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Not all coloured pencils are equal and depending on your taste, not all will be the best fit for any one person. I have tried many but not all and my preference to date is for a water soluble pencil with as much pigment strength as possible. My favourites to date are Derwent Inktense pencils. You can use these like watercolour as the ink dilutes into a rich fluid colour. If I were limited to owning one set of pencils this would be my choice. But let’s talk about need not want for a moment…
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\nYellow and pink used to create orange. Purple added at edges.
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\nYellow and aqua used to create green.
\nYellow added at the end to make it glow.
\nDark blue to shade edges.
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\nDark blue used to shade shape.
\nThen aqua lightly overlay on some parts.
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\nOne colour – no blending of colour.
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\nColoured in green, then shaded with dark blue. Ran over the leaf with yellow to make the green more lime coloured and brighter.
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You don’t need a large set to create colourful art. A small set contains a range of the main colours: yellows, reds and blues. With most small sets of pencils you can mix colours to make more if you carefully blend them together. You can also mix some pencils with other similar but different brands. The best colouring pencils are the ones you can afford and that do the job.<\/p>\n
I deliberately uses less expensive pencils on my sample page to show that a big budget for pencils isn’t necessary for colouring. I used 8 colours.\u00a0This quantity is more than enough to get a range of colour. Although it is nice to have a large range of colours to choose from, I only use a limited amount in any one work anyway. My habit is to mix colours rather than use ready made colour. Mixing gives more life to the end colour if you don’t overdo it. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n