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Looking for advice ON WHICH Coloured pencil RANGE TO BUY?

17/2/2016

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Help and advice is at hand if so....

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 image small
Caran Dache Luminance pencils
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Derwent's Coloursoft pencils
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Faber Castell Polychromos CP's
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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
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The 5 'tests' shown in this article includes:
  1. Black & White Test
  2. Hardness V's Softness
  3. 10 layer test - 'Mixed' layering
  4. Fixative test
  5. 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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Chesterfield 1 Day Workshop - Graphite Pencils 11th July 2015

11/6/2015

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July's Graphite Workshop subject
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Tutor Demonstrations throughout
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Previous Graphite Workshop
My next 1 Day Workshop coming up is the Graphite Pencils where I will be showing you how to create fur realism using this Ring-tailed Lemur image as the subject. Working using my own 'Blend & Erase' technique, this Workshop is open to anyone wishing to learn about working with Graphite pencils regardless of current Artistic skills, even if you have never used Graphite in Art before.  Graphite pencils are a wonderful medium allowing you to create some highly detailed, even photo realistic effects and as there is no use of colour, Graphite pencil Art really adds strength and drama to a subject.

This Workshop will show you, whether an absolute Beginner or an Intermediate:

* Where to begin with a Graphite portrait
* How to prepare your Graphite piece to 

  achieve very fine details
* The best ways to blend Graphite
* How to layer a Graphite Portrait
* How to create the tones in a Graphite

  portrait
Costs:  
Single Attendance..................£42.00pp
Single Attendance with 
loan Kit.....................................£49.00pp
Single Attendance with 
Home Kit..................................£55.00pp
What is included in the day:
*The Support paper
*Reference photograph
*Photocopy of subject for Tracedown use
*Worksheets for the subject
*List of medium Do's & Dont's for future reference
*Tutor Demonstrations
*1 - 1 tutoring where required
*Free Hot & Cold drinks throughout the day
*An Art Kit for those loaning or purchasing one with their booking
Venue: 
Bonsall Court Community Centre, 
Off Bowness Road, Newbold, 
Chesterfield, Derbyshire, 
S41 8AW
Time:
10am - 3:30pm

Availability:
10 places currently available
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featured artist in june's colored pencil magazine

27/5/2015

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Click on the image to purchase a copy
I was approached by the editor of America's Colored pencil Magazine to be their featured Artist in the June issue (2015), this is a wonderful magazine for Coloured pencil enthusiasts and I was honoured! 
Most of my Artwork included in the magazine was created especially for this purpose and as such, some pieces of Art have never been seen before. The cover image was actually the completed recce piece of a Coloured pencil Workshop that I ran last year in Chesterfield, so thought it would be ideal to post on this News page.
You can purchase a Printed copy (1 - 2 weeks delivery) or download the digital copy right away - prices are as follows:


Printed copy       $5.99       £3.87*        Delivery (1 - 2 weeks)    £2.96*
Digital copy         $2.99       £1.93*


*may vary due to exchange rate
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new product article - derwent 'inktense' pencils

24/3/2015

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Derwent Inktense pencils and a Peacock feather drawing

my 'inktense' pencils review

Having tried out the Derwent 'Inktense' pencils a while back, I thought I would add an article to this site for any of you out there thinking about buying a set but wanted to find out a little more about them first. In my latest Article about these pencils, I created my own trial piece of a 
Peacock feather so I could test out the vibrancy and ease of use of these pencils. Please click on the image if you wish to find out more.
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WEBSITE UPDATED AND EXTENDED

11/3/2015

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The New Look Site
Anyone having visited and bookmarked this Step by Step Art Website will see it has had an overhaul in the last few days, the main reason is because I have decided to extend this site to offer all those Artists out there a website that not only offers 1 Day Art Workshops to those who are able to attend but to give helpful advice via articles and video tutorials to Artists Worldwide.

I enjoy sharing my own Artistic knowledge on a wide range of things from how to produce a pencil portrait to product recommendations that I have tried & tested myself.  I hope to bring on board other Artists knowledge too, offering further Articles not just based on mediums I work with myself which limits the market considerably but Articles from Artists working on other mediums that I could learn a lot from myself.  

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2015 Chesterfield Workshops page - click to view
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My Colourfix Article - click here to read
So why not bookmark this website, there may be some tiny nugget of advice found within these pages that helps save the life of a drawing! 
Please feel free to share this with other Arty friends and if anyone has any Articles that they would like to submit to this site, please get in touch, I would love to hear from you!   
Karen :)
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New Home!!

8/4/2014

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WORKSHOPS AVAILABLE IN CHESTERFIELD AND NEWBIGGIN BY THE SEA

I will continue to offer private Commissions as I always have done within the UK and beyond and my current 1 Day Workshops in Chesterfield will still continue 4 times a year as I will be travelling back to my home town to continue these, however, I am pleased to say that I will also be running 1 Day Workshops in Newbiggin by the Sea too from 2015  further details will follow on my Workshops later on in the year
Great News!! 
After spending many years living and working by myself, I am pleased to share the wonderful news that on the 15th of May 2014, I will be moving up to Newbiggin by the Sea, Northumberland to live with my partner and fellow Artist, John Graham.  

As John is a fully qualified Joiner, he is currently in the process of designing our new studio in his spare room which will see us both have our own large working space, with lots more room to put all our Art products combined and will continue to offer the very best quality work that we both always strive to produce. 

Best Wishes,
Karen
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Twist Magazine Article - January Edition 2012

20/12/2011

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The team at Twist Magazine, which is a free publication for households within specific areas of Chesterfield, Derbyshire, came to do a piece on the Step by Step Art group. One of their reporters, Kat Withers (shown here left of the) bravely joined in with the rest of the Group, whilst the editor of the magazine, Mike Firth, came to snap a few photographs. Here is the article published!
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