DERWENT DRAWING PENCILS - Drawing a realistic bird with coloured pencils, pencil review
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 13 ธ.ค. 2024
- Welcome to my video using Derwent Drawing Pencils. I wanted to really put these pencils to the test and see how they performed on the Fabriano Artistico hot pressed watercolour paper. The result is better than I originally expected and I tell you what I love about these pencils in the video.
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How intensely absorbing this performance was. I did not feel the time going by . . . the translation of the reference photo into the delicate strokes of pencil imagery was magical, but like the most strict and patient magical expertise in the world. Good magic takes time. I almost held my breath watching that branch appear, like it was being meticulously conjured, one tissue-light layer at the end.
Very pretty, thanks for sharing your insight. Seeing this magnificent bird captured in a zoo would honestly, break my heart. Hooray for seeing one in the wild.
You did a very good job with the blending, staying true to the pencil medium by not corupting it with any solvents. Beautiful. To be able to do this shows just how much with the artist's technique (you), and patience, and good pencils how much ART can be achieved. Again, beautiful. Thank you. GOD BLESS.
Thank you very much, that's very kind of you to say. I take pride in my technique though I'm not sure I would call solvents a corruption, just another tool for an artist to use. I don't use them as you've seen but it's merely personal choice.
You are right in some way. Solvents are a corruption because they change the chemistry of the pencil...it's the scientist speaking. As an artist, your view is understandable. Yet, Pencils are the least corruptable tool an artist can use if they choose. Then the viewer can see the prurity of the Art and the Artist's technique. Oils, pastels, watercolors, even inks to some extent require additives. An artist can take a pencil and really "go to town" with technique. The pencil without additives is the purist form of Art an Artist can create. Beauty...Ideal Beauty, or as close as the artist can get. We need this purity of Ideal Beauty right now: A type of hope of what will be when this part of human history has passed. GOD BLESS.
@@miriammoore1261you sound more like a poet than a scientist. Maybe a scientistpoet. Could be a cool username.
Watercolor only requires water and that doesn’t corrupt the pigment. Pastels also don’t require ant medium to make art with.
I get what you’re saying with the corruption being the scientific term using a solvent though.
I love this artwork! Beautiful! I love how the feathers look, very soft, it's a very exceptional job!
Nice. Well done!
Thank you!
You are a great bird lover,so am I. I have started painting birds with colored pencils recently. Your work inspires me greatly
Thank you very much, yes birds are wonderful and very inspiring. I love to watch and draw them.
Under another video someone commented they are magic together with Prismacolors.
Thanks, I use prismas occasionally but I'm not a big fan of them.
@@brusheswithbec neither am I 😹
Amazing love this drawing! My Polychromos dont go over the Derwent drawing pencils because they are way too opaque and the polychromos are very translucent. So I usually use my Derwent drawing for backgrounds and polychromos for fur and detail 😄😊😁😃👍
Thank you so much, you make a great point about the opacity, I just felt the polys didn't want to go over the waxy surface of the DD either, but I'll have to experiment more. Thanks for watching 😊
Excellent drawing and much appreciated and informative voice over. Derwent Drawing pencils might be the last pencils I would choose to do a bird picture, so it was a eye opening how successfully you were able to make these work for you. Of coarse tools are important but compared to the artist, not so much.
Thank you very much for your kind response. I was really keen to see just what could be achieved with these pencils, and whether or not I was up to the task. I find that every drawing is a learning process and I love a good challenge.
My set arrives tonight and I can't wait to use them 😄
Beautiful colors and drawing!!
Thank you so much!
Stunning!
Such beautiful realistic colors!
I love 💕 thsse pencils! I have a set!
They are fantastic, thanks for watching 😊
Looks fantastic
I really enjoyed this video
This is truly gorgeous work. Thank you for your very useful commentary on how you used these pencils.
