CARAN D'ACHE Cardboard Box with 76 Assorted Colours +2 blenders

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And why offer Prussian blue and pthalocyanine blue in the same set – when an ultramarine would have given us a red-leaning blue? com/products_images/prod_11152/c_boite-20-couleurs-luminance-6901-assortiment-portrait-caran-d-ache-front-0. These exceptionally vibrant range of coloured pencils comply with the highest international standard of lightfastness ASTM D6901, which means artworks created with the Luminance 6901 pencils will exhibit no appreciable colour change after being exposed to the appropriate equivalence of 100 years of indoor museum lighting. Luminance 6901™ colour palette has been expanded with 20 new colours – all with the same 100% lightfast guarantee – meaning the range now comprises 100 different shades. The range of colours supplied in this set – I did not attempt to supplement it with other brands – would be good for portraiture (better, if there were a yellow ochre included) and are adequate for landscape work.

Plus, members can also enjoy a range of exciting features including monthly art videos and a digital magazine library. p>Caran d'Ache won the innovation prize 2010 of the SMAC (Fair of the creative professions and activities) with its Luminance 6901 colour pencil.But it’s a perfectly good look if you do like it – if you enjoy ‘polishing’ your drawings, they work well. However, it was a good test – the colour is strong, easily darkened, but I should have reserved some lighter parts; I tried a touch of putty rubber, but soon abandoned it – it works well on darker colours, but not so well with the mid-tones, especially the greens: tends to smear them. As with everything in life, there has to be a best and a worst, although I am very young in terms of my time as a colored pencil artist, even I can tell what the finest quality coloured pencil is, and Caran D'ache Luminance takes the crown. You do need the black if you’re aiming for any sort of precision or hard, sharp edges – or you can add ink of course. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.

This set came in a sturdy card box, lined with a set of channels which held the pencils firmly in place – a useful consideration if you’re receiving them by post: they could tolerate a good shaking. com/products_images/prod_11257/d_boite-100-couleurs-luminance-6901-2-blender-caran-d-ache-detail6-0.Caran D'Ache Luminance Colour Pencil Sets feature top of the range permanent lead for artists and creative professionals.

As always, with any make of coloured pencil, I find some of the names given to the colours a little weird; why specify anthraquinoid pink, or perylene brown, and then label your greens ‘grass green’ or ‘spring green’?

On the occasions I’ve used coloured pencils in the past, the one thing you could rely on was that the wood would splinter, whether exposed to craft-knife or sharpener, and the ‘leads’ would shatter. I’d like to try them on watercolour paper, both rough and hot-pressed (especially on the latter) on their own or in conjunction with watercolour, ink, even gouache and acrylic. The Caran d'Ache Luminance 6901 white is a round coloured pencil with the creaminess of a permanent lead combined with unbeatable light resistance. Caran d'Ache won the innovation prize 2010 of the SMAC (Fair of the creative professions and activities) with its Luminance 6901 colour pencil. Its delicate texture, along with the vibrancy of the many recently developed shades, open up exciting new vistas in the realms of overlaying, mixed techniques and gradation.

Produced in accordance to the ASTM D-6901 standard, they meet the requirements of the most demanding creative professionals when it comes to ensuring the original quality of their works. Caran d’Ache wins the innovation prize 2010 of the SMAC (Fair of the creative professions and activities) with its Luminance 6901 colour pencil. diameter, in a range of balanced colours with high pigment concentration, is recommended for mixing and shading, working blends or for shading and rubbing with the white pencil. Since its beginnings at the dawn of the 20th century, Caran d’Ache was the one and only manufacturer of writing and drawing instruments on Swiss soil, it has been part of this same lineage of excellence, technical quality and craftsmanship. White is very useful as a burnisher, although it changes the underlying colour slightly it does add shine.If they are what you are looking for, my advice would be to purchase the largest set you can afford.