16 January 06
New Pencils
Before we spent a couple of hours yesterday standing in line at the Oakland Museum, we stopped off at the art store at the foot of University Street in Berkeley, where I picked up a set of the new Derwent Graphitint pencils. These are water-soluble graphite pencils that have some colored pigments thrown into the mix. They’re intriguing pencils, with a subtle color range, good for landscapes, with the colors becoming more vivid when wetted with a brush. Above is a sketch of Charlie and Diego snoozing on their kitchen countertop mat.
- Ooh I just love the kitties drawing. And I’m thrilled to read about the pencils. I visited the Derwent pencil museum in the Lake District last year some time. I love their stuff. Spent much of Chrsitmas smudge drawing.— CdV 19. January 2006, 19:54 Link
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