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Watercolor Graphite!
Star portraits. Very cool art in watercolour, pencil, charcoal and graphite
Watercolor Graphite Questions
Can I use graphite pencil on watercolor paper?
I am trying to draw a really big picture, using graphite and charcoal. The problem is: the biggest paper I could find at the store was watercolor paper. I tried a few graphite pencils on it, and it erased kinda funny – now I’m not sure whether it is best for a charcoal/graphite medium.
The paper is Strathmore Watercolor paper. It is also ‘cold press’. Can someone tell me what that means as well?
Kassie, thank you very much! You really answered my question – I’m relieved to hear I can use it. ^^ Thank you!
Okay, I’ve got my first answer – anyone else answering, can you please tell me whether I should go purchase a different type of paper, or whether I should stick with watercolor? I am drawing a ballroom, complete with tiny details and lots of smoothing – will this paper work for me?
It is ok to use watercolor paper to draw on but cold press paper is just a paper that has a rougher texture to it. Its rougher because watercolor works better on a rough surface. They do make hot press watercolor paper that is a lot smoother. I would say that the roughness is why you are getting funny eraser marks. For me….I like a pretty smooth surface for both watercolor and drawing. You can get larger paper at and art store or sometimes you can find them online. Try DickBlick.com
Colour Pencils and Water Colour Pencils Basics
Are you a novice in the art? Do you want to learn how to get started? Following are some basic color pencil strokes that will be helpful in your drawing. It is a good idea to spend some time exploring the color pencil medium with small pieces before attempting a major drawing.
As with graphite pencil, there are a range of techniques which you can employ when drawing with colored pencil. Which one you choose will depend on the final effect you are aiming for. The techniques are:
Shading: Using a straightforward side-to-side shading motion, a smooth even layer of color is built up. A very light touch can be used to deposit the faintest amount of pigment for graduated shading.
Hatching: Rapid, regular, evenly spaced lines are drawn, leaving a little white paper or underlying colour showing.
Cross-Hatching: Hatching overlaid at right-angles. This can be done with different colors, or carried through multiple layers, to create a textured effect.
Scumbling: This refers to the ‘brillo pad’ method, tiny overlapping circles rapidly drawn. Again, it can be used to build up a single color or different colors.
Directional Marks: Short directional lines which follow a contour, or the direction of hair or grass or other surfaces. These can be densely overlaid to form a rich textural effect.
Incised Marks: Two thick layers of color are overlaid, then the top colour gently scratched into with a blade or pin to let the lower layer show through.
Burnishing: It is simply layers of colored pencil overlaid with strong pressure so that the tooth of the paper is filled and smooth surface results. This image shows a burnished surface compared with a basic overlay of color. With some colors, especially with waxier pencils than the watercolor pencils used for this example, a quite translucent and jewel-like effect can be obtained with careful burnishing.
After the basics of colour pencils, its time for learning how to use water colour pencils. Using watercolor pencils is very similar to using a ‘normal’ pencil or a color pencil. You should hold them the same way, sharpen them the same way, and moreover you can always erase them!
It’s when you add water into the equation that their uniqueness appears. There are different ways to do this. For starters, you can do by painting with clean water over your drawing. Or you can lift the paint off the pencil with a brush then apply it to your paper, wet the pencil then draw with it, or wet the support you’re working on.
By painting over the watercolor pencil with a brush that has been loaded with clean water the pencil lines dissolves into the watercolor paint. The intensity of the wash produced depends on the amount of pencil that had been applied to paper. The more pencil lead, the more intense the color. Be selective in which areas you turn into washes to make the most of the unique properties of watercolor pencils.
Happy Colouring as ‘practice makes the man perfect’!
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