TRI-Tone Koh-I-Noor Colored Pencil Review
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- čas přidán 13. 11. 2015
- TRI-Tone Koh-I-Noor Colored Pencil Review
Today I am trying out the set of 12 Tri Tone pencils by Koh-I-Noor.
TRI-Tone Koh-I-Noor Colored Pencil Review
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I LOVE these Koh-i-noor Tri-tones, and have honestly used them to draw people portraits with great success. Everyone has their personal preferences and style, I guess, but I love their vibrancy, and the more you use them you quickly adapt to that unpredictability you mention. I've done more traditional/realistic people portraits, and more stylized pet drawings with them. The great thing about the 23 pack for me is it's limitations -- I feel overwhelmed by having dozens of choices of pinks for skin tone with, say, Prismacolors, but with the Tri-Tones, I can make a nice warm skin tone with just a few pencils and no pinks and it really works! Also, they lay down nice & rich, not waxy like Prismas. There's no way I'd go back to Prismacolors now after using these.
i think it would be great for landscape sketching! you can easily add variation and depth without carrying too many pencils around! and I see the 12 set has some very good greens and earth tones too.
Thanks, Yolanda. That's a great idea. I don't have this pencil set, but I have tri-colore Crayola crayons. And you are so right, they work well in landscapes !
These pencils are fabulous and worth every penny! It's so easy to make beautiful blends layering more than one tri-tone.
I have the set of 24 that I got from amazon for about $23 a few months ago... some color blends are better than others... I used them for coloring mandalas as well as stamped images. think textures: woodgrain, bird houses, grass, leaves, flowers... although some of the color combinations seemed odd to me at first once they're blended they can be quite stunning.
I'm not sure what their original purpose were but I would use these for Van Gogh style/post impressionistic pieces. I'm sure you'll find use for them in a later video :)
I bought some and use them, mostly because I love layering color (especially non-local color) to create the images of highlights and shadows. Also, I am using them to do work on eyes, and fur which as a very mottled look without having to go over everything so many times. Granted I don't have control over the combinations, but the combinations are quite realistic when they stack. They could be easily be colors I would pick for myself when using them.
No, I don't see them being used by a highly specific colored pencil artist who likes pure saturated colors, but for someone who uses lots of layers of colors, someone who wants to create interest and texture, or for someone who works with mottled colors (such as textures on clothing, fur, etc.) they work wonderfully.
I think this set is nice for semi-realistic landscape sketching: the color jitter that these pencils create feels very realistic without much effort.
I love the Kohinoor Magic FX set, which has 5 fat pencils. The trick to using these, BTW, is to use them overhand (on the side) and roll the pencil a little bit every few strokes. ☺ Great for backgrounds.
they can definetly give more dimension to coloring. I often layer shades of colors in areas that would be too plain otherwise. they would probably give you a similiar effect and be a very great addition to your art supplies actually!
Lynne Chapman does some gorgeous sketches with those multicolor pencils, the randomness of the colors make for some really cool effects. The thing is you have to give up color control.
I have the set of 24 and like them. I find they are best for coloring when you hold the pencil in one position and color in little circles. Then you can see the way they blend better. I also have the fatter Hardmuth Magic set and those would be better for the drawing as the leads are larger and the colors stay separated better. Once you get the hang of using them they are fun but even with the set of 24 because of the blends some of the pencils are very close in color.
Cool! This seems like something I would impulse buy and then not know what to do with... But I like the idea of using them in a coloring book!
Loved the "Take on me" reference!! One of my favorites! Thanks for the review; I've seen these and have some koh-in-noor drawing pencils. I've wondered if these would be of use to me.
I got these when they randomly appeared on clearance cheap at Hobby Lobby. I wanted them to be cooler, but I only kind of like the Tiger color.
I use brown for coloring wooden materials, green for leaves, blue for the sky, red with orange for flowers, yellow for backgrounds .. Try the blender it's amazing especially with the brown one you will think it's a real wood
Thanks Lindsay, I have tri colored crayons and seldom use them. When I do it is always on landscape type coloring pages. I am not sure I would use these either, which is sad because the idea is intriguing. I guess I just don't have the inventive mind that this product was made for. Looking forward to all the comments. I did like the lettering idea though especially after seeing the color block swatches. Would make for an interesting texture.
Great review! (RIP AC Moore, you are missed. ) They will add interest to a set of 24 poly color pencils. Or any color pencil set.
I love Koh-I-Noor's products, but I've never really fancied these to be honest. The randomness would drive me mad as an adult, but I'd have loved them as a child. The Polycolor and Mondeluz are fabulous, though. and the Giaconda pastel pencils. Especially for the price as they are often really cheap for the quality.
