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colored pencil, Derwent, Derwent Inktense Pencils, Eberhard-Faber, Eberhard-Faber Mongol pencils, landscapes, REnfrew Park, water-soluble colored pencil, watercolor paper, Waynesboro PA
Water-soluble Colored Pencil drawing at Renfrew
The story behind the sketch:
Recently, my painting group visited Renfrew, a wonderful park and restored farm from the 1700’s, just outside Waynesboro, PA. http://www.renfrewmuseum.org/about_renfrew.html
While the old outbuildings beckoned to me; the clear sunny day with all its color sent my head & heart to a place of fantasy. I put away my graphite sketch pencils & got out my water-soluble colored ones, in hope of capturing what the day made me feel.
My experience in doing this sketch:
Using these pencils starts, for me at least, with sketching out what I want to include in the scene, followed by lightly coloring-in some areas that I intend to touch with a wet brush. Often after wetting, I add detail with the pencil. I found that ,with this picture, once I had colored & brushed everything in, the picture lacked impact. So I took the unorthodox approach of outlining the flowers & other things in the foreground with a dark gray pencil. This perked it right up!
The technical stuff
Canson XL Watercolor paper ( an inexpensive paper), was used. Eberhard Faber Mongol water-souluble colored pencils were used to sketch-in most of the picture. These less-expensive pencils are fine but sometimes produce fairly light colors. So more intense ones were added with Derwent Inktense water-soluble pencils. Now, I’m told that the color in these pencils is not watercolor, but ink. I don’t know , technically , what the difference is, but they do produce a brighter , richer, color than the Mongol pencils.
If anyone has had experience with using any type of water-soluble colored pencil, I welcome your input on the subject.
About Sketching 
Beautiful!
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Thank you!
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I love the clear and lush colours of the summer in this delightful landscape picture. And outlining the flowers and other objects did increase the intensity of the colours. Very nice!
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Thanks, Otto!
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I haven’t had much luck with the Mongol pencils, but I like your idea of going back afterwards and outlining with a dark gray pencil. Thanks for the tip.
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You’re welcome, & I hope it works out for you. I used to be a “purist” , using only one medium at a time—–but now my attitude is “hey, whatever works!”
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Beautiful picture. You will find the inktense don’t blend quite as much as watercolour pencils…some lines nay be visible and once dry they are permanent – you xan’t rewet or lift at that stage like you can with other water colour oencils.
Really love your picture and the idea of going round with a grey pencil.
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Thanks for you kind comment! Yes I’ve noticed they don’t blend quite as well. A trade-off, I guess, for the really bright colors.
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