Playing & Learning Brochure

New painting and drawing ideas with pens, crayons and paints

A FA M I LY C O M PA N Y W I T H A 250-YEAR TRADITION

Faber-Castell, founded in 1761, is one of the oldest industrial companies in the world and is now in the 8th generation of the same family. Nowadays the company is represented in over 120 countries and has over 14 production sites and 23 sales companies worldwide. With an annual production of over 2 billion pencils and colour pencils, Faber-Castell is the world's leading producer of wood-cased pencils. The company owes its leading position on the international market to traditional self-commitment to the very highest quality and its large number of product innovations.

E N C O U R A G I N G A RT I S T I C P R A C T I C E – WITH QUALITY YOU CAN TRUST Painting and drawing are one of a child's main forms of expression and develop from the sheer joy of making a mark with visual story telling. In their pictures, children express their experiences, observations, wishes and dreams. Their choice of image and the way they build up their pictures give us an insight into a child's perception. Pictures are thus an important form of communication between children and educators/ teachers.

FABER-CASTELL sees itself as a life-time companion for its customers, making it particularly committed to practical art and the process of learning to write in children in lessons and at home. And so we strive to encourage children to enjoy drawing, painting and writing with our products specifically designed for particular age groups to suit their various stages of development. Our commitment to the best possible quality is seen in the very careful and stringent choice of raw materials, in product safety, environmental friendliness and ongoing quality control. The strictest criteria apply in children's products in particular, and are exemplary in their product safety and eco-friendliness.

As educators we would like to give you ideas and tips in this brochure to show just how much there is for children to discover with pens, crayons and paints - opportunities that should not pass them by. We hope you have lots of fun on your journey of discovery in the world of colours and shapes.

P R O D U C T S F R O M FA B E R - C A S T E L L – E D U C AT I O N A L , E R G O N O M I C A N D E C O L O G I C A L A D D E D VA L U E

Our pens, crayons and paints are developed in close cooperation with external teaching and research experts– such as educators, market researchers and designers of children's products. We are also committed to environmentally friendly manufacturing, where we make a significant contribution to securing the future of the environment. We pave the way in developing sustainable technologies. So, for instance, for every tree that is cut down for our production, we plant a new tree in our certified, sustainable forestry programme. The result is a wide range of products with educational, ergonomic and ecological added value.

Educational added value

The Playing & Learning range is divided into products for clearly defined age groups; information is available on the educational benefits.

Ergonomic added value

Our products are designed to be ergonomically suited to the target age group.

Ecological added value

Sustainability puts us in the lead. The certified carbon footprint confirms the positive climate impact of the FABERCASTELL group.

JUMBO GRIP PENCIL GRIP ACCESSORIES

Jumbo GRIP pencil · Germany's best-selling pencil for learning to write · Ergonomic, triangular shape · Soft-grip zone for firm grip

· Perfect for both left- and right-handed users. · Can be washed out of most fabrics.

GRIP eraser · Eraser in ergonomic triangular shape. · For graphite and colour pencils · Does not smudge · PVC-free

· Paint and raised dots from environmentally

friendly water-based varnish, more hygienic than · unvarnished. · Break-resistant lead Wood from sustainably managed forests. · With name label

GRIP trio pencil sharpener · Pencil sharpener for thick and thin colour pencils · Extra sharpener especially designed for graphite pencils, as these are sharpened at a different angle to colour pencils · Clean sharpening with two large compartments for shavings · Easy for little hands to empty

COLOUR GRIP COLOUR PENCILS CHILDREN'S SCISSORS · SCHOOL SCISSORS

Colour GRIP colour pencil Jumbo GRIP colour pencil · Brilliant colours · Ergonomic, triangular shape · Soft-grip zone for firm grip · Fully water-soluble · Perfect for both left- and right-handed users. · Can be washed out of most fabrics. · Paint and raised dots from environmentally friendly water-based varnish, more hygienic than unvarnished · Unbreakable lead · Wood from sustainably managed forests. · With name label

