Thank you for the great tip about using hot press paper. I find it interesting that Inktense continue to state that the ink in Inktense will not lift once dry, when I'm sure all of us have found this to be untrue. I love the intensity of the Inktense colors and pair them with the muted tones of Derwent Graphitint, both pencils and watercolor pan sets.
The technique you show (using the pencils like watercolor pans) is a wonderful way to take advantage of Inktense's ability to layer without any muddling--- a lot like watercolor itself, when doing glazes, but without watercolor's necessary long drying time between layers. But I'm a drawer so using the pencils directly on dry paper is non-negotiable for me. I've been looking for papers that will leave no pencil stroke marks. I tried literally dozens of paper samples and found that hot press papers are the worst for this (obliterating the stroke mark) probably because of their sizing issues. Among the cold press papers, there was a big range of effectiveness for this performance characteristic. My top choices right now for dry Inktense application are Fabriano Artistico and Strathmore 500 cold press. Still, even with them, technique is all-important and also some Inktense colors just don't activate as well. I've become a bit of a paper nerd since collecting all these samples so thank you so much for drawing attention to paper!
What a great idea! The strength and weakness both of watercolor pencils are their texture. Consequently, they are great to add texture to a watercolor painting.
Thank you for this video! Please show us more videos with especially Inktense pencils. I feel they behave slightly different to for example Albrecht Duerer watercolour ones and would love more videos about them. 💖
I was so waiting for the content you are sharing. Thank you! So good to hear from someone like you, what are my insight, experience, and thoughts about papers, inktense, and all the things you are talking about, but the rest of the content creators don't mention here on UA-cam. I learnt the harder way but efficiently, by own experience these things about paper.. I have not much time for videós, it is watching or doing, for me. I think I will try out skillshare, after 2 years of learning curve now I feel like I have "skills" to improve 😂 or at least, to learn and develop skills. And to not be scared of drawing or painting. Much love, thank you for sharing your art and techniques! ❤
I always understood that dipping a watercolour pencil in water was a no-no as it wicks the water up into the lead and therefore makes it just like an ordinary coloured pencil
Good point. And I think if you avoid dipping the wood, just the lead, it's fine since only the outer edge of the lead is wet and quickly wears off and back to a dry lead after applying to paper. I never had a problem doing it like this and I use a lot of the same pencils over and over.
@paintingandchocolate I would never dip them. They are to expensive to have the lead/ink dissolve or the wood be ruined. I use a brush carefully on the tip.
Good info Mrs chocolate. I would,have struggled with cold pressed paper and no doubt been frustrated with the pencils. I am envisioning an int3nse ocean wave painting now with gorgeous greens and turquoise showing/glowing through the wave as it catches the light.
I have been able to lift from watercolor paper with the Derwent pencils, but not in a regular sketchbook paper. I've tried applying wet on wet and dry to wet, but no lift there. I love the vibrant colors tho, such fun effects! ❤
@@barblallier9413 I use a mini/smaller chopping board which has some teeth. And porcelaine plates from my coffee mug. Only for watercolour purpose. I love to be creative and one does not always need to buy expensive /fancy stuff, just to have a logo or brand on it. There are, though, lot of functional, practical things out there which always worth to look at. But as a hobby art menace I will not just buy anything, and I rather spend that money on quality paper, brush or supply.
The Derwent colored pencils are wonderful to work with, and I’m becoming more at ease using them. I would consider the new pencils, I prefer a set, because the colors are like a rainbow! Thank you for sharing this beautiful video, Karen Dirmish, learner 9:269:269:26
Hi Francoise, I have just recently discovered your channel and I have watched several if not all of your watercolor pencil videos. They are wonderful. I also signed up for a trial membership at SkillShare and I have completed your apple class. It too was wonderful and I spent several enjoyable hours rendering an apple using your techniques. I DID NOT enjoy my experience navigating the SkillShare website however. In fact, after 2-3 hours attempting to get the site to work properly I have decided to cancel my trial membership. The frustration is not worth the trouble and the monthly payment. Even finding a way to cancel my trial membership was impossible. I finally just canceled through PayPal. Anyway, watercolor (and ink) pencils have been such an enigma for me and I'm really interested in using them. Thank you.
