Month: August 2024

This was not meant to be a finished piece but I had fun making it and learned that I don’t particularly like using Arches cold press watercolor paper with colored pencil. For the record, I love Arches watercolor papers. ALL OF THEM. With watercolor. Also with Inktense and Graphitint. Not so much with colored pencil,…

Spoiler alert: Yes, you can do this but only on certain surfaces. It is possible to blend colored pencils with water. I’m not talking about pencils designed to be activated with water: watercolor pencils, Graphitint, Inktense, and the like. I mean regular old colored pencils. I saw an artist mention this in a YouTube video….

There, I said it all in the title. You can go now. For those who may require a bit more explanation, stick around. BTW, this post contains affiliate links. If you happen to purchase these items from Amazon, I’ll get a wee commission that will go toward maintaining this site. If you haven’t seen it…