The rigger brush is used to make the rigging on the painting of a ship (rigging consists of ropes of many did different thicknesses.) it's usually a long, very slender, slightly stiff (to hold the shape of the "line") and it will hold a lot of paint in order for there not to be any breaks in the "line". If you color some black or blue watercolor pencil on some slightly textured plastic packaging (make shift pallette) and then wet this brush and then mix it withe the scribbled pencil you will load enough pigment to be able to make some lovely smooth, consistent lines. -- Hope this helped.
This is the most helpful watercolor pencil video I’ve seen anywhere. I tried using my pencils before on a flower drawing I did, and I used too much and ruined the whole thing. Your demonstration with the correct brushes and small amounts of water here is invaluable to me!
Just a heads up I use the water brush all the time with no problems of excess water. I don't squeeze them on the paper. I use the squeeze to rinse excess on a paper towel especially if changing color. The actual brush stays a little damp then and blends your colors well with out excess water. I have more control. I think the key is how you use it. Of course everyone is different just thought I share that so you can maybe try again.
I don’t think you’re long winded! You’re video was exactly what I was looking for! So I thank you for everything you’ve said! I look forward to watching more of your videos! 💖
I like a flat brush for turning on its skinny side and creating skinny lines. It’s nice to load up with a bunch of color and use it to draw straight lines, or stamp out a texture with lots of short lines
The Pentel waterbrush is great for many things.......but. When working on different papers, other than artist grade, you do not push down. Once the brush is wet the first time, that's it. Wipe it gently between colors on paper towel or a dedicated regular towel....... unless you are doing actual watercolor painting, when you use it like a watercolor brush. Do not squeeze........barely touch the brush to your piece after laying in the pencil and you'll find that it will work. If it doesn't, the result is usually due to a heavy hand. Please see, "The Mind of Watercolor," Adult Coloring book segment and what you'll be able to achieve with a bit of practice.
+Judith A Rowland Thank you so much for watching! Its funny because I did my video about 2 months before he did his. I have tried different things and even spent money buying smaller sizes of waterbrushes, but they just are not for me. I have tried the method you mention and other methods. but i just dont like the lack of control, I love the regular brushes and i know that the waterpens let you travel without a waterpot but i like having the control with the regular paint brushes and often switch between sizes to get the effects i want. water pens dont give me the amount of water i want when i want and i dont like not being able to choose between different degrees of water. One of my new friends who has a great artist loves them and doesnt mind the things i mind, but they are really not for everyone. but i didnt want the fact that i personally dont like them to prevent me from talking to people about them.
yes, the color chart is sooo important. Time consuming to make, but totally worth it in the end. I find round brush most useful with watercolor. I prefer filber over flat brush, and I only use them on filling large area or background. I'm not a big fan of those water brushes either. It could be convenient when you're out drawing watercolor, but for me cleaning the brush tip before dipping it in another color becomes a problem... Great video, I enjoyed watching!
+Catherine OAO thank you so much! I really am having a hard time find the "perfect" brush! i feel like they either cost $100 each or they dont seem good, I understand why some cost $100 each but i just dont need that for adult coloring book. so i just "make do". I havent tried a filber but i will. I find the flat to be not useful for coloring books or stamping, its just not often we are filling in those large large spaces. Yes the chart took like 3+ hours to make but it is soo worth it. I thought about doing a video just on making the chart but seemed like a boring idea.
Great video! Thank you. I have the Fabre-castell polychromas on my wish list. For now I am using Windsor & Newton Cotman watercolours. Today I used a pen tip as opposed to a small round tip brush and I was amazed at how much more control I had putting the colour down into those tiny spaces. I am working on the Secret Garden book too. I'm looking forward to trying the pencils so that I can layer different colours into the design.
thanks for the video! I bought some adult coloring books and wanted to try watercolor pencils. I have never used them before but it seems like a ñn easy and fun thing to do. Thanks for the information!!
Hi, as an add on to what I wrote below, I have the large set of Derwent Inktense pencils and they are WONDERFUL! and you don't have to hit everything with water because they are amazing pencils in their own right without water, it's just that the water makes the colors POP!
Thanks, this is awesome! I wanted to try a new way to color in my secret garden book. So far I have only used my colored pencils but I LOVE the look of watercolors so I've been wanting to try but not sure it would work. So this is super helpful! Now I need some watercolor pencils!
Thanks for a lovely thoughtful video. I really want to "paint" my colouring books to get a bit more depth of colour and texture, this looks like the perfect way to do it. I'm pretty heavy handed so love your less is more approach, off to order supplies now!
great job Karia, might want to look into a water pen that cannot be refilled, gives you mucho control, has 2 ends, one BOLD tip like your pen you have and fine tip that is hard but wonderful for all the small spaces. This one is made by FINESSE-Colored Pencil Blender Pen. They last a long time, and I have another one that I had picked up from a scrapbooking store. When you feel the tip, it hardly feels wet but it works amazingly, as you know, you don't need a lot of water, just FYI, Blessings!
