Faber castell art supplies

Hi there.. Well, Im am looking for advice of what art supplies to get Im pretty good at drawing manga, and I currently use Crayola colored pencils. (It works. Kinda ;P) Im pretty poor right now considering that Im 12. lol.. What I need: Colored Pencils: Prismacolor? or is it fine to stick with Crayola? or something else? Markers: I want Copics. But I only have the options at Michaels'. If you suggest Copic can you please suggest the colors I should get. Michael's have limited Copics. D; Are Prismacolors ever good compared to Copic? Watercolor Pencil: Faber Castell? or will other, cheaper brands do.? (Suggest please) Liners: I currently use Staedler Multilining Pens, Got them at a local Garage Sale for cheap, but should I get something better? Eraser: I use a white Staedler eraser? or pencil-bottoms of Ticonderoga. Pencil: Ticonderoga. Whats better? o.O Paper: Im looking for a good one for the markers, and the watercolor pencils. Less-expensive options Please ;D Thanks.

I'm a young artist too, so I have a little experience here. Coloured pencil: I've found prismacolours to be the best. If you can't afford the tin sets, they sell a prismacolor scholar that is really good for the price. Then I guess if you like the quality, you can pay for the legit ones. I've found the expensive ones to be really creamy, with a really nice laydown and pigmentation. The scholar is less of those, but still A LOT better than crayola. xD Markers: Faber-Castell and are really good alternatives. Faber-Castell sells some nice manga marker sets (I own) and it's got cool and warm grey brush markers, a black brush marker and some liners in various sizes. Also prismacolours are good for coloring. Liners: Prismacolor, and Fabercastell are good liners. I also find Sakura Micron to be a good outlining/sketch marker. I think I prefer Microns though (dry faster, permanent, thin). Watercolor pencils: Probably any will do. I've found watercolours (I use mainly watercolours) to look really nice still with cheapy cheap watercolours. I have a General's brand water color pencil set to be fine. :3 Eraser: Using pink erasers are bad. They can leave marks, and are a lot stiffer. Use a soft, white eraser. I use Factis erasers because they are really soft and don't tear paper. Also gum erasers are good. Pencils: I'd just get a cheap pencil set with the different softnesses (HB, 2H etc) Paper: When buying paper look at the lb or the gsm. The higher the number the heavier the paper. Usually a drawing paper can handle a light watercolor. If you use a lot of water, it buckles. If you plan on heavily using water, invest in a watercolour pad. Bristol is good for heavy marker use, but drawing paper works fine. I usually use Strathmore, Canson has good paper too though. Canson makes a really nice mixed media paper if you plan on heavily using both (cheaper alt. to Bristol) Also make sure you look at the textures of the paper, more textured paper handles more pencil and smooth paper smudges graphite. More texture also can show up under marker. So that's why marker boards are completely smooth. xD :3 GOOD LUCK. I learned all of this from experience. xD

Discover the magic of watercolor pencils. The paint is in the pencils! This kit was designed for beginners and teaches the basic techniques of working with watercolor pencils. Create color drawings just as you would with regular colored pencils and then blend the colors with a wet brush to magically create a watercolor painting. This kit contains eight Faber-Castell watercolor pencils (red, yellow, blue, orange, violet, green, magenta and black), (1) 8" x 5-1/2" 15-page watercolor pencil art pad, one watercolor paintbrush, one pencil sharpener and a twenty-four page illustrated instruction booklet. All contents conform to ASTM D4236.

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I am not completely into the super- expensive, super- popular artist supplies. I am looking for simple, basic sets of graphite pencils, sketching pencils, charcoal pencils, and charcoal supplies. On my list, I have a sketching pencil set of 12 pencils that range from H to 9B, a starting kit for drawing that contains: a 6B aquamonolith graphite pencil, three chalk pencils, one sanguine chalk, a kneaded eraser, a tortillion, one charcoal and two charcoal pencils. I am also getting a 36-pack Faber Castell colored pencils tin. What I am really asking is, are Faber Castell colored pencils, Cretacolor chalk, and Derwent sketching pencils all good quality art supplies? Is there anything better that you would recommend? Nothing too expensive, please.

From what I've heard, Faber-Castells are the best colored pencils. Prismacolors are probably second. Derwent also has great quality. I use General's charcoal pencils, they are wonderful. You can also consider Conte sticks and pencils for sanguine and sepia colors, and I'd also add some blending stumps of different sizes if you don't already have some.

I believe my best friend is incredibly talented when it comes to drawing, but he doesn't seem to see it. For his birthday, I want to get him really good quality art supplies, but I don't know anything about them other than faber castell connector pens were the best back at school. I'm willing to spend up to $80 here, but I want them to be the best quality. He will pretty much draw with anything he can find, but mostly pencils or textas, not really paint. He always uses colour, so I'm not sure if graphite pencils are really for him. Any ideas of what to get for him?

I don't know any things that can be used for drawing or painting but I just wonder if he likes a sophisticated sleek wooden chest where he can store his important stuff like keys and chains. Last month, I got my friend a MarqArt wooden chest and he said it helped him keep organized. As he is into Art, am sure he will appreciate it too. Check out their collection, every stuff they sell is handcrafted and pretty unique.