Have you ever tried using watercolor pencils? If you are a pencil artist like me who likes to sketch, then this is the painting method for you.
The watercolor pencil is actually just a water soluble colored pencil.
This means that you can draw fine details and blend them with water.
The watercolor pencils that I use come from Faber Castell, and they come in many different shades.
There are a lot of different pencil techniques, but my favorite method is sketching out my painting with a regular pencil, coloring it in with the different colored pencils, and then applying water with a brush.
You can also dip the tip of your pencil in water, and then draw onto dry paper, but this method uses up the pencil lead very quickly.
Another way to use your watercolors is to slightly wet your paper and draw with a dry pencil.
This creates a unique bleeding effect.
What I love about using these versatile pencils is that you will have the watercolor paint look, but all you really did was draw.
The reason I usually sketch is because painting can be difficult, as you have to have a lot of different colors of paint to get the right values.
When the paint dries you cannot blend the colors, but when it is wet you cannot add more paint.
These problems are still there when you use watercolor pencils, but there are ways to make your painting experience a little more simple.
It is easier to do your shading if you add all of the color before applying water.
From my experience you cannot put new layers with watercolor pencil, as the color is thin and will be somewhat transparent.
Try using different mediums in addition to your watercolor paint, such as pens or a different type of paint such as acrylic, which is my other main painting medium.
Just have fun using your watercolor pencils, and make your own masterpiece!