Uploaded September 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
What Is The Value Of Your Own Lightfast Test, Can The Results Be Used When Selling Original Work
After the Kalour review, we had quite a few conversations in the comments around the topic of lightfast, whether or not the lightfast legend on the Kalour tin was a typo, perhaps back to front. However this lead on to other questions, of which some were private and sent to me via email or social media message.
I thought I would create this video specifically talking about the value of creating your own lightfast test. Can such a test be trusted, will it provide accurate information, could it be used as a legitimate selling point when selling your original artwork? These are all questions I ask in the video and many more, hoping that via the amazing comments you guys leave, we can all discuss and share opinions and ideas about the matter.
I know the topic of lightfast testing is very boring, but I fear, based on previous conversations, that young and new artists to the colored pencil medium, feel pressured to buy only lightfast materials.
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ASTM Standard - bit.ly/2jbA4S2
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Finally, if you would like to follow my day to day personal life and get to know me and my family a bit better, you can click the links below and follow me on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram, I also have a Threads and TikTok which if you are on those platforms I’d love to see you over there. I am always adding work in progress images of the art projects I’m working on, photos and video clips of my Siberian Husky Koda and occasionally my family.
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What Is The Value Of Your Own Lightfast Test, Can The Results Be Used When Selling Original Work
After the Kalour review, we had quite a few conversations in the comments around the topic of lightfast, whether or not the lightfast legend on the Kalour tin was a typo, perhaps back to front. However this lead on to other questions, of which some were private and sent to me via email or social media message.
I thought I would create this video specifically talking about the value of creating your own lightfast test. Can such a test be trusted, will it provide accurate information, could it be used as a legitimate selling point when selling your original artwork? These are all questions I ask in the video and many more, hoping that via the amazing comments you guys leave, we can all discuss and share opinions and ideas about the matter.
I know the topic of lightfast testing is very boring, but I fear, based on previous conversations, that young and new artists to the colored pencil medium, feel pressured to buy only lightfast materials.
Blue Wool Standard - bit.ly/2r6Bgux
ASTM Standard - bit.ly/2jbA4S2
Derwent and Luminance Comparison - bit.ly/2NihcOX
Lets Talk About Lightfast - bit.ly/3gve17O
Lightfast Video - bit.ly/3WuG1tE
The Art Gear Guide Social Media Platforms
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FACEBOOK PAGE - bit.ly/2FQdNDe
PATREON PAGE - bit.ly/3iLKu87
KO-FI DONATIONS - bit.ly/2SmKe3H
PERSONAL FACEBOOK - bit.ly/2sdjkwY
ART GEAR GUIDE INSTAGRAM - bit.ly/2FZ35gE
ART GEAR GUIDE TWITTER - bit.ly/2FFOyr3
DEVIANT ART - bit.ly/39ZMkOa
TIKTOK - bit.ly/3UExeaV
AMAZON STORE - amzn.to/2VRp12j
PINTREST - bit.ly/2S373bP
Pay Pal Donations For The Art Gear Guide
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DONATIONS - bit.ly/30Rg8sc
As always guys, thank you so much for your support I can’t tell you how much it means to me. You can of course support the channel by simply watching my videos to the end, reading the viewing the content on The Art Gear Guide and leaving comments along with likes, all for free, you have nothing at all to give and in return I am constantly giving away amazing art sets, free giveaways open to everyone no matter where you live in the world, I pay for postage.
If you would like to support the channel financially, of which all money goes back into buying art supplies to review and improving the production value etc, you can subscribe to my Patreon Channel. For as little as $2 a month you get access to many tutorials, colored pencils, marker, watercolor, pastel, mixed media etc. You can of course subscribe more than $2 a month, as much as $15 per month, but that is up to each individual and I set it at $2 because I wouldn’t everyone to gain access. Ive not added a tutorial in the past few months but I am working on a fantastic Absolute Beginners Guide to colored pencil artists and this has been so widely requested.
Finally, if you would like to follow my day to day personal life and get to know me and my family a bit better, you can click the links below and follow me on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram, I also have a Threads and TikTok which if you are on those platforms I’d love to see you over there. I am always adding work in progress images of the art projects I’m working on, photos and video clips of my Siberian Husky Koda and occasionally my family.
The Art Gear Guide Social Media Platforms
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FACEBOOK PAGE - bit.ly/2FQdNDe
PATREON PAGE - bit.ly/3iLKu87
KO-FI DONATIONS - bit.ly/2SmKe3H
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ART GEAR GUIDE INSTAGRAM - bit.ly/2FZ35gE
ART GEAR GUIDE TWITTER - bit.ly/2FFOyr3
DEVIANT ART - bit.ly/39ZMkOa
TIKTOK - bit.ly/3UExeaV
AMAZON STORE - amzn.to/2VRp12j
PINTREST - bit.ly/2S373bP
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