Derwent Lightfast Coloured Pencils

Derwent Lightfast pencils are created to be 100% lightfast. The revolutionary core is resistant to prolonged colour change, ensuring that works will not fade in museum conditions for 100 years. Its smooth oil base creates a brilliant colour and can be blended into the page to create a painterly effect. Manufactured from the finest raw materials and purest pigments, all colours meet internationally recognised ASTM D6901 lightfastness testing standards.

HINTS AND TIPS

Many people equate lightfastness with permanence. This is not entirely accurate, as many other factors can affect the permanence of your work such as humidity, temperature, atmospheric pollution, reactions between different pigments and chemicals, the paper you use and even the way you use your art materials.

For optimum performance of your pencils follow these simple guidelines:

Use high-quality, heavyweight, pH-neutral paper.

Create rich, even layers and avoid damaging the substrate.

Do not hang or expose your work to direct sunlight.

Mount the artwork behind glass, preferably with a UV-absorbing coating.

Remember that the lightfastness of Derwent Lightfast may be adversely affected if mixed with other products.

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