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Usage of water soluble color pencil

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2023-10-11 16:15

Water-soluble colored pencils are also called watercolor pencils. However, it is difficult to draw the transparent texture of water like watercolor with water-soluble colored pencils. Therefore, it is most important to show the unique texture of water-soluble colored pencils as far as possible in painting, instead of replacing watercolor with water-soluble colored pencils.

Several Basic Methods of Water Solubility

① Water-soluble on the painted color pencil drawing

The most common method is to dip a brush in water and directly apply water to the finished painting. But the amount of water will have a great impact on the picture.

② Dip the color from the pencil with a brush

Dip a brush in clear water, and then dip a color pencil in the color painting. This method of painting brings the effect closer to the watercolor effect.

③ Dip in water directly with colored pencil

Directly dipped in water, the color pencil lead melts and becomes soft. This method can be used when feeling the need for a small amount of dense color.

④ Spray water with spray bottle

The spray bottle can be used at the beginning, middle and end of the painting process.

A. first spray the wet picture with a spray bottle, and then draw directly with a colored pencil, which can show the ink effect.

B. painting to half, spray wet picture with spray bottle, dry can continue to color.

C. after painting, spray wet picture, let the picture presents hazy effect.

Common brush pen skills

In addition to color pencils, the main pens used are pencils, brushes and pastel sticks.

① Plain coating

Flat coating is the most commonly used water-soluble method. When painting flowers, the direction of flat coating is according to the direction of plant texture, from light color to dark color.

② Dotpoint painting is often used when painting small and complex flowers, that is, using a brush to point water on the paper to make the color bloom automatically.

③ Sweep

Sweeping is a common method when painting a large area of the background. The brush has more water, and the side front is used to sweep the picture quickly, which is easy to produce white.

A few points of attention

① The particularity of simple and light color pencil drawing is that color mixing is done on paper. Once the color contacts water, various colors will automatically melt with the water. At this time, the writing brush should not draw in one place over and over again. The drawing paper is not a color palette. After mixing various colors, it will be dirty and flowery. The whole painting may be destroyed, especially when water is used more. This kind of situation should be avoided.

Use less black.

Black is a mixture of all colors. It is easy to make the picture dirty when mixed with other colors. Especially for beginners, due to the lack of experience in color control, more difficult to grasp.

③ Use watercolor paper as much as possible

In order to achieve a better water soluble effect, good quality watercolor paper plays a very important role. Ordinary paper water absorption is poor, easy to wrinkle, only suitable for a small amount of water painting.

The absorbent paper towel is essential

It is inevitable that there will be excessive water when painting, and it is an excellent remedy to use paper towels to absorb water in time.

⑤ The question of how much water

With too little water, the water-soluble effect is not obvious, and it is easy to be rigid and rigid, so it is better not to be water-soluble. More water, it is difficult to control the picture, sometimes all previous efforts will be wasted, sometimes it can receive unexpected results. Therefore, in painting, we should draw more and experience more. Generally speaking, more water should be used in large areas, while less water must be used in small areas.

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