Stabilo Woody 3 in 1 - tips and tricks

Is it a watercolour, is it a pencil, is it a crayon??? According to Stabilo, the Woody crayon is all three in one. Originally designed as chunky pencils for small hands, mixed media artists have been loving the versatility of these pencils. I've come late to the party as I have only just come across them, so in this film I put them through their paces to see how they perform on black and white paper, with ink, on wet paper etc You get the idea! I learn a lot along the way and will show you the stripey abstract piece I did to see how they performed. ‪@stabilo‬

This is not a sponsored film - my son gave them to me for Christmas! If you would like to support my art, please consider donating via KoFi, which will let me make more content: https://ko-fi.com/lizchadertonartist Thank you!

I got lots of questions about lightfastness ratings, so I reached out to Stabilo after the film went out and they replied very quickly (well done!). I have put the chart on the community tab of this channel. Some like black and gold are very lightfast, others like the pastel shades are fugitive, so choose your colours wisely!

Without wishing to spoil the surprise, I thought they were great fun and have ordered a few colours which were missing from the set - a good purple, turquoise, white and gold. I like to support small shops if possible, so I ordered from: https://outbackyarns.co.uk/stabilo-wo... for £1.59 each (plus postage).

However if you are ordering other supplies and want to add them, I have just become an affiliate of Jackson’s. This means you pay nothing extra, but I get a small commission from your purchase. Here is tge link: https://www.jacksonsart.com/search/?q...

If you already use Woodys, let me know your favourite way of using them please in the comments.

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