Mickey

First of all, I'm sorry that I haven't posted for ages, I've done a lot of art just not posted it! Well anyway, here is one in a long line of paintings/sketches. This sketch is done on cream card and  is of my next door neighbors cat, Mickey.

Derwent Watersoluble Sketching Pencils Guide

The picture below shows a guide on shades included in a 6 pack if Watersoluble sketching pencils.

Derwent. Watersoluble Sketching, Magpie

Fulfilling my earlier promise of adding more pictures - well here it is. This one is of a magpie sat on top of some foliage. For this one I focused more on the dark pencil (8B) as the body of the magpie is obviously dark!! I hope you like it and comment below.

Again the picture was taken using the iPad camera so forgive the slight blurriness!

For more hints and tips check out Derwents website www.pencils.co.uk

I do have more on my list to upload- instructions for actually using these pencils and a couple more pictures using the Watersoluble sketching pencils!

Derwent- Watersoluble Sketching

Recently I received from Derwent Watersoluble sketching pencils,hopefully this post will tell you more about them! You can pick up this great value set for approximately £7 in most arts and craft shops (£7.49 -Hobbycraft) These pencils can also be purchased separately! The pencils come in a pack of 6, 2 of each shade:

2 x HB
2 x 4B
2 x 8B


If you like the versatility of watercolour pencils,yet the convenience and tones of sketching pencils then these combine the best of both worlds!

The pencils come in a metal tin to keep them together,complete with a free sharpener, great for sketching out and about!! These pencils are similar to standard graded sketching pencils, so for example (6B,4B and HB) They also have labeled the pencils to show what type of wash they create, just for added assistance!! They also come pre-sharpened so there isn't that annoyance of opening a pack of pencils and finding you still have lots of sharpening to do before you get started!

I first imagined these pencils as being quite scratchy and to be honest not that Watersoluble, so leaving indents in the paper! However these pencils were extremely soft and didn't leave any of these marks as you will find out in my next post - a demo of these pencils!


Overall if you like experimenting, creating different tones then I would totally recommend these to you!

St Paul's Cathedral

Here is my latest sketch of St Pauls Cathedral. This is a tonal sketch using various shades of pencil.

The Tower of London

This is the London with the Thames in the front. I have completed this to go with my other London  townscape images, which can be found on my London Townscapes Page which will be updated with more as I continue the series.

Tower Bridge Sketch - London

This is one of the longest sketches that I have EVER done as it took me over 2 months!! But never mind, I am really happpy with the result as with the next sketch I do I will upload a step by step guide, so I hope you will like it! With this picture I did the base sketch, as I always do then I went in with the shadow and  various tones. Please take a look at the rest of my London collection on my London townscapes page.

Dover Castle

This was actually done quite a while a go, during this year's summer holiday. It was inspired by a visit there which was AMAZING! There where great views and from Dover you can see france and all the ferries going back and fourth from there. One piece of advice I do have for anyone off to Dover Castle is to take very good notice of the map and look at things in sequence, as the length of the castle is very long and you don't want  to be walking it too many times like we ended up doing!!  Anyway back to the image! This is a tonal pencil sketch I did on a very cheap A5 cartridge pad, £2.50 to be precise but it does the job, which in my case is pencil sketching!