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Water-colour pencils - oil-based, wax-based, water-based...???
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Staedtler have a habit of introducing items, and then withdrawing them - perhaps they've done it again! I'll see if I can find them.
Edit, October 20th: Products withdrawn/discontinued. Frankly, makes me a bit wary of buying anything from Staedtler Foundation, but - they do still make Mars Lumograph pencils; which are the best I've ever used.
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by Robert Jones, NAPA
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I don't think basic printers ( the type I have) produce archival quality prints from digital paintings. I believe you'd have to buy an expensive printer aimed at specialists such as photographers.
I tried printing, on a £40 Canon printer, one of my digital drawings from a Samsung tablet. The quality was surprisingly good, the print looked exactly like the image on the screen. I imagine the colours would quickly fade one the picture was framed and put on a wall. but you could just do another print and reframe it.
I'm enjoying painting using digital art, although it's complicated. Some of the options in digital art include brushes that imitate acrylic, or watercolour, or oil. But usually my results don't look like acrylic or watercolour. They just look like digital art - it's got it's own style.
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by Keith Orange
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I have found that it is best to use a Derwent sharpener for Derwent pencils. They are plastic and quite cheap. Derwent pastel pencils will not fit in a regular sharpener, so you have to use the house variety. I bought a n amazing sharpener last week that looks like a camera, made by Kikkerland. It pulls the pencil in and stops when it is done. It produces very sharp points, so all my Inktenses have been given the once over as well as the Coloursoft.
Robert, I think you can get a second hand i-pad for about £100 - mine certainly did not cost £1000.
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Sharpening is key with all pencils, Linda. The Kikkerland sounds interesting. I have an electrical sharpener that I seldom use because it devours pencils at an alarming rate. At the moment I'm using a Faber Castell Trio hand sharpener. It has 3 holes...two are marked 'universal' and the other 'colour'. The 'colour' one works well with round pencils. Hex shaped pencils are too tight a fit...so I use the 'universal' aperture for those. Actually I use the 'jumbo universal aperture', these work perfectly with any hex-shaped pencil. The attraction of Faber Castell pencils is that they seem to hold their point and don't break too easily. I'm finding I can sharpen them and as I use them, give them two or three turns in the sharpener to restore the point. With the Derwent Inktense I get a great point 'sometimes'...but other times they'll break during sharpening (then you have to check there's not a lump of broken lead stuck in the blade)...the same breakage happens when I carefully use a scalpel. A shame... because I like the inktense, but it gets frustrating sometimes.
So it's down to the pencils I guess...my Faber-Castell sharpener works perfectly on my Faber pencils and Mars Lumograph graphites. I cost under a £5.
Sorry about all the waffle about such a basic item, but it's actually quite important.
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I have been warned that Inktense pencils will more easily break if you dampen the point. So if you are going to use them as watercolour paint it is best to shave a bit off the end into a palette, before applying the water. The Kikkerland is awkward to use at first, but good results when you get the hang of it. A bit too sharp for pastel pencils, but you can adjust the sharpness slightly. I will post a picture of it later. I also came across an advert for a pencil plane for sharpening. Watch this space.
Did you mean this one Lewis.
https://www.makerscabinet.com/products/brass-hovel show they have some in stock for £57.60. I don't know if that comes with its base.
Jacksons art also sell it but shows as out of stock.