Water colour pencil - sunflower
Doing a glass or transparent container is tricky, especially when you're not copying it from a photo. This piece is one from my imagination using water colour pencil on a sketch pad.
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Quality should prevail
In my last post, I talked about pricing and quality of materials and advised against buying cheap for economy's sake. Well, I've taken my own advice and bought a new book titled "Paint" and a new set of water color pencils. This time I got one that has a name - Faber Castell.The result is definitely much better, colors are more vibrant and correct. I'm still reading the book and I'm learning so much from it. Here's one I just finished using Faber castell water color pencils. See the big difference from the previous work I posted using an unknown, cheap brand?
Quality over price
I know that as much as possible we want to buy affordable materials for a hobby but compromising on the quality is often a bad decision. I’ve been wanting to try “color pencils” for sometime now and I thought maybe for a starter I’d try cheaper unknown brands and went for a set in one of the stores nearby my house. Lured by the cheap pricing, I went for it and regretted later. This piece of work could’ve turned out a lot better. Colors were faded and not exact. I still was able to use them but am truly disappointed with the turn out. So fro someone who’ve been there, done that, if you want quality work and result, don’t compromise, buy good quality products and branded mediums. There’s a reason they are pricy, they have better quality.
Immortalize your engagement ring
Combined pencil sketch and oil pastel. An experiment to Immortalize an engagement ring. From this reference photo