How to Use Watercolor Pencils

[@rociodiez8379]

Why do people dislike this? How ungrateful. We got used to getting everything for free and don't value anyone's work (in general) anymore. So, thanks a lot for the video!

[@thevirtualinstructor]

Thanks Rocio

[@nitughare]

yeah u r righr

[@oxfords1]

Because the internet attracts brats who were not taught good manners or respect for others.

[@MiotaLee]

There are better tutorials out there that are also free on different techniques of how to use the pencils. I personally didn't get what I wanted from this tutorial, but I'm sure someone will..

[@elenakorolova1224]

I think, because the result isn't good enough. The apples are dirty (because the artist mixed both warm and cold colors), apples' figures are almost flat (there's not enough lights and shadows on it) and the shadows below are dreadfully blue and solid!

[@smileycentral4760]

Thank you so much for taking the time to teach us. There are limited tutorials for watercolour pencils, especially for beginners, so I really appreciate you helping us to get the most out of our watercolour pencils and refine our art style.

[@tejkumarGTK]

I do pencil sketching and learning to paint water color...Previous week, I was thinking about this.."I wish I can combine my pencil sketching ability and combine it with water color textures/forms"...Never thought there exists something like water color pencils....Here I came across this video....Best of both worlds.....Now, I'll rock my color world....I'm super excited.

[@estellag1764]

My gran got me these for Christmas and I didn't know how to use them but they actually look really cool!

[@KerBearSHC]

I just got myself some watercolor pencils and watercolor paper today, I can't wait to create something beautiful, thanks for the turorial. :-)

[@ohhhijgvjj3649]

Same, I got mine as a early b-day present.

[@mrsmonkeydoodle]

Because you are an artist. Your heart will always lead your wants. Go with it. You will grow as an artist and one day you too will bloom.

[@ddoodle5]

how do u like them apples

[@elsagrace3893]

ddoodle5 not too much. They have a funny shape.

[@ava147]

HAHHA nice catch fraze

[@taiga8690]

Did you know that Shinigami likes apples?

[@angmel89]

Thank God I watched this before starting my drawing, cause it's my first time working with watercolor pencils, I don't even have any brushes yet. I always used graphite and years ago tried regular colored pencils. Thank you so much for the tips!! I'm workin' on my best friend's wedding present and nearly used my acid free paper... thank you thank you thank you!! ^_^

[@JaysonsMom]

Thank you so much! I have had a package of watercolor pencils forever and was afraid to try them. This tutorial made it very clear what is best to do and not to do to achieve what I want. Many thanks- your apples look beautiful here! :)

[@drbob528]

Many thanks for this clear and very helpful demonstration. I've just begun adding black and white urban sketching to my more usual oils and pastels and to use water colour to liven up the B & W images. Your coloured pencil technique works beautifully.

[@Moosey528]

Thank you soo much! I got these for Christmas last year and I didn't know how to use them. This helped to much! So excited to use them!

[@gbby00]

i know it's just one dislike that i see up there, but really, i don't quite understand WHY anyone would ever dislike this. because to me, even one dislike can affect other viewers. I enjoyed this tutorial very much, and it's answered a lot of the questions i had in mind. thank you so much for posting this!

[@possummanrld]

Nice work! I am experienced with Watercolors, but not with pencils. Your instructions were clear, and your work is nice!

[@soniavdas]

Thank you so much for this video. Out of curiosity I bought water colored pencils and I was dipping them in the water and trying to draw. I realized something I am doing is wrong and came here. Very informative. Thanks again!

[@jellyflores5146]

Thanks for this tutorial. I was inspired to use my water color pencil now :)

[@califmike2003]

These pencils are fantastic great video I love the look of the apples I love the way the watercolor looks I got to get me some of these and try this.

[@mapexuser1234567]

Excellent demonstration, thank you for your time!

[@lindathepony]

I recently got a set of 36 watercolor pencils (along with regular colored pencils) for Christmas and I had no idea how to use them, thanks for the tutorial!

