I wonder what your thoughts are about the crayons ? Do you have them ? Will you be getting them ? 🖍️ Have I swatched them incorrectly and not received expected distress effect ?

@lisamiller8174

4 ай бұрын

Your best option is to look at Tim's videos on his KZread channel. LOTS of info and techniques from Tim himself.

@mkaysartfuljourney1239

4 ай бұрын

I don’t have that brand I have the Stampn’ Up! Brand it came out years ago. ❤

@marthatierney2632

4 ай бұрын

The Tim Holze pencils may require that they be harder to maintain the woodless form (to keep them from breaking).

@LeeAnnH7878

4 ай бұрын

His new scorched timber is a stand alone shade, not in the kit. These are lovely.

@finleyfan04

4 ай бұрын

I have all 6 and love them. You can get the hmm trying to figure out the name .. it’s the consistency of the outside of a milk plastic jug. You can put it on there and activate with water . You can mix colors etc. they are just like regular watercolors in my opinion.

I made my shavings into a watercolour palette using full trays in a tin. For that alone they are worth the money. Blending is so much easier when turning the shavings into a watercolour palette. Tiffany Soloria has a video on doing this.

@cazkiwinz4300

4 ай бұрын

I did that with my Neo2s… just bought a couple of cheap plastic kid paint palettes, got rid of the cheap paint and put my neo2 shavings in, cute and practical 🤗

@anitasmith1355

3 ай бұрын

I did the same with the shavings. You can come up with some unique colors. And it’s a fun way to use a different medium.

Loved to see the comparison. I think that you can get professional sets of watercolor pencils for the same, or almost the same money. In Germany the Tim Holtz pencils are about 30 € per set, so for 72 you pay 180. That's way more than a professional grade Watercolor pencil set of the same size! For Albrecht Dürer watercolor pencils you pay about 100 € for a 60 set. That is 2.50 vs 1.67 € per pencil, if you buy sets. From what I see from your swatches many colors are very similar. I have very inexpensive watercolor pencils by Koh-I-Noor, a 36 set, which for me is really enough, as it is easy to mix colors for new ones. I don't use them that often anyways. As crayons I have Neocolors II, bought only a few of my favourite colors open stock.

@MaremiSmallArt

4 ай бұрын

great hearing your thoughts 🩷

There’s actually a single pencil sold separately that you’re missing, the last Distress color - Scorched Timber. I have the first three sets and never think to even use them so I haven’t bothered getting the last 3 sets. These are pencils, not crayons. His “crayons” are the ones you said you didn’t like because they were “waxey”. These should be compared to what they are, watercolor pencils. 🤷‍♀️

Thank you for this swatch session. I had the first 3 sets and sold them because I really love the neo color II much more. I also like the woody, 🖍️ The neo color 2 range is much larger and you get to choose your color as they are sold open stock ( so you could spend less and have the exact color you want, even if they are expensive). 👋 Ps : an other way to use all of them to avoid stricky lines is to rub them on a textured palette and apply with a brush 😉

@cassandrac19

3 ай бұрын

completely agree!

I love these have the first 3 sets and waiting to get the 3 others, my favorite way to use them is taking a wet brush on the pencil itself and using it that way. My favorites for sure.

@MaremiSmallArt

4 ай бұрын

❤️🩷🧡💛💚💙🩵💜 thank you

There have been other woodless watercolor pencils in the past (I have a set), but there is only one brand recently listed at one of the major US art supply store (Blick's). They are Creatacolor Aqua...and they're made in Austria! You may have an easier time getting access to these than some other art supplies. I would say the Tim Holtz watercolor pencils are more of a craft item rather than fine art. Not sure where Creatacolor fits in the mix, but they are cheaper than the TH version. I believe we are paying more for the TH version because of all the work that went into matching the pencils with the TH inks--and for the TH branding. I make a lot of cards, and having a watercolor source that matches the TH line of inks, etc., was my ONLY reason for purchasing. FYI: True watercolor pencils are not engineered to smudge.

I always feel calm when I hear your voice 🫶 I LOVE swatching videos… I deliberately search them out to have on in the background 🤗

@MaremiSmallArt

4 ай бұрын

awww thank you ! lovely to hear !!!

I never heard of the Tim Holtz distress watercolor pencils. I thought the pigment was pretty rich and I like that you can go back and add in hard lines. It would be fun to see you complete a few small paintings using these and layering them.

