Board Thread:Pet Discussion/@comment-43929290-20191211182123/@comment-43929290-20200105183522

Lonelyrabbit wrote: I use mechanical pencils they are the mvp and an artskills variety kids pack of colored pencils (they are much shorter than average but had 38 instead of 16 so no complaints here. lets me get closer to the page anyways which I like). They turned out to be water color there are pros and cons since it can up saturation but on paper thats not watersafe they can look pale without extra pressure if you do not use water (index cards are what i draw on all white ones both sides cheap and just thick enough. Never layer the water on if the paper has already dealt with too much scratching from mechanical pencils it will lift up the textured part leaving a small hole or white spot that you cant color on it is something to cut your loses when that happens lol.) Maybe an ocassional pen like in my examples for red hair- the squirrel was dark enough to get away with it without making them seem odd or mixed textures. my camera is.. eh leaving lines and streaks so i borrow my brothers ipad to snap it and edit brightness on mine just to make it look like it does irl or fix the curse dreaded white spot (I have gotten better about avoiding them though lol) sorry for how long the rambling was but the supplies can give a hard time and I wouldn't suggest getting cheap supplies without saying how to not accidentally  ruin it. no worries replying makes it so I dont have to retype!