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[moonvoice]

The Difference Water Makes

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[silverjackal.livejournal.com]

That is remarkable. Am I understanding correctly and you use a watercolour pencil to colour, and then go over with the water, instead of using a brush with paint?

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

Yes. So you can see how the pencils go down on the left, and then you can see the difference on the right once the water is applied.

It's a pretty alchemical process.

This is only the first layer of colours though. I do use coloured pencils after this, and sometimes even acrylic washes. But one of my favourite (and most tricky) parts of the process is putting down the watercolour pencil, knowing that they are really going to change once water is added.

[malignlibra.livejournal.com]

I truly hope that one day I can buy one of your originals. Your work is beyond stunning.

[lupabitch.livejournal.com]

Thank you for sharing this bit of your technique! (And I love that your camera can take this nice a detail shot, too!)

[singingnettle.livejournal.com]

Ooh, neat!

[singingnettle.livejournal.com]

I adore watercolor pencils.

[sistahraven.livejournal.com]

Gorgeous! I love the angles and perspective

[shimmerhawk.livejournal.com]

Wow, amazing how that pencil changes with water. How do you know how it will turn out after you put the water on?

I really like the colors on the muzzle there so far.

[earthguardian.livejournal.com]

This is awesome.

The thing I noticed a lot in drawing is that characters (men and women) tend to have Water hands. In Palmistry, there are hand types that correspond to the elements. Like, an Earth hand would be a short palm with chubby fingers essentially. Water hands are long palms with long, thin fingers. And that's what your picture reminded me off.

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

How do you know how it will turn out after you put the water on?

Fairly educated guess work.

It's always fun when I'm trying out new brands though. For example, Faber Castell Albrecht Durer don't come out as strong as they first appear. Derwent Inktense come out VERY strong, no matter what you do, and sometimes radically different looking to how they appear. Derwent watercolours go on weak and come out stronger.

[shimmerhawk.livejournal.com]

Maybe I'll stick with ink wash, lol. These sound like they'd be fun to play around with though!

[leelastarsky.livejournal.com]

Magic! :D