Hi Deanna, I'm glad you enjoyed the videos and class 🙂 i'm sorry to hear your experience with the site wasn't as good, I wonder if it was just on one day or over the course of several this happened. It's usually pretty smooth going there although glitches can happen.
I am using a cheap brand of watercolor pencils over Baohong textured paper .. it 's just a bit too patchy and uneven ... sadly I cannot afford the higher end watercolor pencils/paper .. is there a chance you would show how to get better results using affordable brands?
I understand. It's a good idea. I think even cheap watercolor paper will work very well as long as It's smooth enough, since even coloring paper works.
I hope you enjoyed this video! What are your go to supplies with water-soluble pencils? If you want to learn my techniques, this is where to find the Patreon tutorial for this artwork (or browse all classes and tutorials from my website, link in video description): bit.ly/40AcnXi
Lightfastness? I was surprised by the use of the ink gel at towards the end of the video, where does that fit in as to longevity and lightfastness of your piece? Is acid-free and long term stability of the pieces a goal, a compromise? Thank you for your work on this. I am new to this medium outside of using it for planning acrylic or oil pieces. I would like to use it as an alternative medium.
I haven’t tried it myself (as it’s pretty expensive!) but I’ve seen that Derwent offer their own watercolour paper, called Inktense Paper, specifically for these pencils. 🙂
Great question 😁 I would say watercolor, although one could argue they're pencils first and foremost.the end result is a watercolor style though. Definitely not ink as far as I'm concerned, as ink makes me think of the standard black inks first.
Well lets see, when I wet the tip of the pencil before applying it to the paper, I don't have the issue of still seeing the lines. Of course you do have to wet the tip often. I have also used them with my paper submerged under water and that worked insanely awesome. But the pencils do require a feather light touch to avoid seeing the lines if that's an issue for you. Also using the side of the pencil, rather than standing it up on its point helps to prevent this issue.
I appreciate your suggestions and techniques. However, I'm confused, considering the way you use the pencils brushing them onto a pallet and watering them there. It seems to me you might as well use watercolor or gauche since you are treating the pencil as if it were those mediums to begin with.
Yes I understand. This question has come up, so I explained the benefits 2 videos after that. Overall I only use them in this way in the beginning, it avoids having to use watercolor and the pencils in one piece. And still get the perks of using a pencil for the detailed parts.
Paper is the most important, i tend to find. If you don't get along with the very base upon which everything else is used, the texture or make of the paper, good luck. It can only lead to dissapointment, and the road there is paved with frustration to boot! From my own experience at least. For my part, I absolutely loathe working on rough paper. cotton or cellulose don't even matter at that point, I'll hate my time with it all the same!
Pick cellulose paper if you want to apply watercolour pencils, crayons or markers directly on the paper; I feel they just don't work as well on cotton paper.
Gentile e stupenda artista, i suoi lavori sono per me fonte di grande ispirazione. Vorrei poterli proporre sul mio gruppo di acquerello citando l'autrice originale, ma non conosco il suo nome. Se vuole dirmi come si chiama, ne sarei felice. Complimenti ancora, e grazie 💖
Why not using watercolor!? At least it doesn't have kind of cornstarch binder in it. I used several different brands of watercolor pencils they all laking.
I always love your videos, but unfortunately I can’t finish this one because I must get to my local art store IMMEDIATELY and get those new colors 😍 Edit: I also thought I hated these, but when I tried them with hot press paper, I fell in love immediately
personally i find watercolors on brush impossible to control - i never managed to understand it. with pencils it seems much easier to get the values you want. you also don't need to worry about your palette getting contaminated, or cleaning/wetting your brush all the time.
Thank you for the great tip about using hot press paper. I find it interesting that Inktense continue to state that the ink in Inktense will not lift once dry, when I'm sure all of us have found this to be untrue. I love the intensity of the Inktense colors and pair them with the muted tones of Derwent Graphitint, both pencils and watercolor pan sets.
Thank you Nancy, and yes, they always lift for me as well on watercolor papers 😁 love the graphitint too!
Beautiful painting and very helpful video, thank you! I know how to do a blurred background now 💖
I'm glad this was helpful 🙂
Brilliant !!!! So happy youtube suggested this video to me ! Thanks for the tips !
Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it 🙂
The technique you show (using the pencils like watercolor pans) is a wonderful way to take advantage of Inktense's ability to layer without any muddling--- a lot like watercolor itself, when doing glazes, but without watercolor's necessary long drying time between layers. But I'm a drawer so using the pencils directly on dry paper is non-negotiable for me. I've been looking for papers that will leave no pencil stroke marks. I tried literally dozens of paper samples and found that hot press papers are the worst for this (obliterating the stroke mark) probably because of their sizing issues. Among the cold press papers, there was a big range of effectiveness for this performance characteristic. My top choices right now for dry Inktense application are Fabriano Artistico and Strathmore 500 cold press. Still, even with them, technique is all-important and also some Inktense colors just don't activate as well.
I've become a bit of a paper nerd since collecting all these samples so thank you so much for drawing attention to paper!
You're welcome ! I think derwent has a paper for inktense and I totally want to try it.
Have you tried out the Canson Montval Torchon?
Not cotton, and I think it is cold press but I found it great.
Thank you for this reference!
What a great idea! The strength and weakness both of watercolor pencils are their texture. Consequently, they are great to add texture to a watercolor painting.
Yes 🙂
Thank you. How you made the blurred background was very interesting! And the tips about the paper too!
You're welcome, i'm glad you enjoyed them!
Thanks for instructing so clearly and with such fine detailing beauty.
You're welcome 🙂
Thank you for this video! Please show us more videos with especially Inktense pencils. I feel they behave slightly different to for example Albrecht Duerer watercolour ones and would love more videos about them. 💖
Why not! I might find more differences with those, and I know I'll use them again.
I was so waiting for the content you are sharing. Thank you! So good to hear from someone like you, what are my insight, experience, and thoughts about papers, inktense, and all the things you are talking about, but the rest of the content creators don't mention here on UA-cam. I learnt the harder way but efficiently, by own experience these things about paper.. I have not much time for videós, it is watching or doing, for me.
I think I will try out skillshare, after 2 years of learning curve now I feel like I have "skills" to improve 😂 or at least, to learn and develop skills.
And to not be scared of drawing or painting.
Much love, thank you for sharing your art and techniques! ❤
Thank you for your sweet feedback !
I always understood that dipping a watercolour pencil in water was a no-no as it wicks the water up into the lead and therefore makes it just like an ordinary coloured pencil
Good point. And I think if you avoid dipping the wood, just the lead, it's fine since only the outer edge of the lead is wet and quickly wears off and back to a dry lead after applying to paper. I never had a problem doing it like this and I use a lot of the same pencils over and over.
@paintingandchocolate I would never dip them. They are to expensive to have the lead/ink dissolve or the wood be ruined.
I use a brush carefully on the tip.
I understand, do what feels better and the brush is an alternative
@@paintingandchocolate BTW, I love inktense. What a great development. Also graphitint.
Yes me too!
I just love the painting with the orange berries, just beautiful! Love the other one too, but the first one is just gorgeous ❤️
Thank you 😊
Che risultato meraviglioso, così realistico e magico al tempo stesso!!
Grazie mille!
This tutorial has been super helpful to me. Thank you so much. ❤
You're welcome 🙂
Good info Mrs chocolate. I would,have struggled with cold pressed paper and no doubt been frustrated with the pencils. I am envisioning an int3nse ocean wave painting now with gorgeous greens and turquoise showing/glowing through the wave as it catches the light.
Ohhh I can imagine it too 🌊🌊🌊
this is wonderful! thanks..I just bought these and had no idea how to use them!
You're welcome, have fun with them!
Thank you for this! I finally got these pencils on amazon prime day, and I absolutely love them! So good to learn new tips ☺
I'm glad this will be useful, have fun!😀
I have the carandache palette, it works really well.
Yes, it's a fun tool 🙂
I have been able to lift from watercolor paper with the Derwent pencils, but not in a regular sketchbook paper. I've tried applying wet on wet and dry to wet, but no lift there. I love the vibrant colors tho, such fun effects! ❤
That is very insightful, great info, thank you!
Can u use any plastic palette to color on?
This is what I use and it works well because of the rough texture of it.
@@barblallier9413 I use a mini/smaller chopping board which has some teeth. And porcelaine plates from my coffee mug. Only for watercolour purpose. I love to be creative and one does not always need to buy expensive /fancy stuff, just to have a logo or brand on it.
There are, though, lot of functional, practical things out there which always worth to look at. But as a hobby art menace I will not just buy anything, and I rather spend that money on quality paper, brush or supply.