I've been eyeing up these pencils for months! Lol it's the price that stops me! I'd rather spend that money on a great quality colored pencil. I noticed that brand does or doesn't include certain colors that are needed in their 12 packs. Thanks for showing these! Much appreciated!
My best guess for these would be that they would be used for nature or landscape inspired drawings. It seems like there are a lot of earth tones in the set. And the package has that castle landscape on the front.
Don't have much to say about the pencils - i've never been fan of tri-colored pens and/or pencils/crayons, etc. i like to make those choices myself! But, that horse, if you spend a lot of time with pre-school girls (as I happen to do - my sister has granddaughters who are 1.5, 3 and 4 - would be 'Awesome!' :)
We used them in Michels on a free adult color day and we enjoyed them for the coloring book and the greens were great for foliage. We did not buy them. Was not sure what else to use them for and can blend regular pencils.
Omg. I was looking through my stuff and I found these. I looked on utube for pencils and there you are demonstrating them. I probably got them because you , although I never used them. I miss your old videos!
Glad I could help!
Fire, grass, bark, lighting effect, sweaters, knitted things, stones or bricks would alllook good in these multi color pencils
Great idea!
Omg I got these pencils 24 set Michaels had them on clearance for $30. And had $5 rewards I love them the browns are perfect for trees or wood look and the green for leafs blues for butterfly I think there awesome.
Gosh Lindsay I wish I could draw like that. I sort of like them. Remember the one stroke painting with Donna Dewberry, that is what the pencils sort of reminds me of.
Would love to see how the BLENDER affected them... Love your videos!
Watching you draw the happy horse is making me think that you're right, these would probably be good for the colouring books :)Bejay x
Hi Lindsay! Thanks for this fun video, have wondered how to use these pencils! An extra thanks for mentioning the wonderful A-HA video :)
I don't think there useful but those swatches look so good! Maybe the brown could be used for hair?
+dylan davies I agree. The swatches are the coolest looking application of these!
I won't think about buying them, but If someone gifted them to me I would use them for random sketching probably.
Ha! We must be on the same wavelength. I had a 55% off coupon and a $10 gift certificate that I went and used at AC Moore today too! And I bought the Koh-I-Nor polycolour 12 set. Glad I didn't get the Tri-Color ones now! :D
The picture on the cover of the tin was drawn with them
I enjoy these pencils packed in my to go pencil bag/case. I use them for quick sketches and the yellows and greens allow me to put nice areas of colors with nice variable colors without changing pencils or carrying loads of colors around with me. The larger set does have more choices and even a couple of Red combo's you were talking about! My nieces like them too because they are Fun! Easy to get a lot of color down without working so hard for it and blending them kinda automatically! I hope you give them another try, But since it has been a while maybe you have already passed them on to another artist? I believe the larger set is worth it, but then again I like them!
I still have them 😆
Love your reviews.......this one especially, will prevent me from buying them cause like you I could not imagine a really good use especially since they are pricey!.....TFS
I agree the price is ridiculous for what can really only be used in coloring books, but I love some of the colors and decided it was worth it for individual colors I know I will use rather than a set
I'm so excited to see this review, I was intrigued by these when I saw them in the store.
What if you did the soft layers your supposed to do """" does that make a diff?
Thanks for the review,it's a little bit expensive here in India and I didn't know whether to go for it, this video is helpful in that sense
Yes, I got your point. I have something similar made in Brazil, and it just looks fun but isn´t that much. There´s a line of products by KohINor that are jumbo pencils (in Brazil it is Magic Jumbo, I guess), with a bigger lead, it might be a little better but it´s too expensive for us (I guess it´s about 25-30 dollars, but it´s too much for us). If try happen to try it, I´ll tell you.
they look interesting but I'd have liked to see what happens to them when you use the blender pencil, gamsol or baby oil - did you try any of the with the pencils?
+Karen Schaible-DeGrazia I didn't because I think the benifet of this is the streaky color, it will work with these though but honestly you are probably bettter off with traditional pencils for that use:)
I'd love to see more of your personal drawing style, what a cute horse!
Thanks for the review.....I'm sure someone will comment and say how to use them...
well done Lindsay
Thanks for sharing this video Lindsay! 😍😍 Enable Alert! I agree with you that these tri-tone color pencils would be great for adult coloring books which I have and I would like to carry less colored pencils if I got these. I think this product is just what I want but hopefully I can use a coupon when I go to ACMoore tomorrow.
