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Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 5:37 pm |
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that's a good idea! I ordered a prisma sharpener off of e-bay so luckily haven't started sharpening yet.Does anyone know if there is a list of prisma colour names availiable anywhere so I can mark off as I buy new ones?
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I have the prisma sharpener and all it is, is a normal pencil sharpener in a plastic casing.. but the casing is like a cigar shape.. apparently it is the way you hold a pencil sharpener and the twisting motion that is wrong.. and can damage the lead.. but this sharpener means that you hold it all with the right central axis on which to sharpen to a correct point..
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Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 8:51 am |
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I have being reading this thread with interest - I am going to have a look at our local art shop to see if they sell something similar individually and see how I get on with them.
I read about the pencil sharpener when searching, a cosmetic pencil sharpener seems to do a similar job?
Quote: We offer a manual Prismacolor sharpener (item no.24188) for this purpose. Cosmetic sharpeners (the kind used for pencil eyeliner, for example) can also be effective. If you decide to use a hand sharpener, it is less stressful on the pencil to hold it vertically in the hand sharpener. Please note that the more common method of holding it horizontally with a natural wrist action causes stress on the colored core and thinner wood near the top. If your pencil splinters when sharpening, evaluate the force you are using, how you are holding the pencil when sharpening and check that you are using a sharp sharpener. If a particular pencil is breaking, you may want to try a larger opening sharpener, which can be a little gentler.
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Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 1:34 pm |
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Excellent H 
Look forward to hearing how you get on. 
I wondered if I could pose this question here as it is to do with pencils etc.
Hope it is not a silly question.
I bought a few derwent pencils and a blending stump from my local art shop. I was trying out a tutorial on of the youtube links but not sure I have the right technique with the blending stump. Is using the stumps the same with any other type of blender that if you use a dark colour then light that it will likely contaminate the light? What do others do? Save one particular stump for light colours?
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Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 1:52 pm |
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I have still only got a few so I tend to keep one for very light colours, such as the flesh colour I use a lot, the rest I file off the tip of colour with an emery board but I tend to dip in my sansodor and scribble on a scrap of white card to test before I use on my image.
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Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 7:25 pm |
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Thank you Adele  I will give this a go.
They are not watercolours Net, On googling prismacolour after reading posts here I found a few names of pencils that could be used like the prismacolour. I managed to get a small set of the derwent ones with 50% off so thought it was worth trying them to see how I get on.
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cazat81 wrote: I have being reading this thread with interest - I am going to have a look at our local art shop to see if they sell something similar individually and see how I get on with them.
I read about the pencil sharpener when searching, a cosmetic pencil sharpener seems to do a similar job?
Carole
Carole did you manage to get some pencils? If not I could put you in touch with a chap that I got a sample pack of 15 prismas and a colourless blending pencil off at a good price, based in the UK. I thought it was well worth it, before jumping in and maybe not liking them. I am happy to say that I have now got a set of 132 winging their way to me. But I did find that at 1st I didn't get on with them, but it seemed to be the make of paper stumps I was using.
As for the sharpeners. I use a metal one, the ones with 2 holes (like a cosmetic one) and use the biggest hole, and hold the pencil upright whilst sharpening. So far this has worked for me.
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Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 7:33 pm |
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Hi Kathie
I managed to get a small set of derwent pencils. Think they are called studio or coloursoft. They did not have any other similar like the Karismacolour Hazel spoke of.
Would love the info. on the sample set please. As yet, not sure I am going to be any good with this type of colouring in, think much more practice and patience is needed. I have only just about got to grips with other types of colouring in, like watercolours and faux H2o's 
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Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 7:36 pm |
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I have had a little set of Derwent Metallic pencils for ages now and they also blend very nicely with my Sansodor.  _________________ Adele. http://www.dillydallydingle.blogspot.comStampin Up! Demonstrator for Medway, Kent and wherever life takes me!
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Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 11:08 pm |
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cazat81 wrote: Hi Kathie I managed to get a small set of derwent pencils. Think they are called studio or coloursoft. They did not have any other similar like the Karismacolour Hazel spoke of. Would love the info. on the sample set please. As yet, not sure I am going to be any good with this type of colouring in, think much more practice and patience is needed. I have only just about got to grips with other types of colouring in, like watercolours and faux H2o's Carole I've sent you a PM Carole. To be honest I'm not hugely brilliant at colouring, never seem to get the shading right. But I have found with these (and using the Sansador and stumps) that it sort of naturally shades, because you draw a heavyish line round your image and then use your stumps to blend the colour inwards you have naturally got less colour in the middle where you usually want less and more on the outside, if you see what I mean. I've not used mine a great deal yet (waiting for my full set to come)and still got along way to go before mine look as good as others I have seen, but I certainly have found it easier with these than anything else I have used before.
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my pencils have arrived 
