Coming Winter – Spring 2027
Paint uninhibited with watercolor pencils. Draw with a pencil and paint with a brush!
Water + Color + Pencils = Paint with Watercolor Pencils. In this workshop held on July 28, we painted a picture of my neighbor’s nosey sunflower. We started with a wash of yellow pencil color, onto which we drew two circles – a large circle to ‘envelope’ the petals and an inner circle for the orange middle. We then layered the grass background and the negative area between the petals with a blue watercolor pencil. The middle disc was colored in with red and orange pencils. Before activating with water to create the ‘paint’ we layered all over again with yellow pencil to intensify with brilliant colors. Now, we paint! The blue and yellow mix to create the green background around the petals. The red and orange middle blends with the yellow to create the sunflower’s vibrant oranges. Once the painting is dry, texture and details are added to the middle and to the petals to finish.