I just finished filming a review of these for my channel next week! Great minds think alike ❤️ I was pleasantly surprised too. Glad I gave in to all the recommendations!
When I am contemplating buying something, I always go to your channel first and do a search. If you've reviewed it, I can always, always count on an honest, down-to-earth review. Pretty sure you've saved me some dollars over the years because you point out the pros and cons as you see them. Really do appreciate your videos......always!!
Lindsay I don't know what I would do without your honest reviews and I am in the market for coloring pencils. Thank you, you have made my decision easy.
Oh great! These look very nice! I need another set of pencils like I need a hole in my head! But... I have had these in my cart for awhile now and I am so pleased to have the Lindsay Stamp of Approval 😁 Thank you, Lovely! 💗
I received these pencils today per you recommend. Oh my gosh!!! They are like butter and they effortlessly blend. I like them better than Prismacolor and Poloychromos! The lay down is sweet! Thank you for reviewing them. What a great buy!
SMH @ some comments. You’re one of my favorite Reviewers and I have always been pleasantly impressed with supplies I bought based on your reviews. Beautiful floral picture and so is the gem! Thank you Lindsay, you’re amazing!
Small note with this brand: They have a bunch of different sets with similar packaging and names with little to differentiate one from another. That same designed box used to have regular round pencils of mediocre quality most of a year ago. Don't just go by the brand or the title, make sure you're getting the square ones!
Good to know! I know they have a round set of 180 on the same page on Amazon. I have to admit the square shape got me and I figured if they were bad I could use them for photo profit they are really nice!
I’m in my summer camper and only brought watercolors with me because I didn’t want to lug a lot from NY to MA, so these are perfect to leave in the camper over the winter. Thanks for the review Lindsay.
I bought these after hearing Pamela’s review and seeing that many people who follow her also liked them. I wanted a decent but inexpensive set for practice. These have been great for me! It is nice to be able to practice with pencils that can easily be replaced as they wear down. I can then use something better on a drawing after I have worked on a new technique. Budget pencils can serve a useful purpose and I have enjoyed these. No odor on mine and minimal breakage so yay! As always, thanks for your review.
Pamela never has bad reviews and she deletes all comments she disagrees with. She deletes any criticism, any suggestions for her channel that offends her or anything that she happens to respond really badly too. Her Facebook group moderators think they are scientolodist protectors or something and she will use that whole group to attack commenters here. Then that gets deleted too.
@@thatlittlehat4599 are you kidding me? You have way too much time on your hands. I think the people that are in my group, watch my videos, and know me well, know the truth. I think it’s time you gave it a break. Have a wonderful evening.
The round Brutfuners with the coloured barrels are lovely, soft & creamy. Same quality as the squares. The Brutfuners with the black barrel are the same as all the other black barrel Chinese pencils. Litchi (the distributor/manufacturer?) seems to use various factories for many types of Art (and other) materials, a few are branded Brutfuner.
Thanks, that's very useful! I say the colored round barrels on aliexpress in a 520 set! I wondered if the black barrels were like the others I have which are nice but not as high quality as these squares are. Thanks again!
what a super fun haul! overwheming yes but spectacular and delightful! if you ever don't find the shade you want in another set, --- you know right where to look! thanks for sharing - super fun!
This is the review I have been waiting for, thank you so much! I had these on my “wish list” for Mother’s Day after watching numerous glowing reviews. But I never feel that I’ve completely researched a product unless I’ve seen a review posted by you! You are always thoughtful and honest... what more could a subscriber want? Super happy that you recommend these, I’ve only swatched them and used them on one project so far, but I’m really looking forward to playing with them! Something you said in your video gave me an idea for another video series that maybe you’d consider for an “end of the year roundup”. You said “these are the ones to beat”. I wonder if you’d consider doing a series for different mediums for “the one to beat”. You could do it for budget, student, and professional! I think subscribers would love it! Thank you for all you do. Your subscribers really value your opinions 😀
These are really good, so soft, I did some art with colored pencils in highschool they weren't t even close to this. These are great, so easy to sharpen, very soft wood. I'm so happy I got them, but it's so sad you can't get them open stock. They are creamy and if you use them you can use up individual colors pretty fast.
I managed not to buy them for 3 month since I've seen them on Pamela's channel. When I saw her color combos last week I had to buy them. I love them sooo much!
@@thefrugalcrafter Goodness! I love being responsible!! I have learned to live with being "the enabler" as everyone calls me now. I am so glad you were able to get these pencils to add to your collection. There is just something special about this. I have three sets now...that's how much I love them. Enjoy them!
Great review. I'm always amazed how many colored pencils are on the market! Most of all I I am amazed with your gemstone artwork!!! ....and, I am wishing I knew how to draw, color, paint one of those fun value spheres the way you do :)
Thanks for the review, I loved that crystal! I have these square Brutfuners and the round ones too. The round ones feels really cheap, many pencils in my set break (or just crumble) alot, but I still enjoy coloring with them, and get good results. The square ones feels like much higher quality to me, and they are way prettier. They feel similar to color with, pretty close but not the same in my opinion.
I have this set too and use it to get more practice for my adult coloring technique before I jump into my Polychromos. Also if you’re interested in the Chinese color name translations, Pamela’s Passion for Pencils has a link for them in her channel, I believe. 😉
i got them a few das ago. And trnslated them myself, into german (because i am german) and also into english just for comparing, and must say the german translation is just more funny. Some habe real funny names. Like fried chicken on the place of the people, or thin ice on a pond in spring. i love it. its a bit of a work with googel translate and a phone because of the golden letters, but it is worth it just for fun.
