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The images in this post are of artwork I completed using the Tombow Irojiten Colored Pencils, as you will see in the review of the Irojiten, I tested the pencils on various paper types, however this artwork was completed on the Derwent Lightfast Paper.
The Artwork in this piece is very simple and straight forward, as I reviewed the Castle Arts Pasteltint Colored Pencils I did so as a stand alone set of colored pencils, ordinarily, a set of pastel tone colored pencils are best used in conjunction with a traditional palette.
About a year or so ago, I was looking for ideas to draw something and so I asked my brother, he is 10 years younger than me and when he was a kid Power Rangers were all the rage, so he asked me to draw a Power Ranger. At the time he said to me that the yellow one was his favourite and so I drew that, not recording the process or taking many photos along the way. the drawing turned out so much better than I had expected and so I set out to draw them all for him.
The artwork in this piece was done using the Staedtler Tinted Watercolour Pencils on Strathmore 400 series Watercolor Paper. If you would like to know more about the actual pencils, please check out my written review and YouTube review on how the pencils perform.
I was sent a few products from Chalkola to review and one of the products was the 36 set of Chalkola Watercolor 12ml Tubes. To find out more about the Chalkola Watercolor Tubes, you can check out my YouTube review or written review.
The artwork created in this post was done using the brand new Castle Arts Gold Colored Pencils, I was fortunate enough to have had a 120 set of the new Castle Arts Gold Colored Pencils sent to me for review and this was the artwork I created using the pencils. To find out more about the pencils and what I thought of them, follow the link to my written review or YouTube video review.
The artwork in this post is a result of reviewing the Bruynzeel Colored Pencils. I have a lot of admiration for the Bruynzeel line purely based on past and present reviews, almost every review I have completed has developed favourable results, in line with cost etc.
The artwork in this post has been created using the Phoenixcolor Colored Pencils, which in my opinion are the most beautiful colored pencils in the world. Take the packaging and design of the pencils away, and you are still left with a well balanced, pleasurable colored pencil set to use.
The artwork completed in this page has been created using the Marco Chroma Colored Pencils, the pencils that we have on review. The Marco Chroma colored pencils are really inexpensive pencils and I hope this art piece shows that you don’t need expensive colored pencils to create nice art.
This is really my first proper watercolor tutorial, I have done plenty of Watercolor Pencil reviews and artwork, but lately I have been delving deeper into watercolor pans and tubes so hopefully I will be bringing much more reviews and tutorials to you.
As with the first Power Ranger I drew, this Pink Power Ranger was completed on Strathmore 500 Series Bristol Plate, I love this surface for marker and colored pencil work and with it being 100% cotton, the archival value is excellent.
The artwork carried out in this post was done using the Staedtler Luna Watercolor Pencils on the Hahnemühle Cold Press Collection Watercolor Paper which I will be doing a much more detailed review about in its own right quite soon.
I really enjoyed the outcome of the artwork in this post, I used to love Snoopy or Charlie Brown or whatever you want to call the cartoon, when I was a kid. This wee drawing was done using the Ohuhu Markers, which I know I am quite late to the party when it comes to reviewing the Ohuhu Markers, but I am so glad I did and I guess better late than never.
A while back I completed a review of the Arrtx Oros and Alps markers, a relatively new marker for artists but a marker I personally really enjoyed using. Since concluding my last review of the Arrtx Oros Markers, which happen to be the Brush Nib markers, they finalised their palette compilation and so I decided to complete a new drawing using the Arrtx Oros Brush Nib markers.
It took me quite a while to select an image to draw with 520 but it is really difficult to select a piece of art that is going to help demonstrate 520 colored pencils. My review of the Brutfuner 520 Colored Pencils is available on my YouTube channel and the written review is also on the website. I eventually chose this botanical image as I really wanted to show of the greens, but even this image does not do the Brutfuner palette any justice.
The artwork in this post was created using the Brutfuner Colored Pencils. When I select a piece of artwork to try and draw as part of the demonstration process, I always look at the palette and of course said colors swatched first to help me select. With the 120 set of Brutfuner Colored Pencils, the palette was really quite complete, but it was the greens that jumped out to me hence this little Tree Frog guy.
The artwork completed in this post was created with the Nyoni Colored Pencils, a pencil some might consider cheap budget range, and they would be correct about the cost, but most certainly not the quality. I have of course completed a YouTube Video Review and a Written Review of the Nyoni which you can see by following the link.
I reviewed the Marco C820 a few weeks ago, but given the palette and the light tones, I was unable to complete artwork and so stated that I would combine both pencils when I reviewed the Marco Square C800. If you would like to see the review of the Marco C820 you can do so by following the link. The paper that I completed this artwork on was Strathmore 300 Series Bristol Velum, a gorgeous paper and really inexpensive.
To find out much more about the actual comparison of these amazing pencils you can watch my YouTube Video Review Comparison and my Written Review Comparison. I have also completed a speed drawing video showing both of the images above come to life, to watch this follow the link. As well as the comparison review I have just completed, I have also completed individual reviews of both the Koh-I-Noor Polycolor and Lyra Polycolor incase you would like to look at each pencil separately before taking a look at the comparison.
