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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Category: Projects
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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How to use Procolour for fantastic botanicals by Judith Selcuk
Summer is here and that means the flowers are at their finest – full of bold colours and beautiful shapes,[…]
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Creating Portraits in Derwent Graphic Pencils by Valeria Pasco
After trying different mediums for around three years, I can say that I developed a special feeling for graphites. When[…]
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Using Inktense Pencils on Clayboard for a Colourful Scene by Kathy Gales
People in China believe that lanterns symbolise a bright future, so Derwent’s Inktense pencils were an obvious choice for this[…]
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