These are amazing pencils. Thank you for the recommendation. They do work better than most in my smooth coloring books as well and I'm able to get a lot of layers out of them
Great review. Thank you. I would like to respond to some of the comments but I have promised myself I am not getting into the drama...These are great pencils and I wish they were around when I got into adult colouring back in 2015...I would have saved myself a lot of heartache and stress, not to mention a lot of money. Great work as always. I watched your Sat chat on Saturday and cried. I hope you are enjoying the break and come back refreshed. Best wishes to you and the family.
@@thefrugalcrafter Good idea...I am sitting on my hands...as I realy want to respond...but I made myself a promise. Take your sketch book and suppiles when you head out...I loved the sketches you did when you last headed out, especially the one which showed the view incuding your feet...I saw myself there...enjoy the peace. Best wishes...always.
I have been eyeing these for some time now. Thank you for the recommendation will make a purchase, I was looking for a decent oil-based colored pencil. I may also purchase the pastel version later.
Dear Lindsay, I have been watching you as my favorite, most trusted reviewer for close to 10 years. When I heard your opinion and evaluation of the performance of these pencils, along with their price, I used your link as soon as you finished this review and placed my order. This is the least expensive I have seen of the 120 budget pencil sets available, and I have, and always will, trust your judgment of a product in any of your reviews. I have bilateral carpel tunnel, and being able to get a colored pencil that is softer than many other budget pencils, and that was also given a good review by you, was a true delight. Thank you for all the enjoyment your videos have given me for so long, during many trying health issues. Sincerely, Deirdre (Dee)
As of today 6.7.2021, there is a 15% off coupon for the pencils. I love colored pencils, but I only have wax Prismacolors. These should be fun to try! Thanks, Lindsay!
These looked great, um Amazon isn’t shipping this to NZ how ever AliExpress! YES!! Yippee new pencils on the way, um think this will be last set I buy for a while as um five sets of pencils how many do I need, apparently six. Lol. Thanks Lindsay for a great review.
yep, I've had mine a little while, had to wait nearly 2 months for them to get to NZ. Talk about a slow boat from China! But definitely worth the effort. You'll love them. Difficult to get a sharpener, I got a KW Trio in the end, does 6-12mm, from Discount Office. Again, worth the effort!
@@andrewmandywilsontatham49 ahh yep I will have the long wait I’m sure I won’t annoy the family by saying so do I have a package …… yep this will start in about a week I will so annoy them. I have the KW trio Best Buy ever, got it supper cheep as our book store was selling for $5 was a very lucky find. Thanks for the heads up, hope your having a wonderful week.
Howdy also from NZ. Looks like a few of us here :) I have mine on order but in the meantime have been using the nyoni set. Which alongside the polychromos are a dream to use. I think the barrels may be different now to these square? Varnished instead of mattte but from what I understand the core is no different.
Well I couldn’t resist - I broke down and bought them! lol Lindsay, these coloured pencils are easily going to be my favourite colouring tool for art journaling, Bible journaling and adult colouring book fun! I will keep my “good” lightfast collection for my fine art work. How I wish this company would offer single stock pencils because I can see me needing that down the road! lol Thanks for the introduction to them!! 😍❤️❣️
I came back to see what sharpener you used for the square barrels. Also, the Cezanne 120 is between 40-50 on Amazon today and I love them but ordered these since I already have the 70 count of Cezanne and so glad that these were a better bargain on Black Friday sales, I ordered one for me and one for a gift as I had them in my cart for quite sometime now, patience is a virtue! I feel like a doggie waiting for my owner to come home!
I have these pencils have used them. I love these pencils. Also thank you for letting me know about Sarah. I loved your lives with Sarah in attendace , helping you with fielding questions from subscribers. I did wonder about her many times. Glad to hear she is well.
Yes, also she and her husband bought a RV repair business a couple years ago so she is busy with that too. People have been RVing a lot during the pandemic.
I just bought these from your comment about them being discounted recently! I was wondering if you could do a follow along tutorial using these pencils! Thanks!
I was sooooo waiting for you to review these! Yes, I got fooled by the pencils moved around haha. I love how you organized them by color though - I need to do that to mine. So far they have been staying in stock well, but that might change after all of your viewers see this haha. So, these aren't the same as Felissimo (the 500 set) - those are the Tokyo Seeds from Japan. However, there is a 500 set of round barrel Bruts on Ali Express, but I haven't tried them.
Also the round ones are nothing like these. They are a mimic of a few other cheap Chinese brands of pencils too - while these are much better and more unique.
USe spray adhesive to adhere the foam to the lid and it keeps the, perfectly in place if you travel with the tin, i own 2 of these 120 sets because they are SO fantastic, and just so you know as far s i can tell the 72 set is exactly the same quality and leads and everything. Just a smaller set great for taking with you as is in your art bag!