Thank you for this great video! It motivates me to use watercolour pencils also with my regular colouring books. I love the magic which happens in front of your eyes when the pigments get activated by water! I also have the Albrecht Duerer pencils and this cute little water cup. Regarding the water brush, i think that is a Pentel brush which you have and actually they are very well made. Usually it's not necessary to squeeze the brush. The water flows without squeezing. I use a small size brush which has a very fine tip and it works really fine. I love watercolour pencils so much that i'm looking for another set. Either the Mondeluz by Koh-I-Noor or the Aquarelle pencils from Lyra. Now i will have a look at your other videos. Happy colouring!
+Anja Meurer thank you so much for watching and commenting! I dont know what size i have and that might be part of the problem. I also think that while the continuous flow of water works ok for watercolor paper for this if feel like like because the paper is so thin, i want to use as little water as possible. BUT i do have a watercolor notebook so I will try it on that and see if thats a better fit. I LOVE the Faber Castell AD watercolor pencils. They are just great. but i do want to try other brands and they are on my to do list.
+ColoringKaria Seems like you have a large size Pentel brush. The small one is much smaller! There is a medium one, too. The AD pencils are really wonderful! I buy them open stock and love to see my collection growing. The Derwent Inktense are nice, too!
Anja Meurer maybe I will see about getting the smaller one, this was the only one they had in the store. but I have amazon prime now so I can totally do this.
This is a great vid and reminds me of something I've been meaning to ask around about ... in coloring books I sometimes like to use water-based blender markers instead of a paint brush or a waterbrush. I don't know if I'm supposed to be doing this or not but I find I get some rather extreme control and effortless ultrafine details with cheap water-based blender markers (these would be the Koi Coloring Brush Pen and Recollections double sided blender pen). Even the alcohol-based blender markers like Prismacolor and Winsor & Newton Brushmarker colorless have cool effects (though they do bleach the color a tad but sometimes that's exactly what I want). You have to be careful with the water-based markers because they will chew the paper up if you go over a spot too many times or press too hard. I've also been experimenting with the Inktense and some gamsol and blending stumps, with nice results
your sable brushes will hold a lot of water within the bristles so that you do not have to keep having to dip into the water, but they do not 'let go ' of the water at once like the water pen.... even with the small tip brushes. The teeny brushes are for lining and detailing when painting. Such as adding tiny lines, or dots, or tiny lettering or tiny branches on trees etc. ( the very tiny brushes, smaller than what you have on here)
I'm waiting too for a cool coloring book on watercolor paper. for now I'm tracing onto watercolor paper and prisma pencil / watercolor pencils for color books..
+Nick M can I ask a question. What size watercolor paper are you using? I feel like the paper sizes for watercolor don't match up well with the paper sizes for adult coloring books.
Forgot to mention, great videos! And yes watercolor is a difficult source for coloring books, the paper is thin too much water and color will bleed and warp. watercolor coloring is for extreme effects/shading / layers..
+Nick M thank you so much! the great news is that since I did this video we are getting more and more books on thicker paper. Most still can't handle a LOT of water but a few can handle small amounts. I'm surprised strathmore hasn't come out at least with something. I think their 400 series watercolor paper would be great for some adult coloring book pages. I'm hoping it's a mater of time because it's soooo much easier to use real watercolor paper.
Hi! I love my aqua brush because it holds just the right amount of water. The only time I squeeze water out of it is when I wipe off the pigment and squeeze the water out to rinse the color out. And I only use the very tip of the brush. Now, Bonnie Krebs of Art Impressions recommends a no. 4 round brush with artificial bristles. I see you have natural bristles. She recommends the artificial bristles because they bounce back quicker than the natural bristles and before she puts the paintbrush to the paper, she pinches off the bristles to get most of the water out. Have you tried the artificial bristles? Just curious to know what your take is between the natural and the artificial paintbrush bristles?
I decided to try my Cotman brush instead of the water brush and I agree that it uses less water. My pages don't seem to warp as much since I'm not using the water brush so thanks for the tip.
+gooddollie No problem, I'm just glad I could be of help! Don't forget to subscribe and enter the spectrum noir giveaway if you are in America. That's the second to last giveaway of the year.
@ColoringKarla thanks 4 posting this review / demo of watercolors ... something I've been thinking about for some time now and looking @ using with the adult coloring books
I noticed that when using the barrel ed you squeezed out the water, I was shown that you only have to squeeze the barrel once to release the water, which I have done, then the brush stays moist throughout while using😀
I love your tutorials and am learning a lot from you. I recently got water color pencils and tried to color a night sky with them in a coloring book. It did not turn out well so I stopped and will come back to it later when I learn what I'm doing. Would you please do a tutorial on that? This book, "The Night Voyage" is going to have a lot of night sky and I have no idea how I am going to color it. Thanks for all the awesome information you already have up.
+Mary Hildreth thank you for watching. Don't forget to subscribe and check out my other videos! Sure I will add a night sky to the list. Let me know if you have any questions!
Thank you for this very good informative video Karia. I will now use watercolour pencils in my adult colouring book and I will enjoy doing it. Best wishes Ann in South Australia.
