Using Watercolor Over Pencil and Graphite Drawings
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 ก.ย. 2024
- If you love to draw with graphite, why not accent your sketches with some watercolor. They work just peachy together and can make for some cool drawings.
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You know what I love about your videos? You inspire confidence in me. I watched this and thought I can do that! Thank you. You’re a wonderful artist and teacher.
Thanks for this--I didn't know it was possible. One more new thing to try!
Hi Steve, I loved this when I seen it on Instagram and this video was such a treat to watch. Thank you ! 💞💫
You’re just a fantastic artist and teacher. My big question is this: What kind of non-color pencil is least likely to smear when confronted ted with water color?
H grade or harder usually. 2H, 3H, etc.
You have given me permission (again) to follow what I am into. Saying this is about the “pencil” sketch in several ways frees me. I started with pencil sketches then moved into a purist attitude toward watercolor where I eliminated the pencil completely and went ALL watercolor. Now I’m doing both but I’ve begun to enjoy mixing graphite pencil sketches with watercolor washes. Thank you for letting me know this is an okay path. This piece is outstandingly beautiful. Thanks for the links. I just filled in my first Bee watercolor sketchbook and followed your links to a new size, and the other company you like, and the woodless pencils too. Thank you.
I really appreciate this technique, especially when most water colorist talk about how seeing the pencil lines underneath the painting is a real big No-No. I guess it depends on the look you're going for, but like I said I really appreciate this technique a lot thank you so much for sharing
Wow! This is just what I’ve been looking for. I’ve done a couple of pencil drawings that I wanted to color and didn’t have a clue what medium I could use on top of the graphite, if any. I was afraid it would make a muddy mess. I’m still afraid, but I think I’ll give it a try. Thanks, love your instruction and your work.
Lovely, super useful comment to artists who draw and want to watercolor about how graphite goes from light to dark just like watercolor! And that quote at the end is one of my favorites from the Book of Matthew, soul strengthening.
Thanks Hajra! Oh so glad thats a favorite scripture. One of mine too. So glad you stopped by!
“This isn’t a formal sketchbook....” dude, don’t sell yourself short lol thats already way better than what I can draw.
I love how you mix things up all the time! This channel is a treasure.
The way you talk is so comforting. Like I'm learning from an older brother or something. I like it. And this vid actually cleared a lotta my so thank you ❤️
I was just thinking about this kind of drawing painting and found this video and it was very helpful and encouraged me to try this
This is so beautiful. The gentleman is handsome & so much character
What a great idea! I have always loved the art of Claudia Nice. She first draws with pen and ink, then uses either watercolors or colored inks to create her works. I had thought about trying it with pencil, but worried if I would ruin a piece by learning the hard way. I never seem to be patient enough to use my brain and try something out first! LOL Recently I have purchased Derwent Graphitint pencils and am slowly learning how to use them. In case anyone doesn't know, they are watercolor pencils that come in earthy tones, due to them being made of water soluble graphite. I have also recently purchased some regular water soluble graphite pencils and am eager to see what can be made from them. Great video! Glad I found you!
Every done a self portrait? You have an interesting face - perhaps something to consider for a future video?
Hi, I love your videos, and I wanted to check out your Patreon page. But for some reason I can't open it. I'm not sure whether it's my connection issues or it's a common problem for folks.
Did anybody go “crap!” When he said he’s got the look because now that song is stuck in their heads? Just me? Lol
I LOVE seeing the pencil with the paint; I feel you can really envision more of the steps the artist took to get to the finished piece. ❤️
Just thank you Steve. As an almost beginner I am inspired to extend myself.
You are so talented. I know they say you can LEARN to draw and I have gotten better, but you are awesome. Thank you for doing this as I have wondered if this were possible and never tried to do it.
thanks. well done! I'm totally a beginner with drawing and painting. I will try this.
Thankyou very informative and watchable ❤
I have been a graphite guy since day 1. I can go anywhere and be contented with my pencil and pad. I like those wood less pencils.
This was very fun to watch! Interesting subject matter and incredible talent combination provided a pleasant and captivating art work. Then you ended the video, as usual, with scripture from my favorite book. Thumbs up, for sure.
Great video Steve! 😁 I love how this came out & you started with a really interesting photo. I can't wait for unsplash to come to android. This is a technique I try to do, but go to far. I'm going to give it a go again tomorrow. Awesome example of the balance I have been trying to get. Thanks for sharing! 😃 I hope you are doing well my friend. 🤗
Thanks Val. You can access Unsplash through a browser. So that might help. I often go too far with this also. I really had to hold back. Definitely give it a try.
You are really a great artist who knows it all. Love your drawings in graphite, your sketches etc.
Thanks for sharing this video and for ending it with the Lord's word.
