I have previously written about and tested some of my watercolour pencils. Now that I have purchased the entire 126 Faber Castell watercolour pencil range, I have been experimenting with and becoming aware of the range of colours available. I wrote about it initially HERE. I have not made too many changes to the daily sketchkit I carry with me everyday. See these colours HERE. The swatches I have done for some of the colours show the colour on the page and then what it looks like when water is added. Some times the change is amazing – a big difference. This is where is it good to practice and get to know the colours.
I have previously written about
Today’s test colours are pink and purple. Some of these are almost red, but that is for another blog….
I use Pink Madder Lake and Light Flesh in my daily sketch kit.
If you have watercolour pencils at home, have a play, scribble hard, add water see what you own. Most importantly , have fun !
I have so many pink and purple pencils because I love them, but I hardly ever have an opportunity to use them when urban sketching (no jacarandas here!). But this time of year I always add one or two pinks to my sketch kit to be optimistic… in case I see some plums or cherries in bloom. And once I know they are blooming all over town, I go looking for them!
I agree – not much chance to use them as an urban sketcher – Flesh Pink comes in handy – not for people, but a general soft color.
It is sketching the jacarandas that they come in very useful, or perhaps if you did a lot of floral garden sketching . iT is springtime for you , so you can bring them out.
The Magenta can be useful for iron railings of historic houses.
So many shades of purple and pink. Some good advice from you as usual for the sketchers out there.