Just finding this video, very nice, thanks! It might finally convince me to use the coloring books I've got as a gift. Was that a cat purring in the background? So sweet :) Thanks
+lotfang Same here. I don't need to squeeze the Derwent brushes unless I'm cleaning the brush or just putting some water in a travel palete. That Pentel waterbrush she has is too big for me, I usually stick to the #1 and #3 brushes ... love that little flat brush. But I still keep some ultrafine and oversized regular brushes. But the Derwent waterbrushes are amazing with Inktense pencils
I've seen some people that have backgrounds done with watercolor pencils that kind of have a tie dye look to them. I was wondering if you have seen pictures colored that way and what you think of them. I watched one tutorial that actually put the wet brush on the pencil. I am wondering if there are only certain brands of pencils you could do that with and would it compromise the use of the pencil for coloring thing in as you demonstrated here. Thanks so much for your EXTREMELY lovely and helpful videos!
+Cassandra Fisher Hello, thank you so much for checking out my video! So I haven't seen that effect, but watercolor pencil is extremely versatile and you can see 7 more ways to use water color pencils in this video. th-cam.com/video/5ePK8DFclrc/w-d-xo.html You should totally be able to use the pencils as a palette by brushing the pencil with a wet brush but if you watch the other video or even just look at the thumbnail you can see that different usage methods will use different amounts of water and have a different intensity of color. Using the pencils as a wet palette looks like it would use a fair bit more water than what I show here so you would have to test your paper and see if it would work with coloring books. Or if you would need special watercolor pencil.
my practice watercolor paper is 98 and 140 pound cold press, it's a bit thicker than card stock. but I am still able to trace images off the pc screen with it..the higher the pound less warp / better the paper for water color
Have you ever used Inktense? Are they difficult to use? Also, I adore you and I absolutely love your work! I just started coloring in adult books and I'm so glad I found your channel!
Awesome tutorial. Dang it, Karia. I need to stop watching your vids, you're making me want so many art supplies! Haha. I never really thought I'd want watercolor pencils, I thought I had my mind made up with the Polychromos (I like rewatching your review, it's great), but now you're making me want these, too!
+youngcou lol! Thank you so much for your kind words! Yes enabling is what I do. I didnt think I would like them but I got a couple of sample pencils and really enjoyed them. I actually wish I had the full set lol! Watercolor pencils are soo much fun. there are so many ways to use them. I am actually planing on doing a video just on all the ways to use watercolor pencils.
LOL! Its for making you happy! I usually ask my wife "really is $20 such a large price to pay for a happy wife?" she gives me a dirty look, sighs, shakes her head and im happy! lol.
Thank you for this informative video. I received my pencils yesterday and plan to do a chart of all the colors and shades. Did you make your template for all your colors or can I buy or get the template on line?
Thank you for watching there should be a link in the description to the website I got the chart from. If not it is in a video I made about making a chart. If you can't find it let me know and I will post it here :) sorry I can't do it right now I'm on my cell phone but if you let me know I will get it and repost it :)
Size 6 and flat brushes are qgood for drawing with watercolor pencils. Rigger brushes are for making thin long lines. Water brushes are best for plain air(outside, on location painting.
I forgot to mention the rigger brush is for laying down paint not really a brush for coloring in with, because it's long and thin, also watercolor paper is not easy to use for tracking, I get a blank and put it over Google images on flat pc screen turn up brightness and trace light with pencil then use watercolor to paint with..a light box works too but expensive
with the water brush are you squeezing the barrel when you colour or is it dripping like that without you squeezing if your not squeezing then you defiantly have a lemon as mine kida looks like yours and mine does not give me enough water lol then i realized i was using it wrong now i am fine liking your videos
Thank you for the video. I have watercolor pencils, but it hadn't really occurred to me to use them in my coloring books. I'm going to give it a try :) I had headphones on when I watched this, is there a kitty purring???
Very usefull video. Thanks for sharing. May I ask you : did you print the coloring desing on a watercolor paper ? it seems thicker than common coloring paper book. Thanks again and hello from France ;)
+JORLA2854 Hello, I used two version sold in the USA of the same book: the secret garden by Joanna Bransford. There was the regular edition and the artist edition which is printed on card stock. But I did not reprint either version.
+ColoringKaria Thank you so much for your answer, I've just realized that an artist version was printed in one side only, I think I'll give it a try, even I have the other version. I've seen it on amazon. Good idea to print it in this version with a better paper. Thanks again !
+Renee Muhammad No I downloaded the chart. I will add the link in the description. Polychromos 60color chart: justcolorin.com/free-faber-castell-polychromos-60-pencil-set-color-chart-print-color/
Do you think you could use watercolour pencils like normal pencils? like blending and everything I'd like to buy some but I'd like to use them for both when I do watercolouring and normal colouring but I can't afford to buy normal and watercolour pencils. So I'm just wondering :o
+brandyandwhiskerslol Yes I did a video on 7 ways to use watercolor pencils and using them as regular pencils is definitely one of the options. but they will still be slightly different, water color pencils are often softer, they can be more difficult to erase and you always have to keep it as far away from water as possible. this is my video the use of water color pencils as regular pencils is the first one. th-cam.com/video/5ePK8DFclrc/w-d-xo.html
I just watched the video and wow I learned alot. I was thinking about buy faber castel watercolour pencils but where i live i doubt I'll find the bigger sets like 36 and 60 so I was looking on ebay and the ones in tins are like $30 for 36 while i found 48 colours in a cardboard box for the same price.. i was wondering if you would have any experience as if theres any difference between the two? like are the tin ones better quality? also this might be a stupid question but I live on an island so we have alooot of humidity here would that affect the coloured pages at all?
