Crave: 500 Colored Pencils
Posted by: Nina Carbone
Filed in:
style
3:00PM, Tuesday August 18th 2009
Calling all artists and creative types—and those who just think they’re the next Da Vinci! Social Designer, a company that strives to get people thinking and creating differently, has started a colored pencils of the month club. Well, sort of. After you sign up, once a month you get a batch of 25 different colored pencils delivered to your door. So, just when you’re over the colors you’ve got, a new shipment arrives with loads more pigment possibilities! This so beats the mega box of Crayola crayons. [$33 per month for a 20-month subscription, 500 Pencils]
TheFrisky.com is part of the Turner Sports and Entertainment Digital Network
Coral
wrote on August 18 2009 @ 02:15 pm: [report]
Amazing. I’m in art school and I’m always running through colored pencils. I once bought a colored pencil set with 250 different shades. Ah, color!!
BeeGirl
wrote on August 18 2009 @ 02:41 pm: [report]
$660 for colored pencils? Uh.
Coral
wrote on August 18 2009 @ 06:31 pm: [report]
That’s about $1.32 per pencil, which isn’t bad at all if they are quality pencils. But I’m not sure about that. I like Prismacolor. And I pay about $3-$5 per Prismacolor marker (it has two markers, a fine and a broad edge). Art supplies do not come cheap!
LunaLena
wrote on August 18 2009 @ 10:11 pm: [report]
Yeah, Prismacolors and Copic are expensive. But they don’t have to be, depending on where and when you buy. I’m an art hobbyist, and though I draw mostly with graphite and Photoshop, I occasionally break out my Prismacolor pencils. I have two sets of 12 (all different colors) that I bought for around $9 each - my local art supply store regularly had sales on Prismacolor products. I’ve also seen some awesome deals for both markers and pencils on eBay, if you’re okay with buying in bulk.
I know some really amazing artists who work with markers, so I always wanted to try my hand at it, but considering a box of twelve Prismacolors costs around $40 or so, I think I’ll stick to digital (plus, it doesn’t really matter if I screw up).
ThatWeirdGamerChick
wrote on August 18 2009 @ 10:24 pm: [report]
Oh my goodness, I am completely, ladyballs-deep in love with my Prismacolor colored pencils… Speaking of which, there are some summer art assignments that I really should be working on… thanks for reminding me, Frisky!
The one pitfall I’ve run into with nice (& expensive) colored pencils is a cheap pencil-sharpener. The all-metal type is the only thing that works for my little babies :3
Crestina
wrote on August 19 2009 @ 06:01 am: [report]
Yes a bit pricey, but at least you can put it on lay away for 20 months without interest!
Crestina
wrote on August 19 2009 @ 06:07 am: [report]
I’m just a little concerned they are manufactured in China..