I know it’s an older video, but just wanted to say, I really love these pencils! I’m a beginner with colored pencils. Between your reviews and several others, I decided to try them. They were $30 on Amazon with a 25% coupon, and came quickly. I love the easy lay down of pigment. They are perfect for learning blending, and other practice and adult coloring. I tend to fidget with my pens and pencils, and the square shape had actually become my favorite fidget toy. 😆 They do actually work in my T’gaal hand sharpener, with some adjustments. It will seriously leave bite marks and chipped paint, and you may have to fiddle with it to get the pencils to turn initially. But it is doable if you are careful. I will eventually get an electric sharpener, but this is practice for me right now. The bite marks simply make the set ‘not precious’ so I can play with them without twitching. Thank you for the fun recommendation! I’m thoroughly enjoying these!
I love my Brutefuner pencils. I have rheumatoid arthritis .,and my hands tend to hurt and qo numb when I Color with the regular round pencils. I bought 3 sets of the brutuner squares as the square pencils are easier on my fingers. I appreciate your review and am now a subsriber.
Those seem nice although I don't use colored pencils much. Although I did get my order of Petersburg Classics 12 set watercolors in today. I found it interesting that 7 of the wrappers are different than the other 5 and when I read the label it says....with additives of bull bile😆yeh kinda found that amusing for whatever reason😁🤷♀️
They look beautiful.🌻 I'm always jealous of how inexpensive your art supplies are in the US! LoL.. this set goes for $70 + tax (which for me is 12%) on Amazon Canada. Great review, hope your having a great week thus far!☺️
The Brutfuner Square are wonderful. Yes they are chinese and yes you can get teh translated name chart, I too got mine from Pamela. I agree with your comment about the round Brutfuners, I wasn't impressed by them at all. I actually love the squares so much I immediately bought my backup. I also have the Marco Trendy and the Marco Square and there's no comparison. I will not be replacing them. Great review! I love them because they work great in tiny tight spaces to, the variety of colors and I said I was going to display them and then I used them and that idea went out the window! Lol. Very enjoyable pencils and a great price!
These sound like a great backup to Either prismacolor or faber castel, especially for someone like me with arthritis in my hands! Doesn’t even break the bank!
I think these are very nice for budget pencils, especially for the price. I love mine. I do want to comment that what suits one person may not suit another. Some people are just never happy. Also some brands carry the same colors in different formulas. Derwent does this. Marcos do this. I believe caran dache did it with watercolor and Pablo's. If someone really wants to know they should contact the company, instead of being extremely negative on reviews. I believe in being entitled to opinions, but there's a line between opinions and rudeness.✌
You can get 520 of these from Aliexpress for about $117 US. I was tempted, but that is a lot of pencils to store. I just bought the 120 set from Amazon a few weeks ago and have been waiting for your review before I started using them. Thank you!
@@thefrugalcrafter one of the Ali listings did say there were no repeat colors. The unboxing video I saw was not in English so I didn’t understand any of it 😅
Thank you sooooo much for showing the super clear views of your swatch sheet of arranged pencils after you put them in the correct order! Because of that, I was able to put the correct number order for these pencils on the swatch sheet enclosed in their tin. Like a lot of people with regular schooling without art classes, I was taught that all red, yellow and orange colors are hot and all green, blue, and purples are cool colors, (evidently not true), and that was about it. OH, if only every reviewer would do this with their properly arranged pencil sets, it would give the uneducated ones like me a miracle! We would actually be able to properly arrange our few budget friendly colored pencil sets in the correct order. A dream come true! Would you please be kind enough to spread the word among some of these fine artists? Also, I did not catch the name of the reviewer artist you suggested we look up. Could you tell me the name? Any reasonably affordable card stock and paper brand names you could suggest that would really help these pencils work at their best would be greatly appreciated, too. Thank you again. Dee Powers
Thank you. I do watch Pam as well as Jennifer Stay. Perhaps if I ask Pam to have those who would appreciate knowing how to arrange their pencils to send her a list of the sets they have, she might consider doing a video. I know everyone is very busy, especially you, or I would beg you to do it.
HI! I bought these and for a few dollars more I returned them for the 180 set. It didn't bother me that the 180 set was round and they are great as well. I have an old tray from my Prismas which I keep on the table to prevent them from rolling. To me it was a no brainer. If you want to try a new pencil, look for the Parrot Pastels (72) which I think are wonderful!
Felissimo Tokyo Seed pencils, that's the Japanese subscription box ones you meant :) Haven't tried those since I'm not much of a pencil user as they always seem too hard for my crampy lefty hand and I'm notoriously suspicious of anything subscription typish, but maybe someone else is interested 🥰
I cut the sleeve out on mine and taped it to the tin like i did with my soho pencils. Also the other set you were thinking of is the felissimo colored pencils. I"ve heard they're thicker than these and they even make a sharpener to fit them.
For the Marco ones you want to get the Marco Renoir, NOT the Raffine. The Raffine are cheap and have very little pigment.... think dollar store colored pencils!!! The Renoir on the other hand are a much better pencil with good pigment payout and although more expensive than the Raffine they are still a budget pencil!! They're not lightfast of course but great in sketch books and I bought a set for my mother who does adult coloring books and they are great in that!!!
nice rewiew, watched a few now on these penciels. and funns thing is for most people myelf included , its that one light green that is broken. I would now guess its a prodctin problem with tht one green. also on rewier found that there are sold in diffrent packege under difrent names. I think it was Saea Clark who has it in her review at the end.
I don’t spray or paint fixative into colored pencil pieces. But a certain brand of pencils...I had color migration when I used a waterbrush on the backside of the paper. It wasn’t so much water or so thin a paper that you’d expect that. The colored pencil pigment actually stained the following page (sheet touching the image).
