Thanks might try them, you cant get such a deep colour with pencils
I usually try an do at least 20mins a day if I can, just somthing to allow me to relax an forget about things, am intrested in the 30 day challange book that johanna basford has released as well
I'm still very new at this but when I use pencils they always come out looking scratchy, even if I'm being very gentle. Do you have any tips?
Maybe it's the type/quality of pencil you're using? I find slightly more expensive pencils are better, or better quality pencils. I bought some off whsmiths a couple of years ago and another set called prismacolour which I've had no issues with. Before then I started colouring with cheap pencils and, like you, find them scratchy and useless.
Keep the points as sharp as you can, somtimes it's down to paper quality, I find the cheaper paper has more bumps in the paper, you can't feel it but it's there so having sharp pencils will help the pigment get into those tiny little grooves an bumps, I do agree the more expensive pencils help especially if they are very heavily pigmented, my faber castells have a heavy pigment, but I have seen people use cheap range an it's fine, honestly its all on how much work you want to do with it, some take such a while of going over an over to get all the pigment covering the paper, also a blender pencil is great for helping cover the paper as well, you can buy faber castells on their own from most craft shops, I think hobby craft has them for like £1 odd each, so I'd invest in a white one, I use that to blend in my pencils not only for shading but to cover the paper an give it that smooth finish
B&ms have some of johanna basford books in, I find them to be really good quality books an I love her images in them
Oh wow I didn't realise that, mine are all wee cheapo, not great quality ones, must keep an eye out next time I'm there.
Some stores have different ones, I think my town one had worlds of wonder and enchanted forest then I managed to get another two from a neighbouring town shopOh wow I didn't realise that, mine are all wee cheapo, not great quality ones, must keep an eye out next time I'm there.
I'm the same! And it might be months before I even make it back to the original one I started
I used to draw those, I've always loved colouring but when I hit teen age it was seen as a "child's hobby" an places only ever sold the kids books like the princesses or cars etc so I used to love those an colouring them in, I love we can now buy books with them, the popularity in adults colouring has been great because we now get so much choice in good books
I absolutely love the images in them but all those tiny little details kind of feel a bit overwhelming for me, they are nice books though, they remind me of the morphia books
I would pay £200 if I wanted them but I am still an amatuer - I have clothes in my wardrobe with tags on which I would spend on spencils and booksk now.I used to draw those, I've always loved colouring but when I hit teen age it was seen as a "child's hobby" an places only ever sold the kids books like the princesses or cars etc so I used to love those an colouring them in, I love we can now buy books with them, the popularity in adults colouring has been great because we now get so much choice in good books
Lol I hate to see what he would think of my pencils, I was almost £200 for them
I absolutely love the images in them but all those tiny little details kind of feel a bit overwhelming for me, they are nice books though, they remind me of the morphia books
Well, I think I got a result. I paid 89p for the pencils in a cheap shop. They came flat boxed but in a tin box ( the box was packed open).I got my pencils today