That's a really good sketch. I don't know why I'm surprised as you're a wonderful watercolorist as well. I can't even begin to imagine how much my own painting would improve if I worked on my drawing ability, or inability, lol. 😂
Drawing is the key to improvement, hands down!
Thank you 🙏 for this new for me drawing technic. I love it so much !!!
You are a beautiful artist! I cannot draw a straight line but I watch the way you add colo to your sketches. TFS.
I was thinking about trying watercolors over graphite soon and see how it turns out. Glad you made this video, I will have a better idea of what to expect. I do a similar thing with watercolor over inkwashes and I love it.
Thanks so much. Excited to play with bringing some water color into pencil drawings. what pencils are you using? Looking for a set that gives me a good range of hardness/softness
Check the description. I've listed supplies i used there.
Where are the links?
Great work!👍🏼 does the graphite smudge when coloring with watercolors over it ?? How to fix this problem ?
A little. Some graphite travels with the wash rather than smudging. I don't mind it since its a tinted graphite look anyway.
Awesome drawing! I agree with what you mentioned about starting with graphite and it learning to prep for watercolour with it being transparent. It's the same for colour pencils too right? Thank you for the tip with covering the eye. You can also hold the picture in the mirror and it changes perspective.
Yes, true.
I actually love the strathmore visual wc journal. Keep in mind I am just an intermediate here. But as far as sketchbooks go I think in europe you can't beat the price of the visual wc journal and hahnemuelle wich both retail under and around 10 euro: Free tip for packing parents: Dont buy your kids the cheap wc paper if you want them to apreciate their art rather then to get frustrated. Hahnemuelle retails from 7 euro up to 20 and the visual journal is only ten. I know its more then kid art supplies: but enjoying art only works if your basics are ok. You dont like your work when painting on crappy paper either :) as far as paints go: my kid loves to play with my wc pencils. At 13 he still be like ',waaah thats like magic. That is wood. Wood don't become paint. I gaveup on explaining that lol ( Autism is a Hard one to change perspective wise... so Im like, jeaaah sure is kid,grin ) my kid is still over the moon when he can use my art stuff. But he also knows he cant touch my schmincke's or senneliers. He can touch my white nights but did not do so yet. Bristol Mixed media hazzard: Dont get the Vellum if you want to combine it with wet medium. And I just adore your portrait sketching style steve, I stink but I just keep on plunging at it just because you make it look so darn easy lol
Graphite can be a fun for a grisaille :) What I personally find to be one of the most hard portraits to draw are faces with dark skintones. Not Persay due to the skintone,as that is a fairly basic mix. But what I love in most of their picture reference is that sence of pride. And most poc have that: even when they are not aware of it. But that, I think is the most hard things to capture in a painting or a drawing: you look at white faces that also have that sence of pride,it is still different to capture in a picture, if you get my point;specially if you go realism,rather then impressionism. When I don't get that sence of pride right my colors seem like a failed average dutch blackface paintjob (dont ask lol whole new debate there )
Great drawing. I had not considered using graphite as the griselle under the painting.
I love this idea! You got just the right balance of graphite and color. I need to try this. Thank you for the inspiration.
Hey buddy, and thx for your work here !
Please, could you give the Ref. of that white pen you're using at the end...
Thx by advance !
Click 'show more' under the video and all supplies used are listed and if you use those links to the product and make a purchase it helps Steve out so please use his link instead of mine.
Those are the Sakura Gelly Roll pens. Most excellent brand, I bought a huge set of these as they are great for many purposes. www.amazon.com/Sakura-37488-Gelly-Classic-Medium/dp/B0077RHJSK
I love your work. I am getting back into watercolor after ????? years . What is your favorite easel to use if any? Thank you for sharing your talent with us all.
This is exactly what I needed to watch! Thank you so much for the inspiration, your work is amazing.
Very concise and to the point tutorial. Thank you, you are a very talented artist! Sometimes people focus too much on the rendering, although yours is beautiful I sometimes get disappointed when the rendering overtakes the original composition... love your technique of building up.
Very nice! Thanks for reminding us that this is a thing we can do! I just bought a 6B to 4H set from Arteza. Can't wait to try this. 👍
Hi, I noticed that you are using a mechanical pencil. What size lead are you using?
I don't remember for that video but it's usually 0.5 mm
I am definetly going to try this out.Btw awesome video as always.
What a talent to draw! Amazing your painting. Thanks to share.
I presume you can do something similar with charcoal drawings?
Yes. Charcoal will travel with the wash a little more than graphite is the only thing.
This was a wonderful video! You are such a gifted landscape painter, but your portraits are great too. Just shows what years and years of experience will yield. Thank you for sharing!
Excellent video sir. I love how you did not overwork the color and let the drawing stand on its own. How do you like that quill brush? I have been eyeing one for awhile and think I will purchase it soon. Thanks for the lesson sir!
