Sharpening Pastel Pencils

In this episode we chat a little more about Colin's time at Butlins including a funny story of Colin's early teaching days. We also talk extensively about sharpening pencils and how different brands react differently to using a blade. What tips does Colin have for sharpening softer pastel pencils? We talk about what sharpeners are good and how the binding method of the different makes affects the sharpening method. Here's the sharpeners mentioned on this show: Faber-Castell Trio Sharpener Dahle 133 Creative Mark Multipoint crank sharpener Kum Automatic Long Point sharpener If you enjoyed the show please leave us a positive review on iTunes as it makes all the difference! - Colin and Steve