#caran d’ache

[spmillustration1975]

[miaqc1]

[kazland]

I can feel the world ending beneath my feet.

[countessofsnark]

Relaxing hobbies: adult colouring books - part one

[singlepigeon]

pastel paul!

[theftshrubbery]

they dream on my was taken till i minecraft

[elavoria]

Amaryllia and Loghain’s wedding, this time in color and with more flowers. She’s standing on a stool again... <3

[blackphoenix23]

Horse’s head

[potatoesrawesome]

on a positive note, ive been crocheting again. just using up dollar tree yarn i got for a secret santa gift a couple years back. got 80 somethin out of 289 granny squares done. gotta keep my hands moving to feel alive

[hedgehog-moss]

Top 10 Best Trees in my local forest

10. I know I know this is a stump hence why it’s #10, but I love that it looks like the outline of a person’s body. A person that was drawn and quartered apparently. I should do a Top 10 Stumps one day, I’ve seen some cool ones!

9. Another stump, but I initially wanted to include this one in my top 10 as a tree, and then it was felled recently :( It was one of my favourite local trees because it had such big roots (larger than most nearby trunks!) that emerged from the ground here and there like undulating sea serpents. I was sad when it was cut but on the other hand it had the sweetest-smelling resin in the world. It was a very windy day so the smell travelled everywhere, and this tree’s fresh resin made the entire forest smell like candy floss.

8. I just like that this one looks like a busy giant centipede crossing the stream on its way somewhere. I’ve always wanted to use it as a bridge but so far I’ve not dared.

7. This one looks like it belongs in a jungle with these thick vines all over its trunk. I had the Playmobil jungle set when I was a kid and it was one of my favourite toys and I would have absolutely loved to find a jungle tree near my home.

6. This tree already looks cool during the day, but at night by torchlight these scaly-looking roots look exactly like a T-rex’s paw clawing at the ground. It’s a mandatory stop every time I go on a nighttime walk in the forest with my cats.

5. This one is unremarkable most of the year but then there’s 1 week every autumn when it just catches fire and it’s a happily-anticipated yearly event (for me).

4. Yes I’ve already made a post about the remarkable tree but I actually went to check it out since then, and it’s the most ridiculous story. 

See, there used to be a genuinely remarkable tree there and it was known as the King of the Forest. Then this tree was felled like 70 years ago but the road sign was already there, so they decided it would now refer to a nearby, nearly-as-cool-tree, which became known as the Queen of the Forest. Then the queen was also cut down. There were no other remarkable trees nearby but people still refused to remove the sign so a normal boring tree became the new remarkable tree. There’s a little sign next to it (otherwise you wouldn’t remark the new remarkable tree) explaining that this is the Viceroy of the Forest (yes, really!) and sort of summing up how this ordinary fellow came to be promoted. I didn’t take a picture of it, that’s how unremarkable it is, but I love the story behind its Viceroy title, it’s exactly this:

3. Now, this one is in the top 3 because it’s my cats’ favourite tree:

Its trunk has completely split in two and one half of it fell over but remained attached and now forms a very long arching “tongue” that touches the ground. My cats LOVE walking on it, it seems to make them feel very important, like a red carpet for cats. Unfortunately I don’t have any photos featuring cats doing their catwalk because they only accompany me at night... But look at this strange tree arch (it’s like six metres long!) and picture three important-looking cats walking on it:

2. This one is shaped like a harp!! A very beloved landmark in my woods, it makes me smile every time I walk past it.

1. This one is just excellent, green-tipped like a Caran d’Ache pastel pencil and with roots that look like they harbour a whole city of little wood sprites. (ft. a Pandolf for scale):

1. (it’s a tie) This tree might not be as cool or fun-looking as the others (although in winter it looks dashing!) but it’s the tree that marks the beginning of my land so it feels like a welcoming friend. For sentimental reasons it will be ranked first.

[gedditor]

Colour, largely random

Drew some of my @drawingisfree_org portraits today using coloured pencil (all three shown) and some Caran d’Ache water-soluble crayons (added to the second and third drawings). Kept adding colour to the second one, top right, after the session was over, to see how far I could push it. There is of course only one way that mode of inquiry can end. The others were done within the musically defined limits of the session, each completed in the course of a single track.

[pbjelly90art]

For some drawing warm-ups this week, I decided to practice sketching some desserts with Shiseido Parlour parfaits for reference (including a Kuromi one I had on my recent trip.)

I sketched these with Caran d’Ache water soluble pastels and blended with some water pens (plus a fine tip pen for some details.) Blending these is always so fun and relaxing. ^_^

Here’s a few photos of the Kuromi parfait I had because it’s so dang cute.

[uk3d]

Original Otter sketch | Limited edition fine art print from an original drawing. My sketches start life as hand-drawn graphite images made on cartridge paper. I often work on these with charcoal, oil pastel or Caran d'Ache to create the look I'm after. The artwork is then scanned and finessed digitally ready for fine art printing. This process often referred to as Giclée printing uses the highest standard of printing methods to give gallery quality results that maintain all the details of the original sketch. The graphite pencils I use are Faber-Castel, the oil pastels are Sennelier and the china-graph is Caran d’Ache. The inks are pigment based archive quality (100years+). The heavyweight specialist papers I use are of the best professional quality having a wonderful surface designed specifically for fine art drawings and illustrations. Very limited editions with only ten per size printed. All artwork is signed and includes a certificate of authenticity. The A5 are 5.8" x 8.25" (14.8cm x 21cm) The A4 are 8.25" x 11.7" (21cm x 29.8cm) The A3 are 11.7" x 16.5" (29.8 cm x 42cm) The A2 are 16.5" x 23.4" (42 cm x 59.4cm) Originals are A3 11.7" x 16.5" (29.8 cm x 42cm) Frames not included in price. Free shipping on artwork to all destinations. https://www.seanbriggs.co.uk/product/otter-3/?feed_id=5185&_unique_id=6708c6b4de1fd

[isaac-clarke]

Xeno!

Deleter Ink #2, Copic Markers, Ohuhu Markers, Prisma Color Pencils, Caran D’ache Color Pencils, Dr. Martins White Ink

[itsalleyes]

John doodle from the car yesterday + this morning.

I’ve been playing around with my design for him. I drew him last night with some new caran d’ache crayons so I’ll have to review that to decide if it will ever see the light of day.

I’ll probably end up drawing him for my birthday so keep an eye out for that ig??

[michellemisfit]

Fluffbruary

February 18:   recovery   |   flight   |   film

Caran d’Ache Neocolor Pastels & Derwent pencil (Chinese white) on black paper

Been thinking about my first attempt of working on black paper a lot, and how I approached it all wrong, and the ways in which to fix that. This was an exercise in patience, but I’m so much happier with this second try!

Black paper is now just straight up code for angst. Sorry about that.

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