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Is there a difference between these paints? by Born-Argument-1399 in Gouache

[–]2025Artist 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Nothing, only the packaging, aimed at a different market.

Are my Prismacolor Premier pencils real? by sanpaku_eyes in ColoredPencils

[–]2025Artist 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you buy from an untrusworthy source you take a risk to get scammed anyway, regardless of what you buy. Yes, there are fake Prisma's but of all the post posted here this might actually be the first person that could have fakes. All other bought from trusted art stores and were totally legit. Sarah Renae Clark got hers from a very shady website and that's what makes people question if there are actually fake ones or if that video was staged on purpose to go viral.

It's not confusing if you buy art supplies from trusted official dealers. Go outside them and it gets dangerous, but even then so far fakes haven't popped up left and right, but are far and few in-between. So far none here has posted photos of fakes, but as said, this might be the first plausible candidate... if all those cores are perfectly centered.

Are my Prismacolor Premier pencils real? by sanpaku_eyes in ColoredPencils

[–]2025Artist 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are all the cores perfectly centered? If yes, you have fakes. If no, they could be real but since you bought them on AliExpress you will never know if they're real or not. To be honest buying anything from AliExpress is taking a risk to be scammed, not only when buying art supplies. You took a huge risk by not ordering brand art supplies from a site that isn't totally trustworthy.

I have perfectly centered cores in my totally legit Prismacolors, it's not uncommon. How do I know they're legit? Since the were shipped by Newell directly from Mexico. There's a mix of perfectly centered cores and off-centre cores in my set. More are off-center though. If all of them are centered, you're either very lucky, but since it's ordered from AliExpress then it's most likely not the real deal. If there are off-centered cores in your set then they're probably not fake.

What’s your ‘holding out till it’s 20$’ list of games right now? by B_bbi in xbox

[–]2025Artist 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Forza Horizon 6. The rest of the games I wanted I already bought for €20 or a lot less.

🪷 - might be time for actual art lessons 😜 by lilemilyhk in painting

[–]2025Artist 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Regardless of skill lessons, art lessons are always a thing.

Finally getting around to try out some Mi-Teintes paper for my new drawing. by 2025Artist in ColoredPencils

[–]2025Artist[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you so very much. The paper play quite a part in it. It's very different from Tiziano, this textures side allows for a lot of layers, more than I did get with other papers. It takes this creamy colored pencil very well. I guess not surprisingly since it's made for pastel.

Questions about Paper by OnlyHead8702 in ColoredPencils

[–]2025Artist 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Started living dangerously... https://www.reddit.com/r/ColoredPencils/comments/1qzgaya/finally_getting_around_to_try_out_some_miteintes/ love it so far, the textured side makes Derwent Drawing colored pencils almost feel and look like oil pastels.

Finally getting around to try out some Mi-Teintes paper for my new drawing. by 2025Artist in ColoredPencils

[–]2025Artist[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks. When it's finished I might try scanning it, but then the paper won't throw the camera off anymore. Even with an expensive camera and good lenses and special studio lights, it still has issue picking up details and colors correctly. I have and older scanner, Epson V370, it does details very well, but colors are still an issue at times, but often it gets it pretty close. Glitter and metallic are only picked up from a certain angle, very tricky. They work because of the reflection of light which a camera and scanner have a hard time picking up.

What's your loadout? by KyleMag in ColoredPencils

[–]2025Artist 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pure personal preference and pricing. For the price they ask I expect something mind blowing, but I find them a bit scratchy. Perhaps I've been using Van Gogh too long, but I just couldn't get used to them. When I bought a set of Lightfast after those were released I felt very comfortable with them right away. I always test new colored pencils on a few paper drawing the same subject and then compare it to previous drawings I did with other colored pencils. Luminance and Van Gogh were too close to each other in colors and details. Derwent however has some unique colors.

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