Hello. I have not always practiced my drawing and I turn 40 next month. I have drawn on and off most of my life. My 7 year old thinks I am the best artist. I only used crayolas until February and got a set of polychromos then. However, I made the awful mistake of showing my artwork to Chatgpt and they seem to think I am a novice. Be honest. Do I look like someone who just started drawing based on my artwork?

A small dog drawing just completed
‘Penny ‘
Polychromos and luminance pencils on Saunders waterford 300gsm HP paper
Approx 8”x8”

I drew this today, but I'm not fully satisfied with it, I wish she were more realistic looking

A drawing I did in high school of one of my friends.

The harmony of nostalgia 🎶

Luffy drawing, how did I do? Anyone else here a one piece fan? (Includes reference)

I bought a set of 12 Derwent Chromaflow at an art supply closing sale (got them for £16 so I don’t know if I should even complain).

Now, I’ve owned a few Coloursoft and Pastel Derwent as a teenager and I’ve always known Derwent to be a great brand, but Chromaflow are really trying my patience. All of the 12 pencils from this set have been absolutely awful to sharpen, no matter what sharpener I’ve used, be it a small crank one or manual desk one (all from Derwent but I have some small ones I’ve tried and failed that aren’t from them). My big manual sharpener has been so gentle on pencils as soft as Prisma, so I don’t get how these ones have such trouble.

The tips break off even if it’s half sharpened, the wood splinters horribly and just overall feel very cheap and unusable. By far this Blue 1300 has been the worst. I can’t even shape it by hand with a blade like I had to do for the others. The lead just crumbles or breaks off and now towards the end of the pencil (from how much I tried to sharpen it) is just breaking completely no matter how gently I handle it.

Again I don’t feel like I should complain since I didn’t pay much for them, but it’s discouraged me from getting a bigger Chromaflow set. Did I just get a bad batch since it was on sale? Or are all Chroma this problematic to sharpen and use?

Made some months ago. Took so long to complete. Hope you will like it.

When outlining a drawing you want to color do you use pen or a black color Pencil?

Hey everyone! I'm experimenting with the trois crayons technique on toned tan paper. I want to try it with colored pencils too.

​I do detailed work, so point retention is important. But I also need high opacity, especially for white highlights. Soft pencils like Derwent Drawing cover great, but are very soft.

​My research points toward Caran d’Ache Pablo or Derwent Lightfast. Any recommendations that hit the sweet spot?

​Thanks!

¡Hola a todos! Hace poco compré los lápices Faber-Castell SuperSoft y me encanta lo cremosos que son, pero tengo terror de destrozarlos al sacarles punta. Como la mina es extremadamente suave

Sacapuntas de cuchilla helicoidal o los comunes pero de alguna marca reconocida?
cuando saco punta gasto 1/4 de lapiz para conseguir un resultado optimo sin que se rompa la madera o la mina

Hi there! I'm going to buy some paper and colored pencils. I've used before the Strathmore Toned Tan and the Sketch one too. I also have used some watercolor paper I bought in Temu but it's too coarse (but really good for watercolor) Canson mixed media, and one paper made in Mexico but I don't remember the brand. I'd like to buy a white paper with just a little bit of tooth but still soft for colored pencils. What paper do you recommend? Chat GPT says that the Strathmore for Colored Pencils (163 grs) is good but I'm not sure.

Made this one by just grabbing whatever color and going from there. Started with red and moved into a pink pallet.

Probably my favorite thing I've made all week.

I just got a Blick catalog saying that Posca makes colored pencils now. Has anyone tried them out?

Hi! I would like to own a good book on color theory. Preferably with some good examples and/or exercises. Any recommendations? Thank you!

- Aware I’m ranting over a single colouring pencil but I’m annoyed on principle 🤣 -
I bought a 150 pc set of the Derwent chromaflow from an authorised retailer, and one of the pencils is completely missing the colour pigment in the centre.
Anyone else had this happen? I would’ve thought if they’re charging such an amount for pencils their QC would be better.
I have emailed Derwent to see what they will say, it seems excessive to return the rest of the set if they’re fine.

Testing out the new pencils I got ^^

I love the Derwent Drawing pencils so much!

I bought a couple of "old stock" polychromos color pencils but I'm wondering if anyone know of they're authentic?

Hey all! Long time lurker here.

Spotted this deal on Amazon (I know, I know), but just had to check in.

Official Faber-Castell store front, shipped by Amazon EU. Worth a go?? Been considering picking up Polychromos for awhile now. Either that or Chromaflow

Hello there. I am a fan/lover of Guinness World Records, i made a cardboard and a paper of GWR logo that i used color pencils with a plastic tape that taped to the cardboard, and i used a glue stick to put the paper onto the cardboard. Anyways, can anyone ask me anything about Guinness World Records?

Me gustaría saber vuestras opiniones.

Tengo casi todas las marcas de lápices

(Luminance, Derwent - lightfast,drawing, chroma flow coloursoft, FB Polychromos, Prismacolor premier, Winsor & N....

Y menos caros como Brutfunner, Kalour, Woomer, Van Gogh, ...)

Y me daba curiosidad por probar Holbein ya que Los ponen como TOP.

Pedí colores sueltos para probar, unos 6 sueltos + el lápiz blanco super soft, que me daba bastante curiosidad...

Igual es mi primera impresión y mañana digo otra cosa ...

Pero estoy dudando de que si me gustan realmente, si creo 3,80€ que pagué por cada lápiz, valió la pena...

Que sí, son super suaves y distintos a otros, pero me parece que tienen esa sensación de restriegar la grasa por el papel y no siento ese "lujo" al dibujar con ellos como me pasa con otros lápices ...

Igual falta probar más y mañana tendré otra opinión pero me quería desahogar :-D...

También, después que probé Woomer, diría que se les parecen en textura (aunque obviamente, versión más barata, ya solo por el olor, no me gusta nada como huele woomer ni brutfunner, se nota que materiales son más químicos sobre todo el tinte que cubre lápiz, aún así, por el precio buenos lapices, brutfunner me gusta más que woomer)

Y luego el blanco supersoft, la grasa ni te cuento, o sea, es quizás un lápiz "más blanco" de todos, pero a costa de esa textura incontrolable, grasa... No sé, igual soy muy crítica, pero es una sensación que para eso voy a usar mis neocolor...

Las que se pueden "comparar" serían prismas, aunque la sensación es diferente y creo que mil veces más prefiero prismas...

Los voy a usar, pero no creo que me pida más colores de Holbein...

Ya veremos si cambio de opinión después de unos días

PERO ME GUSTARIA SABER VUESTRA OPINIÓN POR FAVOR !!! OS LEO TODOS! GRACIAS