Japanese technology for Pencil name Colleen is very good budget pencils. I almost feel like they are good as Caran D’ache! Try for yourself. It’s only my opinion. By the way your review is very good also your work. Thank you. The color of Brutfunner is really beautiful.
The Brutfuner are made in China. They are different to the Marco & Fellissimo ranges, but they are the same as many other Chinese pencils sold on Amazon- Soucolor, Shuttle Art, and a few others that come from the same Brutfuner factory. The round Brutfuner pencils are identical to these other Chinese brands- same color numbers and everything.
The Brutfuner round black barrelled ones are the same as many other of the Chinese brands with black barrels, inc Castle Arts. However, I’ve found the Brutfuner round coloured barrelled ones are the same nice quality as Brutfuner square pencils.
@@ArtJourneyUK the Castle Art pencils are a different size. They aren’t the same factory as the other brands I listed. The other brands are an identical pencil
I just bought the square Brufuners a few weeks ago, and my light olive green also had a broken tip. Maybe it's composed of weaker elements, or perhaps its location in the tin is at a bending point?
Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts about these pencils! I saw another review on CZcams and they also loved these pencils! It’s funny because I was hoping you would do a review too!!! I know how honest you are, and practical!! QUESTION??? Have you done a review on the best paper to use with colored pencils??? I just saw from Kit and Clouder (?) and they said Canson mi teintes paper was the best. It’s white paper, I tried looking for it on Amazon and just got more confused!! I could really use your help!!! Thank you so much again!!! Liz😀❤️
The Japanese subscription pencils are Felissimo and I have the whole set. Personally, I do not like them. They are harder than Polychromos and do not blend well.
Do I need more art supplies? No. Do I wanna buy more after watching reviews? yessss! 🤣🤣 Thanks for the thorough review 💗💗
I just finished filming a review of these for my channel next week! Great minds think alike ❤️
I was pleasantly surprised too. Glad I gave in to all the recommendations!
When I am contemplating buying something, I always go to your channel first and do a search. If you've reviewed it, I can always, always count on an honest, down-to-earth review. Pretty sure you've saved me some dollars over the years because you point out the pros and cons as you see them. Really do appreciate your videos......always!!
Lindsay I don't know what I would do without your honest reviews and I am in the market for coloring pencils. Thank you, you have made my decision easy.
Oh great! These look very nice! I need another set of pencils like I need a hole in my head! But... I have had these in my cart for awhile now and I am so pleased to have the Lindsay Stamp of Approval 😁 Thank you, Lovely! 💗
I ordered these from Amazon this past week. They arrived quickly even without Prime. I LOVE them! Totally worth the $25!
I received these pencils today per you recommend. Oh my gosh!!! They are like butter and they effortlessly blend. I like them better than Prismacolor and Poloychromos! The lay down is sweet! Thank you for reviewing them. What a great buy!
Hi!how can I sharpen them I really can’t find any sharpener that I can sharpen them with
@@mi89u79 dahle 133 pencil sharpener
I haven't got those pencils but I like that they won't roll off the table with that square shape. Thanks for the review
Good point!
SMH @ some comments. You’re one of my favorite Reviewers and I have always been pleasantly impressed with supplies I bought based on your reviews. Beautiful floral picture and so is the gem! Thank you Lindsay, you’re amazing!
Yeah, I think they came riled up from another video or something. It's weird.
Small note with this brand: They have a bunch of different sets with similar packaging and names with little to differentiate one from another. That same designed box used to have regular round pencils of mediocre quality most of a year ago. Don't just go by the brand or the title, make sure you're getting the square ones!
Good to know! I know they have a round set of 180 on the same page on Amazon. I have to admit the square shape got me and I figured if they were bad I could use them for photo profit they are really nice!
I love my Brutfuners. They are really a great substitute for Polychromos for those of us who can't afford artist grade pencils.
I’m in my summer camper and only brought watercolors with me because I didn’t want to lug a lot from NY to MA, so these are perfect to leave in the camper over the winter. Thanks for the review Lindsay.
I bought these after hearing Pamela’s review and seeing that many people who follow her also liked them. I wanted a decent but inexpensive set for practice. These have been great for me! It is nice to be able to practice with pencils that can easily be replaced as they wear down. I can then use something better on a drawing after I have worked on a new technique. Budget pencils can serve a useful purpose and I have enjoyed these. No odor on mine and minimal breakage so yay! As always, thanks for your review.
Pamela never has bad reviews and she deletes all comments she disagrees with. She deletes any criticism, any suggestions for her channel that offends her or anything that she happens to respond really badly too. Her Facebook group moderators think they are scientolodist protectors or something and she will use that whole group to attack commenters here. Then that gets deleted too.
@@thatlittlehat4599 are you kidding me? You have way too much time on your hands. I think the people that are in my group, watch my videos, and know me well, know the truth. I think it’s time you gave it a break. Have a wonderful evening.
I have had mine for a few months, love them! Thank you for the review.
These look so nice. I love the way they blend. I have a lot of coloring books, several with more textured paper, so I bet these would work well.
Done. With the 15% off currently offered! I mean, who could resist that?!?! Am anxious to try them as I do like a softer pencil. Thanks Lindsay!
After my last debacle I finally received a set of 72 today and they are indeed a beautiful pencil! So glad I ordered them again!
