Think I may start with a set of Marshall pencils.
I've used the pencils and the oils and much prefer the oils for blending. The pencils work very well on small areas and details, but not so well on large sections. But try whatever and just have fun. I've also used Prismacolor colored pencils (fairly soft, not just for photos) and had some decent results.
Hi Roger
Went you your site, very impressive, I can see the love of photography the both of you have, wonderful stuff.
I am going to spend more time looking over the winter.
best regards
Bob
Anybody looking over the site will need a lot of time to cover it all. There's a great deal for the money and probably too much for free.
Roger has an intelligent conversation( in the from of the written word of course) with the reader/subscriber. He talks to him/her NOT at him/her.
Roger. A propos hand colouring, have you considered a module on this courtesy of Frances?
Regards
pentaxuser - a very satisfied subscriber
p.s. I use my real name on the Roger and Frances photography site. I would have done on APUG, were I to have known its pedigree when I was testing the water as a humble member. Now I am a subscriber here, it would probably cause confusion to fellow members and subscribers to drop the Nom de Plume.
Agreed. I did the same thing - starting with about 15 pencils, used in combination with what I believe is called the "hobby" set of Marshall's oils - around the same number of different colors.I started with a standard set of Marshall's pencils - something like 15 colors. But over time, I've added several dozen pencils to my collection. Some are "artists' oil pencils" (whatever that means), while most are just random artists pencils that I found in clearance bins in various art stores.
A basic set of pencils will give you a good starting point. You can easily blend several pencils to get intermediate colors. Frankly, the difference between a set of 40 pencils and a set of 18 is that with the larger set, you can get a color by using one pencil, while it might take two or three pencils blended together from the smaller set to achieve the same color.
The key think is the Nike factor - "just do it".
I think it's important to start with fewer colors and learn to blend.
Precisely! Only you have to earn doing it the easy way - it's better for you in the long run.Dear Terri,
I'd agree -- strongly echoing your point that once you've decided it's fun, buy the extra oils/pencils, rather than doing it the hard way.
Cheers,
R.
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