That ending was great, “did you draw that with your feet?” That would be an interesting video 😆

Great video. My two cents: after years of working with all of these brands, I can say with confidence that I use my polychromos for 90% of projects. It’s just more dynamic overall. Generally a ‘better’ pencil in almost all aspects (detail, longevity, coverage, blendability, adaptability, range of paper mediums that it works well on, consistency in mark making). As for the ‘intensity’ issue, I just find that the more pressure and more layers after allowing the pencils to set and rest gives you more opaque colours. You can always go more opaque (with poly) - it’s difficult to force an opaque pencil (like Derwent’s 2 brands and Luminance) to go transparent. As an addition to my polys, I occasionally use the whites from Derwent (lightfast and drawing) for different intensities of white when I’m drawing water, or if there is an intense specular highlight (but this is when I’m too lazy to set layers of poly - but to be clear, if I wanted to get the same intensity with poly - I totally can). But that’s about it. Polychromos for pretty much everything, and then the Derwent whites as add ons. I gave my luminance pencils away to students as I’m not a fan. But I do keep the purples, violets and magentas (5 pencils) I have from luminance, at hand - something about their specific intensity is difficult to beat. Especially for feathers and other majestic ‘details’.

You helped me understand the difference between the oil and wax. I’ve been confused about that. Thank you!

Great evaluations and comparisons. Thank you. It's nice to see you and your husband have fun. God bless you both.

Wonderful comparison!

This is such a good review thank you xx So much more practical than most other reviews I’ve seen 😊 x Your husband is ace he’s such a good sport to join in 🤣

I love the derwent artist pencils on sanded paper and pastelmat, it barley shows on other surfaces. Comes out finer and brighter than polychromos!

Great video! I know that your videos take a lot of time, and work, to make, but I want you to know that I really appreciate it. They have helped me, and my work, tremendously. Thank you! 🤗

I love hearing your opinions of your supplies. It's so helpful! Plus, it's great that you preface everything saying "it's my opinion". I appreciate all you do!

You explain things so well!

I vote for Faber Castell Polychromos white pencil. I don't think you can beat that one.

Excellent review of the different pencils and methods 👍👍👍

I love how this touch of texture and titanium white works!

Thank you very much for this video !

Another great vid and your hubby cracks me up

Thanks for the great explanation of types and uses. I watercolor, and am going to need to experiment with pencils and my current "go to" products of Dr Martin's Bleedproof ink, gouache, Signo Gel Pen and Posca Pen.

Thank you.

This is the most helpful white pencil video I've seen so far! Thank you Lisa!

this is very informative 😍 thank you 🤗

This video was beyond helpful, Lisa, thank you!

I like General white pencils, they shows up well on most surfaces.

Yay! This is the video I’ve been waiting for!

awesome! another Matt cameo. You have very talented feet Lisa. And thanks for the shots of mixing the titatium white. Picture paints a thousand words and all that.

Great video, as usual. I'm loving the addition of Mr Lisa lately! We finally get to put a face to the voice on the other side of the wall lol

Thank you! So helpful I’m ordering some lightfast.

Great all white colored pencil

Just lovin' the hubby cameos lol

Great info. Thanks

Thanks for this video, learned a lot! Loved the ending!

The chinese white is legendary. ❤

That was so helpful, thank you!! I recently got a Faber Castell Goldfaber white and it is really soft and opaque. It’s probably just a bit less opaque than the Derwent Drawing Chinese white, which is my favourite 😊 Besides, the appearance of your husband and the look on his face always make me laugh - really wraps up the artist’s everyday struggle at home 😂

Oh Lisa! I love this video, very interesting, amazing! Thank you a thousand time! I will save this, with another great video of yours🥰🏆❤️

I enjoyed this video thank you. I might would have mentioned an eraser shield for newbies that don't know about that around the 14:00 mark. Or perhaps that that might be an idea for another video erasers/erasing machine.

