If you are curious as to how this all went together please watch the time lapse. I was able to use Prismacolors for final details that I didn’t belnd out at the end tho. The Arteza pencils worked pretty well too. If you have any pencils that feel kinda dry they will work fine. ![]() The paper is precious enough LOL! (I only used half a sheet on this) □ BTW the reason you want to use “oil” based and not “wax” based pencils is because the wax wants to ball up and get gummy when you add the powder blender. That said sanded paper is just what is sounds like, sandpaper, and it wears down your pencils like crazy! Since I didn’t want to “waste” my expensive Polychomos on a practice piece I grabbed my affordable Art-n-Fly pencils as they are oil based and $20 for a set of $48 so i can afford to experiment without it being too precious. The products arrived two days ago, here is my fist attempt:įor best results with powder blender you want to use oil based pencils (all regular colored pencils contain both oil and wax but pencils regarded as oil based have a lower percentage of wax) which is fine by me because I have Polychromos and I don’t use them that much as I favor the thicker waxy more opaque Prismacolors. Although pricey, I knew that I would definitely use the sanded paper and fixatives with pastels if the powder blender was a bust so I decided to give it a try. At that point I figured if I was going down this road I would get the other accessories that round out the experience. The colored pencil blender itself s $7, but I did some research and realized that I would need need fixative and special sanded paper. ![]() During my research I realized that this was not going to be a cheap endeavor. Hi friends! As a reward for completing Inktober I decided to treat myself to a supply I have been curious about for a while: Brush and Pencil Colored Pencil Powder Blender. I want to know, what are YOUR favorite art supplies, let me know in the comments below, maybe I will use them in an upcoming tutorial! Happy crafting! Use the Coupon code 2023 if the discount doesn’t appear automatically. Today is the last day to grab the 2023 Critique Club tutorial archive or the 2019-2023 bundle at 50% off. This is the electric pencil sharpener I have, it is great for my colored pencils, no breakage.Derwent Electric Eraser at Blick or Amazon. ![]()
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