Marbles in graphitint Video Lecture - Master the Art of Watercolour Painting

hi there Lindsay near the frugal crafter
again today oh my gosh you totally sick
of me or what anyway I had to make an
order the other day for some gifts and I
saw the set of 24 graphite in pencils on
sale and I'd wanted to try them out so I
thought that I would give them a go
little early Christmas present to myself
I know really how about is that alright
so they're brand new I haven't even
opened them so I'm gonna open them and
I'm gonna use them for the first time
right here let's share the experience
with you and we'll see if these are all
they're cracked up to be so these have
been out for a couple of years and I
think a few types of watercolor pencils
then I'm really happy with but but I
also like to sketch and sketch with
pencil and I don't do that very often so
I thought it'd be really fun cuz you
have it's like water soluble graphite as
well as color so there's 24 different
colors in the line and they are
available individually or by the kit I
bought the kit cuz usually get the best
price and this is the case where the
price was the best and so I thought I
would just paint some marbles and
because I really lose my marbles here I
didn't really have any uh any great plan
so I thought I would just I would just
try that so I think what I'm gonna do is
just kind of sketch out with the colors
that I'm planning on using so for that
big one in the center I've got my
marbles over here you can see them I'm
just just have them there for a
reference
alright I'll just get some of my edges
in so you can definitely see the color
as I'm sketching on I'm gonna get some
of these shapes in there too we'll add
it and I don't know at all how they're
how it's gonna work so I'm pretty
excited I'm just gonna color some of
that green in there I like using these
circle templates this was from Staples I
think keep my colors out so I know what
I used because it's really it's really
great when you want to you know make
bubbles or make you know you just need
to trace something circular it's just
just handy to have I'm gonna use I just
really want to use these colors and see
what I've got so I'm just kind of going
in with a few
shades here right the other ones are
more clear so I think I'll go with like
one of these grayish shades I think yeah
do you want over here just kind of like
a grey I'll just put some of the shadow
in there for the marbles I'll make this
right setup for you guys I guess upside
down for me that's how to do that I
spoke but that would be nice and it's
not looking bird's-eye view down I think
I well I guess it really doesn't matter
I guess I will do bird's-eye view kind
of down there once more that grey shadow
maybe do it a couple different sizes
over here just using the objects as a
reference and how many do I have a five
there it looks nice many of things
things in odd number so let's put this
other one here I don't know if I'll get
a chance to paint them all in or not
because I only have a 20 minute window
here okay let's see this one has three
different colors both of these have
three different colors I think I'll move
this one right over here
and I'll draw in some of the little
waves and get some blue here not the
color that I'm using but but that's
alright I don't even know how heavy I
should color or how lightly I should
color because I've never use these
before so I'm just learning right along
with you it's so exciting sometimes to
get something new I think I don't see
any yellows um but I'll go I'll try this
color here it's interesting the colors
II chose for this line
I assume probably because yellow might
just get great up with the graphite and
it just wouldn't look very nice so I'm
sure there's a there's a reason why
there's some why there are some colors
and not others use some of this huh
whose red is pretty neatly use this red
on another one I'll grab this one over
here and this one's good no weird little
kind of little starburst shape I love
making things that are glass rendering
glass
or suddenly I just love the sparkle of
it so much fun I'm so curious I can't
wait to add water it's killing me - this
one's all yellow so I'm gonna have to
maybe I'll do purple in place of that
because or this nice blue here and I
think maybe I'll just do it from the top
vantage point of that interesting
starburst that's in there
there's swirly lines of glass and that
last one has a bunch of ribbony colors
and I think I'll use some of these
pretty colors you know for that and you
want as excited as I am about this
probably not but that's alright umm it's
like when I do splurt you get something
new I kind of like to do a video on it
that way if other people are considering
it um they can get an idea whether it's
right for them or not I mean something
that I love might not be right for your
style of working something that you love
might not be right for my style it's a
completely different for everybody
I do notice sometimes it's hard to tell
