The interactive colour chart below shows only the lightfast Prismacolor Premier coloured pencils. These are the pencils with a lightfast rating of I or II. As the Prismacolor Premier pencils do not have lightfast ratings listed on the actual pencil, the ratings for each pencil has been identified from the Prismacolor colour chart. This disclaimer explains how the colour analysis was carried out. A recent blog post provided a closer look at the 85 lightfast Prismacolor Premier pencils. … [Read more...]
Which are the best coloured pencils – oil or wax – and why?
UPDATED: July 31, 2019 As an artist starting in the coloured pencil medium, you may be confused by the range of coloured pencils available. You have a limited budget, yet you want to learn with the best available tools. Let's find out which are the best coloured pencils to use and why. This post will provide a quick introduction to using coloured pencils, which will be followed by examples of a green capsicum drawn with different types of pencils. Then this post will look at colour wheels and … [Read more...]