My pleasure 😊 Thank you
Looks so lifelike, amazing! You have so much patience to work in all that detail. ❤
Thank you very much, patience/determination, same thing :P
Just stunning!...and so appreciate your commentary. Learned so much, and loved the window into your thought process and how you worked through the challenges. Subscribed and looking forward to watching more. You have a great natural teaching style and way of inviting us into your process. Thank you!
Thank you very much, I really appreciate that. I'm so glad that you found it helpful, it can be hard to know if the way I'm describing things are helpful to people until they tell me.
Absolutely amazing!!! I'm in love with this bird!! 🥺😍💕
Thank you so much, they are a beautiful bird.
Simply gorgeous!❤
Wow so beautiful.. I love how the finished look feels so soft and fluffy. Just like the reference picture. So beautiful. Loved watching.. I'll be watching your videos.
Thank you so much, I really appreciate it.
stunning painting! you met the many challenges so well.
Thankn you so much, I appreciate t.
This is absolutely gorgeous. I love your drawings.
Thank you so much 😀
Absolutely beautiful!!!!
Thank you so much!
Beautiful
Thank you so much
I allways use the coloursoft version, they blend more easy in and are creamier.
I use and like both. The Derwent Drawing need a lighter touch I think.
That's absolutelyy amazinggg!! I've been starting to try out colored pencils myself fairly recently, and I just so happened to come across this video! The attention you have to the amount of detail on the bird is justtt woww!! It's really interesting to hear your thoughts on the medium and everything else tooo. Aaaahh I'm absoluetlyy inspired to create moree with this new medium! Thank youu!! 💖💖
Thank you so much, that's very kind of you to say. I'm really glad that the video was inspiring to you. I do hope you enjoy trying out coloured pencils :)
I think I absolutely willl!! Hehehe thank youuu!!
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A nice demonstration of these colored pencils.On looking at your piece of work here is I a finished piece or you going to fill in the background..I tend to have a problem with filling in the background...just wondering ? A nice piece of work regardless.
I appreciate your explanation about breaking birds into small segments. I do find them overwhelming so I'll try that technique to see if it helps.
I'm glad you found it helpful. Looking at this bird as a whole was very overwhelming, but focusing on one texture at a time really does help. Thanks for watching 😊
Amazing realistic! Beautiful drawing of a lovely bird.
Where can I find this reference Photo of the kingfisher, the colours match to the limited colour palette of the Derwent drawing.
Thank you so much. The reference photo was my own but you could probably find other ref photos of a Red-backed Kingfisher on free reference photo sites such as Pixabay and similar.
Thank for for this presentation, Bec. I have returned to coloured pencils for my creative muse. I have settled on Derwent tools for the reason that these were the most upmarket product available in my regional outlet in far north Australia. Some of the reviews suggest that the Derwents are quite hard but layer well, others that the product line is soft...time to fact check with presentations like this one. A near-irrelevant comment from an old school-teacher. You hold your pencils in a grip which is "wrong" but hold your blending tip in a grip which, from many years of instruction, is "right". I guess that there is not such thing as a right or wrong method of holding your art tool. Your results are superb. I stand corrected.
Thank you so much for your comment. The Derwent Line has so many different pencils available, so some are soft are others harder, so there is something for everyone when it comes to that. You wouldn't be the first teacher to mention my incorrect grip, lol. I am so used to it that it's simply what feels right for me and is how I have the most control. Any other position and I'd basically be learning to draw all over again.
The right grip is the one that gives you the most control to get the most precise effect you intend, with the least fatigue or damage to the materials. If you did it best by standing on your head with the pencils between your toes, that would be the correct grip.
Awesome work! I'm new to color pencil but am a professional realist watercolorist. I have so much hot pressed watercolor paper and found that the few pencils I have of these (and the Lyra) are a bit textured and harder work. I'm not sure what paper to use with color pencils.
