As I worked on this ZIA, I though there may be someone who is a bit unsure about watercolour pencils, so I took some photos of the process. I worked on watercolour paper 300gsm..quite heavy. It was a medium texture, almost smooth. I used Derwent Inktense pencils to colour initially. The thing with wc pencils is you dont have to colour everything in, but gradually move away from oplace of origin and lighten the coloour if you wish, which is a nice effect. A problem I found was the pecil would not spread evenly on the wc paper.
Here is my picture after the first colouring.
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| It looks rather rough and sketchy but thats ok... |
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| Next step to apply water with a no2 brush to dissolve the pencil and sometimes blend it. However, it still looked a bit ragged, so.... |
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| I used my Prisma Verithin pencils to touch it up, I think it needed that. |
It's beautiful! And thanks for the step by step. I always appreciate those.
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Rinda
Wonderful! I love water soluble color pencils as well. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for the tutorial. Beautiful Zia! Happy PPF!
ReplyDeleteGreat info ~ I could use it ~ Lovely creation ~ wonderful design and colors ~ (A Creative Harbor) ^_^
ReplyDeleteGorgeous colors! I love your design and the step by step.
ReplyDeleteI really like your technique. I've never used the water color pencils, been thinking about it, and that's as far as it goes. Lovely work or play, it's toooooooooooo much fun to call it work!!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful colors, and gorgeous detail in your design.
ReplyDeleteGreat info and fab results. Happy PPF, Annette x
ReplyDeleteWouldn't it be great if this could be a maze to wander through?
ReplyDeleteLovely colours and lots of lovely detail.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful piece, lovely, fresh colors! Happy PPF!
ReplyDeleteoh wow... they are so cool and they coordinate with your blog wallpaper perfectly!
ReplyDeleteGreat detail and wonderful color. Love those pencils. Happy PPF!
ReplyDeleteLove the colors and thanks for the step by step - great information!
ReplyDeleteThis is gorgeous! I love the combination of zentangles and watercolours.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful work! It's ironic that watercolor pencils don't distribute very well on any kind of textured wc paper--
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