Issue 5: September 2010
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New products featured inside!
Watercolour pencils project
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Metallic Pencils
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Metallic pencils work best on dark paper, but can also be used for highlights over layers of dark coloured pencils. They
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are excellent for colourful script. They are also useful for adding bright areas to greetings cards, especially for metal or iridescent elements such as gold rings or Christmas baubles. Being water-soluble, Metallic pencils can be used with a brush, either using the palette method or by drawing the colour onto your design and then wetting it with a brush. Tip: to make a palette using Metallic pencils, scribble some colour onto a scrap of paper and load a damp brush with the colour (image 1).
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In ‘The Firework Party’ (image 2), several different colours of Metallic pencils were used in free, squiggly lines to suggest fireworks. The outlines of the people were done using Coloursoft Black, highlighted with a Metallic Silver pencil. The transparency of glass can be suggested with a few simple lines using Metallic Silver (image 3). Iridescence can be suggested by incorporating more
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colours (image 4). Metallic Pencils are available in a range of 12 sparkling colours.
To claim your FREE sample of a blister of 6 Metallic pencils please send your request via fax, e-mail or post quoting reference MP01. Offer available for students, teachers and lecturers only. Offer ends 24th December 2010.
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New Products
Get into Derwent’s Black Books! Derwent is delighted to announce the introduction of a small range of black paper sketch books. Available in 3 popular sizes A3 landscape, A4 portrait and Square (12”or 30.5cms), each one contains 40 sheets of 200gsm black paper. The paper in the black books is classified as heavy weight which means it is more resilient and will take a minimum of 10 layers of pencil before the surface will begin to deteriorate. It can also be used with water soluble pencils for light washes. Using coloured pencils on black paper can really bring your art work to life making subjects appear more colourful and vibrant. The Derwent Metallic, Coloursoft and Inktense pencil ranges work brilliantly on black paper, enhancing the colour so it really ‘pops’ out of the paper. Metallic pencils are highly reflective and can be used on their own or with other media to bring a little sparkle and brilliant definition to your work. Coloursoft is a velvety soft pencil which releases dense vibrant colour quickly and easily onto the paper, while Inktense offers strong intense colour which when washed-out leaves a translucent ink-like effect. Not only are the Derwent Black Books perfect for colourful pencil drawings, the heavy weight paper means they are ideal as photo albums or for scrapbooking with the black paper acting as the perfect background for your treasured images. Bound with stylish hard matt black covers using extra strong rings, the black paper sketch books can be opened flat to allow you to work easily across a double page and they will also fold back on themselves in order to occupy a smaller work space if required. Derwent Black Books are available from all good art stores starting at just £8.50.
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Derwent Watersoluble Pencils Project by Dee Cowell of vir2l-artstudent.com
Materials used Derwent Watercolour pencils 72 Tin Watercolour paper Paintbrush The examples to follow are produced as if using dry pencils; a damp brush has then been used to show what the Watercolour pencils can do.
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Draw a small sketch of the finished picture. This will give
Draw in the images with an Olive Green pencil
you a good understanding of the tones and values of the
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picture.
You want to get the “darkest dark” right next to the “lightest light” at the focal point, in this picture the house and doors leading onto a deck have been chosen as the focal point. Tip: Divide your page into one thirds and put the focal point on a one third line.
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Derwent Watersoluble Pencils Project by Dee Cowell of vir2l-artstudent.com
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Build up the dark areas around the building using Light
Learn to scribble! Use a scribble for the yellow which
Violet for the shadows, some greens and a Terracotta.
will be the highlights on the leaves on the right; using the scribble technique put some texture on the path with Terracotta.
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Step 5
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For the grass it is all about negative space. i.e. you paint
Keep going! Add more and more layers until you have
the space behind the blades of grass, to make them
the depth of colour so that it matches the tonal sketch
pop forward.
you started with.
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Academy
Love to draw and want to develop your skills and confidence? Then the Derwent Academy range is perfect for you. Backed by Derwent’s 178 years experience of producing fine art materials, Derwent Academy is a range of products selected to provide you with the ideal introduction to the world of drawing.
