Let's Talk: Episode 18 ~ Prismacolor Colored Pencils

[@BarbBColorReader]

Thank you so very much, Emily. Great info on the history of Prismas, which I had SOME knowledge. My first purchase of Prismas was in the early-mid 1990s. I had JUST started "secretly" in adult coloring. Bought myself some Dover books, then to "Pat Catans" where SOMEHOW I knew Prismacolors were a good set to have. Back then, the largest set was 120, and you actually used the box. You opened it in such a way, that the rows stood layered! Worked beautifully (until the pencils got shortened and "disappeared" in its row.) Went through several boxes of them until 2014/2015 when I discovered Amazon had books and supplies galore, and discovered Secret Garden and many more books and pencils and MARKERS and gel pens. Oh my. I am NOW 70 and cannot imagine ever tiring of this hobby.

[@EmilyIllustrator]

Oh that's awesome Barb! When I was making the video, I was thinking that 2005 me should have bought a bigger set! 😅

[@denisenelson2843]

Hey you have a fello here I been all my life a colouring person. At 62 and still want to get bw pencils, and few others.. you can't have enough colours to house fromm.

[@michellepalmer7649]

Beautiful blending! Thanks for taking the time to show us your tips.

[@rhoniblue]

Wow. Learned alot about prismas & technique in this lovely vid. Also loved yr motto 'practice makes progress' it's now my new motto to myself. I know practice makes it better but I think 'progress' is perfect way to say it to myself! Ty so much for all you do & post. 💙🦋

[@EmilyIllustrator]

Thank you! I'm so glad you enjoyed it! I can't take total credit for the saying though. It's in a page in Johanna's book, 30 Days of Creativity. 🙂

[@shaustin22]

Those color combinations are stunning. TFS 🌸. I have the full set and I love them.

[@jocelyncharleswood5430]

New subscriber here - even with all the 'issues' Prismas have I still love them. I did find out directly from Prismacolor a couple of weeks ago when I reached out to them because I noticed a couple colors were no longer available anywhere open stock. Long story short - Lilac and Lavender are discontinued!!!! 😞They had no reasoning for the discontinuation but those two colors are no longer available.

[@Vikram70345]

That's such a wonderful video on my favorite Prismacolor pencils. Thanks a lot for listing all the pencils used in the description box for easy reference. Emily, you are one my favorite teachers of coloring.

[@EmilyIllustrator]

Aw, you’re welcome! 🥰

[@nnpatel44]

Thanks for this video and all the let’s talk videos. I am really enjoying these videos and learning a lot. Could you please make videos on : how to pick shadow colors? and how to pick highlights colors if possible with prisma color? Thank you

[@KeniDiane]

Hi Emily! Beautiful leaf, oddly enough I knew most of what you were saying about the Prismacolor pencils and their beginning, I’m just surprised I remembered it, lol. Very good information.

[@EmilyIllustrator]

Awesome! I’m glad you enjoyed it! 🥰

[@conniediggs6736]

I haven’t used Johanna’s books lately. This makes me want to pull my Prismas out and use them again…. Thanks 💕

[@EmilyIllustrator]

You should! It's so much fun!

[@deb.e.mixedmedia]

Awesome video Emily! Great info and beautiful demo. Thanks for sharing! 💜

[@EmilyIllustrator]

Thanks Deb! I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[@ColorfullyOptimistic]

Great video my dear! You know i love my smoosh babies!

[@EmilyIllustrator]

Thanks! Also, lol, smoosh babies.

[@susanmorgan5591]

Thank you for this great video.

[@EmilyIllustrator]

You're welcome!

[@carolberres5528]

Love my Prismacolors, best color selection, in my humble opinion!

[@EmilyIllustrator]

I agree! There's so many good colors!

[@jaimiec2404]

Pretty. Thank you.

[@EmilyIllustrator]

You're welcome! Thanks for watching!

[@JodiHamilton]

I know they are not your favorite but I would love a prismacolor color along. 😃

[@patriciahilmerthaaksma2593]

Lovely video learn a lot. Im curious about you’re first colouring project til now. For a next video idea 😁 thank you for al de videos you make.

[@EmilyIllustrator]

My first was the dragonfly in Enchanted Forest! I've come a long way since then.

[@elizabethrector8205]

Great video, Emily!

[@reneekennedy38]

Thank you so much for this! QUESTION: I couldn’t tell which shadow color you were using for which color

[@EmilyIllustrator]

You're welcome! I used mostly Mulberry to shadow on all of them, except red, green, and pink.

[@leslieladyhawke]

Thanks, Emily!

[@EmilyIllustrator]

You're welcome!

[@lisaheptinstall6808]

Thanks I learned alot

[@christineriley8832]

I am new to coloring. Why didn’t you start with the white?

[@RachelTheArtist]

I was told by a Blick store associate that open stock is going away and you’ll only be able to purchase sets. This was about 2 weeks ago.

[@EmilyIllustrator]

Oh no! Ugh. I wonder if open stock everywhere is going away?

[@RachelTheArtist]

@@EmilyIllustrator The sales person made it sound like it was the manufacturer/company not just Blick stores…or at least, that’s how I took it.

[@christinaslankard3092]

❤

[@xyzzy75]

I just reorganized all of my prismas and I have all of the discontinued colors you list that are not metallic, hah.

[@EmilyIllustrator]

Ooh! Very cool!! Even the deco blue? If they brought back only one discontinued, I’d want it to be that one.

[@xyzzy75]

@@EmilyIllustrator Yep, even the deco blue. I'm not sure how old my set is--I am pretty sure I bought them when I was taking art classes in the 90s.

[@EmilyIllustrator]

@@xyzzy75 That’s amazing!

[@leslieladyhawke]

How do you organize your Prismas?

[@EmilyIllustrator]

I have a zip up case I like to keep them in.

[@leslieladyhawke]

@@EmilyIllustrator I meant how do you arrange them in your case?

[@EmilyIllustrator]

@@leslieladyhawke Oooh! lol! I have a Prismacolor color chart on my website, and I put them in that order. You can find it here: www.emilyillustrator.com/downloads

[@foreveryoung4980]

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[@mmmmlllljohn]

Emily, I recently found your channel and would love to see you and not your hands and fingers moving erratically - it is very distracting to watch and therefore harder to hear what you are saying. I don’t want to be negative but I really want to enjoy your videos. TFS.

[@EmilyIllustrator]

If you'd rather not watch this format of video, I highly recommend Sarah Renae Clark. She has wonderful and informative videos.