Caran d'Ache Museum Watercolour Pencils (Pack of 40)

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G’day Barb- a “white magic” eco eraser sponge with just water is all I need to clean the mixing board when I’m not going to use the pigment again! (It goes by many names just here in Oz, from branded thru cheap no name, typically used to remove scuffs from painted walls etc). Yep, just water and it gets off ALL the pigment returning to a perfectly white clean board. Saves your brushes- especially if you like them- too.

Watercolour Pencils offer more versatility than a standard colouring pencil, but they do have a slightly steeper learning curve. With a single watercolour pencil you’ll essentially have two colouring tools in one and you’ll be able to make a whole variety of different marks. Use watercolour pencils dry and you probably won’t be able to tell them apart from a standard colouring pencil. Their texture may feel a little drier, and they may not layer quite as effectively – but overall they’re very similar. There’s nothing stopping you from using your watercolour pencils dry and never activating them with water. However, be careful not to splash your drawing or the colour will run and you could ruin it. Museum Aquarelle pencils have been made with the best selection of pigments, including a large number of mono-pigments (pure, unblended colour from source) and highest quality translucent mineral filler.However, it takes a long time to make your own chart, and it’s usually something we don’t get around to doing. Pencils made with high quality wood: the wood of the Museum Aquarelle pencils is the highest grade FSC™certified cedar wood. You can also combine watercolour and traditional pencils into a single drawing. Just make sure you use water soluble colour in your initial layers, otherwise the traditional colour pencil will act like a resist!

The Caran d’Ache Museum aquarelle watercolour coloured pencil range is vibrant with strong pigment. It is a smaller range than the other Caran d’Ache aquarelle watercolour range Supracolor Soft. The Museum range has 76 pencils. A little colour went a long way, and without the fragments I’d been expecting; the pigments dissolved completely into the water. It occurred to me this would be a handy way to take colours travelling or hiking with minimum weight. MUSEUM AQUARELLE is not only a water-soluble pencil; it is a watercolour in a pencil form. MUSEUM AQUARELLE colour pencils are developed and produced in our Geneva workshop, in close collaboration with master watercolour artists. Their extra-fine quality makes them perfect both for watercolour painting and for artistic drawing.We have created products about colour harmony and Museum Aquarelle pencils. You can find information about them here. Lightfastness You’ll find this chart helpful as you can find a coloured pencil’s details without having to physically search through your pencils, or your physical colour chart. It will be a great time saver for you. Museum Interactive Colour Chart When searching for information, first use the global search button. Then use the column searches to refine your search. This post is part of a series in which I have had a closer look at the coloured pencils in my art and craft stash for your information. You can refer to this disclaimer to see how the analysis was done to decide on colour pencil colours.

Whilst still wet, I shaved colours on to the bottom right corner to give the effect of flowers and grasses. I tested the pigment strength by increasingly diluting a small square of pencil drawn on Bristol board. Winsor & Newton Studio Collection Watercolour Pencils have a smooth texture and high level of pigment that delivers both excellent coverage and easy colour laydown. While you can use these pencils dry, their colour is at it’s most vibrant when wet. They’re made with a high quality binder, so the leads are very resilient and resistant to both chips and breakage. This pencil range has a rather minimal design. Their white barrel distinguishes them from Winsor’s standard colouring pencil (grey barrel), and like them they feature very little in the way of pigment or lightfastness information. In fact the only information printed on the barrel is the colour name and the Winsor & Newton logo.Mary Herbert tries out Caran d’Ache Museum Aquarelle Pencils and finds that they are a ‘serious medium, made for serious artists’ Top features Derwent Inktense are one of Derwent’s best-selling pencil ranges. They dry to a permanent finish, meaning you can layer up vibrant, translucent colours without disturbing the colour beneath. Inktense don’t limit you to using only paper – try them out on card and fabric to achieve the same permanent colour. They’re suitable for all kinds of craft and fine art projects. They offer much more intense colour than the rest of Derwent’s water soluble pencil range. Inktense pencils feature Derwent’s signature colour flash at the end and include both the colour name and indentification number stamped on the barrel. No specific lightfastness or pigment information is given on the pencil. Watercolour Pencils are made similarly to a standard colouring pencil. They have the same wooden barrels that encase a coloured lead. Each lead is made from the same kinds of ingredients as a coloured pencil, but with the added benefit of a water-soluble binder. This binder allows you to use watercolour pencils either wet or dry. Use them dry and you’ll be able to apply and blend colour like a traditional pencil. However, their beauty really comes out when you combine them with water. Use a wet brush, mist with a spritzer or spray bottle, or draw directly onto wet paper to create all kinds of interesting marks. For Frank the Suffolk punch and his handler Pete I made a palette as described, and applied a couple of layers of colour with a brush. Shaving the colours on to a fresh wash or plain wet paper was quite an exciting experience as I watched them seem to melt. I used a sharp blade for this, running it at a 45° angle along the lead produced a fine dust, whereas a 90° angle gave me a thin flake.

Faber-Castell Goldfaber Aqua Watercolour Pencils are available in sets. Winsor & Newton Watercolour Pencils Studio Collection WatercolourWhilst wet, it behaved just like conventional watercolour and I could lift out, and drop colours in the usual way, as well as applying salt effects and so forth. Creating different effects with Museum Aquarelle