BEST Pastel Pencil Review - Caran D'Ache, Derwent, Carbothello, Cretacolor, Faber Castell

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Jason Morgan Wildlife Art Lessons - Draw animals

7 жыл бұрын

BEST Pastel Pencil Review - BEST PENCILS - Caran D'Ache, Derwent, Carbothello, Cretacolor, Faber Castell Pitt
check out my full review - which are best ?
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@wildlifeartjm Жыл бұрын

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@raquelsanchez9668 4 жыл бұрын

I don't speak English very well but you understand almost everything. And it's nice to see your videos because you're direct and very objective with art supplies. Thanks!!!

@maryfeist8080 Жыл бұрын

I watched this video over a year ago. It always stayed with me. Now that I'm ready to buy I have watched it again and decided on Carb Othello. Thanks so much for this in depth info!!

@dianehoweart6084 7 жыл бұрын

Brilliant review. I was really happy to hear you say that you couldn't be bothered to sit and sharpen them for ages with a blade as I feel the same way.

@shannonsmith6936 6 жыл бұрын

Absolutely fantastic review! Covered everything I was wondering about. Thank you so much. This has saved me countless hours and a lot of money.

@goldenlabstudio4758 6 жыл бұрын

I learned so much from this video thanks to your great teaching and in-depth analasys. I think Stabilo Carbothelo are for me due to the price-quality ratio. Caran are definitely amazing but they are almost double the price now so it's hard to justify the investment considering that great results can be achieved even with the mid-range offerings. I'd stay clear from cretacolor because of the snaping you mentioned.

@vanillarose1122 4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely fantastic comparison review!! Thanks so much! You've really saved me time and money.

@gammitch 7 жыл бұрын

Very much appreciate the information. You've done a great and fair job of showing the different properties of each brand. Thank you.

@MsHopeify 6 жыл бұрын

Jason, thank you so much for your marvelous art instruction, and comparison, videos. I so appreciate the time you take to make detailed art samples explaining what you are teaching. Just watched your pastel pencil review--it was thorough, fair, honest, visually effective, and informative both in pencil info, price, etc., and how you feel they are to work with. You opinion matters a great deal to a great many of us budding artists. Thanks again! God bless! PS: Please keep making these wonderful videos! Please never stop creating your amazing wildlife art! So beautiful!!!

@tinabasile4587 7 жыл бұрын

That was so helpful, I can't thank you enough! The video on the paper too. Like you, I tried pastels and gave up because I didn't like the results, then I saw the difference in your paper video. Your videos are wonderful and you're a good teacher!

@Kharmagain 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for making that comparison video! You helped me immensely! Ordering the ones I want now, thanks to you! :)

@Declan4 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this video!!!! I loved it as you showed your whole process of testing them and it was really unbiased. The audio was great because we could hear the difference in the pencils and it matched perfectly with what you were saying. Great video.

@IngridMuellerart 7 жыл бұрын

This was VERY useful, Jason. Thank you. I have been considering using pastel pencils and was confused as to which brand. Great.

@mariawalker8403 Жыл бұрын

Great review! I’m brand new to this medium. Just ordered my very first set of pastels and trying to figure out the rest. Because I feel like I can’t wait another minute to dive in. I’m a watercolor painter with acrylic as my 2nd favorite. I appreciate videos like this. Now I need to figure out paper, storage, sharpener, and fixative. So excited!❤️

@patriciaschoenberg1261 6 жыл бұрын

Wonderful review and comparison! Really thorough! Thank you.

@DebStanleyArt 7 жыл бұрын

thank you for the information, I nearly bought some of the caran d'Ache pastels last week end at an art fair but now I think I'll try the Pitt pastels as they are a little firmer.

@teresawright5654 4 ай бұрын

I love your logical approach to this question and so appreciate you doing this test 👍 Thank you!

@felixmarinjr.66 6 жыл бұрын

Your videos are so informative - perhaps some of the best for these topics on youtube. Thank so much!!!

@tcconnection 4 жыл бұрын

This was a a nicely thorough video, love reviews/comparisons.

@lesleyhughes9461 4 жыл бұрын

Jasonthank you so very much. I’m fairly new to pastels and your video was so helpful!!

@TrueLoveX1027 2 жыл бұрын

What a really helpful video! Thanks so much Jason. I am so glad I found your channel, as I've just started getting into pastels and I adore animal portraits. I checked out your library of photography...what a great deal they are! Finding "good" reference photos without the copyright infringement issues can be a real hassle even if you do pay the $30 per month fees to Shutterstock and the lot. I also think becoming a patron is in my future as well. I just feel like I hit the jackpot with your channel. Thanks so much for sharing your time and your talent! Blessings from across the pond.