Children's scissors · Encourages motor skills · Perfect for a "fist grip" · Suitable for right- or left-handed children · Rounded blade tips · Spring mechanism · Soft grip handles

School scissors · Ergonomic handle for school children · Spring mechanism · Cutting aid and safe transport feature · With name label

C O N N E C T O R PA I N T B O X

CONNECTOR paint box · Bright, high-coverage paints with very high opacity · Ideal for all painting and mixing techniques · Includes a tube of Chinese white, a paintbrush slot and a name label · Paint tablet refills available separately.

· CONNECTOR colour pods can be disconnected and combined with each other (e.g. they can be slotted together to make a colour circle, imaginative shapes or colour combinations for a particular subject) · Practical lid: paints can be mixed in the white mixing tray · The colours can be coordinated with the template in the transparent area · The loose lid is easy as ABC to clean

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At www.Faber-Castell.com you will find ideas for drawing and painting, along with detailed information on our products and videos with ideas on how to use them.

C L I C & G O PA I N T B R U S H C L I C & G O WAT E R C U P

CLIC & GO paintbrush · Anti-damage feature: the bristles are protected by a retractable grip. · High quality synthetic bristles are ideal for school children: they hold paint exceptionally well, are fast drying and do not shed hairs · Name label for personal labelling · Available as a round or flat paintbrush in various sizes

CLIC & GO WATER CUP · Perfect for school and recreation · Practical folding mechanism for storage and transport · Wavy rim for resting brushes · Easy to clean · Very strong, anti-slip material

GRIP COLOUR PENCILS G E T C R E AT I V E W I T H L I N E S A N D S U R FA C E S

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Types of lines Lines can vary greatly: thin, thick, long, short, straight, wavy or zigzag.

Project: Name picture Draw your name in large, bubble block letters and fill in the letters with short, long, wavy, zigzag, thin and thick lines in various colours.

Lines + surfaces Closed lines show a certain shape which can be coloured in with various lines and colours.

Project: My glove Put your hand on a piece of paper and draw around it with a pen. Then draw a line across the wrist to join both ends and turn the picture into a glove, and then colour in with colour pencils.

Hatching and cross hatching Lines arranged in parallel or that cross each other form a surface. How dense the surface is depends on the distance of the lines and the angle of the cross hatching.

Project: Hill landscape Draw hills and mountains on your paper and colour them in with cross-hatching of different colours and density.

Bundle method If you draw with more then one pen at a time, you can create structures like meadows, fur or hair.

Project: Flower meadow Take a light green, dark green and yellow pencil all at once and draw a meadow on the paper. Then draw colourful flowers into your meadow with singe colour pencils.

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GRIP COLOUR PENCILS G E T C R E AT I V E W I T H C O L O U R

TRIPOD GRASP • With the tripod grasp the index finger is the most active and controls writing. The pencil should be gripped near the tip. The thumb should rest against the pencil in a relaxed, natural position and should be slightly bent. The middle finger rests slightly diagonal under the pencil and should not grip into any depressions or hollows, as the arm would otherwise tense up and its entire position would change.

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Colour intensity Light or heavy colour application trains motor skills and teaches children how to adjust pressure on the paper. Different colour intensity is achieved by varying the pressure applied with the pen.

Project: Tortoise Draw a tortoise and then colour it in with one colour. How many different colour shades can you create?

Overhand grip With the overhand grip the pen is held very flat and fills the area quickly. This results in interesting structures, depending on the paper.

Project: In the countryside Draw a line as the horizon. Colour in the sky with a blue GRIP coloured pencil holding it in the overhand grip, and then use green and yellow for the meadow.

Then draw trees and houses in your picture.

Mixed shades New colour mixes are created by drawing one colour shade over another.

Project: How many shades of green can you create?