Sketching is the foundation of all art with a wide variety of styles and subjects for you to choose. Soft pencils (B – 6B) are best suited to sketching and blending. Harder pencils (HB – 5H) are ideal for straight line and detailed work. Derwent Academy Sketching offers you a comprehensive range of 12 degrees from a soft 6B to a hard 5H, perfect to tackle all styles of drawing.
Derwent Academy Colour Pencils are easy to use and give you a kaleidoscope of colour at your finger tips. They are available in 36 stunning colours which transfer to the paper quickly and evenly. They also blend together well allowing you to create a wide range of additional shades.
Derwent Academy Watercolour pencils can be used as an ordinary colour pencil but just brush on a little water to create a fluid watercolour painting. Available in 36 colours they blend and dissolve easily to create a wide spectrum of watercolour shades.
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The Derwent Academy Watercolour pan set contains 12 full size pans of paint and a paintbrush. Presented in a handy tin, it has a useful 3 section palette in the lid for easy mixing. The individual colours can be mixed to provide a wide range of additional shades.
Derwent Academy Oil Pastels are ideal for bold colourful drawings and are fast and easy to use. They are available in 36 bright colours which transfer to the paper quickly and have a creamy texture which blends well. They are completely dust free and soluble in turpentine which thins the pastels to give a beautiful translucent effect.
A practical range of sketch pads ideal for everyday sketching. All pads are spiral bound and come in three different sizes; A3 landscape, A4 portrait and A5 portrait. Each pad contains 30 sheets of 110gsm acid free paper.
Student Hard Back Sketch Book The new Derwent Academy Student Sketch Book is A4 and spiral bound in a portrait format. The spiral binding allows the pages to lie flat so students can work across two full pages for that really big idea. Spiral binding is also more durable than glued bindings which after a period of time can deteriorate causing the pages to fall out. The Derwent Academy Student Sketch Book contains 50 sheets of 140gsm, acid free paper and has a practical black vinyl hard back cover which acts as a support when sketching as well as providing robust protection for the students work.
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Ideal Gifts
Sketching Wallet The perfect sketching companion, ideal for taking with you on your sketching expeditions, the Derwent Sketching wallet is small enough to fit in your bag, yet contains everything you need whilst you are out on location including a heavy duty A5 sketch book. The stylish Sketching Wallet also contains a broad selection of Derwent sketching media; 5 Graphic pencils, 2 Watersoluble Sketching pencils, 1 Onyx pencil, 1 Charcoal pencil, 3 Tinted Charcoal pencils, a Blender for softening harsh lines, an eraser and pencil sharpener.
Cumberland Pencil Museum Workshop Kits Based on artist workshops that run throughout the year at the Cumberland Pencil Museum, we have created two new inspiring workshop kits. These unique kits have been created exclusively for Derwent by two leading pencil artists Karen Coulson and Jenny Hill. Karen chose to use Derwent Coloursoft pencils for a stunning drawing of a parrot. Jenny selected Derwent Pastel Pencils for an impressive study of an Elephant. Each workshop kit contains all you will need to draw these delightful wildlife studies; 10 Derwent fine art pencils, full step by step instructions, 4 sheets of A5 paper with the feint outline of the subject to get you started, and a voucher for half-price entry to the museum for up to 6 people
Derwent Academy Learn To Draw Sets To complement the Academy Range we have developed a series of learn to draw packs to help any aspiring artist learn the basics of drawing. The projects have been created exclusively for Derwent Academy by Fiona Peart, a professional artist and art teacher and includes step by step instructions and useful hints & tips for completing each drawing. The pencils and accessories in each Learn to Draw set have been carefully selected to complement the subject to be drawn and enhance the learning experience. There are 3 different projects available, which focus on different media; Learn to draw a figure with sketching pencils, Learn to draw a dog with colour pencils and Learn to draw buildings with watercolour pencils.
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