@susancooper214 7 жыл бұрын

thank you for the in depth review. I'm a beginner in the pencil realm and I am starting to research pastel pencils and looking to purchase a set to use.

@gillianburgess3441 5 жыл бұрын

That has confirmed which brand too go for that would suit me.Thank you so much for such a brilliant informative and very understandable and enjoyable .

@gilbirdsareawesome 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I have the small sets of the prisma colour nupastels and the derwent pastel pencils I want more but was looking for more brands to try so I appreciate your review

@orcamum 5 жыл бұрын

This was an excellent review! Thank you very much!

@spacecat7715 6 жыл бұрын

Great review! Pastel pencils are on the list of supplies to try out. I'm collecting some regular colored pencils as well.

@sujanithtottempudi2991 7 жыл бұрын

such grace in his analysis, superb

@williamstilgoe61 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for your posts. This has really helped.

@marangelliramos 5 жыл бұрын

Excellent comparison Jason, thank you very much!

@Angelica-bt4hh 6 жыл бұрын

Great analysis and great advise! Thank you !

@billwesterman4583 7 ай бұрын

Again, you did an excellent job of comparisons. Thanks.

@eienbeau 7 жыл бұрын

I bought my Carbothello because of this video and I love them sooo much! So thank you for the review.

@ciaomamabella 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this video! It helped me a ton!

@nmengchong620 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this review. I have just bought a 24-set of CarbOthello to try. Am new to pastel pencils.

@vikkihall-webster7598 7 жыл бұрын

Great review -- valuable input! Many thanks!

@reshminair5502 5 жыл бұрын

Hi thank you for giving review I was actually thinking to buy one. It was helpful 🙂

@paralleleagle7293 6 жыл бұрын

Brilliant video jason thank you for making it✏

@alzippideedodah326 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Jason, I found the review of the pencils very useful.

@scruffy281 6 жыл бұрын

I am just beginning to wet my feet with pastel pencils and I think your advice choice is the way to go. Thanks so much....❤️

@claritzairosario68 2 жыл бұрын

Jason, thank you so much for this video! It's very useful! I'm going to save this video, for any doubts that I have. Many thanks again😊❤😊❤

@Linda-qq5mg 5 жыл бұрын

Your review is excellent! I think you were very fair! Thank you so much. I have subscribed to your channel.

@w.vangaal1077 7 жыл бұрын

I have a full set of Faber castell Pitts .. still getting used to them but I am glad to know they are good choice .. I am curious about the pastel papers, I still haven't found the one that fits me..

@brendadavies3942 Жыл бұрын

Thank you xxx you have made so much sense as I have a mixture of pastel pencils xxx

@ginnytalbot9125 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you for taking the time to share this. I picked up the FC but I feel limited with the 60 shades. I do a lot of portraits so based on your findings the CD may be nice for skin tones. I will probably add to my set with the CD. Very helpful.

@wildlifeartjm 7 жыл бұрын

yes I agree :)

@marinafurlan6908 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the review, really helpful!

@tonyrichengod9280 5 жыл бұрын

Great comparison, thank you. I have owned both Carbothellos and Fabers. I preferred the Carbos because they were softer and easier to blend than the Fabers.

@joellzey 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the very informative review. It was very informative. I have all of them except the create a color. So I think I am set.

@cherfauvel 10 ай бұрын

Thank you Jason just what I needed today, I am not new to pastel but pastel pencils I am new and struggled listening to all the different opinions, I bought derwent (arriving tomor) and someone today said no so looking again and your video convinced me I bought the right ones, excited :)

@twicebittenthasme5545 5 жыл бұрын

Interesting comparison. I would have liked to see more colors tested but I feel this was a decent start. I could always pick up a few each of them and get a bit more specific (layering and blending together, cross-brand compatibility...and so on). Good video. Glad I checked it out. Thank you for sharing!

@aneelabalsavr1561 5 жыл бұрын

Most helpful review .thank you

@aimer.e Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! This video was exactly what I was looking for!

@dbsartworks418 7 жыл бұрын

This is very helpful, will be buying some soon, veering towards the Faber castell, or the derwent

@phinguyen1191 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for all your videos it's really helpful

@SynchroDiaries 7 жыл бұрын

Fantastic review! Thanks for this.