Love the quills. They're a lot to handle though. Stay small with them unless you paint large. They hold a ton of water and paint.
Excellent advice. I was thinking the #4....thank you!
OMGosh I love this!!!!!! Trying to stretch my wings in my drawing as a whole, and recently added portraits as I was told I would be good at it. This is perfect timing to give me even more ideas. Just love the entire concept. THANK YOU!
thanks, I'm always seeing videos where you try your best to make light lines, I'll relax and just draw in this way on occasion. It looks great.
L Barge I've been using oil color for portraits for the past 30 years or more and lately during covid-19 lock down I started using all kind of medias. been oil color my passion was fun to try other medias. I even used pastel and my granddaughter was my model. it turned out great!!!Today I just thought about using water color over pencil, I just love pencil drawing and I'm very good at it :) lol I didn't know if I you could do it and I google it and there you were !!! water color is very difficult to use and I'm going to have lots of fun...thank you Sir this is going to be my first...thank you again to teach me your techniques.
Wow..I loved watching this portrait come to life..brilliant video!!
Ooh that's so wonderful
Where can I buy the graphite woodless pencils that you used?
There is a link in the video description.
Wonderful video and great information as usual Steve. Love that you are doing more on portraits.....thanks.
Excellant demo, I enjoyed watching this. Love the combination of pencil and water color.
As a newbie to Watercolors I so appreciate all your tips and how to. Thank you.
I'm beginner , I love your drawings, it's really helpful ,thank you so much
ooo.. love this,, very fresh looking leaving most of the graphite details,, really REALLY lovely!
I've never tried coloring graphite drawing. I'm gonna have to try this
Absolutely fascinating work 🙌🙌🙌💖💖💖😌😌😌
Gorgeous. And even though I've not much of any ART for years. I do know I have some pencil-drawing skills. I'm anxious to try some "wc over pencil" now! 💜
I will have to give this watercolor over a graphite drawing a good try. Thank you for sharing your expertise and Scripture too.
Oh my goodness.........you are amazing Steve! I really, really like this picture!
Gorgeous.
Beautiful, subtle choice of colours. Wonderful drawing.
Will the graphite interfere with the watercolor paints ? like make the colors dirty ? 13:48 you answered my question . Thank you for the free picture link , just subscribed !
Great video, and amazing artwork! So, what I’m wondering is the paint doesn’t make the pencil run? I know you mentioned briefly the graphite may move a bit, but I’m just afraid it’s going to make the pencil run completely 🤔
No. Graphite doesn't run like watercolor. If it's a water soluble graphite pencil then yes, but thats a different type pencil. However graphite is powdery and some of that sits on the paper surface. The softer the graphite is, the more it might smear. Some of that graphite gets picked up and spread with water. Most of it stays put though.
@@mindofwatercolor great! Thankyou so much 🙏👌
Thank you, Bob JMJ
Positively brilliant! You inspire my confidence. Thanks.
very good video. I love this type of work and I also love more mature faces with lots of character.
Thank you for a really beautiful sketch. I loved the gentle Watercolour tones you added, just made him look more real... Can almost feel that beard and mustache they look so real. You gave him such expressive eyes... Thank you for a really interesting and informative video, and for sharing your talent.
Wow that’s great fun to watch your techniques and explanation of why you used what type pencils during the drawing process. I have been sticking with my mechanical pencil for the time being.
Thanks for letting us see and hear the process. The woodless pencils are something to think about for sure. Question: now that it is done will you have to put a sealer on the finished product so it doesn’t smear with time?? Thanks for your time and demo.
Thanks! I used workable fixative to keep it from smearing.
What is “workable fixative” and is that something you normally do on watercolor or just because it was pencil? Beginner, here. Not sure what I’m doing. Lol
A spray that "fixes", seals or stops the pencil from smearing. Its called "workable" because you can spray a drawing then keep drawing. Used usually in pencil drawing or sometimes pastel. Watercolor, however, does NOT do well on top of workable fixative so wait until all the watercolor has been added before fixing.
I just stumbled onto this, and I can't believe that I never considered watercolor over my graphite work. This is amazing, thanks so much! One question though: How will watercolor work over a graphite drawing that has a workable fixative applied? I figure that may reduce the graphite bleeding.
Most Fix isn’t friendly to watercolor unfortunately. It affects the absorption. There is a casein based fix that works better called Spectrafix.
So would you say that would reduce the graphite bleeding then? This is the single reason I've dismissed the whole idea of watercolor washes on/with graphite.@@mindofwatercolor
@@donivonwoodfineart yes, but you’ll have a somewhat grayed painting anyway whether the graphite spreads or not. That’s the beauty of this technique imo.
