I just bought the pastel pencils in an art shop about 2 years ago and never used them, recently I bought another 22 derwent ones as a shop close to me was shutting down, they are much more readily available than prismas... I think you can get them in hobbycraft too...
I have just bought some Sansodor to try and also some pastels, only a small tin. I have used all three sets of my pencils/pastels to see what results I can get,
The first one is using the pastels, I found these hard to spread and I don't think I would be able to get into small areas. But the colour is good.
The second one is using the Prisma's, now these blend like a knife through butter. Ok I needed to use a darker blue.
The last one are the Faber Castelle polychromos, these took a bit of work to blend compared to the other two but again they are ok.
The card I have used is 160gsm/200mic. I do need to practice a lot to get my shading right, but I think the Prisma's are my favourite.
For colouring technique, I just pencilled the colour on the outlined and dipped the paper stump in the sansodor and then dragged the colour towards the centre. I just thought I would share my experimenting with you all. I would be interested to know how others are using theirs.
Gosh isn't it interesting how we all find things different? I bought 2 polychromos by mistake but don't like them at all. I must try again with the prismas and sansodor but I still love the ease of the pastels and didn't find them at all hard in fact the opposite! Thanks for sharing your photo - btw she is a cutie, what make is she?
Its so interesting experimenting with all of these and I would say everyone of us would have different results. The stamp is Maggie from the Sugar Nellies range, available from Funky Kits (they are a sponsor on here). They are gorgeous and so cute.
Thanks for that Melanie, it is really good seeing everyone's take on the different pencils to use. I suppose at the end of the day it is what kind of look you are after but great fun trying out what is available.
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