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Tim Wright on the Derwent Art Prize and the importance of drawing

12th January 2018 Derwentart Derwent Art Prize, Interviews, Projects

With the 2018 Derwent Art Prize now open for entries, we spoke to 2016 exhibitor and prize-winner Tim Wright about[…]

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Using Inktense and Graphik Line Painters to Create Christmas Cards

15th December 2017 Derwentart Christmas, Projects, Recent blogs, Reviews

For the past few days, I like many others across the world have been snowed in and, whilst it has[…]

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Christmas ideas from Derwent

27th October 2017 Derwentart Christmas, Recent blogs

As John Lennon famously once sang: “So this is Christmas, and what have you done?” Well, the answer, if you[…]

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Ivor Harrison from The Art Gear Guide reviews Derwent Precision

22nd September 2017 Derwentart Derwent Precision, How-to tips, review

Derwent are renowned worldwide for manufacturing some of the finest graphite pencils artists can use. Derwent have a wonderful selection[…]

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Comparing Derwent Coloursoft and Procolour pencils by Cindy Wider

25th August 2017 Derwentart Coloursoft, Procolour, Recent blogs, Reviews

I’ve been happily using Derwent Coloursoft pencils for several years now in my professional art practice: either fine artworks for[…]

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Using Derwent Precision for anatomical drawings by Adele Wagstaff

18th August 2017 Derwentart Derwent Precision, Reviews, Still-life

When I first received the Derwent Precision, I headed off to the British Museum to draw from the incredibly intricate[…]

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Using Derwent Procolour on black paper with Judith Selcuk

4th August 2017 Derwentart Procolour, Recent blogs, Reviews

Have you ever experienced that perfect partnership in something you use? Maybe it is a favourite food combination like peanut[…]

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How I created artwork for Derwent Procolour by Alexis Marcou

21st July 2017 Derwentart Procolour, Recent blogs, Reviews

From the moment I was asked to work with Derwent on the new Procolour range, I was extremely excited to[…]

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New Derwent PROCOLOUR – A review by Jake Spicer

7th July 2017 Derwentart Coloured Pencils, Portraits, Procolour, Recent blogs

I’ve always been a sucker for new drawing materials, so I was  really enthusiastic when Derwent asked me to try[…]

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The Derwent Pencil Museum opens

30th June 2017 Derwentart Pencil Museum

The Derwent Pencil Museum reopened its doors on 15th June 2017 to a whole host of expectant visitors – including[…]

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