[@Aiijuin]

Linda The Pony - Watercolor pencils can be used both dry and wet (especially Faber Castell Albrecht Dürer and Caran D’Ache Museum Aquarelles which both have very soft, creamy cores). I use them to create underpaintings for my non-water-based colored-pencil pet portraits. There is a portrait artist I follow on YT who creates the most amazing celebrity portraits using Lyra Watercolor pencils, and three Faber Castell Polychromos colored pencils. Sometimes she keeps the Watercolor pencils dry, but then adds water to smooth out the pigment in specific areas for realistic-looking skin. She claims that she likes to use the watercolor pencils because they don’t tend to have the wax bloom and build up that oil and wax pencils often have. This allows her to keep layering pigment for longer.

[@Aiijuin]

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[@loveswine2]

This is such a great tutorial! Thanks!

[@yott98]

wow I bought an art set a while back and found some watercolor pencils in the set and had no idea how to use them this video was very enlightening

[@nsloane5384]

Thanks for the video!!! I'm totally new to watercolor pencils and so eager to get started!! Some of the videos online are thorough but very, very long. This one is brief and taught a non-artist such as me some terrific tips to get me started!! Thank you for taking the time to make and post this video!!

[@iLyddz]

Wow, these are awesome. I found some old watercolour pencils & paints that my grandma gave to me a long time ago (and other art stuff). At first I couldn't use them so they've sat in a box but after watching your video, I really want to try them out ^-^

[@MrCreativ1]

i was on the prismacolor site (best fine art supplies in the world by the way :) ) and i saw watercoloured pencils i had never heard of them before thanks for this video really gave me some good insight on the tool.

[@loveanamieforever]

what brand of water colored pencils are you using

[@tippytoppy0987]

I know what you mean when you say don't use black, my art teacher does everything he can to hide the black paint from us! I tend to use Prussian blue for shading as it gives great tone. Great video! :)

[@glamourgeisha24]

I had by mistake bought water colour pencils thinking they were the normal ones, and ALL this time I have been colouring with it WITHOUT using water and I feel so pissed now :P no wonder every stroke I used to make used to be very rough. Now that I know, I feel these pencils are actually very good if you suck at normal watercolouring.

[@elianagugu5851]

Hahaha omg SAME!! when I realized they needed water, I hit my head in the table so hard...😂😂😂

[@nazlebulut7173]

hahaha

[@gracecavanagh342]

Thank you so much for the tutorial! but how do i do fur with colored pencils please ive struggled with this for so long what type of colors do i use?

[@AndrewSmith-jx2yh]

This was a very helpful tutorial on using watercolour pencils. I have spent an afternoon experimenting. As a first wash they work well, but adding additional layers or blending seems to get blotching very quickly. However, pencils on wet paper does create an intense colour, and using the pencils like normal watercolours works great. I wondered if the blotchy effect was down to the quality of pencils or the paper?

[@Turtle5598]

Is it ok to outline with graphite first, then use the watercolor pencil?

[@tarrah662]

Thank you! I recently purchased some watercolor pencils and was curious about how to add depth to my images. This was a great tutorial. Thanks again!

[@Loveangelangelame]

Do I need to use another brush for another image?

[@AllTimePro2001]

I got some water colour pencils as a gift and now I know what to do with them!

[@lprocksenator]

I just did it and I think it came out good. I am trying to learn how to use the watercolor pencils.

[@TheDeltaCrafterYT]

This was a great tutorial. I just started using watercolor pencils and I feel you helped me a lot. Thanks for posting this video.

[@Lilitush]

Great tutorial and yeah, in the end the blue did make sense, but I'm not sure I'd use blue as shading under the apple, it kind of looks like they're standing on little blue coasters or something. But thanks! Let's go try it out now :)

[@shinelokabrenna]

When I was younger, I used to outright colour with water pencils like you would with normal ones. I was an idiot.

[@juliahanson4065]

Sarah Is a Strawberry keyword: younger

[@malthemedium]

we all start out some how, never to late to get back in to it.

[@IETCHX69]

Sarah Is a Strawberry **uuuhhhmmm**. I was today years old , Sarah

[@myfishdrowned20]

Same

[@michelleuwu2266]

IETCHX69 lmao 😂

[@cristayoung9226]

Glad this tutorial was simple and you didn't use any fancy equipment to blend it. Just other ways to do it lol great video btw! It helped a lot! :)

[@jerialbertini924]

Thank you - this was very helpful - your apples are realistic, yet lovely to look at!

[@Dani-qk7do]

Thnx a lot for sharing! This helped me a lot since I bought a set of pencils and it came with watercolor pencils. I honestly didn't know how to use them. Now I do, thnx to you

[@juliecopelandbarrows2971]

Thank you! I am going to start watercolor pencil class on Tuesday. This has helped a lot!