Thank you for this brilliant video. What a wealth of knowledge passed on , and gorgeous painting! I really enjoyed it 🎉🎉🎉
You're welcome 😊🙏
@@paintingandchocolate 🙏👍😊
I have a small set of these Ink base colored pencils. They are amazing, I use them in combination with water color on water color paper.
I'm glad to read you love them too, they're unique!
The Derwent colored pencils are wonderful to work with, and I’m becoming more at ease using them. I would consider the new pencils, I prefer a set, because the colors are like a rainbow! Thank you for sharing this beautiful video, Karen Dirmish, learner 9:26 9:26 9:26
You're welcome 🙂 have fun using them!
Hi Francoise, I have just recently discovered your channel and I have watched several if not all of your watercolor pencil videos. They are wonderful. I also signed up for a trial membership at SkillShare and I have completed your apple class. It too was wonderful and I spent several enjoyable hours rendering an apple using your techniques. I DID NOT enjoy my experience navigating the SkillShare website however. In fact, after 2-3 hours attempting to get the site to work properly I have decided to cancel my trial membership. The frustration is not worth the trouble and the monthly payment. Even finding a way to cancel my trial membership was impossible. I finally just canceled through PayPal. Anyway, watercolor (and ink) pencils have been such an enigma for me and I'm really interested in using them. Thank you.
Hi Deanna, I'm glad you enjoyed the videos and class 🙂 i'm sorry to hear your experience with the site wasn't as good, I wonder if it was just on one day or over the course of several this happened. It's usually pretty smooth going there although glitches can happen.
I am using a cheap brand of watercolor pencils over Baohong textured paper .. it 's just a bit too patchy and uneven ... sadly I cannot afford the higher end watercolor pencils/paper .. is there a chance you would show how to get better results using affordable brands?
I understand. It's a good idea. I think even cheap watercolor paper will work very well as long as It's smooth enough, since even coloring paper works.
I hope you enjoyed this video! What are your go to supplies with water-soluble pencils? If you want to learn my techniques, this is where to find the Patreon tutorial for this artwork (or browse all classes and tutorials from my website, link in video description): bit.ly/40AcnXi
Oooh.. love the white!!
Thank you, my favorite time in the painting 🙂
Lightfastness? I was surprised by the use of the ink gel at towards the end of the video, where does that fit in as to longevity and lightfastness of your piece? Is acid-free and long term stability of the pieces a goal, a compromise? Thank you for your work on this. I am new to this medium outside of using it for planning acrylic or oil pieces. I would like to use it as an alternative medium.
I understand your point. I paint for fun and experimentation. White gel pens are fantastic to have fun and practice realism with crisp highlights.
Yay!!!! I’m so glad they sent these to you because I had commented previously that I hoped they would send you these to try!!!!🎉❤
This rings a bell! And yes they reached out without me asking right after and I was happy too, you brought me luck 🙂🙏
I’m SO glad!!!!!
Wow! Thank you for this wonderful tutorial!
You're welcome!
I haven’t tried it myself (as it’s pretty expensive!) but I’ve seen that Derwent offer their own watercolour paper, called Inktense Paper, specifically for these pencils. 🙂
Yes you're right, I cannot wait to try it!
Thank you so much for this I just got back to using my inktense pencils, and I forgot about the right paper thank you so much
You're welcome 🙂
Excellent tutorials- and thank you !
You're welcome 🙂
This was so helpful! Thank you for sharing!
You're welcome 🙂
Fascinating video, thank you.
May I ask if you know which media group would this be classed as officially, please? Ink, pencil, or watercolour?
Great question 😁 I would say watercolor, although one could argue they're pencils first and foremost.the end result is a watercolor style though. Definitely not ink as far as I'm concerned, as ink makes me think of the standard black inks first.
thank you. I learnt something new.😊
You're welcome !
Well lets see, when I wet the tip of the pencil before applying it to the paper, I don't have the issue of still seeing the lines. Of course you do have to wet the tip often. I have also used them with my paper submerged under water and that worked insanely awesome. But the pencils do require a feather light touch to avoid seeing the lines if that's an issue for you. Also using the side of the pencil, rather than standing it up on its point helps to prevent this issue.
Thank you for sharing !
