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Best Pencil Sharpeners for Colored Pencils

October 6, 2024 By Adult Colorist 4 Comments

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Best Pencil Sharpeners for Colored Pencils

Colored Pencil Sharpeners

Really you can never have enough sharpeners! They are easy to lose and they do wear out if you are coloring often. A great tip to keep the blades sharp is to occasionally “clean” the blades by sharpening regular graphite pencils with your colored pencil sharpener.

Kum Sharpeners – The BEST Pencil Sharpener

The biggest bang for your buck is the German-made KUM sharpeners. There are a few varieties but this little metal guy is a workhorse. You can find them anywhere you see fine art supplies.

Kum Sharpener If you have any 2-hole sharpeners and use just one side of this sharpener you can save a little cash by switching the blades to the size you use most often. Click to Order Amazon US, Europe UK or Canada  at Blicks Art Supply

Kum Long Point Sharpener – Amazon Blicks Art Supply

Staedtler Pencil Sharpeners

Staedtler double hole colored pencil sharpener – a great tip shared by Peta Hewitt in one of her videos is to get double duty out of these types of sharpeners. You mainly use the smaller hole so when that blade starts to get dull, simply switch the blades. That way you get double the amount of use out of the sharpener. That would work with the Kum Sharpeners as well. BLICKS Art Supply

Staedtler 2 hole sharpener with compartment for shavings

Prismacolor Pencil Sharpener – works well on… you guessed it Prismacolor Colored Pencils. For the life of me I can’t get this to open so I can’t empty it… it’s not one I use at all. The Kum brand works just as well better for your Prismas.
Prismacolor Sharpener + two blending pencils

Faber Castell Colored Pencil 3-hole Sharpener CLICK TO ORDER

I have all of these and keep them in different spots where I like to color. Another tip is to sharpen a regular #2 pencil with them every couple of weeks to clean off the wax and the oily buildup from the blades. The Kum Sharpeners also let you change out the dull blades for new ones.

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  1. Coloring Pages WK says

    September 15, 2023 at 2:00 am

    I visited your page about pencil sharpeners on Coloring Book Addict, and I must say it’s a surprisingly useful and interesting topic! Keeping our coloring tools sharp is essential for a great coloring experience, and your insights and recommendations are valuable. Thanks for sharing your expertise in such a unique way!

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    • Adult Colorist says

      September 15, 2023 at 6:56 am

      Having a pencil continuing to break when you are trying to create your masterpiece is certainly annoying! The perfect sharpener is essential to joy.

      Reply
  2. kleurplaten says

    December 8, 2023 at 6:00 am

    Beste puntenslijpers voor kleurpotloden’ – een echte redder voor mijn kunstprojecten! De aanbevelingen waren spot-on en maakten het slijpen van gekleurde potloden moeiteloos. Een must-have gids voor elke kleurpotloodliefhebber die op zoek is naar de perfecte punt. 🎨✏️

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    • Adult Colorist says

      December 8, 2023 at 8:12 am

      Ik ben zo blij dat het je heeft geholpen bij je kleur- en potloodavonturen. Bedankt voor het lezen.

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