsay for reading a waaaay too long comment and for all you do for us in You Tube land. Merry Christmas! ❤🌲
Thank you! There are a lot of "first impression" videos posing as reviews these day which is too bad because you can love a product when you swatch it only to realize it doesn't preform well in an actual art project.
I can't sharpen the "right way" but I've decided that the right way is the way that doesn't hurt your hand and brain lol. Thank you for sharing this!
Good point!
I love shopping at AliExpress. Ordered many times (dozens), only had one tiny shipment did not arrive.
@Tyna Headrick-Phipps Me too! The first set of color pencils for my daughter, I bought on AliExpress. And they were really good. At the moment I'm hunting down the Brutfuner Macaron set for her, since she recently got into her "Kawaii-phase".
The things you do for love.. 😉
I bought an electric sharpener to sharpen my youngest daughter's color pencils, since it's just easier and faster that way. My eldest, who's about to enter art school, "scolded" me for it 😉 but I was like :" Is it my wrist or yours at the end of the day??" 😉😉
I would love a time lapse of this art work! Any drinks you draw, paint, create will be happily appreciated.
Will do!
Great review, Lindsay! I love them. With the swatches, that you don't like doing, are always well thought out and compared to other pencils, it's perfect! The pencils look great for budget pencils. Christmas gift, perhaps?
Hi, I bought both lots of Phoenix ! I think they're the same pencils at a fraction of the price! I love them. I shall certainly buy them again and I love the box too, as you say, its a handy and compact size. Harry, the art gear guide is going to review these at some point. Can't wait to see what he thinks! Anyway, have a great Christmas and thanks for all your videos! 😊
I love his reviews! I think with the other set you are paying for the packaging.
I just ordered them!! I love the colors! That cat sold me! 🐈😂. I love your reviews on pencils, I broke my leg back in May and I was laid up for 3 months so I really got caught up in coloring in Johanna Basford’s coloring books. I started collecting pencil sets and love my sets like babies. Each set is different and I use them when I am in different moods. Odd, I guess. I love my Primacolors the best (my husband bought the 150 set for Christmas, bless his heart). The Black Widow sets are fabulous, I just bought the Dragon set. I have about a dozen others. Keep the reviews coming, I trust your opinions!
I've been rhinking of trying those. The monarch set looks pretty abd unique. I am also interesten in the Faber castel black edition pencils. I still have some on the shelf to review and some old faves I never reviewed in the past I want to get to first tho:)
The cat sold me too!!😂😂😂
I just got the 100 package today. Tried two, they are very smooth and lay down pigment nicely. I was looking at the 72 too but I need some 12 sets Derwent more to test and see how they are.
Wonderful review, Linds. And your painting is marvelous. Can't tell you enough that is touched my heart all the things you said about "cozy", "warm", "fluffy" and "fuzzy". Ha! I am in love with coziness. Just picturing you on the couch with your family around you, in Maine where I want so much to spend an entire autumn and part of a winter),
and you sketching. or painting some cozy scene. The fire is lit, the popcorn popped and everyone feels peaceful and content. Mmmmm. So nice.
The Phoenixcolor pencils review is so excellent. The colors DO seem to lay down particularly well. TFS this vid--I got a lot out of it. I LOVE colored pencils though I rarely use only them in any painting. XOXOJane
Thank you:)
Added my vote for timelapse video. Interested in glass and its refractions. As always, thanks for your valuable insight. ❤
I don't need another set of pencils, but I enjoy your reviews
These might be a great back up set to add a range of color to an existing set. Still watching from Burlington WA
for me the difference would be the color range... live the variety you get in the more fancy ones
Awesome review! Thanks so much Lindsay!
I would love a Timelapse of this artwork! It’s so pretty!😃
Me, too.
Me too :-)
Great video Lindsey I put these in my cart a few days ago definitely informative I love your reviews tyfs.
So did you decide to get them or pass?
Great video and review of course. I am not an artist, just a card maker, but you are so helpful so that I spend my money with a better conscience. Happy Holidays!
Thank you and promise me you will take "just" out of your vocabulary. If you need and adjective try "awesome"!
This was very interesting and I love your cocktail sketch. Yes time lapse of sketch!!
Thank you for
It will be up tomorrow:)
Hi, dear Lindsay :)
I`m a pencil color addict and while watching you using these delicious colors my whole body starts reacting in a very strange way. First I get the greedy look, then I start smelling them, and the smell makes my mouth water... It`s a combination of crazy joy and suffering because I can`t have them all in my possession... Yes, I`m a weirdo, but who isn`t these days :)))))) xoxo
It can be addicting!
