Creative Watercolor Pencil

*NOTE: All Watercolor Pencils are Albrecht Durer Watercolor Pencils by Faber-Castell unless indicated.

I  will use a variety of watercolor pencils for my different  demonstrations.  I’m just mentioning some good colors which could easily  be used.  You will all have your own brand of watercolor pencils, so  the names will be different. I’m adding some swatches of colors to give  you an idea as you try to compare them to your watercolor pencils.  I  use abbreviations on the swatches but list the full color names below.   Of course, I will NOT need all these.  I’m showing them to give you an  idea for options.  If you look in the Coral Bell and Hosta sections you  will see watercolor pencils I used in my week 1 demonstrations.

Great  Greens: Earth Green Yellow, Permanent Green Olive, Olive Green Yellow,  Chrome Oxide Green, Light Green, Prismacolor Watercolor Pencil Dark  Green, Dark Phthalo Green.

Some  Favorite Add-Ins:  Cream, Light Yellow Glaze, Cadmium Yellow, Cadmium  Orange, Pale Geranium Lake, Derwent Watercolor Pencils Madder Carmine,  Dark Red, Prismacolor Watercolor Pencils Crimson Red, Fuchsia, Middle  Purple Pink, Red Violet, Purple Violet, Helioblue Reddish, Ultramarine,  Light Ultramarine, Derwent Watercolor Pencil Turquoise, Cobalt  Turquoise, Deep Indigo, Raw Umber, and Burnt Ochre.

Used  in the Coral Bells: Raw Umber, Middle Purple Pink, Red Violet, Olive  Green Yellow, Chrome Oxide, Burnt Ochre, Pale Geranium Lake, Derwent  Watercolor Madder Carmine, Dark Indigo, and Permanent Green Olive.

Used  in the Hosta: Cream, Earth Green Yellow, Permanent Green Olive, Grass  Green, Light Yellow Glaze, Dark Phthalo Green, Chrome Oxide, Cobalt  Turquoise, Helioblue Red Shade, and Middle Purple Pink.

Here  are some Derwent brand Inktense watercolor pencils you can use if you  want to try them: Inktense Apple, Inktense Leaf, Inktense Fern, Inktense  Oak, Inktense Field Green, Inktense Poppy, Inktense Chili (swatches are  in the top section), Inktense Sea Blue, Inktense Bark, Inktense Dark  Chocolate, and Inktense Baked Earth (swatches are in the bottom section)

I will highlight Inktense specialty watercolor pencils on week 2.

 Specimens: LEAVES (Hosta, Coral Bells)

                      Media: Watercolor Pencil alone

                      Focus: Introducing Watercolor Pencils

                      Application Techniques 

                      Achieving Color

 Specimens: FLOWERS (Zinnia)

 Media: Watercolor Pencil alone 

              Highlighting Inktense watercolor pencils

              Option: introducing watercolor pencils with watercolor paints

Focus: Adding backgrounds to our leaves, to our flowers

Specimens: BIRDS  (Hummingbirds or Barn Owl)

Media: Watercolor Pencils

Options: Watercolor Paints, Artist Inks

HUMMINGBIRD 

See me for copy of the hummingbird photo.

WATERCOLOR PENCILS:  Cadmium Yellow Lemon, Light Green, Light Cobalt Turquoise, Ultramarine,  Middle Purple Pink, Earth Green Yellow, Cold Gray I, Derwent Watercolor  Pencil Blue Gray, and Derwent Coloursoft Cloud Blue Permanent Colored  Pencil (not watercolor pencil).

DERWENT INKTENSE WATERCOLOR PENCILS : Sherbet Lemon, Dark Aquamarine, Sea Blue, Teal Green, Baked Earth, can use Black

WATERCOLOR PAINT: Aureolin, Winsor Blue Green Shade, Indigo, Sepia

FW ARTIST INK: Light Green, Emerald Green, Process Cyan

                               Luminescence Silver Moss is Fun!

Watercolor pencils and other optional media.

Watercolor Pencils: Burnt Ochre, Permanent White Prismacolor, Prismacolor Watercolor Terra Cotta, Prismacolor Watercolor Goldenrod, and Cream 

DERWENT INKTENSE WATERCOLOR PENCILS: Willow, Baked Earth, Dark Chocolate, Bark

WATERCOLOR PAINT: Quinacridone Gold, Raw Sienna, Burnt Sienna, French Ultramarine 

ARTIST INK: FW Burnt Umber or FW Sepia

Completing our work

Introducing Claybord (I’m using in Session B)

Expanded Critiques and Question

Feedback

Specimens: SUNFLOWERS with a focus on Backgrounds

Media: watercolor pencils

              Possible combination with watercolor paints

Watercolor Pencils:   Cream, Light Yellow Glaze, Cadmium Yellow, Burnt Ochre, Cadmium Orange,  Dark Cadmium Orange, Pale Geranium Lake, Inktense Baked Earth, light  green, Earth Green Yellow, Light Cobalt Turquoise, Dark Phthalo Green,  Light Ultramarine Blue, Ultramarine Blue, Helioblue-Reddish, Inktense  Sea Blue, 

Middle Purple Pink, Purple Violet, Inktense Dark Chocolate, Inktense Violet

Specimens: POPPIES with a focus on Backgrounds

Media: watercolor pencils

             Possible combination with watercolor paints and graphite pencil

Watercolor Pencils:  Cream, Light Yellow Glaze, Cadmium Yellow, Cadmium Orange, Dark Cadmium  Orange, Burnt Ochre, Pale Geranium Lake, Light Purple Pink, Derwent  Watercolor Pencil Madder Carmine, Middle Purple Pink, Light Green, Earth  Green Yellow, Chrome Oxide Green, Light Cobalt Turquoise,  Helioblue-Reddish, Inktense Dark Chocolate

Specimens: Nests with Eggs and Continuing Backgrounds

Media: watercolor pencils

             Featured specialty watercolor pencils are Graphitints by Derwent

            Possible combination with watercolor paints and graphite pencil or liquid inks

Supports: Watercolor Paper or Ampersand brand Claybord, smooth surface

Watercolor Pencils: Light Green, Earth Green Yellow, Light Cobalt Turquoise, Cobalt  Turquoise, Inktense Dark Chocolate, Burnt Ochre, Inktense Baked Earth,  Light Ultramarine Blue, Ultramarine Blue, Middle Purple Pink

Graphitint Watercolor Pencils: Storm, Warm Gray, Cool Brown, Sage