Caran d'Ache Museum Aquarelle Watercolour Pencils Full 76 Set Review! Are They Worth the Money? 

I have had the Caran d'Ache Aquarelle pencils on my amazon wish list since 2019, every year I send the list to my family and every year they buy me something else lol, they are expensive though, I loved your pigeon and parrot!! Such a wonderfully bright and colourful artwork! :D

Eeek!!! Do I watch this video, Becky? I have been sorely tempted with the full sets of Albrecht Durer and Museum recently, and they are waaay out of my budget!!!!

Some lovely colors, and I love your birds. The barn owl's eyes are especially amazing. I'd joke about your beehive pheasant, but when I try to draw birds, they're terrifying abominations! lol Thanks for sharing.

Love your painting. They are all so cute. Those pencils are on my wish list and have been for sometime. Who knows, maybe Santa will forget he already bought me a tablet for Christmas and bring me those pencils.. 🤣

Your painting is really nice and artistic. These colour pencils are vibrant when wet; I did not expect that.

Lovely. I have a few of these but opted for the Albrecht durer to save $. But a girl can drool!!

Hi, Becky! What beautiful birds!!!! My earlier comment (I actually beat aw to it!) was about my longing for the full sets of AD and Museum, and should I watch the video. However, watching the swatches has helped enormously, as with my mongrel set of 13 different brands and 81 colours, I have all but 5 of the colours I need, all in a neat, zipped wallet. These 5 are from cheaper sets and not available open stock or are discontinued colours. I have to contact the big boys (AD, Cd'A and Derwent) to see if they can match those, as so far, I've failed from swatch cards. The majority of the 13 brands are now those 4 'major' players - I have both Supracolor and Museum, as well as AD & Derwent, as I'm gradually needing to replace things and taking the opportunity to upgrade as I do so As for the activating? I think primarily, it's the paper, but if you add two drops of vegetable glycerine to about 100mls of your water, you should get 100% pigment activation first go. Don't add more than that, or you'll end up with a shiny result! I usually get mine from the local pharmacy, in 100 or 200ml bottles, which is plenty, but you can buy it elsewhere, and there are other uses for it, other than watercolour pencils and paints. You can use the same amount in your w/c water and it'll help the paint to flow more freely, and adding a drop into paint that tends to crack (burnt umber, anyone???) when you're filling pans from a tube helps that, too. Add the drop first, so if you accidentally drop more, you can sort it out, and then stir it in well.

Love your birds! These seemed to perform really well.

Awww Becky I love your painting!!!!, I love pigons too, we have them roosting in our town center and have had babies. Always love it when you've posted a new video

Absolutely beautiful colours so vibrant !

Thanks for your review Becky. Lovely artwork

So fun to watch those colors activate! The sketchbook page of birds (and butterflies) turned out so pretty!

I love the cheeky parrot!

I love the Museum Aquarelles! Your artwork is amazing :)

Hi Becky, i like your birds. The beehive pheasant brought back memories of the beehive hairdos of the seventies in the US. 😂 Seriously, i really do like your pictures and the pencils. I don't have them, but ya never know. I might get someday.

Your drawing/painting is great 🎉. Keep up the great work 🎉😊

Awesome,I’m going to put them on my christmas wish list. I am slowly getting the luminance pencils.

Your painting is gorgeous!

I love your collage painting you did with these. How beautiful, especially with the addition of the butterflies, etc. Your swatching prompted me to check those two potentially swapped colors in my set of Caran d'aches Aquarelles I found that my set is also like yours. The Dark Phthalo Green and the Dark Sap Green pencil labels appear to be reversed. I've also had mine for a while so not sure if it was caught in more recent sets. I was in the middle of swatching my 100 Luminance set when your video appeared. Boy did I underestimate the time it takes to swatch 100 pencils! They are finally done. Thanks for the tip on the two greens labeling and sharing your work.

Thank you so much! Beautiful painting!!! Do you have any thoughts on how the Museum Aquarell compare to the Albrecht Dürer from Faber. Thank you!

