Luminous

Carol32 wrote

on 11 Oct 2008 4:03 PM

F&C Polychromos colour pencils 19.5 X 29 inches on Stonehenge paper.

Robin11 wrote

on 12 Oct 2008 6:15 AM

Holy cow, Carol!  That's stunning.

Carol32 wrote

on 12 Oct 2008 9:50 AM

Thanks Robin 

anonrobt wrote

on 13 Oct 2008 8:00 PM

wow indeed - well done with this, for sure!!

Carol32 wrote

on 16 Oct 2008 9:43 AM

Thank you Robert.

Cravia wrote

on 16 Oct 2008 10:12 AM

Oooh, gorgeous! The grapes look awesome, but the glass is really something else! Great work!

jlward wrote

on 17 Oct 2008 4:17 PM

Beautiful work.

mbaileyart wrote

on 25 Oct 2008 9:16 AM

Great composition Carol. The size alone is amazing for most colored pencil work.

I have yet to try any pencil other than Prismacolor, how do the Polychromos compare? Can you or did you burnish the colors in the way you do with Prismacolor?

Michael

jlward wrote

on 25 Oct 2008 10:59 AM

I would also like to hear how the Polychromos compares to the Prismacolors.

Carol32 wrote

on 25 Oct 2008 4:26 PM

Hi Merethe and John. Thank you for the lovely comments.

John, I originally bought Prismas and did not like them. I had trouble blending them and lost interest with the pencil. Perhaps I did not really know what I was doing but needless to say I did not like them. Prismas are wax based pencils, I believe. The Polys blend nicely for me with a bristle brush. They are oil based pencils. A wax bloom does not happen with these pencils. I use a small bristle brush with the bristles cut short (my trusty dusty brush) to blend when I need it. All of the image above was blended this way. All of my finished pieces are with Polys so I do not think I am a good candidate to give a reasonable judgement.

jlward wrote

on 25 Oct 2008 7:06 PM

Thank you.  I have had a similar experience with Prismacolors.  I am able to get them to blend (by layering colors and burnishing them like my life depended on it), but it's always seemed like too much work.  I've often thought about trying oil based pencils for that very reason, but never wanted to lay out the money for something that seemed like it would give me the same working experience as Prismacolors.  I'm glad to hear that they are more workable.  Thanks for getting back to me.

John

yewtree99 wrote

on 1 Apr 2009 3:47 PM

Whoa!!!! One of the best!

PatrickH2 wrote

on 13 Apr 2009 8:10 AM

Carol,

Thanks for your comments.  I, also, was frustrated with the Prismacolor pencils and assumed the problem was with me.  I'm going to hunt down some Polychromos pencils and see how they work for me.

~Patrick