Photo of the day.

Organising a Colour Story





I prefer to get all the colours I need first, rather than picking as I need them. This forces me to think about how I want the piece to appear once finished, and allows me to make a more balanced selection. This is a little more than I generally pick, but to get nuances of pale blue, I generally need a more sophisticated palette.

This is in the watercolour pencil stage, where I'm mostly using Derwent Watercolour pencils (I prefer these for - what I feel - are their superior grain, colour spectrum, pigmentation and then their ability to hold well onto paper). I've also got a few Polychromos in there (the cream Polychromos by Faber Castell is probably the nicest, strongest cream I've ever used in a watercolour pencil).

At the very very top you can see my favourite shade of blue is about to run out! As is my cream Polychromos (never fear, I always have two back ups).