For Christmas 2019 I received the new set of Derwent metallic pencils. It’s a limited edition, but if you look good enough, they’re still available online. There’s also the common set of twelve Derwent new metallic pencils. I say ‘new’, because previously there was a set of twelve Derwent metallics, but those were water-soluble pencils. The new ones are not ...

This blog post starts different than usual. I’ve recorded me reading this blog post and made a video of it, because some people prefer to listen to instead of reading it. Maybe you’re one of them. From now on you can read as well as listen to my blogs! To read this blog, just scroll past the video. All read ...

Two blog posts ago, at the end of that blog, I started to tell the story of my husband and me, which started way back in the early eighties. The story continues, but first… Before I continue our story, I first want to give you a review of some great new colored pencils I’ve bought recently: Faber-Castell Black Edition! Of ...