The round Brutfuners with the coloured barrels are lovely, soft & creamy. Same quality as the squares. The Brutfuners with the black barrel are the same as all the other black barrel Chinese pencils. Litchi (the distributor/manufacturer?) seems to use various factories for many types of Art (and other) materials, a few are branded Brutfuner.
Thanks, that's very useful! I say the colored round barrels on aliexpress in a 520 set! I wondered if the black barrels were like the others I have which are nice but not as high quality as these squares are. Thanks again!
what a super fun haul! overwheming yes but spectacular and delightful! if you ever don't find the shade you want in another set, --- you know right where to look! thanks for sharing - super fun!
This is the review I have been waiting for, thank you so much! I had these on my “wish list” for Mother’s Day after watching numerous glowing reviews. But I never feel that I’ve completely researched a product unless I’ve seen a review posted by you! You are always thoughtful and honest... what more could a subscriber want? Super happy that you recommend these, I’ve only swatched them and used them on one project so far, but I’m really looking forward to playing with them! Something you said in your video gave me an idea for another video series that maybe you’d consider for an “end of the year roundup”. You said “these are the ones to beat”. I wonder if you’d consider doing a series for different mediums for “the one to beat”. You could do it for budget, student, and professional! I think subscribers would love it! Thank you for all you do. Your subscribers really value your opinions 😀
These are really good, so soft, I did some art with colored pencils in highschool they weren't t even close to this. These are great, so easy to sharpen, very soft wood. I'm so happy I got them, but it's so sad you can't get them open stock. They are creamy and if you use them you can use up individual colors pretty fast.
I managed not to buy them for 3 month since I've seen them on Pamela's channel. When I saw her color combos last week I had to buy them. I love them sooo much!
Yeah, she is responsible for me buying them too! 😄
@@thefrugalcrafter Goodness! I love being responsible!! I have learned to live with being "the enabler" as everyone calls me now. I am so glad you were able to get these pencils to add to your collection. There is just something special about this. I have three sets now...that's how much I love them. Enjoy them!
Very nice review and I love the artwork you did with these! The amethyst is beautiful! Thanks Lindsay!
Thank you for this review! I ordered them a couple of weeks ago but haven’t had a chance to try them yet.
Great review. I'm always amazed how many colored pencils are on the market! Most of all I I am amazed with your gemstone artwork!!! ....and, I am wishing I knew how to draw, color, paint one of those fun value spheres the way you do :)
Yes agreed about the spheres!
Thanks for the review, I loved that crystal! I have these square Brutfuners and the round ones too. The round ones feels really cheap, many pencils in my set break (or just crumble) alot, but I still enjoy coloring with them, and get good results. The square ones feels like much higher quality to me, and they are way prettier. They feel similar to color with, pretty close but not the same in my opinion.
I have this set too and use it to get more practice for my adult coloring technique before I jump into my Polychromos. Also if you’re interested in the Chinese color name translations, Pamela’s Passion for Pencils has a link for them in her channel, I believe. 😉
It’s on Pamela’s Passion for Pencils Facebook group.
i got them a few das ago. And trnslated them myself, into german (because i am german) and also into english just for comparing, and must say the german translation is just more funny. Some habe real funny names. Like fried chicken on the place of the people, or thin ice on a pond in spring. i love it. its a bit of a work with googel translate and a phone because of the golden letters, but it is worth it just for fun.
These are amazing pencils. Thank you for the recommendation. They do work better than most in my smooth coloring books as well and I'm able to get a lot of layers out of them
omgosh Lindsay!!!! ! have the Faber Castell and Caran d'Ache and still want to buy these! They are so pretty! lol Thank you for the review. 👏🏻❣️❤️😘
I recently got these, and I’m very happy with them.
LOVE the coloring on that flower.🙂
Great review. Thank you. I would like to respond to some of the comments but I have promised myself I am not getting into the drama...These are great pencils and I wish they were around when I got into adult colouring back in 2015...I would have saved myself a lot of heartache and stress, not to mention a lot of money. Great work as always. I watched your Sat chat on Saturday and cried. I hope you are enjoying the break and come back refreshed. Best wishes to you and the family.
😄 I know what you mean. There are a lot of salty people here today. Must be the heat! I'm going to ignore the drama and head to the lake!
@@thefrugalcrafter Good idea...I am sitting on my hands...as I realy want to respond...but I made myself a promise. Take your sketch book and suppiles when you head out...I loved the sketches you did when you last headed out, especially the one which showed the view incuding your feet...I saw myself there...enjoy the peace. Best wishes...always.
Thanks Lindsay I'll be using them to practice with
I have been eyeing these for some time now. Thank you for the recommendation will make a purchase, I was looking for a decent oil-based colored pencil. I may also purchase the pastel version later.
Dear Lindsay, I have been watching you as my favorite, most trusted reviewer for close to 10 years. When I heard your opinion and evaluation of the performance of these pencils, along with their price, I used your link as soon as you finished this review and placed my order. This is the least expensive I have seen of the 120 budget pencil sets available, and I have, and always will, trust your judgment of a product in any of your reviews. I have bilateral carpel tunnel, and being able to get a colored pencil that is softer than many other budget pencils, and that was also given a good review by you, was a true delight. Thank you for all the enjoyment your videos have given me for so long, during many trying health issues. Sincerely, Deirdre (Dee)
Thank you:)
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As of today 6.7.2021, there is a 15% off coupon for the pencils. I love colored pencils, but I only have wax Prismacolors. These should be fun to try! Thanks, Lindsay!
