Our blogs contains a number of posts to help get you started with these printing techniques for fabrics and paper. Bring out the best in your drawing with our range of sketching pencils, colouring pencils, pastels, graphite and charcoal from respected brands like Derwent, Pebeo, Daler Rowney and Sennelier.

According to Derwent's web site, the Pencil Wrap can hold up to 30 pencils and room for extra accessories. Where the last double slot is located, above and blow that is a leather band and another elastic pouch, enabling safe storage for sharpeners and erasers.Love or loath Derwent products, nobody can deny that Derwent have an outstanding history of selling colored pencils and graphite pencils. Its designed to fit easily into a shirt or coat pocket, or into your bag, making it easy to draw and sketch on the move. The Schacht folding looms have four or eight shafts and began with the Baby Wolf, capable of weaving 60cm fabric. These allow the artist to first use drawing techniques and then develop their work into a water colour, painterly style of image.

expand title=”Continue reading…” trigclass=”my_special_class”] The range of Schacht designed spinning wheels extend from the Ladybug through the Sidekick to the Matchless. The Derwent Pencil Wrap is a smart pencil roll for storing your pencils, it's great whether you're out and about or in your studio. The fibres include cotton, lokta (daphne), and flax and each fibre will bring a different property to your paper as will any chemical or assistants added during the papermaking process. Choosing a Canvas Fabric The choice of material depends both on the fibre it is made from, cotton or linen, the weight of the yarn used and on how finely the fabric is woven. One of the best ways to enjoy sketching and drawing is to get out and about, seeking inspiration from the world around us.Derwent also produces a range of graphite pencils, Graphitone and Graphitint which are water-soluble colour pigment mixed with graphite. As always, check out our YouTube video review of this amazing product to get a better idea of size and how the item simply rolls up and is fastened to keep your products safe. This artist pencil wrap is made from durable Nylon material, with individual elasticated loops to hold and protect up to 24 full size pencils. The Companies innovation with regards to unique products such as the Inktense range, the Graphitint range and the Drawing range is so impressive. On the very bottom of the Pencil Wrap, where the core of the pencils would sit or nib of the pens would sit, there is a soft brown leather skirt that protects the contents of the wrap, making sure that non of your pens or pencils have cores exposed were they could be damaged or worse spike into the user.

expand title=”Continue reading…” trigclass=”my_special_class”] A further polymer clay from Polyform is Super Sculpey which does not ‘fill in’ after tooling. When combined, the pigments and binders create a fine choice of screen printing ink colours and effects normally only available to commercial printers.The huge choice of fine art papers include papers for watercolours, acrylics, oils, pencil, pastels, charcoal and ink, and many of these are available in single sheets, pads, or blocks to use at the easel. The brushes can be used to paint water over watercolours to help blend colours or to dissolve water soluble media such as the watercolour pencils and crayons from Derwent and Caran d’Ache. Manufactured in Poland, the distinct spinning wheels and popular Kromski Harp rigid heddle loom are offered with a range of accessories including a choice of flyers, whorls, spinning stools, reeds, shuttles and much more.