Holly is allowing me to copy parts of one of her drawings for this example. The images below show her work using the inexpensive Crayola® Colored Pencils and Faber Castell PITT Artist Pens [
Sets of 4 Pens]. She used a # 3B pencil for the initial drawing. She used the pens to outline, detail, and to cross hatch inside the skeleton's robe.
Crayola 50ct Long Colored Pencils
"This assorted color drawing pencil set will make your art projects appear brighter and more intense. Includes 50 pencils in many different shades of primary colors along with silver and gold. Manufactured from strong, reforested wood, leaving rainforests alone and protecting the environment."
I recently replaced my daughter's used up PITT pens. After looking around, I chose to buy them from dickblick. I purchased two sets of Black, Set of 4 ->
Sets of 4 Pens. [link goes to PITT page at dickblick] The Sets of 4 include one pen in each of four sizes, Extra Fine, Fine, Medium, and Brush. Available in Black, Sanguine, and Sepia. I also purchased a black PITT Superfine Nib pen.
Image is a scan of my daughter's pen set.
PITT Artist Pens- Manga Set of Eight Assorted Pens
"PITT Artist Pens- Manga Set of Eight Assorted Pens—These pens offer maximum light fastness and waterproof ink that is acid free. The ink is pigmented (not dye based). This Manga set comes with five shades of gray that have a fine flexible brush tip; plus black in three nibs- brush superfine and medium. It is an ideal set for doing preliminary drawing and shading- you can then go over your drawing with watercolors without having the drawing smear! "