@jackierainger7447 3 жыл бұрын

Thankyou! Helped me decide which ones I will buy today 😊

@rgrdesigns 7 жыл бұрын

thanks so much! A few years ago I started in pastels & got the CarbOthello set. I haven't had opportunity to use them much due to work load responsibilities. But I'm so happy to know I chose well! I attended a workshop by a wonderful expert (Tom Christopher) where we learned how to tone in an underpainting with watercolor. He used Art paper. After watching your previous pastel videos I looked up the paper you are using and see that it is also appropriate for a watercolor underpainting. THANKS for all your great info!

@wildlifeartjm 7 жыл бұрын

my pleasure

@derendathieke8947 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for this review, even though it's fairly old. I have been reading reviews and opinions on pastel pencils for the past several months had pretty much settled on ordering the Carbothello set (by reviews and by the little four pencil set that I got many years ago in high school.) Finally got them this week (60 pencil set) and I'm so absolutely in love with them! After having fun with them the last few days, I'm glad to have seen your review. Thank you!

@leigh-annh2544 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you for performing this thorough testing. I use Derwent and Faber Castell pastel pencils in my art and was interested to see the comparison with the others. I have some Caran D'Arch products and love them so may save for a set. I have recently started using Pastel mat paper and have previously used sanded paper. I found both pencil brands worked well on the sanded paper too.

@ArtistWizardry 5 жыл бұрын

Excellent comparison and review video!!

@suze5007 3 жыл бұрын

This has been amazingly helpful!

@kerry5586 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you for such a thorough testing of each brand. I only have the Derwent so it was really interesting to see how the others compared. Regarding soft pastels, I can highly recommend Sennelier brand and the Paris Collection set of 120 half sticks (you can get them online for around £75) is a great starter kit. They are fabulous to use, especially on Pastelmat. Apparently the full sticks are much more crumbly compared to the half sticks, but I haven't tried those.

@wildlifeartjm 7 жыл бұрын

glad you found it of use . yes papers and also pastels sticks / pans coming soon

@tainadelcaribe 6 жыл бұрын

Great comparison! It's incredible how one can notice the 5 bucks difference between the Faber Castel against the Carbothello and Derwent. I'm 15 min into the video and, to me, the Faber Castell seems like the second softest after the Caran D'ache, obviously.

@burpo 4 жыл бұрын

Very thorough. Good job. And, thank you.

@gigibarrett8784 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! I currently use Caran D-Ache but aam looking for a harder and less expensive choice and Carbothello is going on order today! You are the BEST!

@hdb80 6 жыл бұрын

Me too!

@desperia1 5 жыл бұрын

@Hang Art Studio yes i have that alot too

@rhondita95 4 жыл бұрын

I have a small set of carbothello (20) and was wondering what I should get if I decided to get a larger set. This video really helped! Thanks so much!

@lynsherwood5269 7 жыл бұрын

Great review...very helpful. Thank you.

@ciaomamabella 7 жыл бұрын

Love your channel! Thank you!!🙂🌞

@dshe8637 4 жыл бұрын

I have a big set of Derwent and I use them alongside Koh-I-Noor pastels. It's interesting to see what other brands are like too. Thank you.

@alexandraa5742 6 жыл бұрын

I use the Pitt almost exclusively although I have some Derwent. Now thinking I should get a few carbothello and caran d'ache....

@barbarag7831 7 ай бұрын

Very informative, thank you so much!

@DrowningB 3 жыл бұрын

I keep trying to blow the dust away from my phone xD

@DPawPeaceArt 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!great video.very helpful!

@doreenlorenzo2501 4 жыл бұрын

Thankyou,Jason.Now I know what to purchase.

@jaimemicelotti8539 2 жыл бұрын

I recently heard of your channel. My main medium is graphite and colored pencils. I own prismacolor, Derwent Inktense, the 24 set of FC Polychromos, a few open stock FC Goldfaber & open stock Caran D’ache Supracolor. I own two small sets of Rembrandt and a few open stock Sennelier pastels. ( I love them both) I enjoy having a pencil format for better details. Thank you for the comparison video. I’m going to go with either the Derwent of Faber-Castell. I can see adding a few open stock Caran D’Ache as well.

@roxannestein9533 4 жыл бұрын

Great review. Especially happy because I have both Fabre and carbothello. Those expensive ones could be less because of their faults in being too soft, so soft to the point where even you won’t use them. Lol thank you so much.

@bapaddict3014 7 жыл бұрын

Very helpful review!!! Thank you!

@meggs.3966 7 жыл бұрын

Great video and helpful as just this morning, I was contemplating buying a bunch of different pencils to try, I have Carbs, but heard there was better out there.. Now, I'm going to wait for the reviews of sticks and paper before I push buy buttons. I do believe you're right Jason and it all comes down to the paper, really looking forward to that review.

