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Images of Coloured pencils in glass jars and colour charts

Coloured Pencils

All articles about Coloured Pencils can be found here which include:
​* Pencil Ranges
* Papers suited to Coloured Pencils
* Pencil Accessories
* Step by Step Tutorials for Coloured pencil Artists
​and more......
Images of Graphite pencils and products for ad

Graphite Pencils

All articles about Graphite Pencils can be found here which include:
​* Pencil Ranges & Graphite mediums
* Papers suited to Graphite Pencils
* Pencil Accessories
* Step by Step Tutorials for Graphite pencil Artists
​and more......
Images of acrylic paints and paintbrushes

Acrylic Paints

All articles about Acrylic Paints can be found here which include:
​* Paint Ranges & Mediums
* Canvases & Papers suited to Acrylics
​* Brushes & Accessories
* Step by Step Tutorials for Acrylic Artists
​and more......

Inktense sticks and paintbrushes

Water-based products

All articles about water based Art products can be found here which include:
​* Coloured pencils, Brush pens, Artisan Oils and more..
* Watercolour papers & canvas
* Accessories
* Step by Step Tutorials for Artists
​and more......
Soft and hard pastels

Soft Pastels

All articles about Soft Pastels can be found here which include:
​* Soft Pastels, Pastel Pencil Ranges & Pastel  mediums
* Papers suited to Soft Pastels
* Pastel Accessories
* Step by Step Tutorials for Pastel Artists
​and more......
Coloured papers

Papers & Supports

All articles about Papers & Supports can be found here which include:
​* Papers suited to pencils
* Papers suited to Pastels
* Canvas & Papers for Acrylics
* Papers suited for many mediums
​* Product recommendations

Image of various art mediums Coloured pencils, graphite pencils, oil pastels and acrylic paint

Guides for beginners

For those Artists picking up a new medium, here are our
'A beginners guide to..' Articles include:
​* ...Coloured Pencils    * ...Acrylics   
​* ...Graphite Pencils
​* ....Soft Pastels    * ...Oil pastels
Also: Starting out in the Art Commission business
pencil storage chest

Art Accessories

Helpful articles on numerous art accessories that can help make your art life easier. Includes products like:
​* Blenders for various mediums
* Pencil sharpeners & How best to sharpen pencils
* Erasers, Indent Tools, Paint palettes etc.
Peacock feather coloured pencil drawing using Derwent Lightfast pencils

Art Tutorials

All our Step by Step Art tutorials can be found on this page which include the following mediums:
​* Coloured Pencils Tutorials
* Graphite Pencils Tutorials
* Pastels Tutorials
* Acrylics Tutorials
**Video Tutorials will be added when available**

