Most pencils I have are FC Polychromos but I also have some Derwent (lightfast). Compared to the Derwent I find the Polychromo's a bit more garish..Depending on the kind of artwork you produce this is either something you like to look for or not. I would recommend 'Lightfast' ( also love these 'Drawing') in landscape over 'Polychromo's' but when you prefere you art to have bright colors, the other way around. I think they both have their superb quality depending to what you look for..

I think the Derwent Drawing pencils are incredibly underrated so I'm happy to see such a good video where someone uses them. You are very skilled and I admire the patience needed to draw the exact same with twice.

@brusheswithbec

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much. Yes I absolutely love them, they are more versatile than people think and certainly work very well alongside other pencils. Thank you so much. It was actually easier the second time because I was trying to use the matching colours in the same places so I didn't have to think as much :P

You are vert talented!! And I must confess I was 6:30 minutes in before I realised it was a bird. I'm thinking these are going to be strange eyebrows. I might need to stop multi tasking 😁

@brusheswithbec

2 жыл бұрын

Haha, yes I can see why that would be confusing! Thank you.

Thank you for this video. I have both sets of pencils and I am getting some pastelmat paper so this was really helpful.

@brusheswithbec

3 жыл бұрын

I'm glad I could help. I hope you enjoy the paper :)

Very informative, thanks for sharing. I have the Derwent drawing range and I’m new to Pastelmat. I have been considering trying the Faber Castell Polychromos too.

@brusheswithbec

3 жыл бұрын

I'm really glad that you found it helpful. I'm fairly new to Pastelmat as well but have found it pretty easy to learn. The Polys go down very easily on Pastelmat.

This was super helpful and very informative. Thank you so much 😊

@brusheswithbec

Жыл бұрын

I'm so pleased it was useful to you :) You're welcome

Stunning Details! Really interesting to see the two take shape side by side. I like the sharp look, I can see why the Polychromos are popular

@brusheswithbec

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much, yes the Polys do give a nice crisp finish.

Thanks for this video! Great job! I’m considering buying Derwent. I have the Chinese white. I do have polychromes. Your tip on blending polys with a cotton swab was very helpful! Glad I found you!

@brusheswithbec

2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome! I'm glad I could help. The waxy pencils aren't for everyone but they are still very nice.

Thank you, very informative, beautiful drawing.

@brusheswithbec

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you 😊

Excellent demo. Derwent Drawing has no deep violet neither reddish nor bluish. Chinese White 7200 is fantastic, though.

Wow 🤩, the eye is so beautiful… thank you for this test. I love both drawing and Polychromos on pastelmat. Like you say, Polychromos for Details. The colours are so intensive on Pastelmat. I blend the pencils with oil

@brusheswithbec

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, I'm glad you liked it. Pastelmat is a fantastic surface.

Great review and fantastic drawings. I am an absolute beginner. I have both sets so this 'review' was so helpful. You deserve far more subscribers & views. Please continue sharing your expertise

@brusheswithbec

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, that's very kind of you, I'm glad I could help out.

@jamesaritchie1

2 жыл бұрын

Too late now, but I think the wost thing an absolute beginner can do is buy a set of very expensive pencils, let alone two sets. I really, really do hope it works out for you. I'm often wrong because we're all different.

The colours of the derwent drawing are amazing, and i'm secretly hoping faber-castell will one day just add them to their polychromos set ;). I do think the Polychromos side has more depth, that might be because of it's more detailed.

@brusheswithbec

2 жыл бұрын

Yes the Derwent Drawing colours are amazing. It is tough to pick a preferred eye for me as they did turn out so similar.

@greekveteran2715

2 жыл бұрын

I got the 36 Polyxhromos Set for landscape drawing, but I wasn't satisfide with the colours, so I searched in shops for extra colours I found aroud 40 different colours, that none of them, came with the original 36 Polychromos set!!! Now, I have around 15 different green colours and reds and blues that the set didn't have, which made my drawings way more beatiful, way more realistic! It's also so much more enjoyble, to the point I now search to add colours from other makers, like Lyra and Koh-I-Noor. to build an ultimate set !!!

