Thanks for the welcome...I need a warm welcome today as it is sleeting outside and -3C !!! Brrrrrrrr! The perfect day for keeping inside and being creative, drinking copious cups of hot tea and stroking a cat. There is snow on the tops of the surrounding hills. I bought some Faber Castell Albrecht Durer Water colour pencils several weeks ago on an auction site. Just a small tin of 12 to begin with to see how I find them. Has anyone else used them? I often marvel at artwork that is produced with coloured pencils. As a child I used to receive a lovely large wallet of Derwent Lakeland coloured pencils every Christmas...what a treat. I must be returning to my second childhood as I want to try them again. I'll have to keep my eyes peeled as they aren't so freely available in New Zealand. Anyway hot tea beckons. Catch you later ~ Anni