Mix various shades of green from yellow, light blue and dark blue.

GRIP COLOUR PENCILS WAT E R S O L U B L E

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Watercolour technique Plenty of water is brushed on to the drawing done with the GRIP colour pencils and is then spread around the paper evenly.

Project: Butterfly Draw a butterfly. Then brush water onto the light colours first and then on to the darker colours.

See www.Faber-Castell.de for a video on how to use the products.

Colour mixtures If colours are mixed during drawing, interesting mixes are created when brushed with water.

Project: Colours and shapes Colour in overlapping squares, circles and triangles. Brush the shapes individually with water. New colour mixtures appear where the coloured surfaces overlap.

Colour gradients Overlapping colours from light to dark gives you beautiful colour gradients when the picture is brushed with water.

Project: Light and shade Draw yellow, orange and red colour blend on your paper and then brush over the colours with water.

Once dry, draw tower blocks on your picture in black.

Backgrounds GRIP colour pencils are not only suitable for drawing on paper and card, but also on canvas, prepared wood, paper mache and salt dough.

Project: Canvas Draw your favourite flower on a canvas and then brush water over the colours. You could give this as a Christmas or Mother's Day present.

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GRIP COLOUR PENCILS E D U C AT I O N A L E F F E C T S

SURFACES • The colours of the GRIP colour pencils are best on rough, not too heavily glazed paper. The colours are even brighter on watercolour paper. The GRIP colour pencils can also be used on a range of other surfaces such as cardboard, wood, stone or terracotta.

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Drawing on wet paper When you draw on wet paper, the coloured pencil lines are softer and wider.

Project: My aquarium Draw funny fish on the dry paper with wax crayons. Then wet the paper with water and draw lots of waves onto your picture with water soluble GRIP colour pencils.

Salt method Salt absorbs water from a damp coloured surface and the colour pigments in the water. The dried surface then has a beautiful structure.

Stones in the water Draw stones in brown shades at the start of the lesson, then brush over the colours with water and sprinkle salt on immediately. Brush the salt away when the colour is dry and paint water around the stones.

Effects You can create interesting 3D pictures with a sponge, for example.

Project: My dream house Cut houses and trees out of a sponge. Draw colours onto a piece of paper. Brush over the colours with water and then press in the sponge stamps. Create a 3D picture.

C O N N E C T O R PA I N T B O X MIX COLOURS

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Colour theory With the individual paint pods, the CONNECTOR paint box effortlessly teaches the colour wheel.

Project: K端pper's colour theory Join the colour pods together to create a colour wheel. Slot the secondary colours orange, green and purple between the primary colours yellow, magenta and cyan.

Primary and secondary colours Secondary colours can be mixed with two adjacent primary colours (magenta + yellow, magenta + cyan, yellow + cyan).

Project: Art appreciation Have a look at an artist's painting (e.g. "Fox" by Franz Marc) and copy it using primary colours and secondary colours you have mixed yourself.

Mixing colour shades After being introduced to the colour wheel, the child learns specific colour mixing.

Project: My red apple Is an apple always red? Or is it sometimes green or orange? Draw a box full of apples with as many apple colours as you know. Mix the colour shades you need yourself.

Mixing colours with Chinese white Chinese white is ideal for lightening poster paints and giving them better coverage. The colour also becomes more thicker or more "pastose".

Project: My first day at school Draw the outline of the clothes you were wearing on your first day at school. Then mix poster paints with a little Chinese white in the paintbox lid and colour in the clothes.

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C O N N E C T O R PA I N T B O X EXCITING TECHNIQUES

CREATE ART TOGETHER • Working in a group or with a partner is an important factor in school life.

In art lessons children can work on picture projects together, and explore an artistic process from start to finish. Working together leads to new insights.

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Wet-in-wet method The water colours run together with a dreamy effect on previously dampened paper.

