This box embraces the portrait style of artist, Jake Spicer and challenges you to use these supplies to capture your idols - They can be bold and instantly recognisable using realism techniques or abstract and symbolic, conveying personality through form and colour. Inside this box you find a set of Derwent Lightfast Colouring Pencils, as well as a Derwent Procolour pencil. A Staedtler Eraser and Sharpener, and some heavy duty cartridge paper sheets.
My name is Jake Spicer. I love to draw, and whenever possible I help other people to draw more confidently and competently through the books I write and through online & in-person classes. I live in North Wales where I run the Mawddach Residency with my partner Scarlett while leading the online programme for the independent drawing school Draw Brighton which I founded in 2009. Alongside teaching I write books about drawing, and lecture on the importance of drawing as a tool for communication, art-making and as a vehicle for social good. My personal work is often figure focused and I’m currently developing a new body of drawings based around the costal folklore of Britain and Ireland.
Instagram/ @jakespicerart
Website/ jakespicerart.co.uk
Online classes/ drawbrighton
Scrawlrs, strike a pose! This months box embraces the portrait style of Jake Spicer who perfectly captures identity and emotion of his models. Use your supplies to capture your idols - They can be bold and instantly recognisable using realism techniques or abstract and symbolic, conveying personality through form and colour.
The legendary Derwent Lightfast pencils. These colouring pencils have been formulated, as the name suggests, to be 100% lightfast. The revolutionary core is resistant to prolonged colour change ensuring artwork will not fade for up to 100 years under museum conditions. These pencils are oil based which means you can get smooth, velvety laydown of colour. These pencils also lend themselves well when mixed with oil mediums, the pencil colour can behave more like an oil paint. The pigment in these pencils is far richer than the average pencil, meaning each colour colour will appear deeper. RRP £4.19 /each
The perfect pencil for your underdrawing. Derwent Procolour Pencils feature extremely high levels of pigment saturation yet still have a firm tip which can retain a sharp point. They are designed to offer a harder, chip-resistant and dust-resistance. They offer a smooth colour laydown and a clear, non-waxy finish. These vibrant, Vegan-friendly coloured pencils have the covering power of a wax pencil yet glide like an oil-based pencil. RRP £2.45
A sturdy and reliable metal sharpener. For standard sized graphite and pigment based pencils up to 8.2 mm. RRP £1.59
Premium quality phthalate and latex free eraser. Provides ease of erasing with little wear and minimal crumbling. RRP £1.85
This lovely thick paper from Seawhite of Brighton contains high quality, smooth textured paper that is PH neutral and acid free. The ideal surface for sketching with all sorts of mediums, especially colouring pencils and graphite. Made in the UK. RRP £3.99
