Soft Pencils

Colored Pencils: Combine Pencil Brands for Better Control (Holbein & Caran d'Ache Pablo)

Colored Pencils: Combine Pencil Brands for Better Control (Holbein & Caran d'Ache Pablo)

There is no perfect brand of colored pencils. Every brand has faults and foibles.

This is why colored pencil artists combine pencil brands.

By pairing companion brands into super sets, we create a more versatile collection of pencils, better able to meet our needs.

Today, let’s look at how and when to form a super set, plus I’ll cover a great companion brand for Holbein Colored Pencils.

Holbein Colored Pencils: Are soft, waxy pencils right for you?

Holbein Colored Pencils: Are soft, waxy pencils right for you?

Holbein Colored Pencils

Love at first sight? Almost.

In March of 2018, I ordered a set of 150 Holbein Colored Pencils from Amazon. The second it arrived, I picked out a Limepeel looking pencil and tested it.

Now three years later, I can finally recommend Holbein Colored Pencils to you.

Well… maybe.