Swatching Water soluble Crayons on black paper | Still life Part 1- Is this working?
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- Опубликовано: 14 окт 2024
- In this video I swatch all my Lyra Aquacolor Water soluble Crayons on black paper. I swatch them both dry and wet and give you a comparison through drawing a still life. I use black paper in Part 1 and in Part 2 I will use white paper. Which do you prefer? Does it even work?
Thanks @Sandi Hester for the still life inspiration!
If you enjoyed this you may like to watch my artist collab series here: • Artist Collab Videos
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Lyra Water soluble crayons: amzn.to/3kyiqFH
Black paper: amzn.to/3vulvwn
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Would be interesting to use the one you've put water on as a base and put more crayon over it in parts, creating highlights or places of particular focus.
I have seen how some artist use watercolor on black paper but mostly white is used, this is great for these crayons. I will need to try, thank you.
Love sandi so much she’s so funny and brightens my day sandi introduced me to you, like sandi you have a wonderful talent.thank you.
Thanks so much June
I love them both ways but especially the dry. So vibrant. Reminds me of stained glass!
Thanks!
I personally really liked the dry version better. Thanks.
Can’t wait to watch!! We’re on a camping trip with VERY little internet 😬 - will watch when we get home 🙌
Hope you had a great time away Sandi! Looking forward to chatting about sketchbooks soon!
After seeing you use these on your collaboration with Sandi I got a set to use when my granddaughter comes to visit. I must say we've had so much fun with them. When I've completed my current commission I plan to play around with them more.
Your paintings are both beautiful and I personally think there is hope with using a combination of the two techniques you've used. The watered down as a base and dry over the top for personality.
Thanks for sharing.
That's wonderful to hear! Thanks for your kind comments and I am inclined to go back and work on the watered down one with the crayons. If I do I will share it in another video. Thank you.
@@MelanieChadwick I'll be looking forward to it.
Thanks for this demonstration.
You are welcome!
Tengo esos crayones y estoy encantada con ellos. Los utilizo sobre papel de acuarela blanco de grano fino y ahí es donde los colores se vuelven más intensos y vibrantes al aplicarles agua. En cambio, en ese papel negro parece que ocurre lo contrario y me gusta más la versión en seco. Me ha resultado muy interesante ver esta comparación.
Thank you it is a good thing to do before using them on a painting. Love how your drawings come to life before our eyes❤first picture without the water is my favourite
Thank you so much 😀
I'll probably come across as terribly unrefined but I'll still say that my most favourite look is crayons (including Crayola) on rough watercolour paper. When I need the water solubility part, I almost invariably use Neocolors. There's just something about the way Caran D'Ache formulate their colours, I've noticed it on both Luminance and Neocolor. Somehow their colours possess magnetic depth. Whereas Lyra is, to my eyes anyway, a robustly made quality German product. Something like the Lukas watercolour range: the quality is good and reliable, but not much there in terms of imagination. This could be a good thing in some contexts. Lest you think that I'm some sort of a Caran D'Ache groupie, I feel that Derwent possess this indescribable quality too, in their understated, subtly melancholic colours. Needn't be something super-expensive, just look (and feel!) the Derwent Artists' and Studio, or Drawing, or Graphitint pencil lines. I just get drawn into their world, even if it's not a world I normally live in. For some reason I don't get that with Prismas or Holbein but strangely enough do get that odd tingle when drawing with Irojitens. Sorry, I'll go get my chill pill now. Lovely video!
Don't think so at all, I'm all for crayons! Actually since using the Caran D'ache neocolor I do see a difference between them and the Lyra, they're just a little more creamy and the colours are a bit more nuanced however the Lyra have been a good introduction to watersoluble crayons. I also do love the Inktense range of pencils by Derwent. Thankyou for your kind and interesting comment!
I prefer the one with no water added. I like the texture but agree with you maybe a combination of water and then using the dry crayons to get the texture and life back into the drawing
Thanks Ann! And yes a good idea to do that.
I love how these are so vibrant on black paper - and they’re perfect for loose mark making, like you said! Really interesting to see them in action.
Thanks Natasha! They are really fun to work with on the black .
