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making your own chalk marks

Andy Sperandeo
 

Hi Randy,
I've been trying Prismacolor artists' pencils from my favorite art supply store. White, pale gray, and pale yellow are good colors, and be sure to keep the points sharp.
Andy
Richard Hendrickson
 

On Oct 27, 2011, at 7:09 AM, Andy Sperandeo wrote:

Hi Randy,
I've been trying Prismacolor artists' pencils from my favorite art
supply store. White, pale gray, and pale yellow are good colors,
and be sure to keep the points sharp.
Andy
I'll second Andy on this. I've been using Prismacolor pencils for
this purpose for years, and they work very well.

Richard Hendrickson
Andy Sperandeo
 

I've been downstairs to my workbench since my earlier post, and what did
I find but a different brand of pencil that I've also used for chalk
marks. It's a Lyra Rembrandt-Polycolor made in Germany. It's white, and
works equally as well as the Prismacolors, which I also have. Someone
will want to ask if there's a price difference, but I honestly don't
remember. So I'd say to try whatever make of pencil you can find, and
don't be hung up on one brand.
Happy chalking,
Andy
Greg Martin
 

There is also another product that is overlooked, white charcoal pencil. Found at most art supply stores, it sticks well and stands up to handlingbut can be smeared to lighten. I use it more than I do the colored pencils.

Greg Martin

-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Hendrickson <rhendrickson@...>
To: STMFC <STMFC@...>
Sent: Thu, Oct 27, 2011 9:34 am
Subject: Re: [STMFC] making your own chalk marks




On Oct 27, 2011, at 7:09 AM, Andy Sperandeo wrote:

Hi Randy,
I've been trying Prismacolor artists' pencils from my favorite art
supply store. White, pale gray, and pale yellow are good colors,
and be sure to keep the points sharp.
Andy
I'll second Andy on this. I've been using Prismacolor pencils for
this purpose for years, and they work very well.

Richard Hendrickson









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Richard Hendrickson
 

On Oct 27, 2011, at 1:12 PM, Andy wrote:

I've been downstairs to my workbench since my earlier post, and
what did
I find but a different brand of pencil that I've also used for chalk
marks. It's a Lyra Rembrandt-Polycolor made in Germany. It's white,
and
works equally as well as the Prismacolors, which I also have. Someone
will want to ask if there's a price difference, but I honestly don't
remember. So I'd say to try whatever make of pencil you can find, and
don't be hung up on one brand.
A word of caution. If Andy says "Brand X" works fine, then he's
doubtless right. But in my experience, not all brands of artists'
pencils work equally well. So don't buy indiscriminately. Try the
brand of pencil you're offered by applying chalk marks to a freight
car before you make a sizable investment.

Richard Hendrickson
Rob & Bev Manley
 

My wife Bev the art maven says both the Prismacolor water soluable and Verithin hard leadare the ones I use. They are not waxy and don't act as a resist to flat finishes
Rob Manley
Midwest Mod-U-Trak
"Better modeling through personal embarrassment"

----- Original Message -----
From: Richard Hendrickson
To: STMFC@...
Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2011 11:33 AM
Subject: Re: [STMFC] making your own chalk marks



On Oct 27, 2011, at 7:09 AM, Andy Sperandeo wrote:

> Hi Randy,
> I've been trying Prismacolor artists' pencils from my favorite art
> supply store. White, pale gray, and pale yellow are good colors,
> and be sure to keep the points sharp.
> Andy
>
I'll second Andy on this. I've been using Prismacolor pencils for
this purpose for years, and they work very well.

Richard Hendrickson

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