Project: Finding shapes Dab lots of paint colours onto wet paper and watch how they run into each other. Find out where there are shapes in the dried picture and colour in these shapes with colour pencils.

Scumble method Different, thin layers of colour are layered up in several steps.

Project: Masking tape picture Stick long and short pieces of masking tape on the paper. Paint the picture with a light colour and let it dry. Stick new pieces of masking tape onto the picture and apply the next darker colour. Repeat this process. Finally remove all the masking tape.

Smudging colours It is very easy to create the illusion of movement by simply smudging poster paints.

Project: Showing speed Paint a rocket (or something that can move quickly, like a horse or a car). Paint some yellow paint at the bottom of the rocket and then smudge the wet paint in the opposite direction to which the rocket is flying.

C O N N E C T O R PA I N T B O X B R I L L I A N T E F F E C T S W I T H P O S T E R PA I N T S

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Mirror painting This method can be used to create imaginative pictures as if by magic!

Project: Laughing and crying Fold a piece of paper in half and then open it up.

Draw a head (with hair) on one half of the paper Fold the paper again - and you have a mirror image. Paint on a happy face on one side and a sad face on the other side.

Printing methods Children learn about shapes and colours by potato printing.

Project: Animal prints Draw a forest path. Then cut out simple shapes from your stamp material and stamp animal footprints.

Can the other children guess the animal?

Mixing method Poster paints can be mixed with a range of drawing materials, such as the GRIP colour markers.

Project: My watch Use a black GRIP colour marker to draw a watch with a watch face. Colour in the watch with your favourite colours and compare your picture with the picture painted by the person sitting next to you.

Poster paint batik If wax is applied to the paper the wax resists the poster paint This is physics in action in the art lesson!

Project: Bubbles Draw circles or spirals on your paper using the end of a white candle. Then paint over the paper with poster paints and watch how the paint beads away from the areas with the wax.

GRIP COLOUR MAGIC COLOUR MAGIC

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The GRIP Colour Magic is the ultimate in art fun: apply the paint and then brush with water - and watch how your picture changes colour. The colour of the end cap shows the extra colour that appears when you brush it with water. The set contains 8Â Colour Magic pencils and one free brush.

The GRIP Colour Magic introduces children to a completely different type of drawing. Their creativity can take free reign or their concentration can be trained by targeted colour planning.

Step 1: Draw an image onto your piece of paper with a normal coloured pencil.

Step 2: Take your brush and water and gradually colour it in.

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Step 3: After your have brushed it with water, your picture will look completely different. Simply magic!

GRIP COLOUR MARKER T H E V E R S AT I L E A L L - R O U N D E R

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Pointillism - visual colour mixing A coloured surface is creating by drawing bunches of dots.

Project: Bubbles Lightly sketch overlapping bubbles and fill each bubble with dots in one colour. You can see the mixed colours where the bubbles overlap.

Pointillism - space 3D effects can be created on an object by varying the density of the dots.

Project: Orange / apple Lightly sketch the outline of an orange. Fill in the areas that are in the light with widely spaced dots, and the areas in the shadows with closely spaced dots.

Warm colours / cold colours Warm colours give us a different sensation to cold colours. Here the child can learn the effects of colours on his own feelings in a playful way.

Project: Summer and winter Draw a summer scene with a tree. What colours does your landscape have in winter? Draw the matching winter picture.

Colour perception and relationships The creative relationship between colours and textures is an exciting voyage of discovery.

Project: Can a colour be "soft" or "hard"?

Assign an object, such as fur, stone, fabric, feathers, cotton wool or similar to a colour and draw a matching picture with GRIP Colour Markers. Here the object was a feather, which was assigned to a warm yellow.

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GRIP COLOUR MARKER A LWAY S AT H A N D

LEARNING TOGETHER • Social skills and personal interaction are central to school life. Every day the child learns to listen to others, to position himself, to formulate his own opinions and to accept other people's opinions. Art lessons are a place where these subjects can be supported.