So i checked the faber castell website and they do not make any alberdurer sets in cardboard box or in a 48 size. there IS a faber castell RED and BLUE lines and those do i think come in different sizes and cardboard box but i dont know anything about them. those are childrens and student grade respectively.
Ahh I see I'm guessing the ones you have (alberdurer) are artist grade and more high quality then? thanks for taking the time to reply I appriciate it so much!
Hi I bought a tin of Marte Monte watercolor pencils and don't have a name for each color, have you any tips on how I can make a sample page using the colors if they don't have a name
+Kris Harkin Hello, so I went to the website and could not find a list of color names. So what I would do, is to make the color chart and look at the names used by Derwent or Faber Castell and try to match the names to the best you can. That's what I would do anyway.
+ColoringKaria So cute! Please give him huggs from me here in Germany! And now I will explore the other videos on your channel (and not only because of Sir Stewart). Keep up the excellent work!
+Christine Chin thank you so much for watching! I'm trying to get as many videos as possible closed captioned. But it is expensive/time consuming. I will put together a playlist of all the videos that are closed captioned!
maybe your squeezing to hard, as to why your getting to much water, i hold my water coloring brush down close to the brush its self. try again. i only squeeze when i want more water, then only away from my picture, after i have the brush as wet as i want i contiue painting. good luck.
The rigger brush is used to make the rigging on the painting of a ship (rigging consists of ropes of many did different thicknesses.) it's usually a long, very slender, slightly stiff (to hold the shape of the "line") and it will hold a lot of paint in order for there not to be any breaks in the "line". If you color some black or blue watercolor pencil on some slightly textured plastic packaging (make shift pallette) and then wet this brush and then mix it withe the scribbled pencil you will load enough pigment to be able to make some lovely smooth, consistent lines. -- Hope this helped.
This is the most helpful watercolor pencil video I’ve seen anywhere. I tried using my pencils before on a flower drawing I did, and I used too much and ruined the whole thing. Your demonstration with the correct brushes and small amounts of water here is invaluable to me!
Thank you so much! Let me know if you have any questions.
Great video thank you. Just bought some water colour pencils to use with adult colouring books and hadn’t a clue where to start until I watched this.
Just a heads up I use the water brush all the time with no problems of excess water. I don't squeeze them on the paper. I use the squeeze to rinse excess on a paper towel especially if changing color. The actual brush stays a little damp then and blends your colors well with out excess water. I have more control. I think the key is how you use it. Of course everyone is different just thought I share that so you can maybe try again.
😊Your instructions are very detailed and your voice volume is perfect. Thank you. You're a good teacher 😊
+Christine Pierce thank you!
I don’t think you’re long winded! You’re video was exactly what I was looking for! So I thank you for everything you’ve said! I look forward to watching more of your videos! 💖
Thank you! ❤️
I like a flat brush for turning on its skinny side and creating skinny lines. It’s nice to load up with a bunch of color and use it to draw straight lines, or stamp out a texture with lots of short lines
That is a great idea!
The Pentel waterbrush is great for many things.......but. When working on different papers, other than artist grade, you do not push down. Once the brush is wet the first time, that's it. Wipe it gently between colors on paper towel or a dedicated regular towel....... unless you are doing actual watercolor painting, when you use it like a watercolor brush. Do not squeeze........barely touch the brush to your piece after laying in the pencil and you'll find that it will work. If it doesn't, the result is usually due to a heavy hand. Please see, "The Mind of Watercolor," Adult Coloring book segment and what you'll be able to achieve with a bit of practice.
+Judith A Rowland Thank you so much for watching! Its funny because I did my video about 2 months before he did his. I have tried different things and even spent money buying smaller sizes of waterbrushes, but they just are not for me. I have tried the method you mention and other methods. but i just dont like the lack of control, I love the regular brushes and i know that the waterpens let you travel without a waterpot but i like having the control with the regular paint brushes and often switch between sizes to get the effects i want. water pens dont give me the amount of water i want when i want and i dont like not being able to choose between different degrees of water. One of my new friends who has a great artist loves them and doesnt mind the things i mind, but they are really not for everyone. but i didnt want the fact that i personally dont like them to prevent me from talking to people about them.
Thanks for the video. I really want to try this with my adult color books now. I like how it blends the colors so nicely.
yes, the color chart is sooo important. Time consuming to make, but totally worth it in the end.
I find round brush most useful with watercolor. I prefer filber over flat brush, and I only use them on filling large area or background.
I'm not a big fan of those water brushes either. It could be convenient when you're out drawing watercolor, but for me cleaning the brush tip before dipping it in another color becomes a problem...
