On the City Walls
by Boshy
(Chester U.K.)
King Charles Tower
This is a drawing I did last summer from a photograph that I took whilst walking along the City walls that encompass the City of Chester
...all Roman stuff for you history buffs...It's a section called King Charles Tower and it is one of the first attempts I had at using coloured pencils
...I must say I got the shock of my life when I went to the Art shop (they know me by name now) to buy the pencils...they were £1.35 each!!!!!...bloody hell that's expensive I thought...I was thinking I could get a packet of maybe 24 for that price
...so I didn't bother until later on I saw in a pound-shop a box of coloured pencils for £2.99 for 24...woohoo I thought and bought them...What a waste of £2.99...I now realize why they are £1.35 each hehehe...
So, needless to say I saved my pennies and got a set of Derwent coloursoft...they make 72 in the coloursoft range so I got the box set...I have recently (last week) bought a set of 120 Prismacolor ones from America but they haven't arrived yet.
A few of the books I have read on how to draw with coloured pencils mentions these as the best brand in the States so I thought I would try them...I really like coloured pencil to draw with, it is so precise and when I get good enough, you can get almost photo quality with them...
Do any of you folks like using coloured pencil?
All the best,
Boshy...
**Note from Kerry:
I haven't experimented with color as much as I'd like to, Boshy. I also found out it makes a difference what brand you buy. Your drawing is great. Good work!
