A selection of artists materials, including colour pencils and the start of a Sally Lapham dog portrait in the background.

Materials

After much research, practice, and trials, I have discovered which are the best materials that enable to give the best quality and longevity to my work. This is so that you as a paying customer get to enjoy your portraits for a very long time!

The paper I use is Stonehenge Fine art paper with the weight of 250 grams which gives it good thickness. It is acid free in order to protect work from contaminated environments.

The pencils I use are a mix of Faber-Castell Polychromos, Caran D’ache luminance and Pablo pencils. Each brand has high levels of lightfastness which gives good resistance to fading.

A close up of a Sally Lapham dog portrait on premium paper.
Sally Lapham artists coloured pencils in pots