Audience Title
- Everybody
Time Estimation
- 30 min
What you need:
Colour pencils Goldfaber Aqua
Glazing
Watercolours are transparent and can be
mixed to give new shades of colour. You can
make use of this effect through glazing.
Step 1
Apply several thin washes of paint on each other...
Step 2
...during this process, make sure that each wash fully dries...
Step 3
...before applying the next wash.
Masking
The contrast with the white in the background
contributes to your picture's liveliness.
These white areas need to be designated
and left blank during painting,
which is not always easy for a beginner. If
you want to ensure that certain areas on
your picture remain white, then you should
mask these areas.
Step 1
The masking fluid is applied as a liquid and forms a rubbery film when dry.
Step 2
When it is
dry, you can apply watercolours however
you want – the masked surface will remain
unaffected.
Step 3
After your picture has dried
completely, use your finger to rub off the
masking film carefully from the paper surface.
Wash technique and wet-on-wet technique
These two techniques require you to work
with generous amounts of water. Colours flow
wildly, but painterly, into each other. For the
wash technique, paint is applied on dry paper,
whereas for the wet-on-wet technique, the
paper is wetted with clean water before paint
application, such that the paint runs more
intensively.
Granulation
On papers with strong textures, you can use a
very beautiful effect. Hold an almost dry bush
in a very flat position and glide it gently
across the surface of the paper, such that the
pigments are applied only to the top layer of the paper grain. This produces random white regions that create a wonderful contrast to the colour.
pigments are applied only to the top layer of the paper grain. This produces random white regions that create a wonderful contrast to the colour.
Really useful: The water brush
You like traveling, and paint while you are on the go? Then the water brush from Faber-Castell is the ideal companion for you. Its cap has a special shape enabling you to achieve amazing effects.
Good to know: With varying the pressure on the water tank you control the amount of water you need for watercolouring.
Scraping technique
Scraping technique: You can easily move the dissolved paint on
the paper using the wedge-shaped side on
the cap to create interesting textures.
Scratching technique
Scratching technique: The integrated grooves on the cap can be
used to create unusual effects. The damp
paper can be scored to give your picture
elaborated line patterns in less than no time.
Really creative
You will have a lot of fun with these simple techniques!
Colour spritzing
Colour spritzing: Give your watercolour painting an
unparalleled sense of airiness by using the
splatter painting technique. Run the brush
tip over the lead of the coloured pencil in
short, quick up- and down strokes to throw
splatters directly on the picture.
Different distances
Try out different distances to see which of them give you the best results.
Drawing on wet paper
Drawing on wet paper: You have to try drawing on wet paper. How
much a stroke made using Goldfaber Aqua
will run on a paper is different depending on
how much the paper has been wetted.
Salt technique
It is guaranteed to produce beautiful textures!
Sprinkle coarse salt on the wet picture and let
everything dry. Then remove the salt and be
delighted by the interesting textures.
Producing pigments
You can use either a sandpaper block or a knife to scrape pigments directly from the lead of the coloured pencil onto the paper.
On wetted paper, the colours will dissolve
immediately in the film of water.
On dry paper, you can take the pigments
using a and further process them.
Effects using spray bottle
You can achieve a really great-looking effect
using a simple spray bottle. Draw your picture
as your normally would – and then spray
water on selected spots. You will be thrilled by the result of the colours running!
Sgraffito
The last time you tried the sgraffito technique
was probably during your childhood using
wax crayons. But sgraffito is also an interesting
way of using coloured pencils.
Here's how it works: the first step
involves completely covering one
colour with another; the underlying
colour should ideally be brighter
than the upper colour. Then
carefully scratch out lines
and areas from the upper
layer using a knife. And
just like that, you have
magically reated
beautiful contrasts
and patterns!