[@RETROGEMS]

Very good tutorial! I just picked up a pack of watercolor pencils and want to start creating some art with them. This helped! Thanks.

[@melissalosos]

Nice, thanks! I have been searching for tutorials about how to use the watercolor pencils. I will try this technique.

[@jimwhite5144]

Excellent tutorial......great presentation with great commentary.....very informative......thank you.

[@kassirocks98]

Would watercolor pencils work just as fine on regular paper?

[@hi-vr7zb]

How do you know exactly where to put the different colors and shades? I've always had a hard time with lighting, and never understood how to do it and making it look realistic.

[@KaylaTeets]

regardless of how many colors come in your set, sometimes you need a tone that is in between two of the colors you have. of course, this probably doesn't happen too often if you have a large variety, but if you only have 12 - 24 pencils, mixing becomes essential to make the colors you don't have. :)

[@ArkStudioVids]

oo thanks for the quick lesson! I picked some of these up thinking they would be neat and only had an idea on how to use them.. this pretty much confirms my suspicions.. Now i can be more confident in my creations..

[@chriss1152]

Nice work what water color paper are you using I have some prismacolor water color pencils want to know what paper is good

[@WeadyBeady]

Wow this was so simple but looks amazing :)

[@tflood3]

hi are you using apple picture reference

[@lawnmower72]

how long do u wait for the paint to dry? cheers

[@mareegreen7632]

Terrific wish I do as easy as that can I use them in cartooning too I'm not sure which way to go doing stills or landscapes or cartoons.

[@gillinghammau]

Great teacher, thank you so much!! Will get a set of watercolor pencils and learn.

[@MsHoneybee43]

I have some of my moms old water color pencils and i didn't know how too use them so thanks for the video! :D

[@edmontonprincess]

best watercolor tutorial ever. what brand is pencils?

[@PiinkyPandaa32]

Such inspiring work! Loving the color blends and background. :)

[@druekberg]

Thanks. Like others, I bought some watercolor pencils today and then thought, oh crap, how do I use them? (Sort of like the way I bought my first house.) I was looking for colored ink and couldn't find any and thought, y'know, I think I'd rather work in watercolor pencil. Your video gives me the confidence to charge forth and make more interesting discoveries.

[@VictorWars200]

wow what dislikes?... this is helpful. anyway what branded pencil is that? i have Faber-Castell 12 watercolour/color set except i dont have Heavy/watercolour grade papers

[@jstcarmn2623]

Very nice. Thanks for sharing your talent.

[@paddicaketuohy]

What paper do I use

[@fareedbakhit]

man thanks for the lesson! you had no idea how i am using these types of watercolor pencils o_o and who the hell have dislike this?

[@rimistarfire]

hey thanks for the vid man im learning art at collage now in the UK but sadly my teachers are rather lazy and just haven't taught me anything in 2 months apart from VERY basic pencil work and i mean basic and i kinda just gave up abit but after watching your vid im subbing and hopefully learn even more as you are a better teacher than my actually teachers haha :) well ty for the vids

[@DogaF121]

can we use regular A4 paper??

[@serocell]

I was trying and get frustrated when I was exercise watercolour paint and I just abandoned the idea of watercolour painting... :-/ but now I realise that it's best to start with watercolour pencils until I'll get used to colour values...Thank you for tutorial.good video.cheers!

[@lulumoon1263]

thank you for this wonderful tutorial!!!!

[@milim2038]

my pencil cannot add a 2nd layer to it even when the 1st layer is dry. is this a quality prob?

[@nadiacorrieri]

Just dug out my sister's old water color pencils. I'll use them tonight in a new painting.

[@rmejia413]

very soothing voice and well explained thanks a lot!!

[@digiphot2]

Hey Matt: Have you ever used the tank watercolor brushes? They come in three sizes and are as far as I can tell perfect for working the watercolor pencils, and no need for water containers. My 3 brush set cost $4.00 at Amazon. I also have the 72 set of Cretacolor Aqualith woodless watercolors! NICE!

