So THAT’S what you were doing with your pencil drawings!
I still have a tin of 80 Faber Castell pencils I received as a Christmas gift when I was a teenager. It was a Big Present! I loved them.
They’ve been through the wars with me and are still going strong, although I’ve never tried dropping them from our ancestral tower. Now we live in a bungalow I might never get the chance.
I designed a game with my friends where we would have to choose ONE art supply company whose product we would get for free in endless supply until we die (and we can't buy any other brand). I always choose Faber-Castell.
They are just a very rounded brand. They make great pencils, and coloured pencils, but their brush pens are great too, and even their watercolours are not terrible. Other brands seem to specialise in one thing and if they do have other products they are terrible (ever tried Posca coloured pencils?). My runner up would be Derwent
So THAT’S what you were doing with your pencil drawings!
I still have a tin of 80 Faber Castell pencils I received as a Christmas gift when I was a teenager. It was a Big Present! I loved them.
They’ve been through the wars with me and are still going strong, although I’ve never tried dropping them from our ancestral tower. Now we live in a bungalow I might never get the chance.
Great story!
Those lovely tins of pencils, with the colours all lined up! Probably much safer to throw them from a bungalow than a tower, mind!
I designed a game with my friends where we would have to choose ONE art supply company whose product we would get for free in endless supply until we die (and we can't buy any other brand). I always choose Faber-Castell.
That's an amazing game Kinga! I couldn't even begin to decide, I love your commitment to Faber-Castell!
They are just a very rounded brand. They make great pencils, and coloured pencils, but their brush pens are great too, and even their watercolours are not terrible. Other brands seem to specialise in one thing and if they do have other products they are terrible (ever tried Posca coloured pencils?). My runner up would be Derwent
Loved to read more about the Faber-Castell history, thank you for putting it so well writen! Plus your collage made me smile ✏️😊
It's such a fascinating history isn't it? Haha, glad you liked my collage, it was fun to make!
Yes it is, an inspiring history and somehow makes us connect even more with their pencils ✏️❤️
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I didn’t know any of this! A very well told and educational story with lovely illustrations too. Thanks for informing me!
Oh thank you so much Nicola! Glad you enjoyed it!
Especially if they are water color pencils!
I don't think I know about Faber colored pencils. I will have to check them out.
Hope you enjoy them if you try them. They have lots of different ranges!
I loved this story! And the collage pencils too... hope you have visited The Pencil Museum in Keswick?
I’ve visited twice Jane! I love the Pencil Museum! 🤓
Ha ha I thought you’d be a fan - I have been THRICE! ✏️✏️✏️
HahahaAmazing! I'll start planning my next trip immediately!
A great read Nanette and such great storytelling!
Thank you so much Charlotte! I've been using Substack as a bit of a practice ground for storytelling so that's such a lovely comment!
Ooh I love a dip down a rabbit hole and this was a goodie 😃👌✏️
It was such an extensive rabbit hole!! There were so many bizarre side stories, thanks for reading Sam!
I found this very interesting. Though I have Faber-Castell pencils my favs are Blacking and Staedtler.
So interesting!