Best colored pencils?

The ones we used in college were Prismacolor. They are not cheap. But they do carry some at michaels so if you can use a 40% off coupon that’s helps. They are really soft so they blend really well. I love them. And you can buy individual colors if you use one up

I prefer Ticonderoga with core-lock, but I believe they were discontinued unfortunately. I also like Lyra. Prismacolor are nice but I find the lead breaks easily when dropped as happens at my house.

How do you all sharpen your colored pencils?? I’ve found that my regular pencil sharpener (X-acto, I think – got it at Staples) makes super sharp points that always break off—or the lead breaks off in the sharpener and renders it useless until my husband works his magic and gets it out.

We are still using crayola, as I’m afraid to get expensive ones because of breaking, losing, and sharpening.

We went with Lyra because of the price difference (compared to Prismacolor).  It came with a sharpener.  I’d love to get some of the giant lyra pencils from RR…they look great for younger DC or filling in large areas of color.  We also use the cheaper ones like Crayola…especially if I’m not supervising them.  I try to save the nicer ones for nature journals or art lessons.  

I like to buy art supplies when Hobby Lobby has them on sale.  I also buy some from Rainbow Resource.

The large Lyra pencils are fabulous. However if they get dropped, my dog will eat them. How weird is that?

My dog never eats or chews stuff other than expensive Lyra pencils.

Staedler here in our home as well, they were a gift two years ago and have lasted well. They don’t seem to sharpen so pointy that they break easily. We use an electric pencil sharpener on them, though not sure if this is “right”. (?)

I am still chuckling over the dog comments, especially the dog that prefers only the expensive pencils! Our dogs (2 labradoodles – age six months) are into erasers at the moment 🙂