CARAN D'ACHE Cardboard Box with 76 Assorted Colours +2 blenders

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As with everything in life, there has to be a best and a worst, although I am very young in terms of my time as a colored pencil artist, even I can tell what the finest quality coloured pencil is, and Caran D'ache Luminancetakes the crown. Luminance 6901® is a trademark of Caran d’Ache SA and is registered in the United States and other countries.

Luminance coloured pencils - a closer look – Artnitso The 100 Luminance coloured pencils - a closer look – Artnitso

The bar chart shows the comparative numbers of each colour family and neutral colours available in the range. For this portrait, I used the Burnt Sienna 10% (862) which has a cool pink tone, the Burnt Ochre 10% (872) a peach tone and the Burnt Ochre 10% (832) which has a warm, yellow hue and helps to add balance. Incorporating a wide range of browns and greys which animal artists use regularly, they provide a useful selection of 'barely there' colour tints such as Buff Titanium (801) and Silver grey (002), through to the deeper tones like Sepia (407) and Payne's grey (508).I’ve been trying to do my own tri tone book using luminance but struggling so I for one am so happy to see this!

CARAN DACHE LUMINANCE - STEP BY STEP ART CARAN DACHE LUMINANCE - STEP BY STEP ART

The following table shows the naming discrepancies between the Luminance pencil bodies and the official color charts.A softer pencil allows for smoother layers and numerous applications for those who like to create highly detailed art or like smooth transitions. If you have a set of the previous 76 range of pencils, you can find out more about them in a previous blog post.

Caran d’Ache Luminance – Interactive Colour Chart 100 Caran d’Ache Luminance – Interactive Colour Chart

Very few light blues have high lightfast ratings and it allows me to feel confident in the knowledge that a piece of artwork that I create using the Luminance pencils will have a lifespan of at least 100 years, even longer if the portrait is framed under protective glass. Being able to extend the palette by layering colours on top of another, and apply lighter tones over darker tones which is almost impossible in some other ranges, gives this pencil range an enormous advantage for artists. To qualify for ASTM D-6901, the Luminance pencils were tested for three months in the Arizona desert as well as 400 hours under intense UV lights in an independent lab in Florida.The original design had ablobof colour at the end, which made ithard to distinguish one colourfrom the next. You need to have access to the colours where you are – hopefully, you’ll be there with internet access and your mobile, tablet or laptop. As the name suggest, these tools are used to smoothly blend colours together and can also be used as a wax resist tool also.