How To Use Watercolor Pencils - A Beginner's Guide

In this video I'll show you how I use watercolour pencils. There are a couple more linked watercolor pencil tutorials coming up which I'll link down below as soon as they're finished :)
These pencils are the Winsor & Newton Studio collection - you can find these watercolor pencils in the link below.
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00:00 Introduction
00:38 What are they?
02:54 How to sharpen them
04:46 Swatching
06:30 Mixing
08:33 Creating little doodles
11:43 Rural Scene
15:27 Urban Sketch
20:45 Botanical Art
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[@markwandrew]

Careful Toby, if you relax too much then you forget to wobble your line, and people will work out that you are actually a very accomplished draftsman ;-) This was excellent, nice fast pace and highly motivating.

[@katethacker9408]

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[@SharonFoster852]

Too late! I watched a few of his videos from a year ago and found out.

[@hazelatwood2292]

I LOVE your video! This is my first time visiting your channel and your 23 minutes passed by like a 2 minute video. Thanks for keeping things FUN! I’m inspired to play with my watercolor pencils now.

[@JoAnneSmith-di8ok]

Thank you for showing me how to better use my water color pencils. Nice ideas.

[@lynnedalrymple]

i have a ton of watercolour pencils now I can play with them - thanks toby xx

[@ReiTuG]

I love this! Tomorrow i am going to expend the morning trying this techniques, thanks a lot

[@loril9193]

Loved this video! I have wc pencils and now I know how to sharpen them & use them. I need to experiment & just go for it. New to wc in general & enjoy that as well.

[@JanineMarieChrysler]

Thanks for making this video. I was just using my set of the same color pencils and they worked just like what you show. But you do so much more with them. I look forward to trying these techniques. 😎

[@angelinamichelle8474]

Thankyou so much for this non traditional, non stuffy tutorial. The others make me feel like keeping them in the box. Your fun approach has me looking forward to playing and experimenting with them. Thankyou again!

[@TobySketchLoose]

You are so welcome!

[@andreaneale3774]

I have never liked water colour pencils, but having watched this I will now be buying some to try, thankyou

[@mixedmedialife7916]

This is great bc I have watercolour pencils in the travel kit you inspired me to make. I've never liked that the initial scratchy lines don't disappear with water but you've given me some new ideas so thank you very much!

[@MrTomatoManJL]

Just what I needed. Thank you, sir.

[@larysacherner312]

I absolutely love it. Thank you very much!

[@marypartridge5154]

Thankyou for a most interesting video. Love Mary Ann from Queensland Oz.

[@donnabuttons1]

Great video, Toby. I used them to come in at the end of an ink/watercolour illustration last night to add finishing touches and cool effects. It felt safer and was imo successful. More predictable and gradual than adding more watercolour, and avoided the risk of looking overworked.

[@TobySketchLoose]

Sounds great!

[@ca6177]

Can't wait to try these! This is a new discovery for me!

[@sigriddjernaes]

Very inspiring video! A fun way to use watercolour pencil. I definitely want to try it 😊

[@legottiworks]

Thanks for the video, haven’t used these materials before. A sanding block after cutting the wood off can speed sharpening. Keep your finger pressed on the tip to keep it secured to the block, rotate as you push back and forth.

[@annipetratos9401]

My daughter was sorting my art corner...and she said" these are watercolour pencils" ....most of my art supplies are her old school leftovers SO, I can try this😊

[@GabbyToon]

Love your channel! Thank you!

[@ralphherrick596]

Very interesting....will need to experiment....thank you for sharing

[@DagenhamGilly]

Great video Toby. I have seen the Water Colour pencils in my locals arts supplies shop and I thought how I would use them.

[@utepeters3488]

Magical. Thanks for your Inspiration ❤

[@TobySketchLoose]

My pleasure 😊

[@pimmsagogo]

Hi Toby. Following on from my email and how to use water colour pencils sometime ago thank you for producing this tutorial - as you promised you would! Cheers Tony👣🦎

[@TobySketchLoose]

My pleasure, it was indeed your email that prompted me 🙏 there are a couple more videos to come as well 😀

[@Midgy21747]

Such a great video

[@kirstynewbery8012]

Lovely sketches! Inspiring, because I still have my original pencils still packed away because of my love of very expensive professional wc tubes! 😂 great for initial sketch.

[@petesuchon7340]

Thanks for the tutorial.

[@TobySketchLoose]

You're welcome!

[@GrenvilleMelonseedSkiff496]

Magic … ta very much!

[@LauraGomez-bl2so]

Love seeing how different people use pencils. Have you tried the Derwent Inktense pencils? Their colours are mind blowing once you add water. So fun to use.

[@TobySketchLoose]

I have - haven't made a video on them though :D

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[@raerae6422]

I dont use my WC enough. I think they are a great alternative to graphite for initial sketches.

[@roswhitaker7732]

Ok, time to dig my watercolour pencils out again, thank you! Not sure what paper to best use though.....?

[@larysacherner312]

Watecolour paper for full watercolour effect

[@nickychadwickart1761]

Love this video, very inspiring - which paper do you suggest is best for watercolour pencils?

[@TobySketchLoose]

Watercolour paper - I like using my normal papers

[@samfromsocal]

Thank you for sharing your approach to working with watercolor pencils, Toby. 🎨 Do you have much experience with water soluble graphite pencils and pans? Might you approach them the same way? Thanks for the insight!

[@TobySketchLoose]

I've used them a little l, they're fun for sure

[@awatercolourist]

Well that’s new for you!

[@TobySketchLoose]

As it's being second for you!

[@donnabuttons1]

@TobySketchLoose I'm not normally competitive but... just realised I was First 😂

[@awatercolourist]

@@TobySketchLoose 😂

[@awatercolourist]

@@donnabuttons1 I believe medals are in order: 🥇 🎖️. I’m not normally generous but… just received many accolades for being first on another video 🤣.

[@donnabuttons1]

@@awatercolourist 🤣

[@NickolasSteffen]

If I have never used watercolors before, would watercolor pencils be a reasonable place to begin?

[@karenholst8306]

👍👍👍💕💕💕🇩🇰

[@awatercolourist]

I didn’t know that you had an architect’s nib; or maybe I did and I forgot 😂. How does it compare to the fude nib?

[@TobySketchLoose]

Its a little easier in that you don't have to hold it at funny angles. But you do have to remember which direction to draw in...

[@awatercolourist]

@@TobySketchLoose Which direction? Sorry, what do you mean?

[@awatercolourist]

2nd!

[@edzejandehaan9265]

I tried out a small set of W&N watercolor pencils. Really disliked them, ended up gathering dust in a drawer.

[@marytesta3003]

Faber-Castell are amazing.

[@heatherhoward2513]

If you don't like them give them to someone who will.

[@LCLand]

I used to sharpen my colored pencils that way but decided it was wasteful of color and didn’t provide enough benefit. I can do the same art with regular pencil sharpener.

[@samanthaedwards4640]

Are you using watercolour paper or good quality sketch paper?

[@TobySketchLoose]

WC paper

[@samanthaedwards4640]

Thank you

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[@TobySketchLoose]

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