This was such a delightful video! You are explaining it so well, I love your voice, it's so clear. And then the final result of the drawing! It's so amazing, so detailed!! I must admit I'm not a big derwent enthausiast, I have the procolours and they might be different. I actually prefer the polychromes. But the problem I have with the Derwents is that the colors are so pale and they seem to have little pigment. Yours don't seem to have that problem at all.
Thank you so much, I really appreciate it. I've not used the Procolours before but I know a lot of people seem to love the Derwent Lightfast range. I love the polychromos too, they're very different pencils.
@@brusheswithbec It really seems i picked the wrong range when buying derwents 😅 maybe i get to try the lightfasts one day!
@@MarliesDraws It happens sometimes :P But who knows, maybe you wouldn't like the lightfast either. At least they're sold individually so it's easier to try a few first before investing :)
@@brusheswithbec after buying the case of procolours I quickly realized it's better to buy just a few individual ones indeed! Thanks for all the useful advice!! 😊
Marlies, have you tried the pro colour on sanded paper! I didn’t like them either for the same reason as you but that allowed me to use them. Won’t buy again. I like the lightfast and the drawing. Didn’t like pro colour, artists or colour soft.
How do you protect your work? Spray fixative? Keep in an album?
I'm new at drawing w graphitint and these look the same, water soluble.
Thank you
Beautiful work Bec, I am a beginner and certainly no expert but I think the drawing pencils are waxed based and polychromos are oil based and that’s why they won’t work together.
Yes that's correct. They do still work together but consideration needs to be taken into how they are used together for best results.
Stunning. You explain it well! When you use the cottontip, is there a blender liquid on it? Excuse my poor english
Thank you very much. There is no blending liquid on the cotton tip when I am using it, it is dry. But you could probably use it with a liquid blender like people do with a paintbrush if you wanted to.
Lovely drawing! I’ve just bought these pencils and struggling to get a sharp point with out breakage... which sharpener do you use for them?
Thank you. I'm using a Mobius and Ruppert crank sharpener, the one with the rubber grips. Their product number for it is 0981.
How do you sharpening pastel pencils. I have carb Othello and no idea how to sharpening them.
I think people normally sharpen pastel pencils with a knife, but I'm not sure as I haven't worked with pastel pencils yet.
Hello there! Thanks a lot for this video. I'm starting myself with the same set of pencils, and noted that when y try to sharpen them in order to paint with details, they broke too easily. How did you achieve to use them that way? Could it be just my set that is broken or something? Excellent work! And is just amazing how you manage to make bright colours out of this earthy (but beautiful) set. Thanks again and please excuse my bad english!
Thank you very much, I'm glad you like it. They are quite a soft pencil so only sharpen to the finest point when you really need it, then you have to be very careful to use gentle pressure to not break that point. Sometimes it will break anyway. It's possible it could be your sharpener too, something about it may be weakening the core when you sharpen. Not sure how accurate it is but I've been told to twist the sharpener and hold the pencil still.
Juan, I’ve had better success with knives and razor blades than sharpeners. Cut the wood first then carefully shave the pigment block to shape. Very gentle pressure. But they will break if you press much. If you want to press you need something like polychromos which are designed for that. I’ve never managed to break one! I use those if I want to incise the surface for some reason.
Thank you for drawing something. I'm rather tired of seeing swatches. Good video.
Thanks so much, I always like to do both for any new set, swatch with the unboxing but then a drawing just using those pencils, I think it's important in order to get the feel of them.
This turned out beautiful! I love that you can blend the colors without the use if solvent (even when they are odorles they can still be toxic so I don't like using it) so now I'm really interested in getting this set and Derwent's tinted charcoal set. Thanks for the review :)
No problem at all, I'm glad I could help. I don't like using the solvents either (well I haven't tried, I'm sure they're great, but I don't want the fumes, especially with my cats around). 😊
@@brusheswithbec Have you tried them on another type of paper like the Strathmore toned paper? Do you think they would work well on that?
Beautiful