Excitement ....

Okay, I know it doesn't take an awful lot to excite me but I am excited .....again (be more if I saw Riverdance....lol).

I just managed to score myself some Prismacolour Premier coloured pencils; 120 of them to be exact!

Now I can hear you all saying "but she already has coloured pencils" and shaking your heads - but these are Prismacolours ....lol.

I have 72 Derwents and 72 Derwent Inktense plus some watercolour pencils that live on my window sill in my little studio (actually my 4th bedroom ... lol).   I have been searching out some really great coloured pencils.  I have tried a few different ones and decided that the Prismacolour were the ones for me; they go on so smoothly and have great coverage when burnishing; much better than all the others I tried.

Then I discovered their price out here - over $250!  I can hear you again "$250 for coloured pencils!  You must be joking; you can buy a packet of pencils for $3.50 in Kmart".  Guess what they aren't the most expensive.

Caran d'Ache Luminance coloured pencils are around $500 AUD for 72 pencils (add at least another $100 if you want them in a wooden box instead of a tin); and their Pablo range aren't much cheaper but they are both the best.  They are the cream of the crop as far as coloured pencils go .....  even in the cheapest places I haven't found them under $300; luminance sell for $3.70 US a pencil and Pablo a mere $1.88 US at Blick's which is the cheapest place to buy artsupplies online.  Then if you want to go all out you can buy the Limited Edition set for a mere $1400!!!

So they will remain on my wish list - you know that one you have of things that you know you will never get but you like to have ... along with things like a MGB or a mansion on a desert island......lol.

So back to looking but not having; then I hit on watching Ebay and voila!

I snatched myself a set for $100 AUD including postage .... I am a very happy camper.  Just have to wait for them to arrive from the US; hopefully they will only take 7-10 days then I can play!

In the meantime I got myself a Prismacolor blender pencil and blender marker plus a great gadget - a pencil extender!  Perfect for when you have sharpened a pencil to within an inch of it's life and find it hard to hold onto.

This is a pencil extender in case you can't see it properly

So here is a colour chart I found online of my new pencils - I am very excited as you can tell.  I would like to try a nude in coloured pencil plus maybe some animals and birds.
 

I just finished a watercolour of some horses, done in Lavender.  Stepped out of my comfort zone a little as I am terrified of horse .... only two things I am frightened of - the dentist and horse!

Was pleased with how it turned out (you can see it on my arty blog if your interested) was definitely different from the nude I did previously ...lol.

Now if I could only get some tickets to Riverdance ....... rotfl.  Mmmm might see if DIL will go with me that's if there are any tickets left.

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