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Category: Projects
A fun festive challenge with Derwent Lightfast and Jess Pritchard
Is it possible to create a drawing using no more than the set of 24 Derwent Lightfast pencils? This was[…]
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Design your own Christmas baubles with Derwent Paint Pens by Lucy Ives
Year-on-year, the trend for a homemade Christmas takes the UK by storm as festive ‘elves’ grab their tools to get[…]
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Cheat’s Tie-Dye using Inktense Blocks
Materials Cotton material/cushion cover/t-shirts etc Inktense Blocks Craft Knife Spritzer Scrap paper Elastic bands Protective sheet/baking parchment Marbles/polystyrene balls/large beads[…]
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Using Derwent Lightfast for a Christmas piece with a difference by Lindsay Pritchard
The festive season is upon us and with it the time to create my annual Christmas card. I’ve used a[…]
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Inktense is Grate! with Tess Imobersteg
In this quick lesson, we’re using grated Inktense. In an earlier blog I wrote about making a ‘stock’ solution with[…]
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Using Inktense in a multimedia project by Tess Imobersteg
Some of the techniques that I teach that students seem to really have fun with are those that use unusual[…]
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Halloween Pastel Pencil Drawing with Casey Neal
MATERIALS Derwent 72 Pastel Pencils Wooden Box Gray toned paper Cotton swabs Sandpaper Scrap sheets of paper (to avoid smudging[…]
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Stippling and Stencilling with Inktense by Tess Imobersteg
We all know that Derwent Inktense media has ink-like properties, making it different to traditional watercolour. That’s one of the[…]
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Step-by-step project with Derwent Lightfast by Richard Klekociuk
From the moment Derwent’s Lightfast pencils were released, I couldn’t wait to try them out. Imagine my excitement when I[…]
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