Glad you brought us along on the swatching, we enjoy your company as well as what you’re doing in your vids x

Loved seeing you swatch all of the colors!! I have the first three sets of these pencils, but haven't gotten the new sets yet to round out my collection. The reason you are likely seeing the Distress Watercolor Pencils losing pigment when you put down the color is due to the fact the Distress Watercolor Pencils don't contain a filler. Tim talked about it in his launch video for the most recent three sets he released. The are pure pigment with no fillers, so it you put the color down pretty hard, you will likely end up with pigment "dust" on your paper.

You inspire me to try them...tim holtz has an excellent reputation, very good in my opinion.💜

I'm glad you showed these, I've been considering them.

Comparing the volume of a Stabilo Woodie to a Distress Watercolor pencil isn't that useful. Which has more pigment? Which would create the longest line before running out? My Stabilos (same as Woodies, but much older and in a set with more colors than currently sold) are softer. Oranges and tangerines are both orange-colored fruit, but we don't expect them to be the same. Just because they differ doesn't mean one is "better." With media, one might be better for a specific application, but not universally. For people who rely on the Distress inks and paints and stains, that the pencils are color matched as closely as possible might make them a better choice. People who want to draw with bold strokes might prefer Woodies.

@MaremiSmallArt

3 ай бұрын

❤❤❤ thank you for your valuable words ! ❤❤❤

I really enjoyed watching your process today. I've been drawing and painting for years and have never done that myself. I'd watch more if you posted it. Thank you and feel better!

You use inktense pencils. Try using these in the same way. Not as a crayon alternative, but as an alternative color to your inktense pencils. You make beautiful art, btw ❤

I changed my mind on these. I expected them to be more like a crayon but they aren't. After using them awhile, I'm enjoying them. They don't leave a waxy residue like the crayons.

Thanks for swatching these. I saw that these had come out and while I really like some of Tim's products I'm happy with my Neo Color II. I like being able to buy open stock, it helps me only buy what I will use and not get huge collections.

These are actually woodless watercolor PENCILS and not watercolor crayons. Because they are woodless, they definitely look more like crayons, which I think can cause a bit of confusion. I wonder if you would differently about these if you compared them to other watercolor pencils? Because here it seems like you are expecting them to behave and feel more like watercolor crayons. I think this is why you are saying they are more hard and dusty and not creamy as you are expecting them to be. Hope that makes sense 😃

Love this swatch. I’ve got what you have. Sore throat painful ears and cough❤I hope you feel better soon may Our Lord surround you with his healing love and May you recover to complete and thorough good health 🕊🌈🙏🏻💯❤️

Also that would be fun to see you investigate the center of Stabilo pencil crayons. I really love how spontaneous you are in your videos. It's so refreshing rather than all the carefully curated art videos out there where you feel like you aren't watching a real person. I don't need all the music and artsy shots. I just want to hear a real artist talk about real things. You are so genuine 😊

Tim Holz have crayons and pencils. You have his pencils. The crayons may be softer

I LOVE all of your videos! As an artist and single mother, your videos make me so happy and let me know I’m not alone. I love the idea of an experiment to see how much is in the Stabillo:) I looooove these swatches!! Still playing around with mine as well:)❤

@MaremiSmallArt

4 ай бұрын

❤️🩷🧡💛💚💙🩵💜 thank you

I love watching your channel. Hope your feeling better.

@MaremiSmallArt

3 ай бұрын

thank you !

I have these sets firstly they are fabulous not fare to compare to wax also you can use yr shavings

@MaremiSmallArt

4 ай бұрын

thank you for that info, I would most definitely make a research if I would try to compare any crayons, pencils in the future. I was just curious about how I like those in comparison to my favourite Woodies, I was not trying to compare one to one

They are gorgeous 🥰❤️

I think I will try to get these most because it offer such a large sections of colors. Thanks for sharing. Will check price out.

I have all of Tim’s pencils and I also have Stabilo woodies and various fine art water soluble pencils. Also Dina’s scribble sticks. I really love Tim’s pencils. They wash out beautifully and are highly pigmented. You must try dipping the pencil in water and then drawing with them. So fun!

Does Ranger make the Distress watercolour crayons available as open stock? I love being able to replace individual colours in a set. It's also great to be able to buy just the individual colours I know that I will use.

I love watching swatch videos. I bought the woody after watch your video. I feel like the colors in this 6 set are pretty similar. I will not buy all of them if i want them, probably just get one. Set 2 is my favorite.

Where did you get the fairies that are on your you tube channel please???

