Reviewing The Holbein Artists Colored Pencils - Are they the best Japanese Colored Pencils?

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Today were looking at one of Japans finest pencils, the Holbein Artists Colored Pencils!
Known for there unique exotic core mix's and the thick vividly saturated color they put down, i've been wanting to try these pencils out for quite a while now.
They are certainly not the easiest pencil to get hold of outside of japan so i'm very excited for todays episode.
Are they as good as people say? Are these the best Japanese Coloured Pencils? Are they the WORLDS best Colored Pencils?
This is the Big Review where I take pencils (and art supplies) and throw a series of tests at them. Some scientific, some opinion based, but through out it all I'm trying to give you enough information that you can make your own mind. This is the Big Review!
The good, the bad AND the ugly you get to see it all as as we look a these absolutely beautiful Holbien Artist Coloured Pencils.
0:00 - The Introduction
0:59 - The Design of the Holbein Artists Colouring Pencil
6:17 - Test 1 - Saturation and Vibrancy - How Saturated and Vibrant are the Holbein?
14:52 - Test 2 - The Straight Gradient - How well do the Holbein Gradient?
17:46 - Test 3 - The Blending Test - How well do the Holbein Blend?
20:13 - Test 4 - Color Accuracy - How accurate the pencil barrel is to the pigment
22:02 - Test 5 - The Break Factor - We break some pencils!
25:55 - Test 6 - The Joy Factor - My opinions using the Holbein
27:21 - The End and the Big Score
Hope you enjoy!
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Пікірлер: 36

@StuffBySunshine 8 ай бұрын

Hello everyone! Thankyou for looking at my video 😊. Please note, I am not monetised on KZfaq! So all these adds (I’m shocked by how many) are placed on here by KZfaq itself. Again I’m so sorry about them and wish there was someway I could limit them. Seriously KZfaq you don’t need to run so many!

@Thunderpaws111 5 ай бұрын

This is a brilliant demonstration of saturation! I’ve never seen anyone add ‘pressure’ using scales like this, it works so well!

@StuffBySunshine 5 ай бұрын

Thankyou! I think I could have started these tests using the scale on the gradient and blending test as well but I’m not trying to keep them consistent so I’m just going with it ☺️

@Snickerszn 7 ай бұрын

I could watch these all day so energetic!

@StuffBySunshine 7 ай бұрын

😂 I try!

@Msboochie2 3 ай бұрын

I have been watching these all day!

@positronixartandlife4545 Ай бұрын

If you do ever try/test out the Holbein Pastels, I'd highly recommend getting the Soft White pencil as well. It's not part of the set, it's a separate pencil, but it is a very unique white - and yes, make sure it is the _Soft White_ as there are two whites from Holbein

@StuffBySunshine Ай бұрын

I’ve heard that! Strange it doesn’t come with a set though. When I do the pastels I’ll make sure I add it ☺️

@fayefoley9926 8 ай бұрын

Great review I also like the look of them and would be happy to use them.

@StuffBySunshine 8 ай бұрын

They are pretty stunning 💜😊 I can highly recomend adding them to your collection!

@sigriston 8 ай бұрын

Haha what timing! I am literally waiting for my set of Holbein pencils to arrive in the mail TODAY!😹 BTW I LOVED the previous Polychromos review, looking forward to all the reviews in this series (and other videos especially art pieces)! 😺

@StuffBySunshine 8 ай бұрын

Wonderful! I've looked at quite a few pencils over tha last few months (takes ages to make these so ive given myself a bit of a backlog). They really are some of the most beautiful and pleasurable pencils I had the pleasure to use. Your going to Love them! Did you get the Coloured or the Pastels?💜

@sigriston 8 ай бұрын

@@StuffBySunshine I got the full set as an “upgrade” to the 12-color tin. So I was already familiar with the pencils. 😺 It’s weird, these are Japanese, so in my mind I associate them with anime and manga. I guess that works because they seem really good at covering the tooth of the paper, and they do it fast! Your scale test I think was particularly interesting for those, as I find they really like some pressure! Once you got to 100g and above, they really started to shine. So I really love the pencils, they are a “vibe” for sure! They are incredible for what they do well (thick coverage, blending, vibrant color range) but perhaps they are not the ones for people who want a pencil that does everything well. 😺

@StuffBySunshine 8 ай бұрын

Oh that would be the ultimate pencil, one that does everything! I did a piece on stream the other day with these and the blending was even better than it showed in the tests. I think with a kit like this while it’s not perfect, if you did buy it you’ll find plenty of ways to use it!

