Good brand of colour pencils?
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Lilith — 6 days ago(March 26, 2026 06:01 PM)
My dear, you do realize (realise) that is the correct spelling, no? Americans bastardized (bastardised) it. I do a bit of bastardized spelling as it is. I spell some things correctly and some American, so that makes me a bit of a spelling mutt. I also have lived on Commonwealth soil a good bit of my life.
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HollyJollyHanukka — 1 week ago(March 19, 2026 03:20 PM)
For professional grade, Caran d'Ache Luminance 6901 which has a great creamy texture, or Derwent Lightfast, another creamy texture, oil based. There are different types and blends. There are waxy blends which are nice. They are not cheap, though.
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Lilith — 1 week ago(March 20, 2026 01:24 AM)
The ones I'm using feel rather waxy which lends itself to a lack of pigment coming through. The two brands are extremely different. I also have a third brand thrown in there (when I looked at my collection in the cup, I'm seeing several pencils with just their associated colour numbers, but no brand label).
This is reminding me why I used to primarily work in graphite or charcoal and stick to black & white. Colours can be really challenging.
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Booger! — 1 week ago(March 19, 2026 04:10 PM)
i watched a video the other day on how to get ****ty coloredpencils to preform better. one trick i remember was to soak a sponge in water and poke the leads into the sponge and letting them rest in it for a few minutes to open the surface pores? ill try to find the video
- just gonna post the page results as there maybe a few videos that might help…
https://m.youtube.com/results?sp=mAEA&search_query=how+to+make+colored+pencils+more+pigmented
- just gonna post the page results as there maybe a few videos that might help…
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Lilith — 1 week ago(March 25, 2026 09:14 AM)
I remember Faber-Castell from when I was a kid. The quality of pencil is vital. The wrong quality can ruin every attempt, as can the wrong paper.
I've just ordered some new heavy bond paper. There aren't any paper stores near me, which sucks. I really prefer being able to feel the paper because texture is vital when drawing. I don't like flat, smooth paper. I need a degree of drag when using pencil, graphite or charcoal.
Dammit, that reminds me, I forgot to order erasers.
I just did a horror portrait of a woman, sort of a vampire clown, with bright blue eyes (there's almost 5 shades of blue in her eyes alone) and ginger hair (with at least 7 shades of red, auburn, black, brown, orange, gold and 2 shades of silver and grey streak on the left side), with green slime coming out of her eyes, purple pom-poms on her purple and grey frill collar and a lime green coil on the side of her hair. There are random drops of blood dribbled all over the portrait. Her eyebrows are flames. She's wearing black lipstick with hints of purple. If you look closely, you'll see blue eyes being hidden in the hair and frills of her collar.
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LadyGigi Savige — 1 week ago(March 25, 2026 12:11 PM)
Are you really buying into the image Lilith portrays as a harmless, fun girl who just happens to cheer abusive men, super fangirl of the sadist Marilyn Manson, her affinity for living in darkness, her goth wardrobe and her macabre colored pencil artwork?
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MissMargoChanning — 5 days ago(March 26, 2026 09:04 PM)
Are you really buying into the image Lilith portrays as a harmless, fun girl who just happens to cheer abusive men, super fangirl of the sadist Marilyn Manson, her affinity for living in darkness, her goth wardrobe and her macabre colored pencil artwork?
Hehe
Why Not?
You expect people to buy into your nonsense on a daily basis!
You asked a pretty question; I've given you the ugly answer.
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Lilith — 5 days ago(March 27, 2026 04:09 PM)
Oh no! Not the harmless fun girl who has an affinity for living in darkness, the macabre and a goth wardrobe. Oh no! Anything but that! The horror!
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Lilith — 1 week ago(March 25, 2026 04:48 PM)
I just purchased some and also just got some new heavy bond paper.
I've been commissioned to create a piece of art, and the parameters are pretty wide, so I need to think of something "neutral" since it's going to be in an office. My "style" tends to be pretty dark, so I have to tone it down. Way, way down. I have to tap into something new for this. This should be interesting.
I'm open to suggestions.
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