Gillian Thanks honey xxx

peggy Picasso Thankyou for taking the time to leave such wonderful feedback - it really makes my day. Especially when you’ve found it so useful 😍😍

Scrumble! Lol. Yes

Kathie Hoskins if you saw my set of polys against my Prismas you’d know which I use a lot more 🤣🤣🤣 hardly touched Vs stumps 😆😆😆😆

Debbie N. You’re very welcome xxx

Sue Gaines it is!!! As Simon Cowell would say - song choice is everything 🤣

Sherry B you’re very welcome xxxx

camcab147 I’m so glad you like the tutorials!!! Have a look on Pinterest. You’ll find lots of examples where people colour over the lines - especially in white which makes a beautiful effect xxx

Anna Santiago oh bless your heart Anna. Unfortunately not everyone has an honest, kind heart in this world. Have you been able to get another copy Anna? Please keep an eye out on Black Friday deals if you haven’t been able to get another copy. They’ll be deals everywhere. Take care & best wishes x

Sing Gal hi!!!! I look at a lot of photo swatches and translate them to pencil 😍

Judy Dick hi! I think with Prismas being wax based they blend well and vibrantly enough without a base colour - polys usually do need a base. I don’t often use a blender pencil because I apply a lot of colour and sometimes I think a blender pencil can remove colour. I’d only tend to add highlighting if there was a light source - which there isn’t here - although that doesn’t mean to say you can’t create one of your own :)

Craftin Kate I have some but don’t tend to use it :)

Have a FUN ART with me hi! It’s Prismacolour pencil in Dark Green with grass and spring greens and yellows around the bee 🐝🐝🐝

@@ClaireHoloway thanks

Wow!! Ok let’s answer these one at a time 😆 Tepoinn auto sharpeners are great - not cheap, but they’ll last ages. I do use polys sometimes as they oil based and hard so can be good for things like stonework. Prismas are softer, wax based. I must admit I do usually buy the large sets as I colour a LOT!! But smaller sets are great if you want to try out other brands xxx

Hi Chive, I know you didn’t ask me the questions & Claire has answered everything wonderfully! However, I use polychromos, & have some loose prismas. Coming from a different perspective I thoroughly enjoy my polychromos compared to my prismas, I wouldn’t personally spend money on buying any sets of prismas as they’re too delicate, mine break easily (the led isn’t centred throughout the pencil which means it has a tendency to crumble / break regardless of the sharpener / knife I use) & causes too much wax bloom - so it stops me being able to layer as much as I’d like as I don’t get the desired effect (I also draw / colour as well as using colouring books so I’m coming from both perspectives I suppose!) With poly’s you can keep building up the colours & blending with little problem, & as Claire stated they’re a harder pencil (which I prefer to work with, prismas are lovely & smooth but are hard to keep a ‘point’ to!) I’ve purchased the pack of 72 polys from Amazon & that was on a Black Friday deal. I saved & saved, because they aren’t cheap but they last me such a long time! Plenty of colours to choose from too. They’re more expensive than prismas but not by too much in my opinion. My best advice would be to either get some open stock of both, or buy the smallest pack of both & try them out (depending on your budget). It’s totally a personal preference to what you end up preferring. Also, have a nosey at other reviews & colourists on KZfaq & their opinions, that really helped me with making my final decision even though I had open stock of both prismas & poly’s :) Happy colouring! ❤️

@@LauraBidingCitizen thank you very much, that really helped me get a better idea of them :D although, my name's not "Chive" haha it's "Chivell" illustration, and ironically, my name is actually Claire as well hahaha