That drink looks so refreshing,love the lime green color,what a great video Lindsay.❤️👍🎄🎀😀🤗
Every time I see a color pencil review I can't help but think of my Martha Stewart colored pencils. A set of 36 pencils $10.00. They are soft thick blendable core which are acid free and lightfast. But people complained they were too soft. But the same people will pay the times as much for prismacolor which is half the quality the Martha Stewart pencils were all because they were told to. Cracks me up. Now Martha's pencils are no longer being made. Best pencil ever created in the world ever. If you ask me. I bought several sets before they went bye bye. I'm down to my last set and I'll surely cry when they are gone. I like them so much when the kids want to draw with them I give them my prismacolors to play with instead. That's how valuable they are to me lol. Man I wish I had more. I'd send you a box to review. Just so people could see how easily manipulated they are by marketing. I don't mean that in a bad way. I mean it to be an example in how we all can save money yet exceed on quality.
I never knew she had pencils. When did they come out?
Do you look on Ebay from time to time for them? It's really amazing what shows up there! Good luck...I hate it when something I've used so long just vaporizes. If they would let us know so we could stock up a little, it wouldn't be so hard to take!😞
You’re supposed to turn the sharpener instead of the pencil? Why? I love that I always learn something new from you!
So you don't rock the core and snap it. I use an electric because I can hold the pencil still and the blade move around it and I rarely get a break that way.
@@thefrugalcrafter huh, that’s so interesting! I don’t use colored pencils very often, but I’ll have to try that the next time I do. Thanks for the tip!
Great review.
Thanks Lindsay.
Hello so beautiful colours and nice video
Thanks Lindsay 💜
Another awesome review 😊thank you
The 2 pencils that you swatch sound exactly the same, too.
I want to buy that phoenixcolor pencil
Marco also sells colored pencils (or maybe watercolor pencils? I can’t remember) in those books, separated in each book by famous western artists. It’s quite pretty, but very expensive
I have been using their tribute line in the tin and I am quite impressed! I used the regular one but saw they also had watercolor. I'll have a review on those soon as well:)
@@thefrugalcrafter ooo thank you!
I just got this! So happy!
Great review! Thanks
Beautiful artwork
Super pretty!
I think you should draw that lovely kitty on the packaging :-)
That is a sweet illustration! I always feel the I draw look derpy 😆
What type of battery operated pencil sharpener is that one? I have a hard time finding a good one that is designed well. Great review! Looking forward to giving these pencils a try.
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I love the kitty on the box
It's so sweet!
i buy from andstal all the time, they are GREAT.
Glad to hear it!
Thanks for the input! I'm trying to find sources other than Amazon for various reasons...this helps a lot!
I would like to see a time lapse of this artwork.
It will be up on Sunday:)
More pencils! Wow. Thank you for another excellent review. Do you ever feel that you're swimming in pencils and markers? 😄
😆 yes sometimes but I only have what I use daily or need for a current project in my filming room and the rest is stored in my old craft area so I can access products to compare. It probably seems crazy to hang on to these supplies but I think it makes my reviews more through because I can compare products easily.
When you turn the pencil instead of the sharpener, it causes the center to crack and causes more breaking
That's why i use an electric sharpener
These are very tempting. How do these compare to Brutfuner Squares which I remember you really loved.
Would love to see a video on the pretty glass. Thanks for asking.
The brutfuner squares are a touch softer and very water resistant whereas these will move a bit with water. The squares feel easier to me. Between the two i prefer the squares unless i was at a loss for work space and in that case is choose these for the box.
@@thefrugalcrafter Thanks. Meant to mention, Prismacolor (Berol) used that type of packaging way back when. I have a 36 set in cardboard and 72 set in a metal container like that. It's easier to use that way.
Thank you for the review :)
I have the brutfuner pencils and they are very soft, which I like very much. For small details I would like to have a firmer pencil. I wondered if you recommend a budget friendly set of those?
I'd try the markart brand. I reviewed the 72 set here czcams.com/video/R4GgI7UwnEc/video.html and I really liked them. You can also get the 48 set or a 120 but thec48 set would be good for details. A small set of Arteza would also be good or if you know what colors you want you can get Derwent procolour open stock. Those are super strong and hard but we'll pigmented pencils and you could buy quite a few for the same price as a budget set. Here is a review on those: czcams.com/video/xXNhaR5xlSE/video.html
@@thefrugalcrafter Thank you for your suggestions 🥰
Sadly I purchased these colors at january 10th and this is the moment I'am waiting for it 😢
Do you mean they haven't arrived yet?
@@thefrugalcrafter yes, they haven't :(
Nice sharing
Wow, it seems like you liked them so much 😍
How do these compare to something like Markart (nyoni) or Brutfuner?