I agree that a combination of the 2 would work really well Melanie, perhaps the water soluble effect for distant objects and areas with the more vibrant dry pigment for a more punchy affect to bring foreground objects forward. The dry seems happy and the wet seems melancholy and more poetic to me. Lovely films as always. 💐
Thanks so much Kay! I totally agree, and am planning to give that a go and share the results very soon.
I love that you did this comparison! While I prefer the one with less water here, I could see using the water just in a few places (not all over) to perhaps move something to the background? Also, you could add some color back in by dabbing a crayon directly with a damp brush and reapplying, just to try? Fun to play around with different effects.
Thank you! I like that idea of going back in and adding texture particularly on the objects that are closest- think that will give depth to the picture. It is fun to experiment and not be precious!
Very interesting Mel, I like the brighter one, but would be very interested in seeing it on white paper
Thanks Michelle. I am looking forward to working on the white paper next, particularly thinking about what subject matter to draw...
What a great video, thank you Melanie!
I have tried both Lyra and D’ache it took me a while but I’ve noticed that when I work with a damp brush it behaves like gouache and it’s pretty awesome if you like gouache it might be nice to check it out 😆
Great tip! thanks Netalie, have noticed that too.
Of course the brighter one 🥳😉
hehe Yes!
Thanks Melanie - so good to see these crayons in action. I agree with you that a combination of wet and dry may work well and perhaps using the wet crayon as an under painting of sorts may also be the way to try them :)
You're welcome, and yes I do agree with you- I'm definitely going to go back and work on top of the watered down one and share how it turns out.
Hi Mel! Thank you for this demo, it is greatly appreciated 👍🏼. I have some inexpensive brands, but have been looking at these. LOVE the vibrancy on the black paper and all the texture. The watered drawing is interesting. I wonder if it could be punched up a little by adding in more color in a light layer, and you could add back in some of the highlights? Looking forward to part two! X
Thanks Jo! Yes the vibrancy of the dry crayon is so punchy on the black. I think I could add some texture back into the water-down one and give it some life again!
I like both... just different. Might be interesting to go back to the one you added water to with more crayon. Either way great fun.
Thanks Jacqueline, yes I would like to work on that one some more, hope to do that after part 2!
Wonderful art! I like both! I would layer back over the diluted sketch little here lil there maybe?☺️ thank you Mel
Even draw overtop of dampness?...
Great idea, thanks Dawn, I will be definitely going back over it again.
So happy you posted this (thank you!),I decided to just go for it and ordered a set of 48 which I'm waiting the arrival of. I think dry they do encourage a boldness of mark making. And I love how they look dry on black with the ground showing through. I think it probably is best to use a layer of wet colour with dry over the top.I like how vibrant they are which shows how pigmented they are. I think maybe if you want to use them with water alone they are probably better on white paper. But I am with you in liking how they look dry on black paper,I am going to use them for "Huevember" this year and will create a series on postcards. I have also ordered some black watercolour postcards for them.I might also use them dry over watercolour.I think dry these would be great for life drawing too.Look forward to part two! Actually I loved the sound of them on the paper as you were using them.Also may I ask what is the best thing to use to sarpen these crayons. (Matt)
P..s for "Huevember" and "Inktober" I'm using a range of watercolour postcards,some of the Seawhite ones that you reccomemnded, some craft card ones and some black watercolour postcard ones. I love postcards and I want to use this format as a base for these two art challenges.
Thanks Matt for asking me about it, it prompted me to get on and film it! And so cool you have ordered a set, along with the black and Kraft postcards, I'm sure you will have a lot of fun creating with them.Thanks!
@@MelanieChadwick Thank you for the inspiration to try a new medium,your amazing collaboartion with Sandi Hester is what first got me interested in these Lyra crayons,as a mixed media artist I think these wil be a great addition to my creative cache.I'm humbled that my question inspired you to film,thank you.
Ps. I've found a sharpener which is a little larger than normal size fits these crayons fine. Mine is just a basic barrel sharpener with 2 sizes.
@@MelanieChadwick Thank you Melanie,I already have such a sharper in my cache,so will try that when the crayons arrive.
It woukd be interesting to see a water version on white to compare. ...I think the black comes through to much with adding the water.
Working on it next! Thanks Michelle for your comment.