Great video, I enjoyed watching!
+Catherine OAO thank you so much! I really am having a hard time find the "perfect" brush! i feel like they either cost $100 each or they dont seem good, I understand why some cost $100 each but i just dont need that for adult coloring book. so i just "make do". I havent tried a filber but i will. I find the flat to be not useful for coloring books or stamping, its just not often we are filling in those large large spaces.
Yes the chart took like 3+ hours to make but it is soo worth it. I thought about doing a video just on making the chart but seemed like a boring idea.
Great video! Thank you. I have the Fabre-castell polychromas on my wish list. For now I am using Windsor & Newton Cotman watercolours. Today I used a pen tip as opposed to a small round tip brush and I was amazed at how much more control I had putting the colour down into those tiny spaces. I am working on the Secret Garden book too. I'm looking forward to trying the pencils so that I can layer different colours into the design.
Thank you so much for watching. Yes the cotman are on my wishlist as well!
thanks for the video! I bought some adult coloring books and wanted to try watercolor pencils. I have never used them before but it seems like a ñn easy and fun thing to do. Thanks for the information!!
Thanks for watching! I'm glad I could help. Let me know if you have any questions.
Hi, as an add on to what I wrote below, I have the large set of Derwent Inktense pencils and they are WONDERFUL! and you don't have to hit everything with water because they are amazing pencils in their own right without water, it's just that the water makes the colors POP!
Thanks! They are on my list of things to review.
Thanks, this is awesome! I wanted to try a new way to color in my secret garden book. So far I have only used my colored pencils but I LOVE the look of watercolors so I've been wanting to try but not sure it would work. So this is super helpful! Now I need some watercolor pencils!
I'm glad my video helped! I have several more videos on using watercolor with coloring books.
Thanks for a lovely thoughtful video. I really want to "paint" my colouring books to get a bit more depth of colour and texture, this looks like the perfect way to do it. I'm pretty heavy handed so love your less is more approach, off to order supplies now!
+Miss Stitchery let me know how you like it!
great job Karia, might want to look into a water pen that cannot be refilled, gives you mucho control, has 2 ends, one BOLD tip like your pen you have and fine tip that is hard but wonderful for all the small spaces. This one is made by FINESSE-Colored Pencil Blender Pen. They last a long time, and I have another one that I had picked up from a scrapbooking store. When you feel the tip, it hardly feels wet but it works amazingly, as you know, you don't need a lot of water, just FYI, Blessings!
Thank you for this great video! It motivates me to use watercolour pencils also with my regular colouring books. I love the magic which happens in front of your eyes when the pigments get activated by water! I also have the Albrecht Duerer pencils and this cute little water cup.
Regarding the water brush, i think that is a Pentel brush which you have and actually they are very well made. Usually it's not necessary to squeeze the brush. The water flows without squeezing. I use a small size brush which has a very fine tip and it works really fine.
I love watercolour pencils so much that i'm looking for another set. Either the Mondeluz by Koh-I-Noor or the Aquarelle pencils from Lyra. Now i will have a look at your other videos. Happy colouring!
+Anja Meurer thank you so much for watching and commenting! I dont know what size i have and that might be part of the problem. I also think that while the continuous flow of water works ok for watercolor paper for this if feel like like because the paper is so thin, i want to use as little water as possible. BUT i do have a watercolor notebook so I will try it on that and see if thats a better fit.
I LOVE the Faber Castell AD watercolor pencils. They are just great. but i do want to try other brands and they are on my to do list.
+ColoringKaria Seems like you have a large size Pentel brush. The small one is much smaller! There is a medium one, too.
The AD pencils are really wonderful! I buy them open stock and love to see my collection growing. The Derwent Inktense are nice, too!
Anja Meurer maybe I will see about getting the smaller one, this was the only one they had in the store. but I have amazon prime now so I can totally do this.
This is a great vid and reminds me of something I've been meaning to ask around about ... in coloring books I sometimes like to use water-based blender markers instead of a paint brush or a waterbrush. I don't know if I'm supposed to be doing this or not but I find I get some rather extreme control and effortless ultrafine details with cheap water-based blender markers (these would be the Koi Coloring Brush Pen and Recollections double sided blender pen). Even the alcohol-based blender markers like Prismacolor and Winsor & Newton Brushmarker colorless have cool effects (though they do bleach the color a tad but sometimes that's exactly what I want). You have to be careful with the water-based markers because they will chew the paper up if you go over a spot too many times or press too hard.
I've also been experimenting with the Inktense and some gamsol and blending stumps, with nice results
+Heather Leisure thanks for sharing.
your sable brushes will hold a lot of water within the bristles so that you do not have to keep having to dip into the water, but they do not 'let go ' of the water at once like the water pen.... even with the small tip brushes. The teeny brushes are for lining and detailing when painting. Such as adding tiny lines, or dots, or tiny lettering or tiny branches on trees etc. ( the very tiny brushes, smaller than what you have on here)
Thank you Karia for posting. I look forward to viewing more of your videos.
No problem! Glad you found the video helpful!
Thanks for sharing. Good for people that are interested, but haven't tried yet. Appreciate the video.
