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| 12/4/18 Calvin (20 min. pose) |
Above is a 20-minute pose of Calvin that I made with a Derwent Drawing Pencil. With a core
that’s even softer and thicker, this pencil would supersede my favorite Caran d’Ache Museum Aquarelle if it
were water-soluble, too. By using it on the side of its core (in the frowned-upon way I mentioned yesterday),
I love the subtle shading I can get with it. As I was happily working on this
sketch, the pencil evoked something joyful from my past . . .
During the break, I looked over at the artist’s easel beside me
and noticed that he was using a purple crayon! He said he’d forgotten his usual
Conte pencil but had found the crayon on the floor (left behind after Saturday’s Drawing Jam, no doubt), so
he decided to use it instead. Bingo! Derwent Drawing Pencils are as close to
crayons as one can get and still have wood around them.
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