@wildlifeartjm 7 жыл бұрын

thanks

@PalisadesPony 6 жыл бұрын

great review... so helpful

@lisathaviu1154 7 жыл бұрын

Good review. My husband gave me a small set of Carb Othellos for my birthday and I have had a good bit of luck with them. I have a few others in browns and pale colors. I prefer to use a harder pastel stick like Nupastels, for the initial layer, and then work with softer pastels over the top. You can also get good blending from using sanded paper to draw on and alcohol with a bristle brush (assuming the smell doesn't knock you out.) Don't dismiss Cretacolor too quickly though, they make a really good line of what they call "colored charcoal." They are really thick and more like colored chalk but they come in beautiful darker earth tones and are great for rough sketching because they erase very well, which I prefer because I do portraits and figure drawing.

@user-jl6rl4rs4e Жыл бұрын

Best pastel pencil video I have seen. Thank U.

@lizziedae91 3 жыл бұрын

Very thorough and helpful thank you

@deborahrech7429 5 жыл бұрын

excellent review! Thank you.

@NoemiCaraballo 6 жыл бұрын

Extremely helpful! I had just put out a call for suggestions on colored, pastels and color charcoal pencils on some art groups I belong to; this is the most helpful way of making up my mind. Although, now I have three choices, lol How about your opinion on best color charcoals, I really need better ones. I purchased, what I could find at the time, a set of Monte Marte and they are really awful!! Thank you for this demo, very much appreciated.

@DrawWithAury 7 жыл бұрын

Great video....Very thanks for this attention for details 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻

@Jenny-yl2hw 3 жыл бұрын

Wonderful review, thank you for sharing..

@MedaHalmaciu Жыл бұрын

Thank you. Very useful. I was wondering if I should buy the cretacolor 36 set for 50% off. I tried a couple in the shop and felt they were too hard, however, having almost no experience with this medium I thought I would ask the internet and I'm happy I did. I generally prefer softer materials so definitely not getting yhe cretacolors.

@sylviewheeler6237 2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant video ! Excellent !

@thepochade5992 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comparison info :)

@jennyb-aeternabitart7436 Жыл бұрын

It's really interesting to watch this five years on, having watched a few of your process videos. You are still using (and recommending) the Stabilo Carbothello and the Faber-Castell Pitt, with a small handful of others bought as singles. 👍

@hdb80 6 жыл бұрын

Incredibly helpful, Jason. Thank you! CarbOthello for me!

@MrSpecter057 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for all the information. Saves me some time not to mention $$$ You can spend a lot in this pastel media before you find out what works for you. Thanks again.

@shivajisanyal0 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Jason for such a detailed video.It is really helpful. Love from India

@winendesertrose 4 жыл бұрын

Stabilo if you like full coverage effect and a soft pencil. It really depends on what look you are going for . Some people have different preferences. Derwent nice as well but have have a hard time finding a sharpener for it unless I use a knife. I usually lay down the sketch with a harder lead then go to a softer pencil as I add the finishing colors/layers.

@artistphilb 5 жыл бұрын

I started off with the Derwent, but now have other shades from Conte, Caran D'ache and Faber Castell, am reasonably happy with all but each manufacturer have a few colours I prefer

@ibarrabalani9337 7 жыл бұрын

I'm using Derwent Pastel Pencil for the portraits and combined it with Cretacolor for the fine details..THANKS INDEED for the review Jason....

@IvanCapitani 6 жыл бұрын

If sound is anything to judge these pencils by then the Stabilo is the one that sounds better

@nettymolloy5220 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jason for the demo. I have 72 set of Drewent pastel pencils & I hate them the are so bad I only use them for sketching/blocking out my pictures. They are so hard, can't use them for highlight or fine work they even scratch the paper & wont go over any other colour like you have done. I belong to a soft pastel art group with the U3A in Australia & we are all wanting to buy some pencils but not sure witch ones to get. Now you have done all the work for me & will pass it onto my senior class mates, for sure I like Caran D' Ache & Carbothello second. Regards Netty.

@lechat8736 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much , Jason !! Josi

@Jennifer-wr9si 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this review! I read one artist who said they used to use Stabilo but now use the Faber Castell pastel pencils because he doesn't have to apply fixative to the latter. What's your experience? If I can get away without using fixative that would be great since I tend to do my work in books...

@leftyfourguns 2 жыл бұрын

Very thorough comparison. To me it seems like the best collection would combine the soft and rich Caran D'ache pencils with something harder and finer from the other brands.