What media are affected by the ratio of pigment to filler used?
The following media should be chosen within the mid price range for good color results. The brands suggested have more pigment and very little or no filler. COLOR PENCILS, WATERCOLOR PENCILS – Derwent and Prismacolor brands give excellent results. Expect to pay $1 to $1.50 per pencil. Prismacolor has a softer core, making it slightly more powerful when delivering color, but easier to break as well. CHALK or SOFT PASTELS, OIL PASTELS – Artist quality pastels begin at $3 per stick, adding up to a pricey start-up cost. For older students we suggest Nupastel brand, costing $1 per stick and really delivering when it comes to strong color. Younger students can get good strong color from Cray-Pas, Junior Artist, Student Quality Oil pastels which are inexpensive. Chalk pastels, also called soft pastels can get expensive. I suggest choosing the least expensive brand for young children through 3rd grade. Sets of 12 can be found for around $5. These are fine for young students, who are not usuall
