Since I left the whole watercolor set up out last night, I figured I might as well check how well the palette washes performed the morning after drying out for a few hours. The Cobalt Blue wash was still pretty juicy since it started with so much water. I just decanted some of the excess water and proceeded to mix in some Alizarin Crimson to get a light purple wash. I really like the convenience of mixing the colors in the porcelain palette by simply swirling another stick into the previous wash.
Sketching with the moistened Permanent Alizarin Crimson stick on my
Hand Book Artist Journal.
The dried Permanent Alizarin Crimson wash in the palette from the previous night re-dissolved easily and completely with my water mister yielding nicely saturated washes. The dry pigment marks also blended quite readily with a flat brush loaded clean water. The
watercolor sticks handled very much like quality pan watercolor.
Applying some purple wash with a 1/4"
Winsor & Newton Sceptre Gold II flat brush
Adding some crack lines with the #3
Trekell Kolisnky 7000 round brush by picking the pigment straight from the watercolor stick. This approach picks up a really saturated pigment load that is perfectly suited for drawing controlled strokes and fine detailing with a brush.
Since I left the whole watercolor set up out last night, I figured I might as well check how well the palette washes performed the morning after drying out for a few hours. The Cobalt Blue wash was still pretty juicy since it started with so much water. I just decanted some of the excess water and proceeded to mix in some Alizarin Crimson to get a light purple wash. I really like the convenience of mixing the colors in the porcelain palette by simply swirling another stick into the previous wash.
Sketching with the moistened Permanent Alizarin Crimson stick on my Hand Book Artist Journal.
The dried Permanent Alizarin Crimson wash in the palette from the previous night re-dissolved easily and completely with my water mister yielding nicely saturated washes. The dry pigment marks also blended quite readily with a flat brush loaded clean water. The watercolor sticks handled very much like quality pan watercolor.
Applying some purple wash with a 1/4" Winsor & Newton Sceptre Gold II flat brush
Adding some crack lines with the #3 Trekell Kolisnky 7000 round brush by picking the pigment straight from the watercolor stick. This approach picks up a really saturated pigment load that is perfectly suited for drawing controlled strokes and fine detailing with a brush.
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I knew you'd like them ;) I need to get a few more.
They have proven to be a nice addition to a watercolor kit in a short time. Their demo tips have also given me new ideas on how to use the Faber Castell aquarelle sticks. Grinding them on a porcelain palette also yields nice washes with little effort for example. I did notice that the watercolor sticks dry marks dissolve completely with less effort than the waxier marks of the aquarelle sticks.
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