With the rise in popularity of adult coloring many new brands of colored pencils have risen to prominence. Some are wax based and some are oil based colored pencils. In this post I want to focus on an oil based colored pencil brand, Schpirerr Farben. For those who want to try these pencils out for themselves, I have included my Amazon affiliate links down below.
Cutie Boots was excited to check them out too! (Okay , he really just wanted to lay on the box.)
On the 72 set of the Schpirerr Farben tin there was a very pretty scene. It also shows a picture of what the pencils look like. When I first purchased this set only the 72 one was available, but now there is a 96 pencil set available. There are a few colors available in open stock, but not all the colors. The 72 pencil set retails for around $40 while the 96 pencil set is around $50.
On the back of the tin is some information about the pencils including the fact that they are oil based.
When you open the tin there is a biography of the artist Alfred Sisley whose work is on the front of the tin. There is also a note from Schpirerr Farben telling where you can get the color chart on their website.
Cutie Boots performed "the walk across the art supplies test". Cats seem to think this is a very important test to perform!
There are three tier of pencils in the tin of 72. The first tier contains shades of red, orange, ocher, and yellow.
The second tier contains pinks, purples, and blues.
The third tier has shades of green, grey, earth tones, and black.
The colors are bright and vivid in this set. To me they are similar in feel to Polychromos colored pencils with a fairly soft core. Schpirerr Farben pencils are not as soft as the Primacolors or Castle Art colored pencils because those brands are waxed based instead of oil based.
"Buck Sketch"
by Ellie Taylor
I did a quick sketch of a buck deer with these colored pencils in an all media sketchbook. I really, really like these pencils! They blend very nicely and you can have several layers. They go on very smoothly! I would rank these up there with Faber-Castell Polychromos pencils. I have seen some lighfastness tests done with these and they are comparable to Polychromos and Prismacolors. Schpirerr Farben pencils do well in lightfastness tests.
I would definitely recommend these for hobbyists or professional work! The only drawback is that there are not very many colors available in open stock so you have to buy a new set for replacement colors.
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