YOU HAVE ONE HUNDRED INKTENSE PENCILS??? omg i’m so jealous, AND happy you’re sharing 🥰🥰
I'm glad you enjoyed 🙂
such good video and a fantastic tip ❤❤
Thank you, I'm glad this was useful!
Arteza Hot Press paper is quite reasonably priced. It’s 100% cotton as well.
I like it as a go between fast-drying papers and 100% cotton like Arches, it is nice and not too pricey as you said
Дивовижно! Дякую за відео! 🍁🍂❤💚💙
I love hot press paper for watercolor.. The colors are brighter because they don't absorb into the paper. I will try my pencils with it.
Have fun 🙂
I appreciate your suggestions and techniques. However, I'm confused, considering the way you use the pencils brushing them onto a pallet and watering them there. It seems to me you might as well use watercolor or gauche since you are treating the pencil as if it were those mediums to begin with.
Yes I understand. This question has come up, so I explained the benefits 2 videos after that. Overall I only use them in this way in the beginning, it avoids having to use watercolor and the pencils in one piece. And still get the perks of using a pencil for the detailed parts.
Paper is the most important, i tend to find. If you don't get along with the very base upon which everything else is used, the texture or make of the paper, good luck. It can only lead to dissapointment, and the road there is paved with frustration to boot!
From my own experience at least. For my part, I absolutely loathe working on rough paper. cotton or cellulose don't even matter at that point, I'll hate my time with it all the same!
Yes, I completely agree!
Pick cellulose paper if you want to apply watercolour pencils, crayons or markers directly on the paper; I feel they just don't work as well on cotton paper.
Great tools.
what is the difference with just watercolor? It looks the same to me.
It's more vibrant when activated, it's more obvious when you see it next to it, I made a video about it.
@@paintingandchocolate thank you, I see.
Sooo beautiful 👏
Thank you Thomas!
How do I become a patron I am new to thid
Hi there,you'll find a link to it in the description of the video to find it.
Thank you so much ❤
You're welcome !
I use Caran D Ache watercolor pencils,,,so much better than Derwent!!!
I have them too, I love them both, my absolute fave are the Faber Castell Albrecht Dürer watercolor pencils.
Have the 100 set, still using the 72 set great pencils.
Yes they're nice 🙂
You are a wonderful artist and a beautiful woman.
Thank you for your kind words
Good hot pressed paper is expensive. I’ll try mixed media paper as practice.
Yes, this will be great too, especially for projects without a background (less water needed).
Try Arteza hot press it 100% cotton
Gentile e stupenda artista, i suoi lavori sono per me fonte di grande ispirazione. Vorrei poterli proporre sul mio gruppo di acquerello citando l'autrice originale, ma non conosco il suo nome. Se vuole dirmi come si chiama, ne sarei felice. Complimenti ancora, e grazie 💖
You are a master★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Sometimes I mess it up like my first painting before this one but I'm glad this one turned out this good 🙂
Why use them and not just use paint?
The pleasure of using pencils in the coloring stage, the texture only they can create, and with inktense, the general intensity of colors.
Why not using watercolor!? At least it doesn't have kind of cornstarch binder in it. I used several different brands of watercolor pencils they all laking.
The object of tomorrow's video as you are not the first to ask 🙂
I always love your videos, but unfortunately I can’t finish this one because I must get to my local art store IMMEDIATELY and get those new colors 😍
Edit: I also thought I hated these, but when I tried them with hot press paper, I fell in love immediately
You're going to have fun 🙌 they are so much better this way it's amazing 🙂 I'm glad to see you also noticed!
What’s the point of this technique- rather just use regular water colour paints surely and just use pencils for finer finishes?
Juse using one supply for everything and the pleasure of using pencils overall.
personally i find watercolors on brush impossible to control - i never managed to understand it. with pencils it seems much easier to get the values you want. you also don't need to worry about your palette getting contaminated, or cleaning/wetting your brush all the time.
i wish i could afford them, far too expensive
Yes I agree they are! There are smaller sets and open stock options. Also maybe with Christmas coming,.family may gift them to you?
I like your videos. However your voice is echoing, which makes it uncomfortable to listen to.
Thank you for letting me know. I am aware and pained by this echoey room problem and looking to fix it. I appreciate it your feedback very much.
You sound a ok to me
Fabulous techniques! Thank you❤
You're welcome, I'm happy they were useful 🙂