These looked great, um Amazon isn’t shipping this to NZ how ever AliExpress! YES!! Yippee new pencils on the way, um think this will be last set I buy for a while as um five sets of pencils how many do I need, apparently six. Lol. Thanks Lindsay for a great review.
yep, I've had mine a little while, had to wait nearly 2 months for them to get to NZ. Talk about a slow boat from China! But definitely worth the effort. You'll love them. Difficult to get a sharpener, I got a KW Trio in the end, does 6-12mm, from Discount Office. Again, worth the effort!
@@andrewmandywilsontatham49 ahh yep I will have the long wait I’m sure I won’t annoy the family by saying so do I have a package …… yep this will start in about a week I will so annoy them. I have the KW trio Best Buy ever, got it supper cheep as our book store was selling for $5 was a very lucky find. Thanks for the heads up, hope your having a wonderful week.
Howdy also from NZ. Looks like a few of us here :) I have mine on order but in the meantime have been using the nyoni set. Which alongside the polychromos are a dream to use. I think the barrels may be different now to these square? Varnished instead of mattte but from what I understand the core is no different.
@@shadowdancenz who knows? Maybe they just had a momnent putting the paint on. BTW just made a page on fb yesterday for us kiwis.
@@andrewmandywilsontatham49 cool. Will look out for it.
I agree. These are by far my favorite inexpensive pencils.
I just bought these along with the 180 set of rounds to compare on my channel. I really like these too.
I'll keep an eye out for your comparison!
I got these on sale for 26$ two days ago. They came today, I’m so excited!
I love the square brutfuner set. What a beautiful flower picture x
Well I couldn’t resist - I broke down and bought them! lol Lindsay, these coloured pencils are easily going to be my favourite colouring tool for art journaling, Bible journaling and adult colouring book fun! I will keep my “good” lightfast collection for my fine art work. How I wish this company would offer single stock pencils because I can see me needing that down the road! lol Thanks for the introduction to them!! 😍❤️❣️
I came back to see what sharpener you used for the square barrels. Also, the Cezanne 120 is between 40-50 on Amazon today and I love them but ordered these since I already have the 70 count of Cezanne and so glad that these were a better bargain on Black Friday sales, I ordered one for me and one for a gift as I had them in my cart for quite sometime now, patience is a virtue! I feel like a doggie waiting for my owner to come home!
You will love them! I used the large hole in my electric sharpener.
@@thefrugalcrafter I just colored with them!!!! So much fun!!!!!
I’ve had these in my cart for weeks but just bought them since I don’t want them to go out of stock after this review! 😄
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Thanks! Wow there are some very definite opinions in the comments. I just wanted to say that you are always fair and honest in your reviews.
Thank you!
As of Monday, June 7, there is a 15% off coupon on Amazon for the reviewed set of 120.
Nice!
Yay 15% off is still there 6/24/2021 🎉
I love mine! Beautiful pencils.i may get another set. Thanks 🎨
I have these pencils have used them. I love these pencils. Also thank you for letting me know about Sarah. I loved your lives with Sarah in attendace , helping you with fielding questions from subscribers. I did wonder about her many times. Glad to hear she is well.
Yes, also she and her husband bought a RV repair business a couple years ago so she is busy with that too. People have been RVing a lot during the pandemic.
@@thefrugalcrafter Sister and her husband bought new RV and truck to pull. They took 6 weeks to do the Grand Canyon
Great review! I’m not frugal after listening to some of your reviews. lol
I just bought these from your comment about them being discounted recently! I was wondering if you could do a follow along tutorial using these pencils! Thanks!
Good idea!
I was sooooo waiting for you to review these! Yes, I got fooled by the pencils moved around haha. I love how you organized them by color though - I need to do that to mine. So far they have been staying in stock well, but that might change after all of your viewers see this haha. So, these aren't the same as Felissimo (the 500 set) - those are the Tokyo Seeds from Japan. However, there is a 500 set of round barrel Bruts on Ali Express, but I haven't tried them.
Also the round ones are nothing like these. They are a mimic of a few other cheap Chinese brands of pencils too - while these are much better and more unique.
Thank you for this review, I always trust what you say. I recently purchased these and now I feel even better about my purchase. 😊🎨🌸
USe spray adhesive to adhere the foam to the lid and it keeps the, perfectly in place if you travel with the tin, i own 2 of these 120 sets because they are SO fantastic, and just so you know as far s i can tell the 72 set is exactly the same quality and leads and everything. Just a smaller set great for taking with you as is in your art bag!
I just came for Lindsay, couldn’t care less about the pencils. Thanks for keeping me company as I sew!
Aww, im happy to keep you company anytime!
I know it’s an older video, but just wanted to say, I really love these pencils! I’m a beginner with colored pencils. Between your reviews and several others, I decided to try them. They were $30 on Amazon with a 25% coupon, and came quickly. I love the easy lay down of pigment. They are perfect for learning blending, and other practice and adult coloring. I tend to fidget with my pens and pencils, and the square shape had actually become my favorite fidget toy. 😆 They do actually work in my T’gaal hand sharpener, with some adjustments. It will seriously leave bite marks and chipped paint, and you may have to fiddle with it to get the pencils to turn initially. But it is doable if you are careful. I will eventually get an electric sharpener, but this is practice for me right now. The bite marks simply make the set ‘not precious’ so I can play with them without twitching. Thank you for the fun recommendation! I’m thoroughly enjoying these!
