What is the best way to blend colored pencil? Today I will be testing 8 different blending products on 5 brands of colored pencil and Neocolor 1 wax pastels (linked below.) This is a long video because it's so thorough! See pinned comment for updates!
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:55 Materials
11:45 Paper
12:39 Colorless Blender Pencils
21:04 Colorless Blender Marker
24:26 Rubbing Alcohol
27:53 Odorless Mineral Spirits
30:52 Lavender Spike Oil
33:45 Holbein Meltz
37:10 Zestit
39:31 Blending Stumps
39:57 A closer look at the results
40:07 Staining Update
41:31 Inktense?
45:28 Pros and Cons
52:27 Conclusion

Products (affiliate:)
Blenders
Colorless blending pencils: Prismacolor Single pencil https://shrsl.com/3sftk Set of twohttps://shrsl.com/3sftn Caran d'Ache https://shrsl.com/3sfti
Colorless blender marker: Prismacolor https://shrsl.com/3sftx
Rubbing Alcohol: https://amzn.to/3G8U7MH
Odorless Mineral Spirits: https://shrsl.com/3sfu3
Lavendar Spike Oil: https://amzn.to/3TBX1wI
Holbein Meltz: https://shrsl.com/3sfu6
Zestit Pencil Blend: https://www.jacksonsart.com/enus/zes...
Blending Stump: https://shrsl.com/3sfu9

Pencils/ Pastels
Derwent Lightfast: https://shrsl.com/3sfug
Caran d'Ache Luminance: https://shrsl.com/3sfui
Prismacolor Premier: https://shrsl.com/3sfuo
FaberCastell Polychromos: https://shrsl.com/3sfup
Holbein Artists' Colored Pencils: https://shrsl.com/3sfus
Caran d'Ache Neocolor 1 wax pastels: https://shrsl.com/3sfux
Derwent Inktense: https://shrsl.com/3sfuf

Paper:
Arches Hot Pressed 140 lb Watercolor Paper https://shrsl.com/3sgfs
Canson MiTeintes 98 lb Paper https://shrsl.com/3sgfo

This video is not sponsored by any of the companies mentioned.
Please note: Product links used in description are often affiliate links, this means I earn a small profit when someone uses my link to purchase a product. However, there is no additional charge to the person who is purchasing the product.

Music:
Piano sound in the beginning is my own.

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