Good day all. Wife and I just do coloring books, but we currently have crayola colored pencils and they’re literally falling apart. Anyone have any recommendations for some good and basic colored pencils? We’re not artists so not looking for anything insane, but something that doesn’t fall apart would be nice. Also not looking g to buy from amazon so if the company sells on their website or in store it would be ideal.
Thank you so much for any recommendations!
If you can afford it and want to splurge? Prismacolor. Otherwise, any decent student-grade pencils like Daler-Rowney’s Simply line or even some basic Crayola pencils will work fine.
I like Faber Castell and Black Widow brands. Not Crayola cheap but also not super expensive either.
Never heard of those. Thank you!
Depends where you live. The already suggested Prismacolor for example can be hard to find in many countries.
The German FaberCastell has decent non-artist grade colored pencils (much better than Crayola). They also have excellent artist grade ones but they’re also more expensive (the Polychromos), they’re much less soft than the Prismacolor (US, btw). You may also want to watch for the Swiss Caran d’Ache as they too will offer non-artist grade while still really nice as well as amazingly good but also very expensive artist-grade ones called the Luminance.
Cheaper of the three while still good, I would also suggest the German Staedtler.
Keep in min those 3 brands not only sell your traditional kind of colored pencils but also sell watercolor pencils (unlike traditional pencils, those can be used with water and a paint brush to activate the paint and, well, paint it) so be aware to pick the kind you need, it’s written on the package ;)
Last but not least, even though I’m certainly not a fan of Amazon, it must be said that their Amazon Basics colored pencils are very, very good if you like softer pencils like the Prismacolors. For the price, they’re a real bargain. The issue is that, beside being Amazon branded, they only sell sets so one can’t buy a single color when needed.
Wow! That was incredibly thorough! That’s awesome! Thank you so much for the great answer and taking the time to go over all of that! It is greatly appreciated.
You’re welcome. Colored pencils are great ;)
Prismacolor are my fav. Little pricy but worth it. They also make a school line that’s cheaper (both price and quality)
You can find them at any art supply shop. Even Michaels has em
Awesome! Thank you so much for the recommendation and the time! :-).
While I do love prismacolor (mentioned in the other reply), if you’re looking to save a little bit of money, I enjoy Derwent Coloursoft. They are wax based, so they do have limits on layering; however they go down easy and blend well up until that point.
(To avoid amazon, I’d order from dick blick or another art supply store)
Thank you so much. We’ll look into those! I appreciate it. <3
