Second Thursday Tutorial: Comparing watercolor pencils to watercolor crayons

The second Thursday came early this month, but I was able to create a short tutorial where I make some comparisons.

I began by taking a photo of the image I planned to color.

I also scanned the same image.

Next, I scanned the image I colored using watercolor crayons

and the image I colored using watercolor pencils.

Somehow, I didn't think the scans did the images justice, so I took a few photos, too.

I colored one using walnut ink, just to see how the image would look as a vintage inspired print.  My friend Kathy gave this to me several years ago, and I don't use it often, because it is so expensive.

I am opinionated.  I LOVE these watercolor crayons my friend Cindy gave me for Christmas last year (2016).  I use them for lots of challenge entries.

I found these watercolor pencils while looking for something else awhile back.  None had ever been sharpened, and I really like them, partly because there are so many different colors.

There is a HUGE difference after the water was added to the two different images.  For one thing, the watercolor crayons on the left are far more vibrant and blend better.  However, I had more choices of colors using the watercolor pencils on the right. 

I added water using a water brush for the larger areas and my new tiny brush I recently purchased for the thin lines.

I'll let you decide which you prefer, but I'm sticking with my beloved watercolor crayons, PERIOD!

Thank you for joining me for my second Thursday tutorial.  Once this goes live, it will be on my tutorials page.

And because this is inspired by spring, I'm also sharing it with Art Journal Journey where Rosie at Rosie's Kleine Bastelwelt (Rosie's Small Craft World), this month's host, has chosen Spring as the theme.