like I'm drawing here and it's hard to
tell what colors I've used I'm finding
because they look a lot different you've
got the index end on the on the pencil
but when you draw it down it's not that
vivid so it'll be interesting to see
when we add the water which I'm gonna do
right now I'm not gonna put any cast
shadows yet because I really want to get
into the the painting here alright so
that gray color that I put in here is a
nice gray and I'm just looking flying
some of the color color I think I should
have put more in kind of a wine color I
do notice already off the bat that the
that the pencil is pretty much staying
where I put it doesn't want to blend out
too much unless I drag it out with a
brush so that could be advantageous and
different instances
so where I've got like several colors on
one thing it is I think it will I can
paint next to each other or not if I'm
careful not have any bleeding that I
don't want between the colors I'm using
a number 4 flats a nylon brush I'm using
the Aqua LAN brand but any brand number
4 nylon brush what I think worked very
well for this and they're not very
expensive which is nice I think I will
be letting this dry and adding more
details on after or maybe even while
it's still wet if I want to get some
crisp lines I can all try going in on
the wet paper won't we do that on this
one because this one's getting all kind
of boring and green let's go in with
some of those pencils hopefully I can
tell what once I used and I'll just
kinda put my marble over there for
reference if you don't want that darker
color here and I can do a nice sharp
color when I go in there I really
honestly don't see too much of the
graphite I'm not noticing it being
really a silvery like a like a graphite
pencil is the colors are nice they're
muted they're richer they're they're
strong they're intense very much like
the intense pencils are but they're
they've got more of a muted quality to
them I think that's kind of fun to just
sketch on this with the with the dry
pencil on the wet paper now I'm going to
go in here over where I just sketched
dry pencil wet paper and see if I can
blend any of that usually it doesn't
blend too well if you've gone on with
the dry pencil on the wet paper but it
is blending alright I think of a 1 to
blend it I'm color first but you can
move those lines around a little bit I'm
curious as to these colors over here how
they're gonna do oh that's a pretty
so I've been when I was looking when I
was researching these pencils cuz I - I
do like different types of pencils I
love to try them out I know I'm a nerd
but when I was considering these I had
my shopping cart for a while they and
then there was a heck of a sale over at
Utrecht art and I was ordering some
Christmas presents and well it's 25% off
and they're on sale and you know so I
went online and I checked out some of
the videos on the Derwent youtube
channel and there was a lady that works
for Doran who did a fish like what kind
of fish just like a trumpet or something
but it was really it looked really cool
the way she did it so I just I like the
colors and I liked her demonstration so
I thought I'd try it I thought and I'm
happy with them it's gonna be just a
different sort of look but I kind of
like how it looks I don't know almost uh
it doesn't look oh yeah I can see why
they chose why they chose to do a fish
because that the tones of it I'm from
Maine so you know you go to the coastal
lot and it does have the colors of the
coast it's the colors of the Maine coast
I think which whoops I 102 belongs in my
water so I'm just going to blot that up
so you know I think this would be just
the ideal kit for me to take you know I
take the kids to the to the ocean you
know they all splash around in the water
and play with their friends and I could
be sitting on a rock painting some tide
pools or paint it you know something
like that so pretty I like I do like
these colors it's definitely something a
little unique different than the other
princess I have so and that's what you
want when you're buying new supplies you
wanna make sure you're not buying the
same thing over and over again you're
gonna buy something that's that's unique
you don't need to buy the same thing
twice so so yeah I'll take one for the
team and I'll try out the materials so
that uh you can be informed what are we
up to now we're a boat we're only up to
ten minutes we're doing pretty good I
think I will do some cast shadows just
to show you because sometimes it can be
hard to see or realize what you're
supposed to do
when you're when you're painting and you
don't have very much experience so let
me a first I do you want to add a little
bit of something in that that's kind of
don't remember what color I used for
that that's the only thing I find that
the it's kind of surprising it's kind of
like if you've ever done ceramics and
you've done you've done glazes and your
ceramics and your painting is something
