Originals scanned at Uni.
The vibrancy of the Pro marker colours are markedly duller in comparison to the scanned version. I need to print them out to see how going through another process effects the colour. Interestingly the difference is less with the water colour pencils. Perhaps its because the pencil colours are more subdued to begin with.
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Hi Mari, colour pencils are the way to go, i spent months trying to find a rendering technique until Jamie wrote on a crit sheet 'buy yourself some decent pencils' which you already seem to have done. A link to my moment of clarity:
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Thanks for your post its very helpful to get guidance from those who have treaded the steps in front of me! I have Faber Castell watercolours and I wonder if you have tried both and what you think with respect to pigment? I heard the Caran d'ache are top of the range.
ReplyDeleteI bought some Caran D'ache Prismalos just because they were the ones Jamie suggested on my crit sheet and they seem to be really vibrant. I don't know about the Faber Castell but I should imagine they are all as good as each other, just go for the ones that you feel comfortable with and the best that you can afford.
ReplyDeleteAnd press hard, they don't like wishy-washy pastel colours
ReplyDeleteYes, grind the pencils into the paper!
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