How To Use Watercolour PENCILS! Learn All My Tips And Tricks!

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[jo-annmaruszak]

It is amazing what a talented hand can do with a simple water color pencil. That’s beautiful.

[evikelehar]

Thank you for demonstrating the different techniques. I only use a watercolour pencil in place of a normal graphite pencil for sketching (prior to normal watercolour painting). A pale grey, silvery shade works well as this 'disappears' under all shades of watercolour.

[jekalambert]

I was so happy when I heard your opening comments about using wc pencils instead of just painting. I had exactly the same reaction - why bother? I find it tedious to draw/color first then have to play around with a brush and water to activate the color when I could just dip my brush in my paints and be done with it. Thanks for all your ideas about how to use wc pencils. My favorite way to use them is to outline something, then pull the color from the edges toward the center. This gives a nice shading effect that I cannot achieve with regular wc.

[m.istooshort]

Fyj: the albrecht Dürer pencils are waterproof when you blend them with water and let them dry. If you lay down another color and the color underneath is dry it won't blend again, only the new color will blend.

[rebeccaripley]

Thank-you Emma!!! I have terribly shaky hands and the water color pencil tutorial was the answer Ive been looking for. PLEASE do more!!!

[kimatlastlooks]

Bought this same set last week and had the same complaint about the greens. I came from alcohol ink and am relatively new to watercolor. After working with it a few months, I didn't feel like I was getting the hang of watercolor. These pencils changed my mind. I'm able to practice water control so much easier. Thank you so much for the tips on color mixing with these. That's a huge help!

[tphan]

Just the tutorial I needed! Have had my 48 pencils set for several years now but this is the most comprehensive lesson on how to use them. I’m thinking watercolor pencils would be perfect for creating gift tags. Thank you so much Emma!

[jimflack]

I love my watercolor pencils. I prefer the control that I have with them. Thanks for the tips. One thing to remember is not to get the wood wet at the tip as it softens and degrades the tip and causes the leads to break .

[KMercure]

Thanks for this demo Emma. I use watercolour pencils in sepia and black mostly. I’m terrible at doing realistic branches with a brush, but if I hold a watercolour pencil loosely and kind of twirl it onto damp paper, I get fabulous spindly branches. I recently did a series of birch trees and they look so natural compared to what I can achieve with a brush. I also want to get a perylene green and sap green for leaves. I have a set of cheap watercolour pencils, but rarely use them because the colours are like you said, almost kid-like. So, individual colours are the way for me to go. I love Derwent watercolour pencils.

[Moondancer]

I’m so impressed by your informative, no nonsense tutorial that I’ve subscribed 🙏🙏

[sondrabrown]

Really appreciate all the hard work you put into this video! So many great tips! I saw an artist that paints very loose and wild use them when painting wet into wet, she takes a little sand paper and sands them over a very wet spot to get texture.

[lorihanby]

Another thing you can do is use a grater and grate little pieces of the watercolor pencil onto a wet piece of paper or wet painting for some cool effects. Works really well with woodless watercolor pencils.

[dianamaheux]

Finally a good video on how to explore watercolor pencils!! Thanks 👍

[greekveteran]

Watercolor pencils isn't one more step, it's an underratpr and highly versatile medium. It can provide the precision that watercolor lacks while still being watercolor!!! Only that by itself, is enough to put it in the essentials list, for watercolor painting. In the same time, It's as versatile as the user's imagination and creativity is! Because of it's nature, it can also correct a drawing or painting that didn't, come out as good as we expected! Means it can turn a fail...to success!!
PS Faber Castell A. Durer are the best ones. Go for open stock to try them and then, keep adding the same way, the pencils you need, to create a way better set, than the sets they sell!!!

[snookers]

For me, watercolor pencils work when traveling especially on a cruise ship. I bring my paper or watercolor coloring book-for no stress coloring/painting fun. I keep several size and shape water brush pens filled and ready to go. I don’t have to worry about bringing my palette, good paint brushes and try to have a cup of water handy-which I always spill. I can work on a small project or, again, a watercolor coloring book-for no stress coloring/painting fun- whilst lying in a lounge chair on the beach or by the pool with a cocktail in one hand.

[mcj]

Great video. I haven’t used my watercolour pencils in ages. I was glad to see you discover the detailing “trick” of going back when dry to add the line details.
Tip: if you like the detail but want it just a touch softer (and to set the paint) but not as much as a wet brush would do, experiment with a *very* light mist of water (like the tiny sprayers in cosmetics, preferably refillable). I used to just breathe on them but it was just small areas that needed it.

[debramitchell]

This is the best watercolor pencil demonstration I've seen! So helpful!
Thank you, Emma!

[Jokerenn]

Dear Emma Jane, I can't tell you how much I enjoy your lessons. I love it. Even more than the real watercolour lessons I do here in the neighbourhood. Please keep going on!

[daisyDee]

Wow! You are so awesome I will learn a lot from you I just started coloring ( didn’t even start a book yet ) then saw your water coloring style - just perfect thank you for all your teaching

[janiebee]

You can also use A Caran D'ache Palette Aquarelle (117.103). It is smooth on one sided and rough on the other. The rough side works great with water color pencils.