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Title: My first attempt at watercolour pencils and pigs!
Post by: ppd on July 10, 2012, 11:00:50 pm

Thaought I would try out a piggie picture and after a bit of trial and error did this one. But not really sure how to use them!! Any tips would be great.
I mostly prefer to use acrylics and I am even rusty with them, but have always been a bit scared of watercolours (you can't paint over mistakes, and I seem to make plenty  ;D )
 

Title: Re: My first attempt at watercolour pencils and pigs!
Post by: Dans on July 10, 2012, 11:28:12 pm

I like  :thumbsup:

Dans

Title: Re: My first attempt at watercolour pencils and pigs!
Post by: HappyHippy on July 11, 2012, 12:05:10 am

I like it too  :thumbsup:

I think the easiest way with the watercolour pencils is to build the layers up gradually, letting the paper dry completely inbetween 'coats' Once you get to the top coats only use a very slightly damp brush over the top or you can get water pens (but you have to watch as they do let quite a lot of water flow)
Here's a good link http://www.squidoo.com/Watercolor-Pencil-Technique (http://www.squidoo.com/Watercolor-Pencil-Technique) and some of mine are on my Yonderton website in the photo gallery (but they were just straight watercolour because the kids got hold of my pencils  ::))
Karen  :wave:

Title: Re: My first attempt at watercolour pencils and pigs!
Post by: SallyintNorth on July 11, 2012, 12:16:20 am

Quote from: Dans on July 10, 2012, 11:28:12 pm

I like  :thumbsup:

Dans

Quote from: HappyHippy on July 11, 2012, 12:05:10 am

I like it too  :thumbsup:

Karen  :wave:

Me three  :thumbsup:

Title: Re: My first attempt at watercolour pencils and pigs!
Post by: aliceinwonderland on July 11, 2012, 01:19:07 am

It looks lovely!
I remember my best friend (who won all the art prizes at school) always used to shave some of the pencil into a little egg cup or onto a small pallette and mix it with water so that she could use that as paint as well as the draw-then-paint-over method. I'm afraid that's the only watercolour tip I know!


As someone who is extremely artistically challenged, I am very impressed!

Title: Re: My first attempt at watercolour pencils and pigs!
Post by: ppd on July 11, 2012, 08:09:28 am

Thanks all
Karen, that's a great website and well explained. I love the horse and as that is my favourite subject matter I can't wait to try it out. I think with the pig I pretty much did what you said to do but I was probably trying to work on too large an area at a time. Now where are my pencils ;D

Title: Re: My first attempt at watercolour pencils and pigs!
Post by: Hermit on July 11, 2012, 08:26:01 am

That is sooo good, well done .You have really caught the movement of the pig walking.I can just imagine it bobbing along with its ears flapping up and down!