The 100 Derwent Lightfast pencil range is an enjoyable range of coloured pencils. This post will have a closer look at the colours available in this lightfast range of pencils. How this post can help you You have limited time and energy, yet you want to thoroughly know your coloured pencils. You know it will take time to make colour charts. This post will help you get to know your pencil colours a bit better without you having to sit and swatch out your colours - especially if you … [Read more...] about The 100 Derwent Lightfast Coloured Pencils – a closer look
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Derwent Lightfast Interactive Colour Chart
Use this handy simple interactive colour chart and find information about each of the 100 coloured pencils in the Derwent Lightfast range. You can find each coloured pencil's name, and lightfast rating. You can also view a colour swatch for each pencil. Derwent Lightfast interactive colour chart Derwent Lightfast pencil range is a 100% lightfast range. The range has the highest lightfast (LF) number ratings of I and II. For this chart, these ratings are shown as: 1 = I, and 2 = … [Read more...] about Derwent Lightfast Interactive Colour Chart
The 85 lightfast Prismacolor Premier Pencils – a closer look
The Prismacolor Premier coloured pencil range holds 150 pencils. 85 are lightfast with ratings of I or II, and 65 are non-lightfast with ratings of III, IV or V. This post will have a closer look at the colours available of that lightfast group of 85 pencils with pencils rated I and II. How this post can help you You have limited time and energy, yet you want to thoroughly know your coloured pencils. You know it will take time to make colour charts and to sort your pencils according to … [Read more...] about The 85 lightfast Prismacolor Premier Pencils – a closer look
Prismacolor Premier Coloured Pencils – a closer look
The Prismacolor Premier coloured pencil range holds 150 pencils. 85 are lightfast with ratings of I or II, and 65 are non-lightfast with ratings of III, IV or V. You have limited time and energy, yet you want to thoroughly know your coloured pencils. You know it will take time to make colour charts and to sort your pencils according to lightfastness and type. This post will help you get to know your pencil colours a bit better without you having to sit and swatch out your colours - … [Read more...] about Prismacolor Premier Coloured Pencils – a closer look
The 100 Luminance coloured pencils – a closer look
The Luminance range of coloured pencils has expanded to 100. In July 2020, Caran d'Ache added 24 colours to their lightfast range of 76 coloured pencils. It now is a range of 100 lightfast coloured pencils. This post will illustrate how the new 24 pencils contribute to the colour families in the range. The previous 76 range is available in a set which is outlined here in a previous blog post. Use this post together with our post on colour harmonies to help you choose the colours of … [Read more...] about The 100 Luminance coloured pencils – a closer look
Which are the best coloured pencils – oil or wax – and why?
UPDATED: June 11, 2020 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 … [Read more...] about Which are the best coloured pencils – oil or wax – and why?
76 Caran d’Ache Luminance Coloured Pencil set- a closer look
UPDATED: August 6, 2020 Do you want to know more about the colours included in the 76 Caran d'Ache Luminance coloured pencil set? You have limited time and energy, yet you want to thoroughly know your coloured pencils. You know it will take time to make colour charts and to sort your pencils according to lightfastness and type. This post will help you save your time and your energy. It will show you what colour family colours and neutral colours are included in the Caran … [Read more...] about 76 Caran d’Ache Luminance Coloured Pencil set- a closer look
100 Caran d’Ache Luminance – Interactive Colour Chart
UPDATED: July 30, 2020 Use the simple interactive colour chart provided below to quickly search and sort the expanded Caran d'Ache Luminance 100 coloured pencil range. See the colours of this 100 Luminance range in this blog post. You can also find out more about the largest set that contains 76 Luminance pencils outlined in a previous post. Find each pencil's name, pencil number and lightfast rating. A colour swatch for each coloured pencil is also provided. This interactive colour … [Read more...] about 100 Caran d’Ache Luminance – Interactive Colour Chart
Lightfast Prismacolor Premier Interactive Colour Chart
UPDATED: August 24, 2020 The simple 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. A recent blog post provided a closer look at the 85 lightfast Prismacolor Premier pencils. This simple interactive colour … [Read more...] about Lightfast Prismacolor Premier Interactive Colour Chart