I almost ordered a backup set at that price!
Great review, Lindsay! I'm not really into colored pencils, but you make them sound great!! I may buy them because they look fantastic. Tfs.
I love my Brutefuner pencils. I have rheumatoid arthritis .,and my hands tend to hurt and qo numb when I Color with the regular round pencils. I bought 3 sets of the brutuner squares as the square pencils are easier on my fingers. I appreciate your review and am now a subsriber.
Thanks for sharing!!
Those seem nice although I don't use colored pencils much. Although I did get my order of Petersburg Classics 12 set watercolors in today. I found it interesting that 7 of the wrappers are different than the other 5 and when I read the label it says....with additives of bull bile😆yeh kinda found that amusing for whatever reason😁🤷♀️
They look beautiful.🌻 I'm always jealous of how inexpensive your art supplies are in the US! LoL.. this set goes for $70 + tax (which for me is 12%) on Amazon Canada.
Great review, hope your having a great week thus far!☺️
Fellow Canadian here, I feel you and my tax is 5% so you have it much worse!
That 7s more than double the price here. If check aliexpress as most of the sellers 9n Amazon sell on Ali too.
@@jicolourist Gotta love BC... Bring Cash;) 😁
@@thefrugalcrafter Now why didn't I think of that?! Lol thanks Lindsay!
I hear you
They are almost $100 in Australia
I have this set and I love them. I’m actually going to buy a second set for a backup because I’m afraid they may become unavailable at some point. Lol
Me too. I found a 180 set on amazon im going to try.
Thank you so much. I have these and I’m glad you reviewed them. 💕
The Brutfuner Square are wonderful. Yes they are chinese and yes you can get teh translated name chart, I too got mine from Pamela. I agree with your comment about the round Brutfuners, I wasn't impressed by them at all. I actually love the squares so much I immediately bought my backup. I also have the Marco Trendy and the Marco Square and there's no comparison. I will not be replacing them. Great review! I love them because they work great in tiny tight spaces to, the variety of colors and I said I was going to display them and then I used them and that idea went out the window! Lol. Very enjoyable pencils and a great price!
Good to know about the Marcos
Placed my order. It had been on my wish list for a while
I got these a few months ago, recommended by another youtuber. I've been dying to see your take!
These sound like a great backup to Either prismacolor or faber castel, especially for someone like me with arthritis in my hands! Doesn’t even break the bank!
Thanks for the review 😊 I haven't tried oil based yet and was very curious about them. Under $30 is great for me, I'm not making forever art 😃
I’m ordering even though I don’t need more colored pencils lol. But they sound so good thank you for the review I really like softer pencils.
Thx for this video ... ordered and can't wait to try!
Thanks Lindsay. Enjoyed hearing about these pencils and the coloring you did. Loved the prom pictures. Good to see the smiles. TFS
Thanks for another great review Lyndsay, I thought I'd give these a go at the price
I have these I really like them the square shape is nice.
I think these are very nice for budget pencils, especially for the price. I love mine. I do want to comment that what suits one person may not suit another. Some people are just never happy. Also some brands carry the same colors in different formulas. Derwent does this. Marcos do this. I believe caran dache did it with watercolor and Pablo's. If someone really wants to know they should contact the company, instead of being extremely negative on reviews. I believe in being entitled to opinions, but there's a line between opinions and rudeness.✌
Thanks! I don't know what has got people so riled up about these pencils, honestly.
@@thefrugalcrafter they seem to be riled up about ALL the pencils. Lol.
What a great price, probably a little more in Canada but worth it for how many you get. Thanks Lindsay!
You can get 520 of these from Aliexpress for about $117 US. I was tempted, but that is a lot of pencils to store. I just bought the 120 set from Amazon a few weeks ago and have been waiting for your review before I started using them. Thank you!
Yeah, I wonder what kind of case they come in. It must be huge!
@@thefrugalcrafter I saw an unboxing video someone did of them! It’s 2 sets of 260 each.
Are they all different colors?
@@thefrugalcrafter one of the Ali listings did say there were no repeat colors. The unboxing video I saw was not in English so I didn’t understand any of it 😅
@@thefrugalcrafter I am so tempted to buy that set, but I'll let you do it LIndsay...:)
Funny how you refer to the Art Gear Guide for honest reviews. Fact is, if I want to know if something’s worth buying, YOU are the I look up first 😘
Aww thanks:) it's good to have a couple sources as we all have different likes and dislikes:)
Thank you for the review. I am goung to try these.
Thank you sooooo much for showing the super clear views of your swatch sheet of arranged pencils after you put them in the correct order! Because of that, I was able to put the correct number order for these pencils on the swatch sheet enclosed in their tin. Like a lot of people with regular schooling without art classes, I was taught that all red, yellow and orange colors are hot and all green, blue, and purples are cool colors, (evidently not true), and that was about it. OH, if only every reviewer would do this with their properly arranged pencil sets, it would give the uneducated ones like me a miracle! We would actually be able to properly arrange our few budget friendly colored pencil sets in the correct order. A dream come true! Would you please be kind enough to spread the word among some of these fine artists? Also, I did not catch the name of the reviewer artist you suggested we look up. Could you tell me the name? Any reasonably affordable card stock and paper brand names you could suggest that would really help these pencils work at their best would be greatly appreciated, too. Thank you again. Dee Powers
Pamelas passion for pencils arranges her sets in color family order and she is the one who turned me on to these square pencils.
