Derwent Watercolor Pencil Review & Painting Tips - Lachri 🎨

Are Derwent Watercolor Pencils any good? Find out if they are for you plus I'm demonstrating a lionfish painting with these pencils and giving you lots of tips for using them!

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I'm working on Fabriano Artistico extra white Hot Pressed 140lb watercolor paper.

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[sosumi_rogue]

If you love these watercolor pencils. I highly recommend Faber Castells Albrect Durer watercolor pencils. Also, for mind blowing color saturation, Faber Castell now has Albrecht Dürer Magnus Watercolor Pencils. They have a 5.3 mm core for laying down large washes and the saturation is even more intense than the regular WC pencils.

[suewilkinson]

These Derwent pencils get a lot of negative press in the colouring world. I've often wondered why because I love Derwent artists pencils (but not in most colouring books) but they too get bad press. You have increased my confidence to try these watercolour pencils out. I just love the shades. So very natural. Ideal for landscapes. Having watched you, I think they get bad press from colourists because they don't realise that they can, and should, layer. They tend to pile it all in at once and then wet it and get disappointed and then end up raving about the bright, vivid (but not that natural looking) brands.

[MichaelKeeter]

I use the Faber Castell watercolor pencils usually. I have found that using water soluble graphite leaves a grainy look even when you layer over it. I use a very light cool grey watercolor pencil for my outlines and layout. It works much better to me.

[gavinjustement]

Aww the beginning with chicken walking across the pencils made me so happy! He's so cute!

[sumathisaigan]

Thank you for the tips. I just purchased a Derwent Water Colour 72. I made the mistake of applying the colours thick and was very disappointed with the results. But thanks to you, after watching your tutorial, I tired applying in light layers and got great results. Thanks again. Your work is great.

[LeySketch]

This piece is absolutely gorgeous! Love how dreamy and vivid the colours turned out. And thank you for always creating such in-depth reviews!

[patriciacarpenter]

I just ordered the Derwent Watercolor Pencils and now I can hardly wait to get them. Thank You.

[tomhall]

I use these watercolor pencils for the underpainting design layout for an oil painting. you can change your mind make adjustments they're pretty friendly

[delila]

Everyone seems to love this.   You just really love anything underwater ( me too) and it shows.

[ShannaghLeigh]

So glad you finally did a watercolour pencil piece! This is my favourite medium honestly, I use Caran d’ache supracolor and the white museum

[brandytaylor.]

I keep watching coming back and rewatching your derwent inktense, watercolor, and color pencil videos

[aprilrainsfineart]

Stoppp your fangirling is making me want to buy these too and I already have way too many things on my art supply wishlist XD

[lisathaviu]

Great video! You may find that water brushes become your first choice in brushes for this medium. I haven't tried them, but Arteza makes a thicker water brush. The Silver brand "Black Velvet" type brushes work really well for these if you want a bigger brush since they hold a lot of water but they won't break the bank like a squirrel hair mop will. These have almost soapy pigment that sometimes needs to be pushed around, so a firmer bristle brush is easier to control.

Also, you might find that you prefer using these on cold press paper, particularly when you have a subject that requires deeper colors since Arches, at least, allows you to get some really rich looking, deep colors. My biggest problem with these is that I normally work from live models and I need to stop and wait for my layers to dry. The Caran D'Ache Museum Aquarelles are completely lightfast, but super expensive and really, except for a few colors, no better than these. The Inktense work in connection with these really well, especially for the first layers.

[misstees]

bought my derwent watercolor pencils several years ago. it's the one with the aqua tin as opposed to the new navy look. hardly played with it before and was planning on giving it away. this video made me bust them out again and try it on my new leopard project. 😊

[hollyzessin]

I have Derwent and Albrect Durer watercolor pencils, the Albrecht durer don't soften as much when a second layer is added more like inktense but the number of colors is nice.

[paintninspireneelart]

The intro with Chicken walking across the table is really cute. Also, the lion fish looks amazing with the blues that you added in. I have Cotman watercolor set and when I use it, I also prefer keeping the painting loose and some parts realistic. I feel like it gives it a nice look. I don’t have watercolor pencils but watching this makes me want to buy them.

[seahorse]

Super helpful video. Now understand why I've hesitated using my watercolor pencils as I didn't like the unblendable pencil strokes. Now realize I was pressing too hard to get a more saturated layer of pigment before hitting it with the water. T.Y. BTW, I LOVE the Caran D'Ache Museum Aquarelle watercolor pencils, but they're pretty pricey.

[colinmenzies]

Very inspiring. Thank you Lisa. Please do more with these pencils soon. I plan to acquire some soon!

[Aditya-dcmb]

Thank you much for making this video on watercolor

[jessejamesramirez]

I love this painting. The lionfish is beautiful. 11/10