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Australian Coloured Pencils Resources

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This was created in a hope to create a local resource for Australian coloured pencil artists and in doing so to also provide a way to find Aus. CP artists. I am always wanting to add new info so email: belinda.lindhardt@gmail.com if you have anything to add.

I really hope to increase the awareness and profile of coloured pencil art and artists in Australia.



NEW: I have recently started a Australian Coloured Pencil (ACP) blog featuring ACP artists, artist profiles links, join me there so we can grow our list of ACPers. http://auscolouredpencils.blogspot.com/

Online Coloured Pencil Suppliers 

www.theartshop.com.au
> http://www.theartshop.com.au sell Prismacolours and Polychromos and Coloursoft in open stock!!

www.artmaterials.com.au
> http://www.artmaterials.com.au sell Prismas but only in box sets they dont sell them openstock. They also sell stonehenge, colourfix

www.polymerclay.com.au
> http://www.polymerclay.com.au They also sell Prismas but only in box sets.

> www.jacksons.com.au
Jacksons sells papers they also have Albrecht Durers and
Polychromos pencils.

http://www.oxfordart.com.au
> www.oxfordart.com.au sell Polychromos in open stock as well!!

www.artsupplies.co.nz
> www.artsupplies.co.nz sell Polychromos and Coloursoft by the box.

> http://www.thedrawingroom.co.nz NZ supplier of coloursoft (thanks Wendy) These guys don't do online ordering just yet but is coming soon

Shops (ie. places to visit) 

Shops which sell Prismacolour and Polychromos pencils.

Sydney
Northern Beaches

Arthouse Direct
Cnr Mona Vale Rd & Bungan St
Mona Vale NSW 2103
ph: (02) 9979 6559

Artlink Art Supplies
Shop 503 Pittwater Rd
Brookvale NSW 2100
ph: (02) 9939 7633

Central Coast

Eckersleys
*Polychromos only*
8/4 Ilya Avenue
Erina NSW 2250
ph. 02 4367 4566

The Craft Shop
*Prismacolour box sets only*
The Pavilion, Shop 6, 29-37 George St
Woy Woy NSW 2256
ph: (02) 4344 4995
http://www.iccrafts.com.au

Coloured Pencil Accessories Suppliers 

Papers
Stonehenge - Many people ask where to find it. I have found most art supply shops stock it, its usually located with all your single sheet watercolour papers. Its a printmaking paper and depending on your shop can be sold in a few different colours. If you see the above cp suppliers a few of them also stock papers.

Electric Erasers
> www.artifolk.co.uk
This one isn't a Aus supplier its UK, but the product and the shipping were so cheap it might as well have been.

Sharpeners
I bought my original eletctric sharpener from ebay so i have no help there.
Battery operated sharpeners from Xacto can be bought from Officeworks and cost about $13-. Not as good as the electric but not too shabby either.

Ampersand Pastelbord
This surface isn't just for cp but lots of cp artists are using it.
I have only found suppliers of this in the US which means it costs a fortune.dickblick here.

A similar pastelboard support is just starting to join the market in Australia and is made by Richeson. On first view the product looks very similar to the Ampersand board. It is a slightly lighter board and is little coarser than the Ampersand, I am yet to give it a try with pencils but they are currently having a promotion have a look at it here: http://www.creativityunlimited.com.au/retailers_current_promotions.html

Help support other cp artists if you know of a shop or online store let me know

Australian and NZ Coloured Pencil Artists 

If your Australian NZ coloured pencil artist send me your URL i will add it here (listed alphabetically).

Framing 

I recently discovered this place for framing your coloured pencil works. They will supply within 48 hours your CUSTOM made frame to your specifications, i have personally used this service on a couple of occasions and have felt the service and quality of these guys is outstanding. They are based in Sydney but delivery all over Australia.



http://www.frameshop.com.au

Artists Business 

Below is some very information regarding the art business. These links come from Katherine's Artbusines Squidoo site which is more indepth and extensive than i could ever hope to achieve but i hope to update the below with some Australian resources soon.

HOW NOT TO SUCCEED IN THE ART WORLD - http://www.artbusiness.com/osoqartworld.html

Links for more resources 

Here are a few of my favourite resources for all your coloured pencil information.
Coloured Pencils - Resources for Artists
This lens provides information and advice from various websites for artists using coloured pencils.

Basically everything you need to know about coloured pencils can be found here you defiantely should check this one out.!
Coloure Pencil School
If you want to learn how to do coloured pencil art, or if you know a bit and want to learn more, Wendy has some wonderful lessons available for you to learn. These are great forums and ideal for all levels of expertise.

Belinda's Art Journal 

Here are my recent entries from my blog:

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Leave your comments all comments welcome.

makingamark

Belinda - squidoo was playing up when I originally tried to add this lens into my coloured pencils lens - and I've only just realised this site didn't 'take'. Now corrected - and what's more you're in twice in different places!

It looks as if this one is developing really nicely.

Posted November 26, 2007

AllAboutArt

Well done Belinda for creating this lens, lets see what we can do to make this an excellent resource for Australian cp artists.

Posted August 23, 2007

Artylady

Great resource, thanks Belinda for doing this. I can't wait to see this develop. Regards Liz

Posted August 21, 2007

makingamark

Belinda - it's very nice to see somebody doing a lens about coloured pencils for their part of the world. Thanks for the comments about my lenses and I hope you have fun squidooing.

Posted August 21, 2007

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I am an Australian artist and designer. Coloured Pencils is one of my favourite mediums to work with and have been creating artworks with them for around 5 years now.
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