The Faber-Castell watercolour pencils have rich watersoluble colours which transform into brilliant watercolours when brushed with water.

Colours blend beautifully to create unlimited shade options. Just release your imagination and check out some of the techniques below to create your masterpiece!

Pointillism

Draw an outline using a lead pencil. Wet the tip of the watercolour pencil with a wet brush. Press it onto paper and repeat with lots of dots to colour in (fill up) your outline. If you use similar tones close to each other, your eyes will mix the colours to form one colour. You should use this technique for lighting effects also, as you can see with the star drawing.

Palette technique

Sketch concentrated amounts of colour on separate sheets of paper. Activate colour with a wet brush and then transfer the paint in your brush to a blank sheet of paper. When you transfer it to dry paper the paint will stay still. When you transfer the paint to wet paper it will spread out across the area that is wet.

Trace and brush

Draw an outline using your watercolour pencils and "push" the colour to the internal part of your drawing with a damp brush. 

IMPORTANT TIPS !

• To get lines of bold intense colour, draw on damp paper

• After you have finished painting with water, use dry pencils to add more details

• A barely damp brush gives brighter colour, with pencil lines still showing. Add in more water will blend the colours smoothly. However, the more water you add, the less intense the colour will be

• Be careful not to add excessive amounts of water, as it will make the colours run together and the paper may buckle

• Use a heavy weight or watercolour paper, as regular drawing paper will tend to buckle when damped

• For a gradual colour effect, colour 1/2 of your drawing and using yout brush draw the colour down onto the second half