These are my favorite mediums besides Copics. Treat them like paint on a stick…they are pure pigment. not crayons or pencils

@MaremiSmallArt

3 ай бұрын

I will give it a go again !!!!! ❤❤❤

I love your videos, Maremi! Wish we were neighbors!

I always struggle making mixed media pieces in the sense that I LOOOOOOVE texture pastes..once they dry idk where to put my focal and layers..I’m scared😭

@MaremiSmallArt

4 ай бұрын

don't be scared... just play and maybe follow my video ? kzread.info/dash/bejne/nJqaudlvY7XcfqQ.htmlsi=oAHwYlfdDjuDIgdh this is a great to watch video, will help you out thank you ️ 🩷🩵

They are considered pencils not crayons. Certainly couldn't compare them to carandache neocolor ll crayons. They are more like Kimberly watercolor pencils. If you watch some of the videos that Tim has done on them, some dip them in water and use them. Tim keeps separate sets of them for that cause he doesn't like the mess😮 There are 72 to go along with the ink pads 72 colors. Does anyone need 72.? I don't think so. I have a lot of distress ink pads but maybe only 50-60. Maybe 30 oxides. When it comes to crayons a large set of Neo ll's, a standard size of woodys(which I use less than Neos. ) Watercolor pencils are Kimberly's, and Intense (favs) and the first set of Tim's. I just saw the video of him demoing them a couple of weeks ago and decided I was not using them correctly. Even so, I wish they sold them in smaller sets or singularly as I see no need for 72 unless you really love them and have no other brands of pencils.

If you want to smudge water-soluble crayons, laying down gesso first will be more successful.

Will you put similar colours into similar jars or store all together? Cause lots of colours are very similar shades and I’m just curious x

@MaremiSmallArt

4 ай бұрын

For now I have quickly put them in one big 'jar-box' but... I will check the colours again because someone mentioned that colours are either the same or veeeery similar, I think I will investigate this again 😊🙂☺️

@caroline1426

4 ай бұрын

@@MaremiSmallArt yeah I saw that comment. I’d be surprised if there were duplicates in different sets but 🤷‍♀️. Thanks as always for sharing x

How do these differ from Caran D’ache Neocolors?

@MaremiSmallArt

4 ай бұрын

That's a great question ❓ would you like me to record a test of those two brands ?

@Pottymoon

4 ай бұрын

@@MaremiSmallArt Yes please! I have the Neocolours but would like to see them compared. I’m still watching your vid to see where the ‘distressed’ comes into it! Thank you for your quick and lovely response (I adore your Polish and Irish blended accent!)

@MaremiSmallArt

4 ай бұрын

​@@PottymoonI honestly didn't notice anything about distressing. Maybe I swatched them wrongly, I did compare them with Woodies 3in1 and other crayons, good to see

@lalamalo

4 ай бұрын

Thank you for this swatch session. I had the first 3 sets and sold them because I really love the neo color II much more. I also like the woody, the the neo color 2 range is much larger and you get to choose your color as they are sold open stock. 👋 Ps : an other way to use all of them to avoid stricky lines is to rub them on a textured palette and apply with a brush 😉

I think in other country’s the call colored pencils crayons

Castle arts makes a woodless watercolor pencil and then of course as far as crayons go the best in my opinion and many other artists opinions would be the neo color 2 by Caran D'ache. These are definitely with this watercolor pencil not a crayon. I wish that I could get them because the color selection is so beautiful. I do have curiosities as to whether or not they are true watercolor or if they are more in line with inktense. I love all of this watching so please do a lot worse watching. This is my first time to your channel and I really enjoyed the method you worked with. I would like to see if these colors were wet or Lift, because that would tell me if they are watercolor, dye based or ink. I am definitely a subscriber now. I am a photorealistic animal portraiture artists and my main medium is pencil however I do like to work with watercolor and with acrylic I can no longer work in oils because of the solvents and my health.

$35 a tin🤔 im poor, ill just stick to my watercolor pallette thanks for the demo Marta⚘

I’m waiting on my order of the full set so I’m looking forward to swatching all the colors. I like being able to sharpen them to a point for outlining. Great swatching video 🎉❤😂 God bless you and here’s to your good health 😅

Uwielbiam testy ❤❤❤ ja mam kredki derwent i jestem bardzo zadowolona co jest bardzo fajne że można kupować pojedyncze kolory jak i cale zestawy.

