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Watercolour pencils tutorial
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Published: 2008-08-19 00:36:46 +0000 UTC; Views: 95650; Favourites: 2468; Downloads: 2256
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My god, this thing took me forever.You can find the final result here:
tell me if you find it useful and if you need other tutorials.
EDIT
ok, FAQ:
How did you transfer the sketch to the watercolour paper?
Sorry, I forget to explain that. Simply by copying. It helps me correcting the errors. By the way if you're not able to reproduce a drawing you've done you can use light table or, just a window. XD
Some pics done with this tecnique:
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Comments: 438
Very personable and easy to understand tutorial
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So very helpful! Thank you!
I recently acquired some Derwent watercolor pencils and I can't wait to play around with them!
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less than half way through the tutorial - "OMG IS THAT DOCTOR WHO??"
(Either it is or I'm just a nerd XD )
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Interesting, I need to experiment a bit with these!
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My goodness! I have been looking for a tutorial like this. I can't believe I've been doing so many wrong things. Ahahahah!
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Ooo! This is very helpful! But I have a question. When you finish drawing on the watercolor paper, do you ink them or just leave them in pencil?
Thank you!
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This was a very usefull tutorial. Made me understand watercolours and especially the watercolourpencils better
many thanks
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thx alot that was very useful i love u thx for the details am sure that my picture that i draw will be great am gonna try these tip today
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I need to practice with watercolours. I hope this helps me!
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I followed this tutorial to create this: [link]
Thank you so much for such a wonderful tutorial! It really helped and I will definitely be using it in the future!
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Thank you for making this--I plan to experiment with watercolor pencils in my own work soon!
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Sorry- meant to comment on your tutorial, but this is great, too!
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I enjoy doing sketches but I would like learn to do something colourful too, like using watercolours and such.
I like this tutorial by the way!
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I must needs to learn how to do this... Your tutorial is very informative and detailed. It'll take me some time to read and re-read it to gain a fuller understanding of how to use my watercolor pencils. I have a brand new box of them but (alas) probably bought them with too much gung-ho and no know-how.
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Thanks soooo much for this tutorial!!! It's really helpful and I'm glad you made this
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This is wonderful! I only just got some watercolor pencils and I'm dying to try them out O.o
Thanks for the tips!
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I have "the amazing ones"
;_; I feel like I don't deserve to use them...
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I'm slightly confused. On section 3 ( the watercolour and guaches section) do you swap from watercolour pencils to watercolour paints? If someone could help me out that would be great
Wonderful tutorial by the way 
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great tutorial! so when you said you added heaps of water to the trees do you dry your brush between strokes? as in you add a bit, dry, then put more water on, add a bit, dry? i feel like i just soak the paper and it goes all crap (just using cheap paper, as a beginner)
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I'd say I do 4 or 5 strokes before drying the brush. by the way I never use too much water, I'm always careful. Let's say I don't even sink the brush entirely, just the tip usually.
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Thanx for the fantastic tutorial. I've been hesitant to use my watercolor pencils, but after this I'm excited to dive in to them.
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Your work is beautiful and this tutorial is just what i needed to learn how to use my new watercolor pencils properly and get nice results!
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Nice tutorial! And I agree with you, watercolor is sooo relaxingxD
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Great tutorial! I just bought some Derwent watercolours since I felt like they would fit me. Reading this tutorial gave me an idea of how I can use them. I will test out a few things myself but this was really helpful and I'm glad you did it. : )
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gorgeous art.... fun creative, clear tutorial!~ nicely done! Really helpful!
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who cares about your wrong english? english is just a tool for communicating but the most important part is your effort in providing aid which will help other artists to discover new techniques in this particular media...
thumbs up!
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Can you tell me how you transferred the picture from your sketchbook to the watercolour paper? Did you use tracing paper?
I tried to print a picture onto my watercolour paper but my printer doesn't want to work with it, probably cus the paper is too thick TT_TT
Please help because i really want to colour this picture i drew digitally with watercolours! <3
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I use light table usually. if you don't have one use a window to trace it from the sketch! (it's not very comfortable and you can do it only by day, but a lot of people does it this way)
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Ohh okay thank you! Actually my boyfriend just bought me a light box for Christmas lol i'll just have to be patient xD In your tutorial you mentioned water resistant inks, are there any brands of pens with that type of ink?
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my favourite are [link] but many professionals love this other brand: [link]
both very good.
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beautiful! thank you so much for this. i have some derwent watercolor pencils that were a gift, but i've benn scared to use them... but now i shall have to just try them out and see what i can draw.
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Wow I found this totally helpful as I read through it. I have Derwent watercolors and I also struggled to shade; I just plop down more of the color hoping until it gets to the shade I like, no matter how many times I have to paint, let dry, paint, let dry. I'll definatly be using this when I work on watercolors.
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How do you trace your sketch over to the watercolour paper?
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In this case I copied 'cause the drawing was simple, but usually with light table. of you don't have it on a window.
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I see, thanks. Do you think it's necessary to tape the paper to a wooden board or cardboard?
I don't have any experience with watercolours, so I don't know how much water it takes for the paper to curl.
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If you're at the beginning you'll probably use cheap watercolour paper (as you should. when beginning it's ALWAYS better to use this.) so it will curl right away.... so yes, you should tape it, or at least buy one of those pads with 4 sides glued (there are cheap ones of those. don't ask for arches or brands like those, ask for a "student quality watercolor paper pad" about 140 lb You don't need more for now.)
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I've bought some fairly cheap paper, yes
I will tape it
Thanks for your valuable help <3
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XD right I wasn't thinking of that. In fact I use the pad when doing a fairly fast drawing that'll need only few structure lines for the drwing, and tape the paper if I do something more complicated that need tracing...
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I can see why ^^
Well now I have the sketch on normal paper, so there's no going back. This is what I'll apply your watercolour pencil techniques to, if you'd like to see
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..right, I'm glad I have the sketch on normal paper - when trying to get the watercolour paper off the pad, I totally ripped it apart.. xD
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Thank you for putting this tutorial together, it's very helpful! The result is beautiful, lovely atmosphere.
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uhm i just got the derwent watercolour pencils and im having a hard time getting used to them, but how do you get a color and make it darker or lighter? i used to just draw and shade with pencils so just new to coloring...
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that just depends on how much pigment you put on the paper, so it depends on the lightness of the pencil trait. Less pencil, less colored also when you add water, more pencil more color.
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