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Mediums & Choice part four by keirajo

Mediums & Choice part four

keirajo

Using my ever reliable Blossom the Weedle as my model--and a handy Sharpie PRO marker for lining (a great permanent marker to stand up against anything liquid), I have decided to present a variety of visuals for different dry, mixed and maybe wet media for you to see "in action", as the case may be. XD

Here's where we delve into what could be considered a "dry-into-wet" set of media. On Bee Paper's watercolor paper--we have 3 types of dry media that can become wet, at the option of the artist. Using watercolor pencils has a variety of ways to do it, but this is the normal standard of coloring something on paper and then using a brush to wet it. (You can also use a brush to make the tip of your pencil wet and start a coloring version that is unique, as well!) With all of these examples, I have done half-and-half to show you what the media looks like wet and dry.

On the left are watercolor creams, also known as watercolor crayons. These have been popping up everywhere and even retail chains like Wal-Mart have added them to their house-brands (Hello Hobby is Wal-Mart's house-brand). Like a crayon, it has a rough texture when laid down on paper, it's also a bit messy, so be careful about your hands and arms when you're using these dry. Wetting them makes them a gorgeously smooth watercolor, but the blendability isn't as great as actual watercolors. Limited palettes are a drawback of these, as well.

In the middle is the watercolor pencil brand by Sargent--the pack I got was fairly large, with a decent price. They have a lighter color to them, even when pressing pretty hard, but they do blend fairly well when you get them wet!

On the right is the watercolor pencil brand by Hobby Lobby's other house-brand, the Fine Touch. Fine Touch is a slightly cheaper version of the Master's Touch higher-end version. So, like I pointed out in the Prismacolor Premier and Scholar, that's the same difference between the Fine Touch and Master's Touch. There was a wider variety of colors, over the Sargent, but I don't think they blend as well when wet as the Sargent brand did.

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