Spanking new watercolour pencils!

Yesterday, while waiting for me to finish with getting my hair done, my husband found me a box of watercolour pencils :)

He knew I wanted one, but hadn't found it yet, and so when he found it - and going at a discounted price - he bought it for me!

I couldn't wait to try them out, and I've put up my efforts here! They're not as easy as the experts make out on You Tube, but they weren't as hard as working with actual watercolours. I love watercolours, and I'm hoping that this will give me a foretaste for working with water, and will lead me to watercolours one day.

A clumbsy, I think. And lot's of room for improvement. But, it's fun, so it's all good!

Here's the new box - ready with a sharpener and a round brush

A try-out of three of my favourites: a rosebud, some poppies, and a tulip

I found some old sketches, and coloured a black-eyed susan, too ;)

My new love: Watercolour pencils

I know that these have been around for ages, but I didn't go near them because I never knew I could make something that even vaguely would resemble art.

But, now I feel differently about things, don't I?

Watch a real artist at work below. If you're good, you're good. It doesn't matter whether you work in oil paint, or in watercolour, or mess around with colour pencils! Tim Fisher proves it!



Then, how about this one: For making yourself a colour swatch?! Brilliant!