A guest blog by Dragon Dave’s wife
As Dragon Dave has mentioned in some of his recent blogs, we
have taken up sketching (again). Somehow
going places inspires me to take out my sketchpad and pencils. So when we went on a weekend get-away to Big
Bear Lake, the sketching supplies went with us.
One evening, inspired by a scene on the local tourist
magazine, I sat down with my watercolor pencils and sketchpad to see if I could
recreate it. I used a set of Caran D’Ache
Prismalo watercolor pencils (a gift from my loving aunts), and set to work.
Below is the picture that inspired me, and the results of that evening.
Sometimes being creative leads me to more creative
thoughts. I had been using my watercolor
pencils as just color pencils, with only a quick dab at adding water to them, so
I began thinking about using my watercolor pencils with brushes and water. What
kind of results would I get? A trip to
the local craft store provided me with water-brushes. These are brushes you fill with water and
gently squeeze to release the water into the brush.
As the paper in my sketchpad does not react well to water
(it is only a 65 lbs. bond), I decided to try drawing on some watercolor paper
(140 lbs. bond). Note: the higher the bond of paper, the less warping of the
paper when water is applied. So what
should I draw? I decided to redo the
scene from Big Bear Magazine to see what difference water would make to the
picture. On a free evening I re-sketched
the scene.
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| Drawing on Watercolor Paper |
Then I used the water-brush to dissolve and blend the pencil
drawing into a watercolor painting.
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| Drawing after water has been applied. |
I found it interesting how the water brought out the
intensity of the pencil colors and made them even more vibrant. I will definitely work on making more watercolor
paintings using my watercolor pencils.
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| Original Drawing & Watercolor Painting |
I hope you enjoyed seeing the results of my little
experiment, and that it inspires you to a creative effort of your own.
Dragon Dave’s Wife
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