Hi Marta. Could you or perhaps one of your subscribers remind me of the name of the black pen that, when you apply water, runs a pinky purple colour? Many thanks for all your videos x

@MaremiSmallArt

4 ай бұрын

Elegant writer 😁 pen

@jackysjournals6320

4 ай бұрын

@@MaremiSmallArt Thank you!! 🥳

Swatching, Swatching, Swatching😁 das würde mich sehr interessieren, was deine lieblinge sind,😊lg Manuela

@MaremiSmallArt

3 ай бұрын

❤️ 🩷🧡💛💚💙🩵💜

I'm sure the Tim Holtz crayons are a quality product and will perform well. And the colors do look vivid and beautiful. Unfortunately, they are priced similarly to very popular fine art water soluble crayons Neocolor 2. Neocolor 1 the original Neocolor is waxed based and will not dissolve in water. I'm not sure that people who only use them for crafting and more temporary crafts will eagerly pay north of $30 for sets of 12 ($35.99 Amazon.) These water soluble crayons by price and quality fall into a category that is not quite craft and not exactly fine art. It's kind of an in-between and that may be a hard sell. I have NC 1 & 2...don't even use them that much so won't be purchasing TH crayons. I'm a big fan of Tim Holtzs' paper-crafting products. He's tops! And his Distress Oxide inks that give wonderful effects with just a light spritz of water, have no rival. p.s. If anyone reading this is a paper crafter and haven't watched the Saturday product release videos of Tim Holtz on KZread, reviewing & explaining his new releases and then the fantastic creations by his talented team of makers using his new and current products , you really should. It's amazing what his team of designer/makers come up with. So much fun to see.

Ik heb 2setjes de kleuren zijn echt anders daarom heb ik ze gekocht maar ik vind de watercolor markers van studiolight beter en anders ge brruik ik de carandache krijtjes veel meer pigment en zachter

Or get yourself a pencil case so that you can color coordinate

Crayons contain wax. Pencils don’t. Comparing his Distress Pencils to the various crayons doesn’t seem fair. Compare the pencils to other WATERCOLOR pencils (for example, Prisma or other brands).

@MaremiSmallArt

4 ай бұрын

thank you for that info, I would most definitely make a research if I would try to compare any crayons, pencils in the future. I was just curious about how I like those in comparison to my favourite Woodies, I was not trying to compare one to one

@laurieoneill1896

4 ай бұрын

I bought this set because it was marketed as WATERCOLOR PENCILS not distressed.

@Pixieworksstudio

4 ай бұрын

Some pencils are wax based, some pencils are oil based

@Pixieworksstudio

4 ай бұрын

​@@MaremiSmallArtthank you for showing us all these lovely colours! They are pretty amazing 😍

@MicheleEngel

4 ай бұрын

@@Pixieworksstudio True. But are they watercolor pencils? Seems like wax and oil each repel water. So there are watercolor pencils, and there are water soluble crayons (e.g. Caran d'Ache Neocolor II), which are not formulated the same way.

There aren't even 72 colors, I noticed quite a few had the same colors.

@MaremiSmallArt

4 ай бұрын

oh really ?? I need to check this asap !!!!

@elizabethrichards6088

4 ай бұрын

None of the colours are the same. If you swatch the colours side by side like blues,greens etc you will see the variations in colour. Every pencil has the colours name written on it. I enjoyed your comparison. But like others I feel they more of a watercolour pencil no wax. I too have the woodies and I feel they are very different for different projects x

@juliepettitt1472

4 ай бұрын

They are all different. 72 colours in the distress palette and they are all here.

@priscillalabranche5203

4 ай бұрын

Like the ink pads, the pencils are not the same color BUT some are very very close to appearing like the same color. That is why I don't have 72 of the ink pads

@theicequeen4076

4 ай бұрын

Inaccurate. They are all different. Even if you only watch this video in entirety, you can see each shade is different.

careful with your voice, yes the swatching and comparing is helpdul

reminds me of NEO 2

The colour palette is beautiful, but it's definitely nothing for me. I'm simply not colouring enough with watercolours in general. Have too many different colouring mediums and not using any of them as often as I should.

They sre not supposed to smear They are not crayons. Theyare watercolor pencils

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Why are you comparing a bunch or watercolor crayons and the pencils? He has crayons as well. Not that the crayons are impressive

@MaremiSmallArt

4 ай бұрын

His crayons are the only one I can't work with, they are oily, waxy and don't cooperate with water from my remembering... I didn't plan to compare, it just happened while I was making the video, it felt right to grab that Crayon as it felt very alike... I had no bad intentions, just a curiosity of both products and their reaction with water that's all

Please don't cut your stabilo! In my opinion, all art is precious.