• coloured pencils

      I’ve been looking at coloured pencils. Will 60 set of polychromos be enough in general? Or should I look at a cheaper range with more colors? There are so many different brands to choose from too.
      Or maybe I should buy a small set / single pencil from each brand and see if the price is worth it?

      I currently have Marco Raffine which is considered very good value for the price according to various reviews. But it’s probably still a lot worse than the mid / high range ones?

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      • My two cents @cheryl , you should look for oil based or wax based ones if you want to be able to layer, mixing, blending etc….Myself tried cheap ones but was very disappointed. So I went for Polychromos 36 set. So far so good. I’m doing the avocado 🥑 tutorial drawing and have enough of them to complete it.

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        • @pacific8118 Thanks. This is also my concern with cheap pencils. I might just be wasting money. And I can always expand my collections in future as I can buy single polychromos. But then I’m also looking at similar like prismacolor, derwent chromaflow etc

        • polychrome’s i think are good

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          • and prismacolor are good

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              • Ali

                Great question, Cheryl! 😊 A set of 60 Polychromos pencils is more than enough for almost every project. I always recommend investing in better quality over a larger number of lower quality pencils. You can always add individual colors later as your collection grows. Your Marco Raffine pencils are a great place to start, so there’s no rush to upgrade.

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