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Faber Castell polychromos pencils
Coloured pencil brands checklist
coloured pencils in glass jars and colour charts
Coloured Pencils | A guide for beginners
Assorted Coloured pencils including Derwent, Prismacolor, Karismacolor, Van Gogh, Lyra, Faber Castell and WH smith brands
Comparing coloured pencil brands
Caran d'Ache Luminance coloured pencils
Caran d'Ache Luminance
Caran d'Ache Luminance 24 new colours - Blog
Caran d'Ache Luminance new colours
Caran d'Ache Museum aquarelle pencils
Caran d'Ache Museum Aquarelle pencils
Derwent coloursoft pencils
Derwent Coloursoft
Derwent drawing coloured pencils
Derwent Drawing coloured pencils
Derwent lightfast coloured pencils
Derwent Lightfast Coloured Pencils
Derwent Procolour coloured pencils
Derwent Procolour Pencils
Berol Karismacolor coloured pencils
Berol Karisma Coloured pencils
Faber Castell polychromos coloured pencils
Faber Castell Polychromos pencils
Prismacolor Premier coloured pencils
Prismacolor Premier | Updated
WH Smith colouring pencils in a glass jar
WH Smith Coloured pencils (Updated)
Royal Talens Van Gogh coloured pencils
Van Gogh Coloured pencils
Derwent Inktense pencils and a peacock feather
Derwent Inktense pencils
Coloured pencil art products for blending - Derwent, Lyra, Prismacolor, Zest-it, Caran dache and Brush and pen by Alyona Nickelson
How to blend coloured pencils (Updated)
Derwent graphitint water soluble pencils in a tin
Derwent Graphitint Watercolour pencils
Derwent graphic pencils in a tin
Derwent Graphic Pencils
Drawing of David Beckham and Derwent graphite pencils in a tin
Graphite Pencils | A guide for beginners
Derwent Onyx pencils
Derwent Onyx Graphite Pencils
metal pencil sharpeners
Sharpening Pencils
Acrylic paints and paintbrushes
Acrylics | A guide for beginners
Winsor & Newton Galeria acrylic paint tubes
Winsor & Newton Galeria acrylic paints
Clairfontaine pastelmat papers
Clairfontaine Pastelmat
Soft pastels
Soft Pastels | A guide for beginners (Updated)
soft pastel blending tools - Pan pastels blender, Softt tool, brushes, blender stumps, blending sponge
10 Blending products | Soft Pastels
Unison soft pastels
Unison soft pastels _ Updated
Faber Castell Pitt pastels in a glass jar
Faber Castell PITT Pastel Pencils
Stabilo Carbothello pastel pencils
Stabilo CarbOthello Pastels Pencils
Derwent pastel pencils in a tin
Derwent Pastel pencils
An oil painters tools
Starting Out With Oils
Ampersand panels - Aquabord, Pastelbord, Gessobord and The Artist's panel
Ampersand Bords
Various watercolour hot pressed paper
Comparing hot pressed watercolour papers
Art Spectrum colourfix papers
Art Spectrum Colourfix
Art Spectrum Colourfix smooth
Art Spectrum Colourfix smooth paper
St Cuthbert's Mill Bockingford hot pressed paper
Bockingford Hot Pressed paper
St Cuthbert's Mill Bockingford NOT coloured paper
Bockingford watercolor NOT tints paper - blog
Strathmore 500 bristol logo
Strathmore Bristol 500 | Plate & Vellum surfaces
Canson Mi-tientes Touch abrasive paper in brown and black
Canson Mi-Tientes 'Touch' Paper
St Cuthbert's mill Somerset paper
Somerset paper by St.Cuthbert's Mill
Legion Stonehenge paper pads
Legion Stonehenge paper
Ursus coloured papers
Ursus Coloured paper
Black papers including derwent, colourfix smooth and sakura notebook
12 popular black papers
Leopard eye coloured pencil drawing on black UArt sanded paper and Derwent pencils
UArt dark sanded paper
Ampersand Pastelbord panels
Ampersand Pastelbord
Ampersand Gessobord panels
Ampersand Gessobord
Jackson's Art gesso panels
Jackson's Art Gesso panel
Coloured pencil drawing of a Sumatran Tiger applying white paint to drawing
Working with Textured paper
Coloured papers
Working with Tonal Papers
Royal Talens Ecoline brush pens
Royal Talens Ecoline Brush pens
Zest-it pencil blend
Zest-it Pencil Blend
Derwent blender pens
Derwent Blender Pen
Pencil storage chest and Caran d'Ache Luminance pencils
Pencil Storage Rack | Updated
Painting on an easel of pink flowers and a vase of pink and cream tulips
Tips for starting your own art commission business
Ghiant Transfer spray
Ghiant Transfer Spray
Loxley fixative aerosol spray
Loxley Fixative
Daylight lamp
Lumi light | An artists view

Step by Step Tutorials

A ball drawn in Graphite pencils
Layering & Erasing with Graphite pencils
Facial features graphite drawings for a mini tutorial
Drawing facial features in graphite pencils
Dogs eye drawn in graphite pencils
Dogs Eye in Graphite pencils tutorial
Derwent coloured pencils and a watermelon pencil drawing
Tonal Layering with Coloured pencils
Glass jar drawing for a mini tutorial and Lyra profi-plus pencils
Glass jar tutorial in coloured pencils
Coloured pencil drawing of a hare
NEW! Hare tutorial in coloured pencils
Blueberries drawing using Caran d'Ache Luminance pencils
Blueberries in Coloured pencils tutorial
Drawing waves in coloured pencils
Creating waves tutorial in coloured pencils
Peacock feather coloured pencil drawing for a mini tutorial and derwent lightfast pencils
Peacock feather in Coloured pencils
Snow leopard eyes in coloured pencils
Snow Leopard Eye in Coloured pencils
Unison pastels on Mi Tientes Touch paper
Tonal Skies in Soft Pastels
soft pastels drawing of an autumn leaf with Prismacolor NuPastels and tools
Autumn Leaf using Soft Pastels on Pastelmat
Violet flower drawing for a soft pastels mini tutorial
NEW! Violet flower in soft pastels
Swallow drawn in soft pastels
Swallow tutorial in soft pastels
Giant Panda and green tonal background acrylic art with paintbrushes and GOLDEN acrylic paints
Tonal Backgrounds in Acrylic Paints
Pink Orchid acrylic painting and Graduate acrylic paints
Pink orchid tutorial in acrylic paints
Weasel acrylic painting and GOLDEN heavy body acrylics
Weasel tutorial in acrylic paints
Juicy strawberry oil pastels drawing for tutorial
Strawberry in Oil Pastels

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