
Prismacolor’s formula helps them lay down a lot of color and build layers while you’re drawing,” said supervising editor Arthur Gies, who has bachelor’s and master’s degrees in drawing and painting and who drew the art at the top of this article. Original: Designed for people seeking creative balance away from the daily grind, each Blackwing Colors pencil features a unique soft and smooth color core. “They use a lot of pigment in their cores, unlike many cheaper pencils that use more wax or other fillers. The core of Prismacolor Premier Colored Pencils are made of soft wax-a sign of good quality at a lower price-which gives them a soft tip for smooth gliding when applying color to a page. Coloring anatomy is surprisingly fun, and it’s helpful to mix a relaxing but stimulating activity like coloring with memorization. When I color in a diagram of a diaphragm, for instance, I use different colors for bones and muscles, and I match the varying shades to corresponding parts. The Ticonderoga (black) pencils came in eighth place. Another set of pencils with varied hardness for sketching and shading, this set from the Faber-Castell 9000 series. A different Lennon-McCartney lyric is foil stamped on each pencil, for a total of twelve different lyrics in the set. The color prism design depicts the convergence of two powerful creative forces. In our testing for the guide, the Premier set was among the best in color range and vibrancy. In writing abilities, our testers ranked the Ticonderoga (yellow) pencils third best, after the Palomino Blackwing 602 and Arteza pencils. Blackwing Colors pencils feature a unique soft and smooth Japanese colour core designed specifically for drawing and coloring. Faber-Castell 9000 Graphite Sketch Pencil Set, Set of 1222 now 50 off. Blackwing 192 is a tribute to John Lennon and Paul McCartney and the estimated 192 songs they wrote together.


I’m no artist, but I still want a solid variety of colors and a smooth pencil to make coloring a pleasurable experience.
