I always preferred using pastel pencils or simple graphite until I discovered using light colour pencils or white ink on black paper for a chiaroscuro effect. I started drawing chiaroscuro pictures on black paper quite early on in my art journey and it’s interesting to look back from more recent pieces to the drawings I did right at the start! I use a variety of pencils from Faber Castell Polychromos to Derwent Lightfast and Chromaflow and especially like the natural colours of Derwent’s Drawing pencils. I also sometimes use pencils in mixed media with alcohol markers.