Given how frequently they get mentioned in this blog, regular readers probably already realized that I am pretty fond of the
Faber Castell Albrecht Durer Aquarelle Sticks which were sadly discontinued a few years ago. Oddly just stumbled upon this batch of photos of these boxed sets of 10 individually wrapped
aquarelle sticks that I never got around to uploading. As luck would have it, they are currently been offered on
clearance once more.
Landscape colors set.
Basic colors Set.
Basic set of
aquarelle sticks applied dry like regular crayons on
Maruman Art Spiral sketchbook. Their wrappings make them quite clean to handle when used as drawing tools and provide the color name and number to facilitate color matching and getting replacement sticks.
Sample swatches after blending them with a round brush loaded with water. The dry marks readily dissolved creating bright color washes.
Using both sets just like regular crayons to create this quick color sketch. They allow for fairly quick broad coverage.
Color sketch after blending with round and flat wash brushes loaded with water. The
aquarelle sticks color palette matches the rest of the
Faber Castell Art & Graphic products range, so they can easily enhance the creative potential and work well with your sets of
Albrecht Durer watercolor pencils or
Polychromos colored pencils.
Another
approach for quickly liquefying the dry
aquarelle sticks is to use a watercolor spray bottle which spares some wear and tear to your nice sable brushes.
Once the
Maruman Art Spiral sketchbook paper got saturated with water, it was time to let it dry a bit.
Once dry, further watercolor washes could be added on top to intensify the hues, enhance an image shadows, and increase the illusion of roundness.
The dry
Faber Castell aquarelle sticks washes tend to lie on the pale side and would require multiple layers or heavy dry crayon application to darken the hues when used alone. Thus the sample image above was finished with
Daniel Smith watercolor sticks and some
Maimeri Blu watercolors.
Despite their similar name, these two products handle quite differently. The waxy
aquarelle sticks glide fairly smoothly on the paper and work well as sketching/drawing tools but do not dissolve quite as easily as the
watercolor sticks. The latter have a heavier pigment load and produce clearly more saturated washes upon contact with water with less scrubbing. Yet the
watercolor sticks can feel rather scratchy when used for drawing and really work best as a convenient portable watercolor pan format.
Given how frequently they get mentioned in this blog, regular readers probably already realized that I am pretty fond of the Faber Castell Albrecht Durer Aquarelle Sticks which were sadly discontinued a few years ago. Oddly just stumbled upon this batch of photos of these boxed sets of 10 individually wrapped aquarelle sticks that I never got around to uploading. As luck would have it, they are currently been offered on clearance once more.
Landscape colors set.
Basic colors Set.
Basic set of aquarelle sticks applied dry like regular crayons on Maruman Art Spiral sketchbook. Their wrappings make them quite clean to handle when used as drawing tools and provide the color name and number to facilitate color matching and getting replacement sticks.
Another approach for quickly liquefying the dry aquarelle sticks is to use a watercolor spray bottle which spares some wear and tear to your nice sable brushes.
Once dry, further watercolor washes could be added on top to intensify the hues, enhance an image shadows, and increase the illusion of roundness.
The dry Faber Castell aquarelle sticks washes tend to lie on the pale side and would require multiple layers or heavy dry crayon application to darken the hues when used alone. Thus the sample image above was finished with Daniel Smith watercolor sticks and some Maimeri Blu watercolors.
Despite their similar name, these two products handle quite differently. The waxy aquarelle sticks glide fairly smoothly on the paper and work well as sketching/drawing tools but do not dissolve quite as easily as the watercolor sticks. The latter have a heavier pigment load and produce clearly more saturated washes upon contact with water with less scrubbing. Yet the watercolor sticks can feel rather scratchy when used for drawing and really work best as a convenient portable watercolor pan format.
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10 comments:
Cool video Beeto! I like the aquafying process...I wanna use those!
Sure thing Caro, I'll bring a set next time so you can try them out on your next painting.
How rotten that they are discontinued! Is there an alternative product on the market?
Stop making me want to buy things! ;)
Hmm, as far as similar watersoluble wax based tools I would say that the Caran D'Ache NeoArt watersolbule pastels and even the Neocolor II watercolor crayons posses similar handling properties and are fairly available as sets and open stock through several online retailers.
Well I found something: I was in an art store today and bought some Staedtler Karat aquarell Watercolor Crayons - we'll see how they work!
Funny, now that I think about it I never got around tying those Staedtler Karat crayonscrayons before. Let me know how they work out for you. Happy coloring!
You also tested Cran D'ache NeoArt i mean replacement for these big F-C sticks ? if why you prefer F-C.
The NeoArt water soluble wax pastels have a larger diameter than the Faber Castell aquarelle sticks, slightly softer texture, and they can still be found through some retailers. They might make a suitable replacement for the discontinued aquarelle sticks, but typically at a higher price per crayon.
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