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23rd January 2012
The Pastel Pencil testing of the new Caran d’Ache Pastel pencils and carre sticks ( ‘cubes’) involved completing a full sized picture of the river at Annecy in Eastern France. The Step by Step notes for the test have now been posted in the Pastel Pencil section and may help guide newcomers to the use of Pastel Pencils of any brand
16th January 2012
The Mixed Media step by Step on the ‘Cottage Entrance’ on black paper is now complete.
This used pastel pencils on black Lana Pastel paper with a mixture of dry point Coloured pencils to finish it
4th January 2012
A complete overhaul of the site layout is in progress with a collection of additional links, a fresh appearance, and a number of small corrections which were overdue. One or two sections may have moved slightly, but the page numbers are the same and the navigation panel and contents will always find them.
12th November 2011
Lightfastness 2 -
A reader of this site submitted a number of tests done in strong Mediterranean sunlight over a period of
6 months of summer heat and light. The tests are not scientific, and were done for interest to see how different colours responded to the extreme light conditions.
They are of interest to all of us as they show the effect of light on actual coloured pencil samples
11th October 2011
STILL LIFE NOTES added
it has taken some time to reduce the 17 pages of my notes to 2 pages on the site
and there will need to be further work done. However it may be some time before I can complete this work
and in the meantime you may as well have the benefit of the story so far
1st September 2011
Working on Black Paper a review of the types available and their lightfastness
Also the Result of a one month Light test result to check for fading of black papers and a 6 month test
Test Items included at foot of page on coloured papers
August 25th 2011
Mixed Media section extended to include more details of some MM techniques
In particular, the Graphite and Colour topic from the Help and Advice Line has been included here
August 15th 2011
A new Step by Step exercise started
A study from a black and white photograph on black paper
and using pastel pencils followed by wax type pencils
August 13th 2011
Solvents
A new topic has been inserted into the ‘Working the Surface’ section.
Not yet complete, this topic will accumulate the various bits of data on Solvent availability and use
AUGUST 7th 2011
Lightfastness of pencils
Details of the ASTMS chart published by Sanford for their Prismacolor Premier range
has been added to the page on Lightfastness of pencils
JULY 11th 2011
PAPER
Update of the page on paper surfaces to include more details of paper types and also
more information on European and American subcontinent availability
There are also revisions on the Coloured Paper page
And information on Black Paper lightfastness
JULY 6th 2011
FIXATIVES
Following investigations into workable fixatives for Coloured Pencil on the Help and Advice Line,
we have now transferred the information to a new topic in the ‘Dry Point’ section
Brief summaries of updates of content and new items are listed below
in date order of posting