Love the picture you created, really vibrant x

Lovely review my dear! I actually love the Aquarelles. They are more opaque than the Albrecht Durer, but the colors are gorgeous

I am lucky enough to have the 40 pencil set. I have had them just under a year now. They are so nice, just love to work with them. They look exactly like your pencils. Thank you for the great video!

Beautiful Becky I have the luminance set and I’m in the middle of collecting my Pablo I have 10 to go they are both beautiful pencils and probably my next one to collect is the ones you did a review I’ll most likely buy a few from a art shop and go from there. ❤❤❤😊😊😊xxxx

The sad thing is that those stuffs are one of the rarest art supplies in my country. Knowing that this is a third world country. I would crave for it since it's my last year for college.

I just watched your Albrecht Durer set swatching video, then this one, and I will look at the Supracolors next. I like the speeded up swatching videos, real time takes long enough doing it myself. I think of these colors as being "softer" or they remind me of antique colors compared to the A.B set, but I haven't painted anything yet other than the long swatching. I love your artwork that you create after each new art materials swatch. Thank you.

Great review Becky! I’ve lusted over them for years. I have the smallest set, beautiful pencils they seem more like gouache than the Albrecht Durer and I love them both! Also I love your bird painting demo it was fun to see the pencils in action. Your swatches were helpful in picking out some colors since I can’t afford the whole set unfortunately.

Your birds are lovely!! I like these kind of spreads, especially for trying out new art supplies! I have only a few of these pencils and I do like them, though I prefer the Albrecht Dürer ones as they seem more transparent to me. I like using watercolour pencils washed out for a base layer and then dry on top, which gives the colours so much depth.

Beautiful work, becky.

Once again Becky, very nice. Karen from Canada

Beautiful swatch chart and painting! It looks like a gorgeous set of pencils and, for that reason, I’m glad I haven’t gotten overly “into” pencils, it will help save money 😅. I always enjoy watching other people use watercolour pencils, but I haven’t put any time into learning how to use them effectively. I do have a tin of 36 Albrecht Durer pencils as well as a set of Derwent Inktense, in case I want to grab one occasionally.

Lovely page!

Thanks for sharing your beautiful art supplies! I don't use a lot of color/watercolor pencils but that doesn't matter - it's alwways THRILLING to see an entire boxed set opened, swatched, analyzed, and demonstrated. Fantastic video!

I just HAD TO HAVE THESE!! I just got the ones in the 76 piece set in the wooden box. They even smell soooooo goooood....

Ive never tried these before but i do love my luminance 💜

Nice review - I didn’t all the differences there were, still not sure what the lower price ones are. I have started collecting Luminance, Ihab neo 1 in several sets, and that all. Thx for the video.

Thank you SO incredibly much! I have wanted to comment all day but my comment was quite long! I think I may write it when I’m not so exhausted and it’s not so late. Your drawing / painting turned out absolutely stunning- I love how you did this piece ! The vibrancy of the pencils really is incredible! As for your funny purple- I have seen a few people mention about the purples ( including Lisa from lachri fine art), and that some colours feel different ( & I’ve always felt there are variations in all sets, probably due to the pigments used) … so it may not just be due to wetting it 🤷‍♀️ or perhaps a combination of both. I have a few odd colours I think… Will check which purples & others & let you know ☺️. I noticed that when you activated the swatch, did you have a few , almost bits of pigment or granulation ( wouldn’t expect that with pencils but they are like actual watercolour in the pencil if that makes sense, which is what makes them unique from all other watercolour pencils, and someone mentioned that it can occur with these 🤷‍♀️)?. I had a bit of a panic the other day when I commented on your Albrecht durer video… I’m so sorry!

I have these and my other half bought them for me. I absolutely love them.

