Ronnie Tucker – Pet, Wildlife & Portrait Artist.

A comparison of Derwent Aquatone, Derwent Inktense and Caran D’Ache Neocolor II

Dec 23, 2009 art, ink, pencil

First of all, this test is far from scientific… it involved me doing a light scribble of each colour on some rough watercolour paper then applying some water to one half of the scribble. The idea being to show how the colours look, dry, on the paper, and to show the change in colour when the water is added. The reason for the light scribble is that a heavy scribble can not only damage the paper, it makes it harder to remove the scribble from the paper as the colour has become engrained in the paper. A heavy scribble will get your brighter, deeper, colour – but it is usually best to achieve this through layering. I’ve also tried to pick the same colours from all three sets, but colours (and names) vary from box to box, so I could only get similar colours.

So, on with the comparison…

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