Sometimes you just need a little color in your life!
I recently got a set of Faber-Castel Polychromos Artist‘s Pencils . I‘ve always used Prismacolor pencils , but over the last few years the quality of the pencils themselves has gone down hill. So I was looking around to see if there was anything better and found the Polychromos.
For starters, they are oil-based, instead of wax-based. That means the pencil lead is harder, and puts down a more vibrant layer very quickly. I find they don‘t smear around as much, but they blend beautifully with a Copic Colorless Blender pen .
So for this Zentangle tile, I decided to do some experimentation, and I‘m pretty happy with the results.
Zentangle drawing done with Micron pen on Strathmore Vellum Bristol . The coloring was done with Faber-Castel Polychromos Artist‘s Pencils and blending with the Copic Colorless Blending pen . The gold and silver metallic was done with Pentel Slicci pens.