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Fine Art Colored Pencils: There are two varieties of colored pencil. There are wax based colored pencils and non-wax based colored pencil. Both are really wonderful, but it is important to understand how each variety works so that you get the ones that right for you. Wax based fine art colored pencils provide artists with the ability to easily create deep rich color on the drawing surface. These colored pencils can be layered. However, when you put more than just a few layers on top on one another you may get wax bloom. Wax bloom is when the wax builds up and causes a white sheen on your drawing. For artists who do not use several layers of color in their drawings this would not be a concern.
Then there are fine art colored pencils that are bound with other substances like kaolin. These colored pencils have a somewhat harder feel on the paper but artists can use these art pencils to layer color after color with no worry of wax bloom. This variety of colored pencil does require a little more time or pressure to deliver really dark values on to the drawing surface… but it’s worth it.
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