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Day 195 (Fri july 14) more watercolor crayons

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Using these Caran d’Ache watercolor crayons

for the second time… they are so fun!! Obviously I haven’t quite figured them out yet, but I will keep playing with them.

First I drew an image… they spritzed water over the surface. See how the colors just flowed immediately??

 

 

Then I used a brush to move it around a bit, and after it dried I used more crayon (oh my goodness you can crayon white right on top of the colors!!!!) and a little more wet paintbrush and a little more crayon scribbling… well I couldn’t really tell when I was finished and felt like that might go on for a while, so I just stopped. I can imagine some gorgeous simple backgrounds with these things. And I’ve read that both these and their watercolor pencils have great lightfast ratings.

Day 193 (Wed July 12) watercolor crayon scribble

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I forgot to post this yesterday!! I played around with my new watercolor crayons and came up with this crazy owl… I need to practice with these, but they are SO ridiculously fun to use!! I like the way you can either leave some crayon lines, or wash them away. I HIGHLY recommend this brand. Smooth, creamy, vibrant, supposedly very lightfast.
caran d’ache watercolor crayons

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Day 172 (wed 6/21) Watercolor Crayons

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In my last “Artsnacks” package I received two Art Crayons… watercolor crayons!! They are fat and difficult to use for detail, but are also really creamy and fun. Once applied, they don’t smear or feel chalky or waxy, but water can be added for interesting effects. I think these could be really fun on a mixed media journal page.

Here I used watercolor crayons to fill out the background and hair, dipping a wet brush in the crayon to pick up enough to add shading and definition to the face, and highlighted with silver sharpie marker and white gel pen.

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Fun and fast for cartooning, too. 🙂 I guess I need a few more colors.

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Tomorrow I’ll sketch the same face in pencil.