Hi Lindsay,I had to pause the video just as it started to rush to Amazon.co.uk to see if these are available this side of the pond. OMG...the 24 set is almost 50GBP and the 12 set is almost 36GBP. All the range of pencils are expensive though and if I were desperate to have them I think it would be the larger set as they would work out cheaper per pencil. Back to the video now to see what wonders you can do with them.Bejay x
+Bejay Roles You can get them a lot cheaper in the swirly livery and there's a short set of 12 with some purples in on Amazon for less than half of those prices. Though I've got to say, they do nothing for me personally as I'm a control freak and the random nature makes me feel icky just looking at it - he-he!
I just happen to have grown in a country where this brand is a big deal.
These look cool, but I'll stick with regular colours for now.
fun , but crayola has tri color pencils for a lot less if like look get those. there lead is harder to for fine line. thank you ,show us how there look.
They seem to leave a very textured result. Maybe when coloring fabrics or something more impressionistic. But definitely a high price for a novelty, difficult to make work product.
Could you please do a tutorial on how to paint something thanksgiving related? And great video :)
Wow the A ha video reference totally cracked me up...that is exactly what I was thinking before you said that...LOL :)
you should get an adult coloring book and make videos on you filling in the pages, I own two of them and I really enjoy them so far
Do you have any experience with other Koh-I-Noor products? I've been using their Polycolor colored pencils (the set of 24 to try them out) and I'm pretty happy with them, so I'm considering going back for a bigger set. They're cheaper than for example Derwents, so I'm wondering if the quality is comparable.
+serenity2288 I have heard good things about their higher end pencils, I have the cheaper woodless ones and they are good for the price:)
+thefrugalcrafter Lindsay Weirich Thanks! I think I'll stick with them, then. I also think they may be cheaper here in Poland - a set of 72 costs something between $65-70
what if you used them with your heated plate? maybe a field of flowers??
Whoa I think that was the shortest vid I have ever seen you do and I feel like we didn't get to chat long enough today. I wish I had some great words of wisdom but I have to say I find the color palette just as odd as you do. Until tomorrow.....
i just subscribed and i love your projects. i try to do them at home.
In Japan, there are color pencils that have all the colors (rainbow colors) in one pencil.
And the green for drawing grass.
These would be perfect for drawing sweaters, yarn, any kind of hand-woven cloth. Tweed wool.
Good idea!
Wonder how they would blend?
Hey Cool Video & Thank You. Keep up the great work. Nick.
Thanks for the review! I think they are to expensive for young children to use and not worth it for me. Might as well use the children's tri color crayons and pencils that I have seen.
The brown looks like it would be awesome for wood.
Wow, they are kind of pricy. Maybe for those who travel and like to doodle or color color book. I can never decided how many color pencils I need to take with me. And with these 11 pencils you get surprise colors when coloring.
I love them on my coloring book
hello 😊
i'm new here... can you tell me witch brand have a great quality? how they tell the quality; quality of the colour blend or type of wood they use?
+flaxen rdn If you go to Lindsay's page you will find all the info you might ever need on just about every subject! She has several good comparisons on the different colored pencils, and watercolor pencils. Always an honest review with cost kept in mind. Have fun browsing!
+Patcrochets thank you :)
Backgrounds, rainbow effects on animal drawings , landscapes , foliage effects
thanks for reviewing this for us.
Thanks for the review Lindsay. I don't think these pencils are for me!
Thanks for sharing those pencils but really not something I think I have a need for. :-)
Just wanted to link this deviant art page.She's doing some really neat things with the multicolor pencis
shaymacmorran.deviantart.com/gallery/
very cool!
I guess it's like one of those novelty items.
LOL, I remember AhHa video😄
I agree with you, they are way too expensive. You can find those in cheaper brands for the amount you can do with them. Thank you for your opinion. Sorry you had to waste your gift reward on them!!!
Before you did the horse, it looked like hair to me. Like on a person
tfs
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first I LOVE YOUR CHANNEL and reviews... that said.. Why not give them a shot.. commit to doing one piece of artwork..(landscape, beach scene.. using only these pencils.. it will challenge you and give you different artistic perspective IF YOU SEE IT THROUGH.. I was a skeptic too but someone told me the same thing I am now suggesting to you... it would be fun to see your results.. much love.. keep up good work!😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃
i think they might be for the "tarter"colorer, because it seems shading is easier and that's always the hardest bit esp if you have waxy pencils and you try to layer colors. good review though and honest, is the blender pen just white pencil or does it have magic properties?
what does "tarter" mean
Not sure lol.. I think it might have been starter until auto correct ran withit
Bahahahaha 😅 lovely ☺