This will also blend the pigments together and depending how light you want your tint to become, the more pressure you will apply. If you want to create a subtle blend of colours then the Derwent Blender pencil is the ideal accessory. All your colours should be applied before you blend, as further layers will become stubborn as the tooth becomes saturated.

The Caran d'Ache Full Blender is extremely flexible a nd versatile as it can be sharpened to a point for fine detail work or used as a chunk for covering larger areas . You can see a slight difference in the before (left) and after (right) images and the pen did smooth the skin out much more than having simply blended with just wax pencils ( Caran Dache Luminance range), but it was minimal to the other trials I did found below.Like the blender, it does not change your colours, but creates a sheen which can be seen at an angle or when a light source hits the burnished area. If you found this article helpful, please share using the tabs on this page (not available on a mobile) Why not bookmark and come back at a later date to see what we have added. This fabulous Burnisher and Blender set allows you to use the Burnisher over colour to create a shine, without changing the colour of your artwork or lay the Burnisher down first and use for "wax resist" techniques with soft pencils.

Use to get the effects of shadows and transitions between colours and to soften colour gradient edges. Apply the pencil gently and use circular applications so the pigment covers as much of the paper as possible. Colourless oil and wax-based medium for universal use allowing you to blend, mix and deepen colours.This soft, colourless pencil is made from the binding material used to make the coloured pencil core. br> If you want to create a subtle blend of colours then the Derwent Blender is the ideal accessory. It can work with coloured pencils as long as you indent the paper and apply your colour by gently building it up, careful not to push it into the outline. You may need to push the bristles into the craters of the irregular surface to achieve a more consistent blend of pigmentation.

Textured paper grabs pigment far easier than smooth paper and you will not need to apply the colour too heavily if you are using abrasive paper too, but do ensure that you spend time building up your colours until you are ready to undertake the blending process. Staedtler's blending pencil is a non-pigmented wax based pencil designed to transform the visual quality of drawings that have been created with pencil, chalk, charcoal, pastel and more. Although the burnisher can help to blend a little, it does not soften hard edges as well as a blender. We will use your data to personalise and improve your experience on our digital platforms and to send you relevant products and offers we think you'll love.I decided to involve myself in the SAA Paint A Poppy Challenge and trialled the blender pen on the petals of the poppy using the SAA's Trial Watercolour paper - the results were immediate and pretty impressive and I found it quite exciting to see how the colours blended so well together during application.

It is a blending fluid that when applied to the layers of laid coloured pencil or pastel or oil pastel, softens the pigment/binder relationship and allows blending of the pigment. A soft application of pigment build up is required before using a clean paintbrush absorbed with a small amount of pencil blend. After having used the blender pen over a piece of art, when tilting the artwork and allowing the light hit the image at a certain angle, you can see where you applied every mark as it shows as a sheen over the top.A convenient set containing 2 of each of the blender and burnisher pencils, alongside an eraser and sharpener. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.