Started work on a new drawing. Some lines aren’t correct so I’m going to re-do it at some point. Used my new Prismacolor pencil for this one, highlights really well.

Saw some really nice drawings being done with a black (PC935) Prismacolor pencil. It highlighted the drawing really well so went down to Deans Art in the city and grabbed one.

Prismacolor’s don’t come pre-sharpened and to my surprise with my trusty Derwent sharpener, the lead kept breaking, not once, not twice but three times before I gave up. Thinking it was a bit strange I fired up Google to find many sites on this issue, a notable one here.

So, it appears that while this brand of coloured pencil is popular, it has a terrible problem with the lead breaking. My workaround, as I am not buying a new sharpener, is to use sandpaper to shave the wood down to the lead and then lightly swivel the lead over the sharpener blade to form a point.

I also picked up another Artline pigment pen with a 0.8mm nib.

I recently purchased a pro Flickr account for my new photography hobby! My other half recently got a Nikon D90 (thanks Mr. Rudd!!) and I got his Nikon D60, though I’m starting to wish I had the 18mm-200mm lens that my other half has! I took that for a test ride on Saturday night and it takes some awesome action shots, I was quite impressed. Anyway, the D60 will do to get me started until I work out how to use the thing.

I’ve added a Flickr plugin to my site to quickly show recently added pictures and I’ve also added a tab up the top courtesy of the plugin to show my Flickr albums. Check it out and feel free to comment!