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| 12/19/25 Jaxon (Pentel Pocket) |
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| 12/19/25 Roxy (Holbein) (all drawings on Lenox Cotton) |
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| 12/21/25 Sammy (Derwent Drawing) |
I made these pup portraits as a gift for a friend. Although they won’t look very cohesive displayed together, I felt like making each dog with a different material. Jaxon was made with my favorite Pentel Pocket brush pen. I used Derwent Drawing pencils on Sammy because I’m currently having a lovefest with that set. Holbein is not a pencil I ever think to reach for, but since I had them out for the opacity comparison I did recently, I used them on Roxy. I could hardly remember the last time I used them to sketch anything.
I don’t know what it is about Holbein: They blend
beautifully; they are deliciously soft; they feel as close to graphite as any colored pencil can (which is a good thing). Yet I’ve never purchased
more than the 50 colors I originally bought. Exorbitant price notwithstanding,
I have never felt compelled to. I want to love them, and yet I don’t.
Especially now that Derwent Drawing comes in a full palette.
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