Which pencils do you recommend?

[Nance]

I love color and with a birthday coming up, I want to get a set of pencils with a lot of colors. I'm trying to decide between Prismacolor's Water Resistant set, Faber Castel's water resistant set, and Albrech Durer's Watercolor Pencils. All come in the 120 pencils sets which I would buy.

Does a blending pen work with the water resistant pencils or must mineral spirits be used? What kind of paper works best with them?

Thank you!

Nance

[mnhyrkas]

bumping for you

[stamps&cars]

If you mean regular colored pencils when you say 'water resistant' then I would definite go with Prisma. They have a super wax content and their colors are great. You can get sets off ebay for about $50 for the 120 set. I also just got the 12 pack of new colors for about $14 including postage. The new colors replace the neon colors in the old 120 set. A blending pencil works but the mineral spirits are way better for stamp work. You'll need stumps for that technique as well. SU white works great (as many others have said).

[nickelini]

All three that you mentioned are high-quality, artist-grade pencils. It depends whether you want to watercolor or not. Of the two regular style pencils, the Prismacolors are a bit waxier, and can be difficult to sharpen. The Faber Castels are a bit firmer, but come in the most amazing shades. I have lots of all three of the brands you mention, and wouldn't part with any of them. Hmmmm. Not helpful, is it?

[Nance]

Thank you for your responses. All three look like must haves. While I have my share of stamps, I personally get more use from my many colors than I do from my many stamps.

I apologize for not being more specific. DH needed me to do something "right now" while I was working on the post and I accidently hit the submit button.

Have a great fourth and thanks again for your responses.

Nance

[pigfingers]

How come the pure color pencils by SU doesn't seem to be a set that anyone recommends? I thought they were pure pigment colored pencils supposed to be rich like Prismacolor. Not so much?