Why I did not make this connection before I do not know. Your comment about the relationship of the white of the paper coming thru was spot on. I love to pencil sketch and my favorite challenging art form is watercolor. Trying to master the white of the paper with my pencil or watercolor is my favorite struggle. With a pencil however I can erase, thus control. Watercolor truely has a “mind of its own”. For some odd reason I find the challange more appealing.
Fabulous!
Question: Once the watercolor has dried and set over the graphite, can the graphite still smudge?
That's awesome! Thank you for sharing, I'm working on a pencil & watercolor piece right now and it's helpful to see your technique :)
Love it. I'd love to see your explanation of drawing faces. Like proportions and stuff. But also those tips about keeping your eyes looking in the same direction and stuff. So fascinating. Thanks!
Nice
I love this image you have here. But unfortunately i couldn't find same image on this website after spending about half an hour.
is there any way to find it?
Much appreciate your videos .
Thanks
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I just watched this again and wow! This is so inspiring and informative! You know that I am a big fan and you never cease to amaze me with your talent and generosity. Thank you so much Steve.
Thanks so much Kathryn!
Have you ever tried using light layers of workable fixative to seal the graphite so it won’t move when wet and adding watercolor on top ?
Yes but the standard type ruins the tooth and absorbency of the paper. The Casein based Spectrafix seems to work though. I'm still testing that.
@@mindofwatercolor thank you , it’s been kinda hard to get this question answered. 🙏 I’ve always loved the look of dark graphite but i dislike the muddiness you can get when it lifts.
I love how much his eyes really popped as you added that skin tone!
That was fantastic watching you create this piece.
AMAZING, Steve!! Btw... those are my favorite graphite pencils, for the same reasons that you gave.
I really loved this video. I like this style and the grafite held up for you. For me not so much. I think I get my brush too wet. I try not to but it's hard to judge. Thanks for the demonstration. Beautiful painting or should I say drawing.
This is my zone. I live in pencil to watercolor. tyvm for teaching me that I am not the only one
I have been pleased with those Strathmore journals, overall. They can take a beating, and the watercolor one doesn't pill up when you work it.
Great video! This is a technique I must try. Love your choice of reference for the drawing. Very interesting character. 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
Thank you for an outstanding tutorial. Can fixative be used prior to adding color?
Not standard fixative. It affects the ability of the paper to absorb. You can use Spectra Fix Degas fixative which is a waterbased, casein, alternative. Watercolor seems to work ok over that.
@@mindofwatercolor any actualized suggestions? Thank you so much for your precious sharing
I've been rolling this idea around in my head. I'm glad I'm subscribed to your channel because you are a terrific teacher and an unbelievable artist. I searched for how to do this and of course this popped up. I love it
Thank you very much for the guidance and information.
Fantastic work, and a massive help, just done a watercolour portrait, with pencil, this helped so much thank you
Love this video! The faces you do utterly amaze me! I actually did the same thing last week. But I did a very detailed drawing then printed it on watercolor paper and painted. I have a matching pair now and love them together. I'd post a pic but dont know how! Lol!
This was great, Steve. I do quite a bit of under drawing with my watercolor painting, but never have used watercolor over a drawing. I can't wait to try it!
Really nice watching you work. Thanks 😊
Loved it Steve! Something I'm learning is that one of the many great things about watercolor is it's such a versatile medium. Thanks for showing us a different approach!
So very true Steve. Love the medium for that very reason, among others. Thanks so much for stopping by, watching and commenting!
By the way, I'm hoping you're seeing a nice bump in subs. I've tweeted your channel and made mention in my community TH-cam feed. Your talent and experience deserves a lot more viewers.
Oh my goodness, have I ever! I was trying to figure out where everyone was coming from... I can't thank you enough Steve, that's incredibly generous of you!! In less than a week I've almost tripled my subscribers... I hope I get to shake your hand one of these days! Please let me know if you make it out to Arizona for a visit, it'd be a hoot to get out and sling some paint together!
Oh good! I was hoping so. No thanks needed. I had generous TH-camrs help me out when I first started and its time to pay it forward. Plus, its no effort when you're excited to share a talented artist such as yourself with other viewers. As for AZ., yes, I will be actually. Maybe I can meet you, not sure. I have an Uncle that lives in Scottsdale and my wife's sister lives in Glendale. We are planning a 40th anniversary trip to the Grand Canyon next May. We'll see. Maybe a brief stop for coffee or something on the way from Phoenix to GC. Prescott is about midway am I right?
That's right! Prescott is centrally located in AZ. I've love to have you out to the studio if you have the time... but if you find you're crunched for time, I'm happy to meet you somewhere. Let me know and I'll make it happen =) Paint on!
The Indian man's face is outstanding! Thanks for the demonstration and the tip that less is more.