I've never seen you mention water-soluble wax/oil pastels (like Neocolor II, Crayola Portfolio, etc) which is another way to add opaque white and light highlights. They can be used directly like regular pastels, or painted on with a fine brush. Since the main binder is either wax, oil, or a mix of both, it should be archival over color pencils. (There's definitely plenty of binder left after activating them with water, because they *will not layer* beyond a certain point, unlike most water-based mediums.) I know you have your favorite Brush & Pencil products, but for folks in different countries who don't have access to this brand, alternatives are important.

A 19 minute video on white colored pencils? Where do I sign up??? 😄

But more important: never occur to me to compare the whites over layers of other colors! Which should be obvious, still... Thank you!!

I wonder if with blue pencil underneath it's only about translucency. Maybe Luminance looks so pale because it blends too well for its own good :)

I subscribe to you many years ago and I still get notifications FYI I love this video

I definitely thought the Caran d’ache white was the best , I have like 10 of them because is what I use the most but that Derwent lightfast and drawing really surprised me

Thank you for your dedication in helping all of us create wonderful art. I have been following your KZfaq channel for Like 10+ years!!! and recently a subscriber of your Patreon. You have helped me immensely ❤️❤️❤️. I need to submit my work to your critique part some day!!

Very helpful.....thanks Lisa Ps.....love your nails! 💅

Fantastic review! I love how many examples you showed, was really helpful :) Thank you ^^

love this video. it answers almost all of my questions about whites 😀 but I still wonder if white pastel pencil will show up over some other wax or oil color pencil? Oh and I use titanium white gouache. works rather well.

Hahaha, loved the very end.

Thank you for this! I find it so difficult to keep the whites still white when doing a painting with coloring pencils. For example, I am trying to do a realistic apple blossom and the whites are not whites anymore! Such a struggle.

Hb 2B 6B 9B which is the best to draw on Babby blue canvas background? Thank you. God Bless you! 🙏 ❤️

Hello everyone. If someone can answer my question i would be so grateful. Im a pencil (graphite) artist and i will often use my eraser to make the white lighting pronounced. Id like to know if a white colored pencile can write over lead and make the white stand out even more?

Great comparison. Derwent lightfast looks awesome! I am searching a set of colored pencil. polychromos and derwent lightfast are in my final list. In my country, Polychromos's price are more reasonable. I am just a hobbyist. Which one will you recommend?

Am so sad it isn’t possible to order the texture touch and white powder outside US UK and Canada 😭 i could possibly get the white titanium but could it be used alone? (The texture touch can’t be shipped by airmail apparently it’s hazardous)

Can I draw with graphite pencil after placing a base layer of the Derwent Drawing Pencil Chinese White?

Just a question. Is there an alternative to the liquid you add to the brush n pencil powder? I cannot source the liquid anywhere from my location but can get the texture powder. Thank you.

Great video Lisa. Among Derwent Watercolor pencils, Faber-Castell Albrecht Durer Watercolor pencils, Caran D'ache watercolor pencils (both the Museum Aquarelle and the Supracolor), and Derwent Inktense, which do you think is the most opaque white?

😅😅😅 Best ending ever!

ROFL 🤣 Your hubby! This is super helpful information!

This is so helpful! Thank you so much. Just one question: is the sanded paper you used the Arches watercolor paper? If not, could you please tell me which one you used? I didn't find another paper listed in the description.

When her foot flower is still better than anything you’ve ever drawn...... 😂😂😂

Best white is Betty White.

your hubby is a riot lol lol

You know what the best white colored colored pencil is? Gouache 😂 Of course it depends on the application, but joke aside, for opaque highlights the above is true

Your hubby is awesome lol x

Not fair, you did not apply the same presure and the same amounts of layers in polychromos or pablo. Beside the tip of them where not the same as your derwent drawing. You forgot to compare lines also.

Did you do that with your feet? 😂😂😂

Did ya do that with your feet? umm yes.... oops roflol