@sigriston 8 ай бұрын

@@StuffBySunshine yeah exactly… it’s definitely easy to get these pencils to work even if they’re not necessarily the best “all-rounder”. Fun fact… I did a couple of pieces with the 150 set already and I found myself reaching for the fugitive colors! There’s a couple of purples that are very, very vibrant - Amethyst and Iris, both rated single star (for fugitive). But oh boy they stand out! So intense!! 🙀

@MysterioAngelus 8 ай бұрын

Great review Sunny! I’m learning a lot more about different types of pencils ✏️ Also I wonder who inspired you to do these puns 😂

@StuffBySunshine 8 ай бұрын

Hello my Faerie friend 💜 Thankyooooou! Im glad your enjoying them😊 i'll show them off to you on this Friday FUN DAY! Also obviously im just naturally funny😋

@MysterioAngelus 8 ай бұрын

@@StuffBySunshine You’re welcome

@isabellapaisleyannmariepru9544 7 ай бұрын

This video is underrated

@StuffBySunshine 7 ай бұрын

Thankyou, glad you enjoyed it!

@aartadventure 8 ай бұрын

These are useful reviews, and I hope you are enjoying your Holbein pencils. A shame you didn't get to experience the amazing Holbein Soft White pencil - it is really special!. And, FYI - Holbein is pronounced like Hole-bine (rhymes with vine), not Hole-be-in.

@StuffBySunshine 8 ай бұрын

Ahh! I may have ordered one for a future test😀. I actually went a little crazy when I ordered all the pencils for this series. I really should have looked more closely as there is another set coming up I missed out on the white. Thats ok, i'll do a future special specifically on the white pencil. Oh thankyou! I'll remember that for the future 💜

@melsherbert1706 8 ай бұрын

I'm kinda invested in this series now. Will you test Derwent too? Curious to know!

@StuffBySunshine 8 ай бұрын

I may have that one coming up soon....😀💜😋

@afterfauve8291 8 ай бұрын

Japan is known for making what shouldn't work - work. This is what I would expect from an art supply trying to meet expectations, as apposed to creating a pencil where the colors behave to there respective nature. It's fighting the natural properties of color, to create a consistency across the board. I was surprised at the blending test working so well, having to compensate for the other factors. Not surprised by the pressure and gradation tests dropping off suddenly. Not surprised with the strength test. I'm guessing its the use of the binder as a duel purpose for strength and color consistency, as they break slightly easier. As you said there is a lot in the attraction factor, something you use and learn to compensate for their flaws. I would consider getting them as a support color for use with other colored pencils for the boldness factor. It's seems like I could make a comparison of the Faber Castell with the Holbein, with my use of Crayola Crayons and Cra-Z-Art Crayons.. Faber Castle and Crayola for blending and shading, Holbein Ca-Z-Art. for solid layering. From what I could tell from your review, I'll go along with your rating as A minus.

@StuffBySunshine 8 ай бұрын

Another wonderful comment 😊💜 I always wonder if im being to soft or two hard on each pencil (considering the pencil companies share this stuff then promptly hide it I may be too hard 😂) the review that is not the pencil, so its good to know I havent been super controvercial yet! Part of what I'm doing with this test is doing an example of (what I see) an art piece that plays to the strengths of each pencil on our friday funday (twitch). I'll be curious if they behave the same when doing that and if you still agree😋

@afterfauve8291 8 ай бұрын

@@StuffBySunshine so far what you have been doing seems accurate to me. you are a VERY GOOD scientist.

@twingytwango6971 5 ай бұрын

Ooooh they have a white undercoat, a hallmark of budget pencils because the wood quality might not be sufficient to to prevent the lead colour from seeping through. So they use a white coating to prevent this happening.

@StuffBySunshine 5 ай бұрын

Interesting! The staedler and Faber castell classics both had similar white undercoats. Maybe for the same reason?

@GAZMAN2002 8 ай бұрын

I think for vibrancy you should do number of layers instead of weights of pressure. The more layers a pencil will allow on the paper the better

@StuffBySunshine 8 ай бұрын

I thought about that for this test, I originally has 14 tests all up (as apposed to the 7 I ended up with) but it was clocking in at over an hr for each episode, so i combined the weight and sat/vibrancy into one. Maybe I should have stuck with that as an extra one. Im getting quite a collection of pencils so i guess if theres interest we could do a specific test like that with multiple brands of pencils at once? 💜