Thank you for watching! Let me know if you have any questions!
I'm waiting too for a cool coloring book on watercolor paper. for now I'm tracing onto watercolor paper and prisma pencil / watercolor pencils for color books..
+Nick M can I ask a question. What size watercolor paper are you using? I feel like the paper sizes for watercolor don't match up well with the paper sizes for adult coloring books.
Forgot to mention, great videos! And yes watercolor is a difficult source for coloring books, the paper is thin too much water and color will bleed and warp. watercolor coloring is for extreme effects/shading / layers..
+Nick M thank you so much! the great news is that since I did this video we are getting more and more books on thicker paper. Most still can't handle a LOT of water but a few can handle small amounts. I'm surprised strathmore hasn't come out at least with something. I think their 400 series watercolor paper would be great for some adult coloring book pages. I'm hoping it's a mater of time because it's soooo much easier to use real watercolor paper.
Thanks for the suggestion on the chart. I really enjoyed the video
Hi! I love my aqua brush because it holds just the right amount of water. The only time I squeeze water out of it is when I wipe off the pigment and squeeze the water out to rinse the color out. And I only use the very tip of the brush. Now, Bonnie Krebs of Art Impressions recommends a no. 4 round brush with artificial bristles. I see you have natural bristles. She recommends the artificial bristles because they bounce back quicker than the natural bristles and before she puts the paintbrush to the paper, she pinches off the bristles to get most of the water out. Have you tried the artificial bristles? Just curious to know what your take is between the natural and the artificial paintbrush bristles?
Enjoy videos. Your advice on how to use brushes, water colors, pencils very helpful. Thank you!
+Di Monty Thank you so much and thank you for watching!
I really like your video on watercolor pencils. I am a beginner (senior), very helpful. Thanks
+Linda Nash I hope you'll be fine in the future
I decided to try my Cotman brush instead of the water brush and I agree that it uses less water. My pages don't seem to warp as much since I'm not using the water brush so thanks for the tip.
+gooddollie No problem, I'm just glad I could be of help! Don't forget to subscribe and enter the spectrum noir giveaway if you are in America. That's the second to last giveaway of the year.
@ColoringKarla thanks 4 posting this review / demo of watercolors ... something I've been thinking about for some time now and looking @ using with the adult coloring books
+theHookdude west thank you so much for watching. Let me know if you have any questions!
I am brand new to this and you have some very good hints! Thanks for the great video!!!!
Thank you for watching!
I noticed that when using the barrel ed you squeezed out the water, I was shown that you only have to squeeze the barrel once to release the water, which I have done, then the brush stays moist throughout while using😀
This video was really helpful for me, particularly which water brushes/size to use. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you for watching! Let me know if you have any additional questions.
I love your tutorials and am learning a lot from you. I recently got water color pencils and tried to color a night sky with them in a coloring book. It did not turn out well so I stopped and will come back to it later when I learn what I'm doing. Would you please do a tutorial on that? This book, "The Night Voyage" is going to have a lot of night sky and I have no idea how I am going to color it. Thanks for all the awesome information you already have up.
+Mary Hildreth thank you for watching. Don't forget to subscribe and check out my other videos!
Sure I will add a night sky to the list.
Let me know if you have any questions!
Great video, thanks for the tips. I just brought myself some watercolours and wanted some tips before I decided to mess my colouring book up =)
+Katrina Smith thanks!
thanks for sharing I really loved watching this video I'm trying to get into new things and water colored pencils is one can't wait to try them :)
+Kendall Simmons I'm so glad my video helped!
Thank you for this very good informative video Karia. I will now use watercolour pencils in my adult colouring book and I will enjoy doing it. Best wishes Ann in South Australia.
No problem. Glad you found the video helpful!
I've been wondering about using my WCp on my books now yeah I can it's great practice to do shading and tonal values....mikelle art mom👩🎨✍
Just finding this video, very nice, thanks! It might finally convince me to use the coloring books I've got as a gift. Was that a cat purring in the background? So sweet :) Thanks
You are welcome! Yes that was Stewie!
Really enjoyed your video. Truly great job!!
Beautiful artwork.
Thank you!
I use derwent brush and I don't squeeze at all . Water flows .. I think for these water brushes squeezing might not be a good idea
Yes. Some TH-camrs squeeze and some don't. I don't like them either way. But that's a personal choice. :).
+lotfang Same here. I don't need to squeeze the Derwent brushes unless I'm cleaning the brush or just putting some water in a travel palete. That Pentel waterbrush she has is too big for me, I usually stick to the #1 and #3 brushes ... love that little flat brush. But I still keep some ultrafine and oversized regular brushes. But the Derwent waterbrushes are amazing with Inktense pencils
Merci 🙏🙏
I've seen some people that have backgrounds done with watercolor pencils that kind of have a tie dye look to them. I was wondering if you have seen pictures colored that way and what you think of them. I watched one tutorial that actually put the wet brush on the pencil. I am wondering if there are only certain brands of pencils you could do that with and would it compromise the use of the pencil for coloring thing in as you demonstrated here. Thanks so much for your EXTREMELY lovely and helpful videos!
