1:08 the most un-satisfying fold ever.

I'm just looking for tips for while waiting for my Prismacolors to come. It's better to get tips rather than just straight away using them without any knowledge

I've been playing with my Prismacolor Premiers for a while now... and apparently had too heavy a hand. Thanks for enlightening me! Great tutorial :)

The grey coloured pencil is a colour blending Tortillion (Blending stumps in America) Some people use baby oil for blending colour.

Hi everyone! For some reason I havent been getting notified of new comments. In this video I am using Winsor and newton blending and glazing medium to blend the colors.

Great advice! I hear people bashing Prismas too and I don't know why. I just got mine and I love them! No problem sharpening them either.

If you want a more gradient look when you are using the blending stump and solvent, you should blend from light to dark instead of dark to light. Thank you for taking the time to so this. I love these pencils and hope everyone else can find the good in them, they are amazing.

If you blend from light to dark you won't loose so much of your lighter values

Thank you for this video. I've been coloring about 6 months and I have learned so much from you. I love my Primas 150, they have never broke while sharpening.

I have been using prisma for over 20 years. I have two art degrees and never heard of using solvents or brushes until this week. Love how you explain every thing.

I've never used professional coloured pencils the correct way, as I've always done my own sort of thing. I'd always start with a base colour, lightly coloring the areas of colours. By the time I'm done you could always see the whites of the paper texture and I would never completely cover the white areas up, giving the appearance of the drawing to look as if done on canvas.

Thank you jalapeno Gal !!! It's SO much easier to understand when I'm actually watching it being done. I'm very interested in the "oils" artists are also using with the colored pencils !!

i just bought a set of prismacolors and these tips really helped !! thank you

Thank you so much! I got the 72 color set today and I was super excited to use them, but I wasn't too sure how to properly use them. But now I totally am confident enough to use these now!

I love my Prismacolor pencils,they are so much better to work with than the hard lead colored pencils IMO...the techniques you present here are ones that I already use,but it's still nice to watch someone demo them :) I hope this video helps out other people,because as I said,I think Prismacolor pencils are WONDERFUL and I think most people would agree if they were taught the right technique to use them to get beautiful results :) Again,great video :)

Thank you so much for this video. I have been using the same materials as other artists i watch on youtube and could not get that smooth vibrant look to my colors. It wasnt until i seen what you did with the blending medium that it finally clicked. I went online immediately and bought some!

Hi, just want to say thank you for the tutorial. I've been colouring for a while now but seeing your blending tips is going to be really useful. There's always more to learn !

Hi ! First, thank you. After checking out several videos online for a beginner’s tutorial, your’s has been the most helpful. My hobby is stamping & card making but as it’s evolved, I’ve had the need for a coloring medium. Everything you demonstrated in your video answers many of the questions I have had, after practicing with my Prismas & Faber Castells. I have subscribed to your channel as I need all the help I can learn. 😊

Thanks for the tips! I just got the 150 premier set for my birthday! Yay! I love them and so glad I watched this video!

I just bought two sets and am grateful to you for sharing the techniques for Prisma pencils👍🏻

I am a new Colorist of just 6 months and a new subscriber! After a steep learning curve, I treated myself to a set of Prismacolor Pencils which arrived just yesterday. You sure read my mail! I have been flying by the seat of my pants thus far and couldn't figure out the missing ingredient to my coloring. Well you provided the lock to the combination! Even though I am a year late to the party, thanks so much for doing this video!

This video was a big help. I started straight away trying to draw the Joker. Now I'm toning it down and starting with a beach. I followed along and came up with a water looking spot. It kinda looks like an area illuminated by a spotlight. Thanks.

Thank you for having with a novice in coloring. It was concise and I could follow it easily.

Definitely going to use this before I actually use them!! Thanks all the other video just jump into it. I like to get to "know" my art supplies before using so I can get the best out of them. Definitely going to practice and take this to good use!

Seeing people using Prismacolor and wondering how they get the colors so smooth and strong has always made me confused and it's insane how it's just in the blending! my jaw dropped when it just melted on the paper only from a blending stump. Awesome video and absolutely insane

getting my first prismas soon. just started adult coloring and I am hooked. Thank you. I need all the tips I can get

This is the only video that I found in which I finally "got it". Thank you.

Thank you so much for this video! I´m doing things that I thought I could have never done as a beginning drawer!

Thank you for taking the time to do this! Believe it or not, I just discovered the world of adult coloring and graduated from basic colored pencils to prismacolors . It goes without saying there is a major quality difference (as expected) but if you don't know how to use them properly they will provide even more frustration in trying to accomplish better results with time. I found your video very helpful & motivating & just wanted you to know how much you helped this beginner!💜

I have done a lot of work with colored pencils in the past and i have never been fully satisfied with them. It only recently occurred to me that there is more technique to it than just scribbling down some color. Thank you for this video, it’s helping me get excited about dusting off my colored pencils again!