The darker colors look so much richer on the Poly at the end, is that due to the Derwent being wax based, the camera angle, or wax bloom?

Thank u for this video. Was trying to decide what to buy. Polychromos it is. I do prefer sharper colors..

@brusheswithbec

3 жыл бұрын

I'm glad I could help :)

Oh I think I am 200 view, and I have the entire set of Faber Castell Polychromos so this was a nice comparison. :)

@brusheswithbec

3 жыл бұрын

Yay! Thank you!

Great video. I have prismacolor soft core and am thinking of getting polychromos. Just wondering about the blending of the two. U said u use both the Derwent and Polychromos but wondering if u have to use one or the other first. Thinking about oil and acrylic and how to use them.

@brusheswithbec

Жыл бұрын

I think that can depend on the paper surface, I find that sometimes the polys don't lay down as well over the Derwent Drawing but works fine in reverse, but again the drawing surface plays a part in this too.

Derwent is wax based and Polychromos are oil based

You use them together on a drawing? I know I mix things all the time, but I’m still learning.

@brusheswithbec

9 ай бұрын

Yes, I frequently mix pencil brands. This was just a comparison.

If I have Luminance which one would you consider a better compliment?

@brusheswithbec

Жыл бұрын

Which of these pencils to go with the Luminance? I'm not sure, I like to mix all of my pencils, and I don't usually select on pencil type but by which colour I want to use. I think the Polychromos are probably a better all rounded though.

@g1984AF

Жыл бұрын

@@brusheswithbec thanks for your insight I want a good fine detail pencil and was thinking polys as well

Can you use wax pencils with oil pencils in the same drawing

@brusheswithbec

11 ай бұрын

Yes you can :)

Isnt that smoke blue close to like a dark cool grey from faber looks like a grey than blue if you compare to the other light cool grey on the left

@brusheswithbec

Жыл бұрын

It possibly is a little closer to a dark cool grey than a bright blue like I chose here, but still would be quite different. It does have a blue tone that I needed to represent, and not just be grey.

@TheConstellationWatcher

Жыл бұрын

@@brusheswithbec true they should name the colours the same you should check slate gray too it has some blue tones to it too

Do you ever blend with odorless mineral spirits?

@brusheswithbec

3 жыл бұрын

No I haven't tried that, have you?

@jamesaritchie1

2 жыл бұрын

@@brusheswithbec It works well, though the "odorless" mineral spirits I bought definitely were not odorless.

@juststartingover2735

2 жыл бұрын

@@jamesaritchie1 i agree…”odorless” was so awful I gave it away. They say best to use outdoors😜

R these pastel pencils?

@brusheswithbec

2 жыл бұрын

No, they are colour pencils.

Polys love brushes

thank you for this demnostration. Let me give you the advise to NEVER use an automatic exposure settings AND whitebalance on your camera especially for the kind of video you make. Derwent has some absurd marketing policies: they basically made not a set of colour for natural pictures but a set of colour for AUTUMNAL pictures. Aside from the obvious difficoulty at drawing details with wax based pencils they absurdly didn't add 4 more colours with a cold light green - typically called "leaf" green in Faber Castell set - or "pea" green, a full yellow, an orange or a poppy red and a deep blue. just 4-5 colours that would make drawing set complete. I don't want a set that requires to borrow colours from other set for doing any images: ok I can maybe draw maybe a fox with exactly its fur colours... and what about the whole environment around it? I don't have any doubt that Drawing set is not ment to be used for details or compete with polychromos. Probably it would be more meaningful comparing them with Prismacolor set that is wax based too

@brusheswithbec

5 ай бұрын

Yes I have since changed the way I film with my camera and always use the manual exposure settings now. Learned that the hard way :) There's always going to rains to not compare two particular sets of pencils due to differences in colour range or pencil composition, but that's also as much reason to compare them. I always enjoy exploring the opportunities of a tool work for something if I wanted it to, and how much difference does wax vs oil based pencil really make.