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Color atmospheres and environments and glazing with pencils. Mixed media.

These ones are so much more textured and have Renaissance/Baroque palette found by going on a website called Colourlex (the colored pencils are that)
The same palette. These are colored a lot lazier…ehehe. So, the yellow on the right is actually a waste of money paint from Schminke. Why, you might ask? It’s beautiful. It’s, however, a waste of money because it was expensive yet I could only afford a pan version. It’s Volcano Yellow. Anywho, Winsor & Newton sell the same color for honestly the same amount I could get and I really like it. It’s a bit less granulating, but it’s still an amazing investment and the binder control is decent and you can try it and not have to break the bank with two different qualities.🙄
One of my other Renaissance/Baroque palletes where I added one of my favorite colors Terre Verte. I have a big crush on that green (I’m joking.)
Love me some PV23 (struggling spelling the official C. I. Pigment name. Sorry) I have a weak spot for transparent colors, but I find this PV23 cool and icky. I usually love color colors, but not this one. No. Ultramarine Blue is my jam and so is Phthalo Blue. I love them both for their very different qualities.
Color pencil and watercolors from various brands.

For the most part, these are two different watercolor palettes with two different colored pencil palettes.

THINGS I FOUND OUT:

You’d think this would be common knowledge, but it isn’t. I guess we all have to learn by experiences. I love experiences.

So, the grittier the watercolor, the more likely it would color on gritty. Gum Arabic already dries on very, very tight and has texture when I touch it, but the granules on some are fascinating. I have a watercolor on here that I forgot what it’s called, but I think it’s by Prodigal Sons, one of my favorite handmade watercolor brands. It’s Han Blue (maybe?) and when I color on top with colored pencils, it feels like using sandpaper and I love it sooo much because I wasn’t expecting it.

As well, some other colors have that same scratchy feeling.

Some colors are fine, but still produce a texture so there’s a ring around them and a change of reflection and light that comes off of them. Absolutely stunning.

Now, colored pencils have a similar feel to transparent watercolors so they layer and show the white of the paper or show whatever’s underneath it. Prismacolor isn’t as transparent as Crayola (I used crayola on here) and Faber-Castell Polychromos. Faber-Castell has some opaque colors, but typically they are transparent.

Things I like:

The backwashes! Those look stunning. I avoided coloring over them. Everytime I get them on something like this, I get so happy because they never look the same…however, when on a design I don’t want them at, I get so sensitive and irritable. They’re accidental here because they’re swatches but are beautiful.

I like how different the color pencils look when backgrounds change.

What I don’t like:

The paper. This is a study and not a major art piece, but dang…I liked painting on it, but coloring ACTUALLY SUCKS. It’s no texture so it’s slippery and hard to go light and dark. Also, with experience with this paper, I know it cannot take thick layers of acrylic without screaming uncle and crying. It’s only going to take so much. This paper is not useful for everyone, but it can take light water mediums alright. I enjoy it.

I also just don’t like how I left a space of white for some but then got jacked because I didn’t really think of it that hard. I also wish I left less white around so I can do Josef Albers’ levels of comparison. His studies however were more scientific, mine are just done so I could practice and avoid drawing and coloring characters. 😓

Anyway, thank you for talking to me. Have a great day and make sure to stay healthy and hydrated.

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