My FAVORITE Budget Colored Pencil Sets -- and it Might Shock You!

[@TravisBrady-wn8fr]

I really want the Derwent Drawing pencils. Comparitively they arent "as bad"😂 cost wise.

[@leahpitt7026]

I love my Brutfuner squares.

[@sirmascopchanova4657]

Me too!

[@carolberres5528]

I like the square Brutfuner! Thanks for sharing your thoughts😀

[@ColorfullyOptimistic]

I love those pencils!

[@janetjackson2157]

I really like Nyoni Markart, I have both sets yes I know they are the same so I have a back up set, love your pictures xxx

[@RetroToyPrincess]

I quite enjoy my Star Joy Gold set. The lack of white is less of an issue as I tend to use white paper and find there are enough light shades to use white the same way I tend to use the white in other sets. I also like the wide range of creams/tans/browns for skin-tones. A couple recommendations here I haven't tried yet -- so appreciative of this as I'm always searching for "the perfect" set or fun unique colors to put together a solid collection of colors.

[@martinajohnson8394]

I love my brutfuner squares, Kalour 240, and Arrtx 120

[@manthasagittarius1]

The useful thing about a big set is that there is usually a lot of close overlap in hue, so you often have a backup pencil waiting if you start to use up your favorites. 🐈

[@ColorfullyOptimistic]

Yup -- I did mention that about the 520s

[@valerieb8006]

thanks so much for this video! of what i own, markart is my favorite budget pencil...if i buy anymore sets i'll get whichever of these are on sale!😅 I appreciate your opinion!....the hair page is just marvelously beautiful! I don't think anyone could guess Crayola. I imagine the paper you used helped. I bought your preferred paper for pencil and I like it very much...just a side note , we got 10 inches of snow when it was all said and done. good gracious! I live in south alabama! it was fun to experience it but now i'm ready for it to go awayshould all be gone by sat.

[@juliecontreras2368]

I have the 500 brufutner, starjoy, mark art, 72 set of artisto, and my all time favorite 180 set of Soucolor!!! I just purchased the 300 of Kalour!!! Love them.

[@sophieellie3193]

I also like the Artistro sets, both regular and watercolor.

[@ColorfullyOptimistic]

I need to try them!

[@charofheart37]

Wow, you make some of the best color pencil art I have seen. Can tell you really know your color pencil qualities! 🤗❤️👍🏽💯

[@ColorfullyOptimistic]

Thanks so much! I appreciate that!

[@janetcollins8338]

Hi Thankyou for this video I have a lot of different pencil sets Am really interested in the crayola and trying the hair like your pic Did you do a vid for this at all ?

[@emmawilliamson457]

I totally agree with you about Crayola! 🤩

[@angelaporch2984]

I love my Kolour,brutfener and crayola for budget pencils. Thanks for sharing

[@lurabrown7]

Can I ask where you can get the swatch sheets you use most of the time? Can hardly wait for your pencil detash ❤

[@mjc2624]

Brutfuner squares! I only wish that I'd purchased a back-up set when they were available.

[@ColorfullyOptimistic]

I know! It's so hard to find them these days.

[@angelagonzalez5352]

I have the Star Joy sets. I started with the small set and love them so much I got the big set. ❤

[@deb7751-l4n]

Wow that hair! I love coloring hair, may have to add the Crayolas to my collection, even if I pull out all the hair colors and give the remaining pencils to the kiddos!

[@margaritavelazquez7437]

I have all kinds of expensive color pencils and also budget pencils and crayolas are one of my favorite 💌

[@thejamaicanhippie84]

I have the 240 set.. I love them

[@KessaWitdaFro]

Hate crayola but love the other sets you mentioned!

[@LauraBCReyna]

We moved house last yr & I didn't have access to my Prisma set for a while. Wanted to color so I bought an emergency set of Amazon Basics on sale, 25 set for ~4 dollars. After using them I wanted more colors so got a Kalour 72 set for $9. The Kalours are creamier & easier to use. The Amazons are a little harder. Both sets were super cheap so I find it hard to complain abt them. They're cheap pencils that do the job. The Kalours especially are v good for the money. I've combined the 2 sets to create a set I use for coloring in cheap col books when I want a mindless coloring session & don't want to use up my more expensive pencils. I also have a set of Crayolas but don't like them as much as the Kalours.

[@manthasagittarius1]

The Amazon Basics are a very nice pencil for color selection and vibrancy, soft lay down without being fragile, and a thick core with plenty of lead for the money. They are a great pencil for older people, especially in assisted living etc. who want something better than school kid pencils like crayolas. They resemble Arteza and Prismacolor at a much lower price. Easy to teach blending while coloring to seniors with these -- they go easy on stiff, older hands and blend very well. I've given the 48 and 72 sets as gifts and it's a hit every time.

