hi everybody welcome back to another episode of buying absolutely ridiculous art supplies
that nobody in their right mind would ever buy today i'm going to be testing out and this hurts
me to say it $800 gucci pencils and yes you heard that right $800 colored pencils i wish i was lying
now these pencils that you're about to see these pencils are a part of gucci's 2021 winter line
and usually with really high-end luxury brands like louis vuitton gucci all of them those are
like the only two i can name i don't know usually with those kind of brands once a collection is
over all the items in the collection are gone like they'll no longer sell them on the website and the
reason that i just really want to emphasize that is because these pencils are probably going to be
the literal only time that gucci ever makes a colored pencil at this point i've pretty much
reviewed every type of colored pencil that there is and these 800 pencils are gonna be no different
i'm gonna put these things through the ringer to see if they're worth the eight hundred dollars
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go ahead and start with these pencils starting with the absolute most ridiculous description
inspired by the school stationery of the past this set of 20 coloring pencils is
presented in a roll case crafted from the house's monogram canvas
deepening the styles logo and feel the design is completed by the emblematic double g
hardware both styles are a reference to gucci's origins and deepen the styles vintage appeal
it's like bro you could have just said they're colored pencils you know what i mean i feel like
because they're such a luxury brand every product has to have a description that's going to tell you
why you need to spend the $800 on these colored pencils and as far as the claims go for these
colored pencils it absolutely does not mention anything about how the product itself really works
and if you want to know exactly how much these pencils cost the original price was $735
but adding on the tax it came to a grand total of 795 dollars so anyway let's open her up
oh wow
wow this is some fancy fancy stuff what is this now what this bag is made out of
is like their canvas that's been coated basically in a layer of
plastic so it feels very plasticky but i really love the double g gold detail
this is so fancy that even like the little button closure itself says gucci on it can you imagine
like pulling up on the first day of like work or school or something and just like whipping these
bad boys out oh you need a pencil well don't worry i stopped by gucci and i got some gucci pencils
wow this thing is rolled tight look what happens when i let it go
upon opening it there seems to be a very good color selection
i mean this is a complete drawing set every single color that you're probably ever going to need is
going to be located in this packaging and now that i'm looking at it it even includes a silver
and a gold in fact you know what this reminds me of i think this is literally the exact color
selection of the louis vuitton ones that i tried that one time do you guys remember that it's an
old video i think like two years now and they look exactly like this except two hundred dollars more
now with this set you're going to get 40 different colors and when you do the math
and break it down each one of these pencils cost a whopping 19.95 for just one pencil
okay now as far as like the barrel goes it's pretty simple it has foil stars printed on the
front side and of course it has the gucci logo on it if you look on the barrel you'll see like
a little paint brush that means that these pencils are watercolor pencils which no tea no shade that's
kind of a huge deal you know and the reason i say that is because water colored pencils are so
different than just regular colored pencils the way they work the way they bleed the way they
withstand the test of time in fact watercolor pencils are so drastically different than just
regular colored pencils i would say it's more like a compressed stick of watercolor in a tube
rather than a colored pencil i mean they're so drastically different
so yeah as an artist that's really shocking that they wouldn't disclose something that important
wow i feel like now i should get my tinfoil hat on because they have the exact same color palette
they're made from luxury brands they're both watercolor pencils so i'm really curious to
know if gucci and louis vuitton are selling like the exact same thing just different packaging
now another thing that i'm very shocked about these pencils is that if you look
closely on the barrel where the wood is showing it's actually made out of compressed wood which
whenever you're making colored pencils is usually reserved for the cheapest option um so like higher
end pencils like caran d'ache those shigeki miramoto pencils those are made out of one singular piece
of wood and you can tell the difference when you compare them right next to each other
and the biggest giveaway is whenever you look really close at the barrels of the pencil
it all looks the exact same because it's treated compressed and bleached wood
and another thing that immediately catches my eye is that these pencils are very light like
the barrel is very very light usually with more expensive artist pencils they'll have a much
thicker barrel like caran d'ache colored pencils but the reason that artists prefer that their pencils
have a thicker barrel on it is that whenever you inevitably accidentally drop your pencil on
the floor the lead inside if it's in a little thin guy like this all the lead inside of it
will break and therefore every time you sharpen your pencil the lead's gonna fall out and you
won't be able to use your pencil so it's a very interesting choice that gucci chose in creating
this barrel but who knows maybe these pencils are actually the bomb.com so let's test them out
okay i i know i said it earlier but now that i'm seeing them here in person i think it's a
really nice variety of colors i did honestly get a high quality vibe out of these colored pencils
but like i said these aren't just regular colored pencils these are watercolor pencils
so let's test out their water capability
this is actually really really good i'm not going to lie seeing this and how well it's working
it gives me it gives me a lot of hope because originally i didn't have a lot of hope for these
i thought they were going to be not very good for the comparison i don't actually have watercolor
pencils i'm gonna have to go to walmart and pick them up so i'll see you guys here in a bit okay
so it's currently the next day and just to let you guys know this morning i ran over to walmart
and i picked up these 12 piece watercolor pencil set from prismacolor premiere and i've tried this
exact product in the past many different times and it does work really well for a watercolor pencil
so i have a lot to say before i start i just want to really re re-er reader say again
that i have been around the block when it comes to art supplies if you're new here that's pretty much
all i do on my channel is like try out art supply related things and the second that i started
writing it on the paper i immediately could feel the difference between the two colored pencils
it kind of reminded me like i was using a crayola colored pencil and this one it
feels so much more buttery and smooth and as if that wasn't already a telltale sign if you look
at the colors side by side specifically the two red colors you'll notice that the gucci
red color looks more like a pink color while the prismacolor looks more of a traditional deep red
and the reason the gucci one looks a little bit more pink is because the filler that they use
to make it cheaper it mixes with the pigment and so whenever you combine this waxy white
filler with the colored pencil it's naturally going to lighten up that red pigment and as if all
that wasn't shocking enough now that i'm looking at the barrels side by side you'll notice that
the gucci lead inside of this colored pencil it is a lot smaller than the prismacolor one
and the reason the companies make leads smaller is again another way to cut
corners and save money i'm really surprised by how low quality these luxury pencils are
so before i give my final thoughts this brings me to the final test which is making the artwork
oh wow okay so final thoughts on these colored pencils at the end of the day gucci is a fashion
brand ultimately at the end of the day what i bought was the name gucci as far as like making
art with these pencils go it's not not very functional at all and at the end of the day i
don't think the pencils themselves are expensive thing i think the fact that it's gucci it's
limited edition and it has like the special gucci wrap on it but if you want my opinion as an artist
no it's gonna be a no from me dog if i had to rate these pencils on a one to ten i would probably
say these are about a four out of ten is it a fun novelty cool item yes do i recommend it absolutely
not thank you again to better help for sponsoring this video if you want to see more novelty weird
art supplies i'll leave a whole entire playlist down below and yeah with that being said i'm gonna
go put these in like a specialty case so they will never get touched at or looked at ever again
and with that being said happy thanksgiving and i will see you guys next video bye