Everybody
30 min
What you need:
Colour pencils Goldfaber AquaWhat a combination
The Goldfaber Aqua is an ordinary drawing
pencil. Really? Of course, you can use it
simply for drawing – quick sketching, hatching
or even shading on surfaces. But what makes Goldfaber Aqua so special? The colour is
entirely blendable with water! Get some
brushes and water and see the drawing
transform into a lively and vibrant watercolour
painting. This pencil will send you on a journey of
discovery. This is because your curiosity will
be awakened by the many different ways of
combining of dry and wet techniques. You will be amazed at the possibilities this opens up
for drawing and painting.
Glazing
Watercolours are transparent and can be
mixed to give new shades of colour. You can
make use of this effect through glazing.
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Masking
The contrast with the white in the background
contributes to your picture's liveliness.
These white areas need to be designated
and left blank during painting,
which is not always easy for a beginner. If
you want to ensure that certain areas on
your picture remain white, then you should
mask these areas.
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Wash technique and wet-on-wet technique
These two techniques require you to work
with generous amounts of water. Colours flow
wildly, but painterly, into each other. For the
wash technique, paint is applied on dry paper,
whereas for the wet-on-wet technique, the
paper is wetted with clean water before paint
application, such that the paint runs more
intensively.
Granulation
pigments are applied only to the top layer of the paper grain. This produces random white regions that create a wonderful contrast to the colour.
Really useful: The water brush
You like traveling, and paint while you are on the go? Then the water brush from Faber-Castell is the ideal companion for you. Its cap has a special shape enabling you to achieve amazing effects.
Good to know: With varying the pressure on the water tank you control the amount of water you need for watercolouring.
Scraping technique
Scratching technique
Really creative
You will have a lot of fun with these simple techniques!
Colour spritzing
Different distances
Drawing on wet paper
Salt technique
It is guaranteed to produce beautiful textures!
Sprinkle coarse salt on the wet picture and let
everything dry. Then remove the salt and be
delighted by the interesting textures.
Producing pigments
You can use either a sandpaper block or a knife to scrape pigments directly from the lead of the coloured pencil onto the paper.
Effects using spray bottle
You can achieve a really great-looking effect
using a simple spray bottle. Draw your picture
as your normally would – and then spray
water on selected spots. You will be thrilled by the result of the colours running!
Sgraffito
The last time you tried the sgraffito technique
was probably during your childhood using
wax crayons. But sgraffito is also an interesting
way of using coloured pencils.