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17/7/2017

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New to Coloured Pencils? Why not view our 'Starting out with Coloured Pencils' Article with some great hints and tips on where to begin, with what to buy and how to use them to their best ability.

If you are a newbie to Soft Pastels, this simple Step by Step tutorial which explains how to create a tonal sky of the smoothest transitions may offer you some great pointers to get you started.

Looking for some top quality Soft Pastels and have your eye on the Unison range but want to know more about them before splashing out? This article may offer you some great information.

Oil paint products in Chris Chalk's Art studio

Would you like to give Oils a try and unsure what you need to get going? This article written by Welsh Oil painter Chris Chalk gives some simple advice to those new to Oils.

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Looking for advice ON WHICH Coloured pencil RANGE TO BUY?

17/2/2016

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Coloured pencil image for coloured pencil comparison article

I originally posted a Blog here on my News page with a link to the latest Article I had written in July 2015 but it appears I deleted it instead of another! Gaaah! So here it is again - a link to the Article which focuses on Coloured pencils and I decided to do a trial on different pencils that I currently have in my collection.

Caran Dache Luminance pencils

Derwent's Coloursoft pencils

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Faber Castell Polychromos CP's

Berol Karisma pencils - Discontinued

This article shows the 5 most important factors that I look for when selecting my professional pencil range:

I need to have a range that allows multiple layering
I need them to blend well for backgrounds and skin tones
Will work well with fixative
The pencils must be extremely lightfast and the colours strong
Need soft and hard pencils for different areas of my work

The 5 'tests' shown in this article includes:

Black & White Test
Hardness V's Softness
10 layer test - 'Mixed' layering
Fixative test
Blendability

This article also gives information on the importance of paper weight (gsm), information on each pencil including costs (GBP) and lightfast ratings as well as my own thoughts on 'adapting to coloured pencils' . I hope that this will be of help to all Coloured pencil Artists out there from those starting out looking to buy their first range to those interested in how Coloured pencils compare. The very popular Prismacolor Premier & Verithin ranges will also be added to this article too.

Any questions, just ask!

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Latest Articles available at Step by Step Art - Autumn 2017

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