[@thejamaicanhippie84]

I have everyhing but crayola and i love doing hair.. need to snag those

[@meticule2]

My favorite "budget" pencil brand is Schpirerr Farben, too bad they didn't think of expanding the range and stopped at 96.

[@KessaWitdaFro]

Love these guys too. If you like them you might like the cezanne set. They're a bit smoother and have 120 colors!

[@meticule2]

@@KessaWitdaFro Thanks for suggesting Cezanne, but I think I have more sets of these budget friendly pencils than I need, at least in this lifetime. Oh another brand I also like (but probably not easy to get hold of in North America though) is Colleen, Japanese brand and produced in Thailand. I find them *almost* as "creamy" as Prismacolor Premier, thus yielding very smooth blending. I have the 120 set.

[@ColorfullyOptimistic]

I do like SF pencils and they are in my collection, but honestly I haven't used them much these days.

[@burghbrat3319]

I've been a Prismacolor ADDICT since long before 'adult coloring' was a thing. Still am, and I love them. But recently bought the 'Harmonious' collection from Castle Arts (just because I loved the greyed palette) and as a supplemental set, they are NICE pencils to have and use. Castle Arts PastelTint set looks nice too (not sure I need it, but .... 😄) I also do have, and sometimes use, Crayola. Mostly for browns, beiges, tans, etc., that I don't use a lot and don't have a Prisma in those colors.

[@ColorfullyOptimistic]

I actually really like the PastelTints -- hate the price. But they are so soft and fun to use

[@joycevaughn8522]

I really enjoy this I have the brutfuner squares, crayola 100,150 and the colors of the world and only kapour pastels but I love them all and yes the crayola are really good oh I don’t have the star joys

[@CassiaDee]

I'm definitely a Crayola fan!

[@rubyfisch5077]

Let me preface this to say that I am NOT an artist, and just like using colored pencils in coloring books. (I am more of a watercolor gal) That said, I have the Kalour 180 set, and I really like them. I also really like the Prina 120 set, which are oil based (I know they all have wax). The Prina set came in a nice zippered case with 2 sketchbooks, one with black paper and one with assorted colored paper. And I think they were about 24 cents per pencil. I also have the Amazon basics, but I didn't care for them much. And of course I have a 72 set of Prismacolor that I got when they were still affordable (many years ago). They are not in my budget anymore, so I use them sparingly. But honestly, the Kalour and Prina work just as well for me for the kind of coloring I do. They layer and blend really nicely, and the Prinas especially have leads that don't break when I sharpen them, unlike the delicate Prismacolor.

[@ginamcgregor8412]

I wish Amazon would a 150 basics set that would be amazing ❤❤

[@IZZYCHAN13]

I've separated my Prismacolor by LF ratings; I+II go together in a section for serious drawings / coloring and then I go "lower" in LF for coloring books and sketchbook concepts

[@elizabethrector8205]

Great video!❤ Gave away my Star Joy, Star Joy Gold, Brut 120 Squares, Crayola's, & Artist Loft. I just love my Prismas..... Haven't used my Polys in forever. Don't care about light-fast. 😂

[@inkqueen99]

You picked some good ones, I’m finding it depends on the paper!

[@ColorfullyOptimistic]

Yes, definitely! The paper makes a big difference with all pencils. About the only pencil I can use on all papers is my Prisma

[@The8TrackChap]

Schpirerr Farben aren’t bad. Also really like Artisto, but wish they made a bigger set than only 48 or 72.

[@slowvintagedays5963]

StarJoys are great for Amazon printed books.

[@ColorfullyOptimistic]

Yes, they are. They handle that nasty paper quite well

[@carynaozuna2570]

Are there more purple in the 500 set?

[@ColorfullyOptimistic]

520 Bruts or Kalour?

[@maryannmanders5506]

Luv my set.

[@manthasagittarius1]

Arteza started out too pricey, but they have gone down in price. Not a bad pencil that performs quite like Prismacolor, although without the wonderful hues Prismas have in greens, browns, light neutrals and greys for nature work.

[@ColorfullyOptimistic]

They actually shot up in price from the OG day they released. They've come down a bit realizing they can't compete, but they were MUCH cheaper when they first came out

[@apocalypse92]

i love the brutfuner or w/e swatches, you can tell you tried and at some point said fk this and got lazy xD love it haha

[@ColorfullyOptimistic]

Yeah I did that in the stream. Screw filling in the boxes!

[@apocalypse92]

@ColorfullyOptimistic i agree 😊 just thought it was funny 😆

[@IZZYCHAN13]

Old Crayola was much better; the wood was legit and I felt the lead was a tad softer

[@Wilcoxmomma1103]

Crayola is DEFINITELY a great budget pencil ❤ Good video ❤❤thank you!

[@vilvile]

Markart, Artisto, Evazar London, Indra

[@vilvile]

And of course Holbein 🤣