+Cassandra Fisher Hello, thank you so much for checking out my video! So I haven't seen that effect, but watercolor pencil is extremely versatile and you can see 7 more ways to use water color pencils in this video.
th-cam.com/video/5ePK8DFclrc/w-d-xo.html
You should totally be able to use the pencils as a palette by brushing the pencil with a wet brush but if you watch the other video or even just look at the thumbnail you can see that different usage methods will use different amounts of water and have a different intensity of color. Using the pencils as a wet palette looks like it would use a fair bit more water than what I show here so you would have to test your paper and see if it would work with coloring books. Or if you would need special watercolor pencil.
+ColoringKaria Thank you!
This is just what I needed!
my practice watercolor paper is 98 and 140 pound cold press, it's a bit thicker than card stock. but I am still able to trace images off the pc screen with it..the higher the pound less warp / better the paper for water color
Have you ever used Inktense? Are they difficult to use? Also, I adore you and I absolutely love your work! I just started coloring in adult books and I'm so glad I found your channel!
like the idea of a chart, thanks helps a lot!!!
+leslie sawich no problem.
Awesome tutorial. Dang it, Karia. I need to stop watching your vids, you're making me want so many art supplies! Haha. I never really thought I'd want watercolor pencils, I thought I had my mind made up with the Polychromos (I like rewatching your review, it's great), but now you're making me want these, too!
+youngcou lol! Thank you so much for your kind words! Yes enabling is what I do. I didnt think I would like them but I got a couple of sample pencils and really enjoyed them. I actually wish I had the full set lol! Watercolor pencils are soo much fun. there are so many ways to use them. I am actually planing on doing a video just on all the ways to use watercolor pencils.
+ColoringKaria You are SUCH an enabler! My hubby keeps asking...and what do you need THAT for???? LOL!
LOL! Its for making you happy! I usually ask my wife "really is $20 such a large price to pay for a happy wife?" she gives me a dirty look, sighs, shakes her head and im happy! lol.
Thank you for posting Karia!
this was great. Thank you Karia
+Suzana Correa yes I like it too :)
Thank you for this informative video. I received my pencils yesterday and plan to do a chart of all the colors and shades. Did you make your template for all your colors or can I buy or get the template on line?
Thank you for watching there should be a link in the description to the website I got the chart from. If not it is in a video I made about making a chart. If you can't find it let me know and I will post it here :) sorry I can't do it right now I'm on my cell phone but if you let me know I will get it and repost it :)
Size 6 and flat brushes are qgood for drawing with watercolor pencils. Rigger brushes are for making thin long lines. Water brushes are best for plain air(outside, on location painting.
It is the size of the brush you are using it looks like the large if you get the 3 set the small or medium will lay down less water.
Very helpful. Thank you!
+Me Too no problem let me know if you have any questions.
Thank you so much, very helpful!!
Great ideas!!
I forgot to mention the rigger brush is for laying down paint not really a brush for coloring in with, because it's long and thin, also watercolor paper is not easy to use for tracking, I get a blank and put it over Google images on flat pc screen turn up brightness and trace light with pencil then use watercolor to paint with..a light box works too but expensive
also the size in inches are sold in all sizes, my little is 710 inch medium 9x12 Canson sold at michaels. .
+Nick M cool! I'll try that one!
wow that is so cool
+Emmanuel Gutierrez glad you liked it!
could u make a video on how to make a color chart?
Thanks! Great info!!
+Renee Johanson Thanks glad you liked it!
super late comment here but have you tried the super fine brushes for nail art?
That color chart is such an amazing idea! Gotta download it now. Btw is the tree image that you colored from the Secret Garden book?
+Jay Makes yes. That's from the artist edition! :)
Very helpful! 😄❤
Thank you!
LOL.. thanks for the video and the purring :) I had to stop the video a few times, because I thought my boys were trying to get my attention.. :)
+Shawn Bobar lol! Sorry.
Noo don't be!! I love their purrrss... it's relaxing!!
+Shawn Bobar thank you! Don't worry they appear in many videos one day I will make a play list of all the videos they appear in!
with the water brush are you squeezing the barrel when you colour or is it dripping like that without you squeezing if your not squeezing then you defiantly have a lemon as mine kida looks like yours and mine does not give me enough water lol then i realized i was using it wrong now i am fine liking your videos
nice work!
Thanks.
Beautiful work...😊
+Erica Proud thank you!
I use felt tip markers and water color pencils.
I agree about that waterbrush. Some just drop too much (even expensive ones,).
thanks!
Can you do a review on prismascolor water color pencils please?
Yes they are on my list!
ColoringKaria Thank you
Awesome!!!!
Thank you for the video. I have watercolor pencils, but it hadn't really occurred to me to use them in my coloring books. I'm going to give it a try :) I had headphones on when I watched this, is there a kitty purring???
+Aimee Yes that's baby Stewie. He loves two things food and purring.
+ColoringKaria So cute, I loved hearing him, haha.
