That looks awesome . Great looking bird
You are doing a great job . I think the face looks ok
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Bought Staedtler Mars Lumograph and I am thinking about them as really black ones
Do anybody know if I am in the correct path?
Honestly I die not try them yet, because not to loose the possibility to bring them back…I have so many graphite pencils 
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Yes, they are the very dark ones. I use them all the time and am on my second bin of them.
Terri Robichon
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Hi Elina. just to be clear - which one did you get. The MArs Lumograph (blue pencils) are regular graphite pencils, and the Mars Lumograph Black (black pencils) are carbon based pencils - so coal with a binder in them. And they are the blackest on the market - I personally fell head over heals in love in seconds with them. They perform best on smooth paper, like a bristol smooth. I did this cat with the Black pencils. Hope that helps.
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I forgot to say that Derwent recently came out with a 10, 11, 12 and 13 B pencils for their graphic set of pencils. And that 13 B is seriously black too. Obviously not as much as the Mars Lumoghraph black because it is carbon and not graphite. Otherwise I can recommend Caran D’ache Grafwood 9B. You can see them in action here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wi7-fsMxdQ
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@siffermus you got it! I bought the blue ones, they were the only available ones n this little shop…so what…6 Graphite pencils more
Now I know they need the word “black”…next time I am the lucky one.
Your picture looks great
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Finished today.
Faber Castel Policromos and a touch Winsor and Newton in Pastelpaper 21x29cm
I had the idea of a light yellow background with watercolor or pastelpencils…and stopped it is for now.
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Gorgeous. I played around with it in my graphicss design program, adding different colors background.
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Albrecht Dürer watercolour pencils from Faber Castell and Schminke watercolours on Winsor and Newton hotpressed watercolour paper. I should probabaly do some of the classes on using these pencils! This was troublesome -and I learned a ton from the process.
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@siffermus oh, thank you
…the light blue grey looks much better than yellow! Cool!
@siffermus I love parrotsand you inspired me to draw one again
although to recognize if my skills changed during the last year.
And all this watercolor stuff is so different than pencil drawing…it is always like starting a bit new.
I like your parrot
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This is an 8x10 mixed media drawing based on my own reference photo of a Cliff Dwelling at Mesa Verde National Park.
It was started with an ink - line and wash underpainting. Then I added Albrecht Durer watercolor pencils from Faber Castell for the finishing colors and detail. I used Strathmore heavyweight mixed media paper.
This one took almost a week to complete, and I think I could keep goofing with it for a very long time - so I’m just going to call it DONE.
Terri Robichon
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This is great. Love the perspective and the colour scheme.
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@MTBartist maybe more value would bring more debth in your picture…espacilly in hair are many values who create the structure.
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Love it, Terri! Thx for sharing with us all! You are so amazing!
Therese
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