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Childhood dreams: In your eyes Joy, dreams, but also fears and worries are expressed in children's pictures.

Project: My eye reflects...

Draw a large eye on a piece of paper. Then fill the eye with things or people that you like or things you wish for. These can be wild animals, pirates or your favourite food.

Colour mixtures on tracing paper Tracing paper can teach children how colours are visually mixed.

Project: Group work - water and waves Draw waves in different colours on three strips of tracing paper. Swap 2 of the strips with other pupils, then lay all three strips on top of each other and stick down the edge. Stick another strip with fish on top of this.

Social skills An important aspect of the first years at school is a child's own experience. Where is my place and how do I perceive my fellow pupils?

Project: You and me Draw a picture of yourself and the person sitting next to you or your best friend. Find the differences between you and try to show these in colour.

JUMBO GRIP EXERCISE BOOK AND BOARD I D E A L F O R A L L B O A R D S A N D C O L O U R E D PA P E R S

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Colour pencils for the school board Ergonomic special colour pencils for GRIP dots help teach writing. These colour pencils are suitable for plastic school boards or for slate, as well as for diverse application on paper and card.

The board markers also have excellent coverage on dark paper.

ERASABLE COLOUR GRIP JUST TURN AND RUB OUT

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Erasable colour pencils Unlike conventional colour pencils, erasable colour pencils can be used in all areas of teaching.

Colour coding and highlighting in maths and writing can help children to learn faster and more effectively. With erasable colour pencils little mistakes can be easily corrected and a child's positive motivation remains intact.

G R I P E R A S A B L E C R AY O N S S P O N TA N E O U S N E S S W I T H P E N S

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Erase colours Erasable wax crayons are easily removed from paper.

Project: Stars in the sky Draw lots of colours on your paper. Cover them with dark blue and cut out a cardboard star template. Put the star onto the coloured in area and rub out the picture around the edges of the star.

Frottage Children can discover their environment and learn about different structures in a playful way.

Project: Classroom forensics Take a piece of paper and crayons and take paper rubbings of various surfaces in your classroom.

Cut an animal out of the paper and mount it onto coloured paper.

Mixing method You can paint over wax crayons easily without affecting them.

Project: Water circles If you throw stones into water, the surface of the water ripples in overlapping circles. Draw these circles with dark crayons. Then draw in the surface with light poster paints.

J U M B O WA X C R AY O N S DELIGHT IN COLOURS

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Mix colours: Light on dark Mixed shades are created when you apply light colours to dark colours or paper.

Project: Little monsters Cut a dark section out of a newspaper and use light crayons to draw little monsters on it. Soft mixed shades are created, depending on the background colour.

Mix colours: Dark on light The 3D effect of an object can be created using colour intensity.

Project: Still life / my favourite fruit Draw a bowl and your favourite fruit in one colour to start with. Then try to get the fruit and the bowl to look three dimensional by applying dark colours to the areas in shadow.

Sgraffito Dark colours completely cover lighter shades.

These are then made visible again by scratching away the dark colour.

Project: Leaves in autumn Draw lots of leaves in red, yellow and orange.

Then cover the whole area with a rich green colour.

Use a toothpick to scratch the veins of the leaf out Coloured bases Dark coloured paper makes wax crayons really shine.

Project: At home in winter Draw a house on dark blue card. Create your picture with light blue and purple shades and add white snow flakes to the picture. A yellow lit up window shines out in the dark.

T R I A N G U L A R WA X C R AY O N S C R E AT I V E T E C H N I Q U E S

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Encaustic Encaustic is painting with an iron. For safety reasons, encaustic methods have to be supervised.

Project: Landscape Apply colour to the tip of the iron. When it has melted, draw directly onto the thick, smooth paper with the iron. After it has dried you can apply the next colour.

Encaustic with sandpaper This gives you pointillism style results.