Thanks for the instructions! I am new to coloring and I will be coloring along with your videos!!

Ty for the layering tips, I just got a set of prismacolors and a colorless blender. Going to have fun.

Thank you, thank you, thank you! I am just getting to know my Prismacolor Pencils and this was very helpful.

Thank you for this very helpful video!!! I'm learning to blend colors and this showed me where I've been making mistakes and not getting the results I want 😊

I was so glad I happened across this video. Just got prismacolor pencils for Christmas and now know why I was breaking the lead. Love mine.

Thank you so much! Very helpful video 👍 I just got prismacolors and I love them so much! I don’t know why everyone seems to hate them. Much better than Crayola in my opinion.

This is an ADDICTIVE hobby for me.. lol , airbrush, acrylic , oils , pastels , watercolors , drawing , sketching , etc. Love it all.. Oh , did I mention my semi truck has NO more room? All good. Great video..Thanks Subscribing..

why does everyone hate prismacolors? i actually love them, specially because they can kind of mix to create new colours

I was having problems with my Prismacolors and kind of hating them... so hard to do details. But this reminded me not to press hard!!! thank you so much!

I've been in love with Prismacolors since the last 1980's when my friend introduced me to them. They're actually less expensive to buy these days than way back then - I just picked up a 150 set for $88. Yes, they are soft, but that is what allows them to be layered.

3 years later and still helping people out, thank you!!

Excellent demo. Informative and clearly understood. Thank you.

I'm getting the 72 set on Christmas. I'm so excited! I want to use it so, so, bad!

I started coloring using Prismacolor pencils and I couldn't get the coloring or blending right. I do press hard but after watching your video, I am pretty sure this will help me a lot! :3 I tried to find other videos to help but they didn't but yours truly did! Thank you so much!

Thank you! I have been so scared to try to blend and so forth. You have really really helped me!

Thank you so much I have Just got prismacolours and this really helps!

Excellent presentation! I had given up on Prismacolor pencils. This is an outstanding explanation on blending. I need to see one on shading. I can't seem to master that.

Im looking at investing in a Prismacolor set so I found this so helpful. Tfs & take care 🌹

Thankyou. I tend to really like vibrant color and I have struggled some with the soft ore pencils and I’m blessed to have several. Marco Renoir, Derwent colorsoft, prismacolor is my latest and I love them all but I see how I have been using them wrong. Where my sudee stile and Marco raffine are easy to color hard with. But I see how I need to make a change and just burnish with my either prismacolor colorless blender or Derwent burnisher.

Just found your page, this has helped me understand so much about colored pencils. Just starting out with them so thank you.

Great video, I just recently got my first set of prisma color pencils and was unsure how to use them. I kept pressing too hard and breaking the tips but after seeing this video I understand a bit more thanks!

Damn, wish I knew these good tips years before I even started with colored pencils, now I have freaking bad habits that are freaking hard to break. Got to start over again! Thanks the tips, I am way better off now!

Thank you for this good explanation and helpful tips Last year i sold my first set of Prisma Premier pencils,because i could not get enough color out of it,i Always had to put so much pressure onto it,.my hand did hurt. Now my second set is on the way,and for a better price too Been watching a lot of KZfaq coloring videos lately,and they Always recommend Prisma Color. So i got curious again and found them on sale on Amazon

Perfect timing to watch. I just got a set of 24 Prismacolor Verithin and right off I didn't like that they seems scratchy, not as smooth as regular old Crayolo's I've been playing with. Everyday is a new day to learn, thanks for sharing.

I really enjoy your videos. You are very knowledgable and give good tips. Plus, you have a lot of talent. Thanks and keep them coming!

Thank you so much for this video I am so lost almost regretting buying them I found this very helpful

Omg, thank you. I got some Prismacolor pencils the other day, and I wantdd to watch some videos on how to use them, and your video helped sooo much!💗

very helpful. You are a good reference as to colored pencils ideas. I Stoped coloring and with the dragon coloring I began coloring again . Thank you so much

Thank you so much for the tips. I have just started using Prismacolor and was getting frustrated too. Will be putting these tips to use tonight when I color in my coloring book.

Good job I learned something and thank you the video. I really appreciate it!

Thank you for those tips. I have always been heavy handed and just gone in with guns blazing lol. Layers and layers are right. Thank you .

Awesome video! Really informative and helpful.

I use my Verithins to fill in small spaces mostly, not to color full spaces. They are designed to sharpen to longer skinny tips so that u can get in tight spaces. They are different than regular Prismas. I also have Prisma Scholars and Regular Prismas. The Scholars are student grade pencils that work just about as well as regular Prismas but they are cheaper. Check Amazon.

Great video! This helped me out a lot! 👍

Thank you this is very helpful. I ordered the 150 pencil set and found I had no black or greys. I'm glad I can order individual colors at Jerry'sartmart reasonably.

Thankyou so much for those tips!

