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Our brilliant, know-how Guide Booklets are chock-full of tips, tricks and techniques for knowing your tools and to assist in your creative quest to transfer on to paper what you see in your mind.
Quality cores formulated with oil for greater hardness, with exceptional control over color layering, blending and burnishing; giving superior color coverage, finer detail, and rich, deeper tones.
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Every Castle Arts Gold set includes a fold-out tutorial, guiding you through the colors and techniques used to create the ten images that make up the Gold Range tutorial frieze featured on the cover of every Castle Arts Gold Range product.
Create the Castle Arts Gold Frieze with this step-by-step guide. Every Castle Arts Gold set includes a fold-out tutorial, guiding you through the colors and techniques used to create the 10 images that make up the frieze.
Showing the oil-based color pencils included with the Castle Arts Gold range pencil set, followed by time-lapse footage of one of the 'orchid' illustrations being completed.
Every Castle Arts Gold Color Pencil set comes with a 36 page guide to using oil-based color pencils. The guide teaches you how to take care of your pencils, from sharpening methods to holding your pencil to achieve different styles and effects.
It explains the color pencil range, light and form, pencil pressures and strokes, blending, layering and texturing techniques as well as more tutorials, a glossary and details about joining the Castle Club.
Every Castle Arts Gold Color Pencil set comes with a 36 page guide to using oil-based color pencils. The guide teaches you how to take care of your pencils, from sharpening methods to holding your pencil to achieve different styles and effects.
It explains the color pencil range, light and form, pencil pressures and strokes, blending, layering and texturing techniques as well as more tutorials, a glossary and details about joining the Castle Club.
A short video demonstrating Castle Arts Gold color pencils in use.
Can these Gold pencils be used over or under black micron ink pens and are they transparent for grayscale coloring?
They are fairly translucent for colored pencils (this makes them wonderful for layering), so they can be used over ink lines. They are also well suited for greyscaling.
Can Gold Range color pencils be used on wood and other hard surfaces?
Gold colored pencils adhere to many hard surfaces such as wood, stone, leather and metal. The pencils are permanent, but we recommend you seal your drawing with a coat or two of varnish.
Can you achieve natural dry blending with Castle Gold as you would with a softer wax based pencil?
Very easy to blend because of the smooth oil base; if you use a colorless blender or a stump on a test patch, you can see the color move onto the paper from the edges of the patch.
What is the optimal surface on which to use these — do you recommend a particular type of paper?
Most papers will do but smooth cartridge paper is our favourite. Try working on watercolor paper too — the surface has a pleasing little texture for the pencil to ‘bite’ into.
How long does a single pencil typically last?
Black and white typically last the longest, other colors last for three months at least, more if used lightly. Of course it all depends on how fervently you apply these pencils to your everyday art!
Simply press the pencil end to lift it from the tray and you're ready to layer, blend and detail.
The richly pigmented, richly tinted leads layer, blend, detail and burnish to perfection.
The difference with our flagship professional coloured pencil set is that the intensely pigmented cores, formulated with oil for greater hardness. Easily to sharpen, they hold their point longer, better for detail and resistance to breaking.
Formulated with oil for greater hardness combined with creamy lay down, the vibrantly pigmented core within fine-grain basswood casing can be sharpened to a finer, longer-lasting point with greater resistance to breakage.
Our flagship coloured pencil Gold range gives you mastery of every technique - blending by varying pressure to control density, layer upon layer; hatching, cross-hatching, contouring and stippling; or burnishing to achieve a rich sheen.
Mighty Bamburgh Castle in Northumberland, England, goes back to the 6th century AD and now houses the gallery where our resident artist Peter Phillips exhibits. A painter of global repute, he and his team of artists specify our art supplies, create our Guides and Tutorials, produce our videos and provide practical advice and know-how born of a lifelong love of art.
You’ll get more out of everything because we put more into everything. In our dedicated studios our artistic and technical staff test competitive brands, and where they fall short, we develop better materials – in the formulation and selection of pigments; the touch, feel and comfort in use; tools, packaging and presentation that look and work better.
Join our loyal and ever-growing global family of Castle Artists who stay in regular touch with each other and ourselves through emails, social media, our savvy Customer Services team and the Castle Club - sharing experiences, tips and creative inspiration by exhibiting their art on our website Gallery.
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Price | $69.99$69.99 | $49.99$49.99 | $54.99$54.99 | $79.99$79.99 |
Are the pencils water-soluble? | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ |
Is the core wax or oil based? | Oil based | Oil based | Oil based | Oil based |
Number of pencils included? | 120 color pencils | 72 color pencils | 72 color pencils | 120 color pencils |
Are sketchpads included? | ✘ | ✘ | ✔ | ✔ |
What color range is supplied? | Full color spectrum | Full color spectrum | Full color spectrum | Full color spectrum |
How are the pencils packaged? | Hinged metal tin | Hinged metal tin | Fabric zip-around case | Fabric zip-around case |