Colour Pencils

Artist Colour Pencils Online in India

Coloured pencils split by binder, and the binder decides how they behave. Wax-based pencils are soft, blend richly and burnish to a sheen, but bloom over time and fill paper tooth quickly. Oil-based pencils are harder, hold a point far longer and layer more times before the surface clogs, which suits detailed botanical and portrait work. Water-soluble pencils dissolve under a wet brush and behave like watercolour once you commit. Mixing binders on one sheet rarely works, so pick a system and stay in it.

What we stock

Prismacolor for soft wax cores, Caran d'Ache Luminance where lightfastness matters most, Staedtler and Cretacolor for harder layering pencils, plus Brustro, Doms and Camel in boxed sets.

Related

Coloured pencil wants a smooth, heavyweight sheet, not a toothy watercolour paper. See Papers & Pads and Sketchbooks. For graphite see Pencils; for dry colour in stick form see Soft Pastels.

Stationerie has sold artists' materials in Kolkata for 25 years and ships across India.