Prismacolor Scholar Colored Pencils

One of the best colour pencils I have used till now

Happy with the product ❤️. The colors blend well. But some of them are a bit harder to blend

Amazing product. Rich colours but leads are breakable. Professional sharpener is advisable. For the price we pay for this brand, better invest in sharpener as well. We wouldn't want the pencils to go short faster!

It's totally awesome they are good and easy to blend just try today to make drawing totally worth it! '

Very nice and easy to use. Quite soft and blends well.

Good

These pencils are great for people just starting with color pencil work. They blend well on a smooth surface. They tend to have a particular waxy texture along with a waxy smell though.

Super blending pencils.....

They are great for the price. Cheaper than Prismacolor premier pencils, slightly harder. But still very good to use

I need a set of 12 colored pencils for marking text. I specifically need pencils that mark easily with not having to press down hard and I also need good contrast between the colors. It was challenging to see a noticeable difference between the light & dark blues and between the light and dark greens. It was almost impossible to get a set of 12 that one of the colors wasn’t white, which is useless for my purposes. That being said, I purchased one set each of Sargent, Prismacolor, Prang and Cra-z-art and compared them. Here are my results. Prisma was probably the best quality and had excellent contrast between the two blues and between the two greens. They marked easily with very little pressure and the range of colors was great. However, for my purposes, I really needed a pink. Prisma had peach or flesh-tone instead that is not pink enough for my needs. I didn’t choose Prisma for that one reason alone. If my purpose was different, it may have been my first choice. The one I chose was Cra-z-art. There was very good contrast between the two blues and between the two greens, plus it had a very pretty shade of pink. It was the only set that didn’t contain white. Instead, there are two reds with good contrast between them as well. They also marked easily with very little pressure. Prang was very similar to the Cra-z-art and was my second choice. The reason it was not number one was because the pink was not as bold as the Cra-z-art and it contained white. Sargent had the best pink. However, it was the hardest of the four and needed more pressure to mark. Also, there was not much contrast between the two blues and between the two greens.

I didn’t really like using color pencils until I discovered burnishing, and then I fell in love with using them. I have a small set of the regular Prismacolor pencils but couldn’t afford a set with more colors. Regular Prismacolors are softer & easier to use but they do wear down quickly. This set of Scholars are the perfect solution with lots of colors, being more affordable and they last longer due to the pencils being harder with more wax. The two white pencils that are included are perfect for burnishing. What is burnishing? It is smoothing & filling in the look of color pencils by going over a color in white or a colorless blender pencil. It will look flatter, more like a marker but not quite that smooth. You can then use the color on top again if the color lightened from using white. For example, lay down some blue, burnish with the white pencil and if the blue now looks a tiny bit lighter lay down some more blue, and burnish again with white if desired. I keep repeating the process until I get the look I desire, usually 4 layers of a color & white total. Tip to not break the pencil tips: use a manual sharpener with a large hole to sharpen them. I discovered by accident that the tips don’t break using the larger hole rather than the smaller one on my manual sharpener. This is a game changer! As I’m currently wearing down a few of the Scholar pencils I’ll replace them with the open stock regular Prismacolor pencils and use them in conjunction with the Scholars to make them last longer. Eventually, I may buy another set of Scholars as I love them and find I can get pretty much the same look to the regular Prismacolors with a little more effort.

Un prix défiant toute concurrence. Une texture onctueuse (un peu moins que pour les Prismacolor Premier), proche des crayons-pastels à l’huile (Posca ou Kho-I-Noor, par exemple). Un rendu inattendu de vivacité, même sur papier noir. Aisés et rapides à travailler, ne nécessitant pas de blender. Un choix de coloris très varié, avec certains tons opaques. Deux doublons bienvenus : blanc et noir. On trouve un argenté, mais pas de doré (à récupérer chez les Prismacolor Premier). En somme, d’une qualité plus que scolaire, quasi professionnelle ! À ranger selon ses besoins (non dans le portant d’origine). À posséder absolument !

Me encantan los colores, el único color que no es muy fuerte es el marrón no tienen tonalidad muy oscura... u aveces no se integran bien los colores pero puede ser el papel o la técnica... del resto son muy buenos colores, sin duda los volvería a comprar....