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  • Leisure Painter

    Let’s draw

    Jul 15, 2022 4 minutes

    LEARNING OBJECTIVES

    ■ How to apply water-soluble pencil, wet on wet and wet on dry

    ■ Practise mark-making techniques to layer colour

    ■ Follow a simple step-by-step process

    You will need

    • HB graphite pencil

    • Watercolour sketchbook with 160gsm paper

    • Pencil sharpener

    • Putty rubber

    • Water-filled spray bottle

    • Black fibre tipped markers-waterproof, fine and medium tip

    • Water-soluble coloured pencils – set of 12

    • Watercolour brushes – medium flat and Round

    Water-soluble pencils are an interesting and versatile drawing medium to use. As their name implies, they are coloured pencils containing pigment that dissolves in water. The look they have in artwork is a cross between a coloured pencil drawing and a watercolour

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