Very usefull video. Thanks for sharing. May I ask you : did you print the coloring desing on a watercolor paper ? it seems thicker than common coloring paper book. Thanks again and hello from France ;)
+JORLA2854 Hello, I used two version sold in the USA of the same book: the secret garden by Joanna Bransford. There was the regular edition and the artist edition which is printed on card stock. But I did not reprint either version.
+ColoringKaria Thank you so much for your answer, I've just realized that an artist version was printed in one side only, I think I'll give it a try, even I have the other version. I've seen it on amazon. Good idea to print it in this version with a better paper. Thanks again !
rigger brush is for lines, like tree branches ;)
+Nick M thank you so much! Now I need more rigger brushes!
Did you create that chart yourself? I like that idea.
+Renee Muhammad No I downloaded the chart. I will add the link in the description.
Polychromos 60color chart:
justcolorin.com/free-faber-castell-polychromos-60-pencil-set-color-chart-print-color/
+ColoringKaria Thanks. I'm trying to resize it now. Very useful. ;-)
2:53 how did you made that shine on the tree?
onitment trace you get it by using an eraser. I use a Derwent battery driven eraser.
Thank you, very helpful =)
Try not squeezing at all! The water does trickle down a bit for damp brush rather than wet! Not perfect but it kinda works
Love this tut! Thanks . . . Hugs! 💕
Do you think you could use watercolour pencils like normal pencils? like blending and everything I'd like to buy some but I'd like to use them for both when I do watercolouring and normal colouring but I can't afford to buy normal and watercolour pencils. So I'm just wondering :o
+brandyandwhiskerslol
Yes I did a video on 7 ways to use watercolor pencils and using them as regular pencils is definitely one of the options. but they will still be slightly different, water color pencils are often softer, they can be more difficult to erase and you always have to keep it as far away from water as possible.
this is my video the use of water color pencils as regular pencils is the first one.
th-cam.com/video/5ePK8DFclrc/w-d-xo.html
I just watched the video and wow I learned alot. I was thinking about buy faber castel watercolour pencils but where i live i doubt I'll find the bigger sets like 36 and 60 so I was looking on ebay and the ones in tins are like $30 for 36 while i found 48 colours in a cardboard box for the same price.. i was wondering if you would have any experience as if theres any difference between the two? like are the tin ones better quality? also this might be a stupid question but I live on an island so we have alooot of humidity here would that affect the coloured pages at all?
So i checked the faber castell website and they do not make any alberdurer sets in cardboard box or in a 48 size. there IS a faber castell RED and BLUE lines and those do i think come in different sizes and cardboard box but i dont know anything about them. those are childrens and student grade respectively.
Ahh I see I'm guessing the ones you have (alberdurer) are artist grade and more high quality then? thanks for taking the time to reply I appriciate it so much!
and yes the ones on ebay have red packaging (even the tins)
Hi I bought a tin of Marte Monte watercolor pencils and don't have a name for each color, have you any tips on how I can make a sample page using the colors if they don't have a name
+Kris Harkin Hello, so I went to the website and could not find a list of color names. So what I would do, is to make the color chart and look at the names used by Derwent or Faber Castell and try to match the names to the best you can. That's what I would do anyway.
that sounds like a good idea. thanks. Also do you have any tutorials that will help me color roses using watercolor pencils.
+Kris Harkin not yet but I can add that to the list. :)
hopefully I will see it soon,
Very nice and informative video! Did I hear a cat purr around 10:00 in the Background?
+ElinT13 yes! That's Sir Stewart. He's a very loud purrer. He makes appearances in many videos. Usually begging for more food. 😹😹🐈
+ColoringKaria So cute! Please give him huggs from me here in Germany! And now I will explore the other videos on your channel (and not only because of Sir Stewart). Keep up the excellent work!
+ElinT13 thank you! Will do!
Have you tried inktense??
+O2BSoLucky I have not but they are totally on my list of things to try!
you have the same model of blending pen Kim Taeyeon has. :)
kpop fan here.
I am deaf..Thanks for the video. I enjoyed to color book for adult this month and I finished it.
+Christine Chin thank you so much for watching! I'm trying to get as many videos as possible closed captioned. But it is expensive/time consuming. I will put together a playlist of all the videos that are closed captioned!
Thanks! Yes, it is closed captioned.
nice info.
Thanks!
Utrecht is pronounced you-trekt ;) it took me years to figure that one out
+Tschad34 thanks!
I'm using watercolor and pencil too..and yes..they drop too much water!
you sound so nice.
Thank you that's really sweet!
maybe your squeezing to hard, as to why your getting to much water, i hold my water coloring brush down close to the brush its self. try again. i only squeeze when i want more water, then only away from my picture, after i have the brush as wet as i want i contiue painting. good luck.
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Is that a cat purring in the background? :)
Yes. Two cats here. :)
Amazing wife???
No question about it. She is really amazing!
Les be honest? :P
+ArgentoRAWRz grow up
ArgentoRAWRz dude, she’s entitled to whatever she wants
Wow my aqua brush never dropped that much water unless I squeezed the life out of it.
I wonder if I got a dud! To this day I only use it for storing water to use a regular brush.
did shw said my wife??
+sh gh Yes I did say wife! My wife!