it's if you forget what colors you used
it's very surprising when it comes out
of the kiln because it goes in and the
colors look so dull and then when you um
after you fired it it's so vivid so when
you're painting a piece are you glazing
some pottery it's it's kind of tricky
you're trying to remember what you did
for colors I find that with these
pencils when I'm coloring it's very much
like trying to paint pottery and you can
really your kind of forget like when you
when you sketch it out what color was
that I don't remember because it doesn't
look bright but then when you add water
it's kind of like firing ceramics you
get that beautiful color again alright
so I think you can see the real marbles
Oh what kind of line them up here so my
lights coming from below and if you look
I I'm gonna zoom in I hope you'll be
able to see it he tries to be in there
all right so look next to the marbles
you'll see how the light gets kind of
trapped in there you see get that really
bright spot there then you've got the
cast shadow slightly on this side just
because the way my studio lights are and
then you have a little glow right in the
middle where the light has been
magnified inside of the marble and it's
kind of being beamed out on the other
side so we're gonna try to capture that
with our pencils so when we let's um
let's try it on this one here cuz I know
you can see that one night one day zoom
in a little bit I really want you to be
able to see that because otherwise might
be kind of difficult to explain let's
say I just want to make sure I can get
both things in there okay so you're
looking at that marble and you're
looking at that marble there that I'm
drawing and I know the colors aren't the
same but you'll get a good idea so I'm
using this
right this is a warm gray it's well I'm
using this because this is what I was
using on the UM on the sketch and I
didn't really look at the names of my
colors because I was just kind of
opening the package and going to town
with him here
alright so I've sketched my warm gray
notice that I haven't put anything in
the middle there and I'm going quite
lightly because I still don't have a
good grasp these are new to me I've got
to get some experience with them so I
don't have a great grasp of what how
dark that's gonna be so now I'm gonna
try to figure out what I used for a blue
in there and I'm not entirely certain
but I think it was this one I'm just
gonna put a little bit right there in
the center and I'm gonna grab my brush
and liquify that blue hopefully its gosh
it doesn't really yeah shows up a little
bit we can always go back and add more
and then I'll look we'll find my shadow
and we'll see if that's dark enough
I definitely need a little bit more of a
glow in there nigga is this the one I
just used so I'm gonna sketch it out I'm
just gonna scratch it off on a paper
yeah I think that's what it was okay so
here's what I'm gonna do because I don't
want to go in with my pencil on the on
the wet paper cuz I'll make lines that
are hard and don't look like a good
shadow I'm just gonna use my brush and I
pick up some of the color from the lead
of the pencil there we go so that's
another thing you can do with the
pencils oh there we go that's much more
vivid and I can actually add a little
bit of a stripe in there accentuate that
now I'll spread that out with my water
that's much better now I get that a
little bit of glow I'll make one a
little bit more hopefully I won't drip
it on them trying to show you when I do
it so you don't think I you don't see
your see you're clear on what I'm doing
there
okay there that's get that pretty little
glow in there that's a little much we're
gonna lighten that up with some water
there we go alright and maybe I'll do
the same thing to degree because I feel
like I needed a little bit more grade
there - gosh I almost looks purpley when
I'm holding it like this I think I'm
gonna have a lot of fun playing with
these these pencils and I can go in and
I can add a little bit more of a shadow
wherever it's needed in this marble it's
just the light being reflected around
and I can even go in if I feel like I
need a darker line I can't go in there
would be put the pencil so you know
there's my little demonstration of
marbles with the new graphic ten pencils
bide your wines my use accusing them for
the first time I want to thank you so
much for sharing this experience with me
if you've any questions not that I know
that much about these because I just
open the package today but I will try to
help you out if you have any questions
on on this set of pencils I will zoom
out so you can kind of see how the whole
thing looks so far you know it's not
done but it's a good it's a good start
and I'll show you the box one more time
the lid of the tin anyway where'd I put
it here it is grandpa ten comes in
twenty four different colors bide your
white I'm really diggin Derwent what can
I say I wanna thank you so much for
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