[@Catkeeper]

Mind if I ask, is it a problem to use water colour pencils on a sketch done with a normal mechanical pencil or is it always best to started the sketch in water colour so it blends better? I have a sketch I wish to colour, and just bought some pencils, and have markers or could use GIMP (though I'm really uninterested in digital media these days), so your advice would be helpful and appreciated. :)

[@luixiboo]

Wow this was very helpful thank you so much !!

[@peregrination3643]

I've never seen watercolor pencil in use. I can't wait to try it.

[@adfasfuiuiui1056]

How you like *them* apples?

[@michaelcannon2157]

Amen

[@ts_amber8191]

Thank you so much! This video helped me a lot!

[@BrisMetalChic29]

I really like this. I am going to try this painting for myself with my Derwent watercolour pencils. I haven't used that medium before so thank you for showing me what you can achieve with watercolour pencil. Looking forward to creating some great watercolours

[@pagebypaige20]

oh, no. i pressed it hard all over straight away. will it still work? cos i'll just leave it as a pencil drawing if not...

[@quint7227]

Do you think you can redo a video like this with better quality in the video?

[@thevirtualinstructor]

I already did. You can find the updated video here...kzbin.info/www/bejne/pV7HomBoos12obc

[@6969755]

@nighttheraven you can do that if you want but it is not recomended

[@MissKikipink98]

thanks so much post more in water-colour!! love your tutorial!!

[@hz-wn9hd]

Helped me for my project in school :)

[@darkrai49874]

I've seen people use violet instead of blue, which is better to use

[@2011SuperFrank]

Thanks for such a wonderful tutorial.

[@billgardner1254]

Hi. I have always drawn with graphite and sketchbook paper, but I went out the other day to a popular arts and crafts store and bought Arches water color paper (140lbs) and a set of 12 Prismacolor colored pencils. My question is, are these two items a good match for each other? The paper is very expensive. I only got 12 sheets, and I don't want to make many mistakes, obviously, ..so I thought I would try my first water colored drawing using this video of the apples. I have tried using the pencils on regular sketchbook paper, and I do not like the results. I am hoping for a better result using the Arches paper. It WILL make a difference, correct? Thanks for the video. Bill

[@PenaforeRealm]

Arches paper are top grade i would say, and Prismacolor colored pencils are not watercolour they are simply colour pencils don't use water on them! you should look for some tutorials on Color pencils i have seen people using prismacolour on normal sketch paper and its pretty good, i would think the results would be much better

[@ellenhorn7626]

Thank you. This was very helpful.

[@bluestreetguide8833]

Do u have to use watercolor paper? Or cam number use request sketchbook paper?

[@lilybear4569]

You can use anything

[@laurenkolodziej]

Thank you for this tutorial - it was very helpful!

[@emma-dw3vh]

this was very helpful! thank you :)

[@JBluva100]

At 6:32 look at that black thing just fly onto the green apple! Where'd it come from?!

[@annieholt5373]

Great lesson!

[@behappyynot]

in the past have had dissapionted with my efforts, my mistake was not going over again with the water colour pencils, Many thanks

[@kanga1234567]

Good work! ... thanks for posting.

[@xcummyxmuffinsx]

Good thing he's showing us how to use the product and not being a pretentious jerk, saying he makes the best damn apples out there.

[@alanibeirn14]

so cool learning how to use them and thats exactly what im learning how to do in art class

[@bobbybuck8564]

Do u use a special paper

[@gasal.7555]

He said he used watercolor paper

[@katieblack8124]

ya know?? the always make it look simpler than it really is! i know if i try this, my work will end up by looking like a bunch of blobs , but why do I still want to do it?

[@patelbb]

Awesome video! Thank you!

[@MosaikHorse]

I have watercolour pencils, but I don't know what type of paper I should use. Help?

[@easilydistracted5192]

If you want to stay low with the price, that is easier with pencils than with real paint. That's because you use less water. Have a look out for thinner watercolour paper (lower price most of the time) with the texture you want. That is usually in the product description or in the name, for example it's like that with Strathmore papers which in general are excellent artist papers.

[@MosaikHorse]

Thanks for your help. I got some paper now and it great to work with. ;)

[@easilydistracted5192]

Dreamer8 Nice to hear :D

[@meandmines3245]

Just buy watercolor paper off Amazon.com. I brought some, it was real easy, it say watercolor in the description.

[@timallan8792]

Wow them apples are good drawings!!

[@ThePaintedCookie]

@Loveangelangelame No. Just wash the brush and you're good to go