Hi Becky, great video. I've always wondered about these pencils. I started with Derwent Academy and they were ok, not very pigmented. Then my daughter gave me an old set of Derwent watercolour pencils that my stepfather used to have and they were so good, I decided to buy the 72 set but to my disappointment they were not the same as the old ones, they felt very plasticky and did not layer at all. Then I bought a 36 set of the Albert Durers and was blown away. They completely dissolve, without leaving any marks, they are more pigmented dry than any of my colour pencils, including the Polychromos and Derwent Coloursoft. They are even more pigmented than Prismacolor Premier but not as creamy. If I had to start all over, I would probably first buy the Albert Durers and then probably the Prismacolors. I am interested in the beige range in the Supracolors, I'll have to try them some day but I wonder if they are like the Prismacolor French Greys. I would love to try the Luminance one day but they are so expensive. I recently got a great deal on the Lightfast but haven't had a chance to use them yet. Have a great day Becky. Can't wait for the show down. Your birds are beautiful! Vanessa 😊

Great video. Quick tip: aqua'relle. The stress is on the last syllable.

Earth tones also good for drawing dogs

Hi Becky, I love your birds and the vibrant colours. I don't have these but was wondering since you have both (Museum and Supracolour) which ones would you recommend (for using as wet and dry). Or perhaps you did that comparison already and I missed it. Thanks for sharing your review and artwork, Becky. 💜💙💚💛🧡

I have the 20 landscape set which is supposed to have dark pthalo green, but my dark pthalo green also definitely a dark sap green like yours. Maybe our sets were manufactured during the same time period?

Pretty pencils. I still need to really learn watercolor pencil drawing (well all water colour mediums honestly). Although I've only got Inktense and kids Faber Castell water colour pencils. The Inktense are obviously fine to try and learn with, even if they aren't exactly water colour. At least they wont reactivate, which might be helpful for learning. Did you switch the two greens as the other? Will that be confusing if you look at the swatches to pick a colour? Lol

They look beautiful in their little foam bed. I don't think I'd want to sharpen them if I had the full set. "Luckily" I only have about 20 or so and I store them with all my other pencils in drawers. I don't feel like I need all of them, I never use the bright colors anyway. I'm only a hoarder of brown pencils 😂

I thought your painting looked great. Very pretty. I have the full set of Faber Castel watercolor pencils. I’ve not used mine much, I prefer to just use watercolor paints. I think I should use the pencils in the same painting with watercolor paints 🤔 mmmm

Your drawings are beautiful. Those pencils are amazing, right? I got the 40 set of them, second handed, hardly used, not even sharpened for a very good price (I seem to do that a lot, haha)

The "light fast" pencil manufacturers "cheat" by having so many earth tones. Earth tones are light fast by nature. My favorite part of your videos is always your drawings, and this case is no exception. Gorgeous. Thanks for sharing.

I have the landscape set and basic 12 set. These pencils are highly pigmented but my main problem is sometimes I can’t dissolve the pencil lines and that bugs me. I tend to use the CD MA for small details and corrections on my watercolor paintings. Lovely paintings.

I made a research about lightfast test including the Caran d'ache Museum, more than half of the colors are still lightfast is it should be few are completely wiped out or had fade/changed. Sadly Albrecht Durer pencils aren't featured

Hi Becky, can you give your quick thoughts on the differences between the supracolor softs and the museum aquarelle, other than the lightfastness? Are they less pigmented, harder, or more difficult to rewet? Thanks!

what would you recomend there faber castell watercolor or the Caran d'Ache Museum Aquarelle Watercolour Pencils ? Love your video I love pigions as they helped win the war .with messages tied to them. and they have some lovely shades and colors . I love your birdsthey look Amazing . lovely picture . you made me laugh alot xxxxx Happy swatching

There's a certain point where collecting supplies actually inhibits artwork.

I finally have them, at least 13 colors from Open stocks. BTW, what's the difference between those two Black? The other is just a Regular Black while the other is "Ivory Black"? What's the point of Caran d'Ache Museum Aquarelle for having two blacks with different titles?

Hi, what "sketchbook" are you using here?

Beehive pheasant 😂😂

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