Project: Colourful name picture Draw your name mirror image on sandpaper. Then put a piece of paper and newspaper on top of your name and iron over the layers. What does your name look like now?

Watercolour mixing technique Children learn how wax crayons repel water.

Project: Colourful kites in the sky Use crayons to draw clouds and beautiful kites dancing around in the sky. You can then colour in the sky with poster paints without painting over your kite.

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Excellent coverage Tempera has high coverage on a wide range of materials.

Project: Fantasy paper mache animals Create a fantasy animal out of paper rolls and paper mache. When it has dried out, paint the animal with coloured stripes and patterns.

Printing methods Excellent results can be achieved with Tempera using a range of printing methods.

Project: In the forest Cut 2-3 different types of tree out of foam sheets (evergreen and leaf trees) and use them to print different coloured trees onto the paper. Then draw fruit in the crown and grass at the foot of the tree.

Create objects and train the senses Paper can be formed into three dimensional objects and can be painted or turned. This gives children an insight into creative versatility.

Project: Sound bags Paint empty toilet rolls with Tempera.

Glue or staple the ends together and fill the rolls with rice, sand, etc. How do your different fillings sound?

QUALITY FEATURES AN OVERVIEW

Help children learn to write Three dimensional letter shapes can be a positive input to help children learn to write.

Project: My name Roll modelling clay into sausages and then shape the sausages into letters. Put the letters together to make your name.

Use additional materials Little pieces of wood, beads, stamped out shapes and similar materials can be used as shapes and also train fine motor skills.

Project: Hedgehog Mix brown out of the modelling clay and shape the hedgehog's body. Break a piece of uncooked spaghetti into equal length pieces and stick the pieces into the body to make the hedgehog's prickles.

GRIP colour pencils GRIP colour pencils

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Erasable CONNECTOR poster paints

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Colours are fully water-soluble

Suitable for right- or left-handed children Can be washed out of most fabrics Paint from environmentally friendly water-based varnish, more hygienic than unvarnished

GRIP Colour Magic

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Ergonomic, triangular shape for firm grip

Break-resistant due to special bonding process

GRIP colour marker

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Ergonomic triangular barrel with the patented soft GRIP zone for a firm grip

Wood from sustainably managed forests

Exercise book and board Erasable

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Mix colours Moulding and kneading fine-tune motor skills and train little hands. Moulded mixed colours teach the laws of the colour wheel.

Project: Fruit Mix equal parts of primary colours to create mixed colours. Create fruit out of the mixed modelling clay and give them stalks and leaves.

School tempera Modelling clay

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Play well Project: The number in the circle shows the school grade as of which the subject or the technique described can be used

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Join in!

We aim to do even more in the future:

There is a wealth of information available at www.Faber-Castell.de.

Subjects such as learning to write and material sciences are available as downloads, and there are lots of tips on drawing and painting on our website.

Teachers should be able to exchange ideas for art lessons. Keep a record of class projects, exhibitions, lesson plans or exciting exercises in your lessons.

Send in your ideas for publication on our website.

As a thank you we will send all contributors a class set (25 of each) of GRIP colour pencils and Connector paint boxes.

Do you have any comments or questions, or are you looking for further information on special subjects?

We are keen to hear your ideas.

Please write to us at: info@Faber-Castell.com

Information on further training courses: "Drawing at primary school" (KuGS) "Developing writing skills" at Mediastep - Institute for Art and Media Teaching Tel.: +49 (0)9 11 / 9 33 25-20 • Fax +49 (0)9 11 / 9 33 25-25 Internet: www.mediastep-institut.de • E-mail: info@mediastep-institut.de

A.W. FABER-CASTELL Vertrieb GmbH Nürnberger Str. 2 • 90546 Stein / Nuremberg • Germany www.Faber-Castell.com • info@Faber-Castell.com

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We look forward to seeing your contributions and ideas!