Prismacolor now has 150 colors in their largest set. I wasn't sure if you knew, and told you in case you want to update your links in the description are for your video. Cheers! 😊

I’m thirteen and I ordered mine today and I’m awfully excited xx Thanks for the video 💕

Thank you so much! You helped me enormously!

Very informative. Thank you! My problem is I tend to press really hard when I color...I have to work on doing layers.

I agree with ya Cari. My first artist grade colored penicls were Prismacolor. I love em. Yeah they have their down side but what colored pencil that doesn't have their good side and down. Their one of the best pencils and burnishing and blending. Yeah faber castel Polychromos is a great colored pencil to. Luminance is a good colored pencil also. Each one has its on style and way of using them.

thank you this helped a lot bc i recently got Prisma and I had no idea on how to properly use them

Thank you so much for this info!!

Thank you for making videos like this. I'm an interior design student. Next semester I have color systems which involves a lot of rendering out sketches so I'll be buying lots of Prismacolor markers and colored pencils. Do you have any videos teaching how to use the markers as well? Thanks so much!

Hey, thanks for this extremely useful video. I just recently made the investment and got what I think is a modest but decent starter kit, and was hoping for a quick bit of advice. Since I'm a beginner I was fairly conservative and got the 72 ct. soft cores and the 24 ct. Verithins with a couple Prismacolor colorless blenders. Is there anything else you'd suggest a beginner might not know about to get the most out of these pencils? I heard you mention something about oil and was genuinely curious. Is there a specific type you use? Is it necessary with the Prismacolor blenders or is what you were using something else entirely?

Thanks. I appreciate all the tips and tricks I can get.

Thank you this was very helpful as I am a beginner and I learn a lot from you

thanks for the tips (loved de way you write your "g")

Thank you for the tips help me a lot

awesome ... for portrait drawing may i buy Prisma Premier soft core Colored Pencils Tin - Set of 24 Colors? as it is affordable for me initially... good blending effect will be achieved using this set? please suggest..

Thank you so much, these tips are exactly what i needed

This was very helpfull because i just got my prismacolors today and i have no idea how to blend. 🤗

Can you explain the blending sticks in depth? i have them but i,m unsure how to use them. Do you have to use an oil medium to blend ect?

Thank u, I just got a 24 pack but wish I had of got a 48. How do u top up the other pack with other shades?

wow! thx so much! This video really helped use my coloring pencils better! Plz do more tutorials!!

Really informative video-thank you!!

Thank you

I have a set of Artist brand colored pencils now but I have a set of Prismacolor coming Monday, my question is can I use the Artist brand to lay down as my base then start using the Prisma for my other layers

I invested in some Arteza colored pencils. I want to learn to use them in general. This was helpful to have something to start practcing. I also didn't know about the blending medium. Makes a huge difference in the vibrancy of the colors. Will have to look into that!!

Thanks for this hope fully this Wil help my hands cause my thumb and middle finger are always sore the next day

Thank you for doing this tutorial. I don't own prismacolor but I do own a set of Marco raffine. When buying the Marco raffine on Amazon, I read several reviews to make sure I was getting the best pencil I could for that price and I think I did pretty good considering the 72 colors for 20 odd dollars and are so much smoother than the crayolas I use. I eventually intend to do better and better and get a set of prismacolor but right now the Marco raffine is the best I can do. But in the reviews I saw a girl who colored a couple butterfly's in a adult coloring book. She colored it with the Marco raffine and some rose art, I believe colored pencils and blended several odd colors like orange to blue to yellow. But regardless of the non-existent gradient... She didn't blend at all. She just pushed super hard on both colors and just expected them to blend on their own and gave a bad review because of it. Which is sad because it was because she didn't have the knowledge of the special technique

This is the first tutorial I've ever watched. This was profoundly helpful. I'm transitioning from gel pens to pencils mostly because it's so difficult to find the right colors of gel pens (why does every set leave out plain brown??) and right now I'm mixed media with pens and pencils because I can't get the deep tones from pencils that the pens provide, but I'm sure this is going to help me a lot. Thank you so much!

Thank you so informative, I just purchase my first set of prismacolor watercolor pencils ;)

Thank you for this video!

I just wanted to say Hi, I liked this video & found it very helpful. So I subd! Looking forward to more, thanks :)

Good tutorial, thanks!

Thank you. This helps so much.

Hi i just wanted to ask you what oil you use for blending? Good tutorial

I want to buy the Winsor and Newton blending and glazing medium....my only question is... is there a smell to it? or is it odorless?

Love your work.I have recently started with adult colouring books and find it extremely relaxing and therapeutic.I own the full set of Polychromos pencils but am intrigued by the vibrancy of Prismacolor pencils.Can you advise if it's worth investing in a full set of Prismacolors or a set of 72 is good enough?As you are highly experience, it would be great to get your advise. I love the Polychromos so far but feel there are some shades that don't exist that Prisma has.Great work! Looking forward to more videos from you.