Today’s Artful Adventures discover what a lovely effect you can achieve with watercolor crayons! Watercolor crayons are water soluble and versatile. They are easy to take with you, as they are pigment in a stick form, sort of like crayons you used as a child, but without the waxiness. There are numerous ways to use this form of product and today, I’ll show you a few ways to get started!
You’ll want to be sure to use a waterproof ink to stamp any outlines that you may want to use as the basis of a project. Stazon is one that I keep on hand for this technique, as well as the Stazon cleaner.
If you are using the technique with the water brush, be sure to use watercolor paper. If you are going to use the blender pen technique, it will work well on your regular Whisper White card stock, as long as you do not try to work it too hard! If you use any of these techniques, be sure and share with us over on the Artful Adventures Facebook Group! We’d love to see what you are up to.
My favorite water soluble crayons are Caran D’Ache Neocolor II.
Today’s artful adventure video takes us further into the world of watercolor techniques which we are exploring this week. We’ll use markers and stamps, and we’ll discover how to achieve effects with the assistance of tools such as water brushes, blender pens, or misting with water.