Basic info on coloured pencils

[Niall]

Hi all

I have never thought about using
coloured pencils.. until now

I would like to sketch with them
but do not intend to use them
for doing work as such

I feel my sketchings would create
more inspiration if I used colour
and its much cleaner & more convenient
that doing "mini" paintings

Are the water soluble ones multifunctional?

Has anyone any links
for faqs etc

TIA

Niall

[Carmine Rhedd]

In article <b3koih$jo0$1...@kermit.esat.net>, aTAKEcaTHIS...@iol.ie
says...

>I would like to sketch with them
>but do not intend to use them
>for doing work as such

Many many artists would consider their
sketches to be their 'final work' as such.

And many other artists use pencils for
complete 'paintings' as such. You can
find examples on the various pencil
manufacturer's web sites of works done
using their particular products. Here is
a page for Prismacolor - my favorite pencils
for all sorts of techniques - and a variety
of other products from SANDFORD:

http://www.prismacolor.com/

[Eliska]

I've used both regular pencil colors - Prismacolor - and water soluble - Caran d'arche
Carran D'arche also makes a water soluble crayon that is very exciting, Neocolor II

I have a very portable watercolor kit that I use to sketch and paint on location, so I
find the color pencils limiting to do that kind of work.

I'll describe it if anyone is interested

It takes practice to learn to combine the color pencils to get the right shade - they
aren't just something you would pick up and make an accurate color representation on your
first try

They would also require a hefty financial investment to get a wide range of colors

The water soluble pencils can be used as both a pencil and a watercolor tool. As a dry
pencil, they are softer than a regular color pencil.
You can wet the pencil itself and draw with it, wet the paper and draw into it, apply the
color dry and work into it with water.

If you wanted to choose between regular pencil color and watercolor pencils, I think the
watercolor pencils offer more versatility

What I love about the Neocolor crayons is the intensity of the colors - and they are a
different hue dry than when wet. Very bold!!!!

Eliska