Derwent Lightfast Colored Pencils: A Safe Substitute for Prismacolor 931 Dark Purple
As much as I love my Prismacolors, they do have a few drawbacks.
One of my favorite pencils is Prismacolor 901 Dark Purple. Unfortunately, it scores poorly in lightfast tests. Even worse, Dark Purple has a nasty tendency to bleed through other colors.
Can Derwent Lightfast Pencils solve some of these issues?
I’ve been testing to find out!
Testing Derwent Lightfast Colored Pencils (Plus the Problem with Unboxing Product Reviews)
I purchased a set of Derwent Lightfast pencils.
Amy’s using something other than Prismacolors? This is strange. What’s going on?
Do you need to rush out now and purchase a set of Derwents too? Well, let’s talk about the problem with new product and unboxing reviews.
Colored Pencil: Do You Have Time & Patience for Slow Coloring? (plus Tips for Efficient Coloring)
Colored pencil is slow!
The sharp point on a colored pencil is teeny-tiny. If that’s not bad enough, colored pencil painting requires many layers for vibrancy. It takes forever to complete even a small pencil project!
Do you have the time for colored pencil? Do you have the patience?
I picked up my first artist grade colored pencil in the fall of 1984 and I’m still working with them today. That’s decades of working at a turtle’s pace.
How have I survived this long without going crazy?
Hmmmm… How about if I share some efficiency tips that I’ve picked up over the years?
Tips for Coloring Realistic Glass (Lemonade tutorial; Colored Pencil Magazine)
Do You Struggle with capturing realistic glass?
You’ve tried it a few times and man, glass is just not your thing!
You’re pretty good with colored pencils, Copic Markers, or even watercolor. You can breeze through any tutorial. If someone’s guiding you, everything’s easy-breezy.
But coloring glass on your own? What a headache! It looks flat. It looks fake.
Feeling hopeless?
Hold on, there’s help!