Thank you. I do watch Pam as well as Jennifer Stay. Perhaps if I ask Pam to have those who would appreciate knowing how to arrange their pencils to send her a list of the sets they have, she might consider doing a video. I know everyone is very busy, especially you, or I would beg you to do it.
Thank you! I've been waiting for your review on this ones.
There is actually 20% off now on Amazon! Amazing price! It's June 26th btw!
HI! I bought these and for a few dollars more I returned them for the 180 set. It didn't bother me that the 180 set was round and they are great as well. I have an old tray from my Prismas which I keep on the table to prevent them from rolling. To me it was a no brainer. If you want to try a new pencil, look for the Parrot Pastels (72) which I think are wonderful!
I've never heard of them
Felissimo Tokyo Seed pencils, that's the Japanese subscription box ones you meant :) Haven't tried those since I'm not much of a pencil user as they always seem too hard for my crampy lefty hand and I'm notoriously suspicious of anything subscription typish, but maybe someone else is interested 🥰
The kalour colored pencils are brutfuner also just more colors 180 and there round black barrels just like the brutfuner black barrel 150
Good to know! Many budget pencils are the same formula.
I cut the sleeve out on mine and taped it to the tin like i did with my soho pencils. Also the other set you were thinking of is the felissimo colored pencils. I"ve heard they're thicker than these and they even make a sharpener to fit them.
Good idea!
For the Marco ones you want to get the Marco Renoir, NOT the Raffine. The Raffine are cheap and have very little pigment.... think dollar store colored pencils!!! The Renoir on the other hand are a much better pencil with good pigment payout and although more expensive than the Raffine they are still a budget pencil!! They're not lightfast of course but great in sketch books and I bought a set for my mother who does adult coloring books and they are great in that!!!
I ordered and look forward to trying. I trust your reviews and admire your knowledge. Have a great week!
Thanks, you too!
I have these and they are wonderful
a great video Lindsay excellent.👍❤🌹
nice rewiew, watched a few now on these penciels. and funns thing is for most people myelf included , its that one light green that is broken. I would now guess its a prodctin problem with tht one green.
also on rewier found that there are sold in diffrent packege under difrent names. I think it was Saea Clark who has it in her review at the end.
The black barreled ones are for sure!
Thx really appreciate it
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Here in Australia they cost just under $100 set 120 square Brutfuner
Yikes. That's too much for these without proper lightfast info.
I love these pencils!
I don’t spray or paint fixative into colored pencil pieces. But a certain brand of pencils...I had color migration when I used a waterbrush on the backside of the paper. It wasn’t so much water or so thin a paper that you’d expect that. The colored pencil pigment actually stained the following page (sheet touching the image).
Holy cow! That's weird.
I usually only use one side of sketchbook pages so I've never had that happen.
Japanese technology for Pencil name Colleen is very good budget pencils. I almost feel like they are good as Caran D’ache! Try for yourself. It’s only my opinion. By the way your review is very good also your work. Thank you. The color of Brutfunner is really beautiful.
The Brutfuner are made in China. They are different to the Marco & Fellissimo ranges, but they are the same as many other Chinese pencils sold on Amazon- Soucolor, Shuttle Art, and a few others that come from the same Brutfuner factory.
The round Brutfuner pencils are identical to these other Chinese brands- same color numbers and everything.
I wondered about that with the rounds because they look so similar.
The Brutfuner round black barrelled ones are the same as many other of the Chinese brands with black barrels, inc Castle Arts. However, I’ve found the Brutfuner round coloured barrelled ones are the same nice quality as Brutfuner square pencils.
@@ArtJourneyUK the Castle Art pencils are a different size. They aren’t the same factory as the other brands I listed. The other brands are an identical pencil
I just bought the square Brufuners a few weeks ago, and my light olive green also had a broken tip. Maybe it's composed of weaker elements, or perhaps its location in the tin is at a bending point?
Maybe
Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts about these pencils! I saw another review on CZcams and they also loved these pencils! It’s funny because I was hoping you would do a review too!!! I know how honest you are, and practical!! QUESTION??? Have you done a review on the best paper to use with colored pencils??? I just saw from Kit and Clouder (?) and they said Canson mi teintes paper was the best. It’s white paper, I tried looking for it on Amazon and just got more confused!! I could really use your help!!! Thank you so much again!!! Liz😀❤️
I think best depends on what you are trying to achieve. I use Stonehenge a lot to an all around colored pencil paper.
@@thefrugalcrafter thank you so much, I trust your opinion over anybody else!!! You’re truly amazing!!!😀💗
Today, Wed, 12/22/2021 the pencils are $29.98 plus take an extra 30% off. That is $20.99 for a 120 set.
Yes! I snagged a backup set!
The only non artist colored pencil i have is Arteza but i have been eyeing these. They have had very good reviews.
I just bought the 180 pencil set for 35.00. I look forward to practicing with them.
Let me know how you like them. I have not tried them.
The Japanese subscription pencils are Felissimo and I have the whole set. Personally, I do not like them. They are harder than Polychromos and do not blend well.