Similar quality is say
I'm not one for packaging. I prefer the expense go into the product than the box the product comes in. I'm not oscar wilde. Although I do enjoy pretty things they don't make me who I am. Nor does a petty box make a product preform better. As you just proved. Same pencil, different box, three times the price. All because they printed a dragon on a box. But hey, if someone is willing to trade quality for pretense be my guest. To each their own.
Couldn't agree more!
The packaging on the other set and printing on the pencils almost make them too precious to use and impractical if you need to lay all those trays out. This set is more practical, cheaper and takes up less space. The other is really more of a collectors item I think. It would be a beautiful gift for a stationary lover tho!
@@thefrugalcrafter very good idea
Would love a time lapse of art work. These look like great pencils. Ali Express yippee 🥳 I can so get these, unfortunately no more pencils till I use up a few sets, yes a girl can have to many pencils, water paints so never but pencils darn it yes. They look lovely though gotta love those white barrels the writing look supper easy to read as well. Have a great week, darn can’t enter the give away your doing with Derwent inNZ not America, hey we could become a state …… darn no our Prime Minister is better than yours, sorry. Catch ya on the next video.
Just started using my brutfuner square, but I can’t find a sharpener that they fit. Electric and two manual. What did you use. Off to track down your review but I don’t remember you saying this was an issue. Yes please on a video of that brilliant glass. Thanks
I use either the large hole in my electric sharpener or a knife.
Would like a time lapse.
Yes, unfortunately its the packaging you pay for and even worse, I could produce better packaging.....most people with a cutter and dies could! Oh well, I'll know better in future! Harry's brilliant, his reviews are intense and help enormously
I get the impression that a lot of people on youtube do reviews in order to get free product. You could never say that about Lindsay as she always gives her honest unbiased opinion and shows us what she made with the product.
I saw a so called review done by a British couple a while back that was complete rubbish and told you nothing about the product.
They complained about the tin being damaged and one of the reviewers was colour blind so he wasn't much of a judge on how good the paint was. Another thing that annoys me is these so called crafters who have clean hands and perfectly manicured nails.
Oh man I wish I could keep nail polish on 😆
@@thefrugalcrafter I wish I could grow my nails :-) I hardly bite them these days but only one thumb nail seems to grow. I never use nail polish.
You do you :) But I was just wondering if you could help me understand - you told me it's silly to buy the Stabilo Woody when you have the Caran d'Ache Neocolor. Seems not to be silly to do the comparisons of similar products on your channel. Confused. I have watched for a long time. Thanks
You are totally right 😆 and if I was offered the stabilo woody to review (or found a really good sale) I would do a comparison. Given that they cost more than an artist grade neo2 that is lightfast it would be hard to recommend them over the neo2 or justify purchasing them. I do like to build my review database tho so when I get an offer to review an interesting product or find a steal of a deal to take a chance on them. I do on occasion but it needs to be a product I want or has a lot of review requests. I guess I have to draw the line somewhere or I would only do product reviews as they take a while to prepare. Probably a cop out of an answer. 😆
@@thefrugalcrafter "Silly" your word....???
@@debsmith7050 it's a silly business I am in LOL! Honestly, I think the Stabilo woody is expensive for a kids product and I really don't review kids products that are expensive. If they were a budget dupe I would consider it like the gel crayons I have reviewed but am not interested in buying it at that price when I have Caran Dache that is cheaper and I would recommend over a kids product to an adult. Also, there are a lot of reviews of that product already so I feel the info is out there and the people who are interested in it already know about it. I think Marta from Maramis Small art even did a comparison between those and other similar products so I would check out her video if you are curious about the product. I'll try and find you the video... Here you go, hope it helps: czcams.com/video/CEGhNh74m1A/video.html
It never was about the Woodys - it was about the silly
Cool
This is not specific to this video - but I came across this and had to share. 😂
Looks like nothing for me this year. lol
Twas the night before Christmas,
I'm glued to the tree.
I'm wondering what Santa brought just for me.
Could it be cardstock or chipboard or lace?
Or a Cricut, I said,
with a smile on my face.
And that's when I heard him,
"Hi Santa, " I said"
You know....good little girls
Should be in their beds."
"| know I should Santa,
And now I've got caught.
But I was just so excited
To see what you brought."
"Well, let's take a look
In this room where you work.
He shook his head quickly,
And left with a jerk.
I heard him exclaim
As he put it in gear.
"You've got enough crap,
I'll see you next year!"
😆
A Thumbs up
At first glance they look like Tombow Irojiten.
Edit: I was right! That's what you compared them to.
They do! They are softer tho so I prefer them. It just comes down to what you like:)
@@thefrugalcrafter Do you mean you prefer these ones over the tombows? Or vis versa?
Nevermind I found that part in the video. You may have convinced me to pick some of these up!
@@anniemonroe9285 i like these better. They are way softer!
Time lapse please 🤓
Coming up on Sunday!
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