love your crayons on dark paper one- perfectly captures those moody purples that hellebore flowers have and the lines you made make it seem vibrant and full of life 💕
thank-you for this demonstration. I use Derwent Inktense pencils with my watercolours, but wanted to learn about these neocolor 2 crayons. Your hellebores are beautifully done.
So many people just show finished product and how they got there without talking through decision making process or learning process of exploring a new subject or medium. This video felt like a friend talking to me about art practice rather than someone showing me how to replicate their work. So much more useful. (Had a migraine this morning so couldn’t quite capture specifically what I was seeing that was different. I know specific input is more helpful than general enthusiasm.)
Good morning Kendra from a hot and sunny Norfolk England😀I’ve watched this video a couple of times now, each time seeing something I’d not seen before. I so love the way you draw, and those beautiful flowers emerge from under your crayon. It’s like they are dripping out from the crayon itself. Mine don’t do that yet 😊 but I’m going to love the process of coaxing them to respond like yours do👍🏼 take care
Hello from a rather temperate Portland, Oregon today - and thankful for that, especially as a huge chunk of my country is under a heat warning. Thank you again for such kind comments. For sure, if you keep going, keep drawing and painting, lovely things will emerge. As I look back on my earlier attempts (say 3-4 years ago), I feel so glad that I have kept going.
The emerging growth and colors of Spring compliment your textural experimentations. I like the mixed media you have chosen to highlight the season and look forward to experimenting with similar combinations myself. Cheers to creativity!
Hi Peggy! Thank you (yet again!) for your kind words - it means a lot to me to see your name there with a kind note, week after week. I love experimenting and OH BOY am I happy to see spring roll around again this year. :-)
Hello Kendra thank you for explaining the reasons behind why you explore the different materials and nature finds. I am enthralled by your understanding of the subject and transporting it to the two dimensional. I am going to try replicating some of your work as it is infectious! I’ve always aspired to drawing and painting Hellebores, now is the time. Funny I’ve always loved Shirley Trevena as well, her work is dimensional in more ways than one. We must have something in common. Now I love your work, you will be writing a book soon! Lots of good vibes and best wishes 🥰 Lynda xxx
Lynda, thank you for the super kind words and for making my morning coffee that much sweeter! How wonderful to wake up to such a happy message. I’m so glad you’ll give the hellebores a try.
Thank you for your kind words! :-) I’m still learning what I like best about them, too. I found that using them for iris flowers was really fun - I made a video about that recently.
I love inktense and neocolor II together. I just discovered that the karin decobrush pigment pens work great with them too. I did a bunch of test drawings combining my mediums. Sadly the polychromos did not work with the neocolor at all! But the decobrush pigment really surprised me! I can use the polychromos for portraits, so they won’t go to waste.
It’s impossible for me to throw away a good box. Thanks for the introduction to a new (to me) flowers even though I’ve been in the area for many years….now to figure out how to spell it
No kidding! Those wonderful boxes are made for such a longer life than as single-use buy-a-product-and-toss-it! The new contents make me very happy. :-) Those plants are spelled “hellebore” and they have a wonderful, terrible backstory - they are poisonous and were used to disable a city once, leading the attackers to a bloody victory. I also read they are an essential ingredient for witches’ potions. ;-) LOL.
Thank you for sharing this with us. Giving very clear information regarding both mediums. The pencil sharpener you used, whose the manufacturer? In my limited experience sharpeners are not one size fits all.
Thank you for the kind comments! :-) The sharpener is by Dahle - I find that the two options (wider pencils and thinner ones) are useful for getting a fine tip to my pencils. Here’s a link to the sharpener: amzn.to/3Ns8zTc
Kendra, so glad I found your channel. I do like your process, and thank you for showing it detail. Do you seal the Neocolors with anything? Is it necessary?
Hi Diane! Thank you for your comment! :-) The Neocolor 2 crayons feel very much like gouache to me - even though they can sometimes look like oil pastels! So, no, I don’t seal them and I haven’t found them rubbing off on the next page in my sketchbooks. They are a really fun product to work with!
Not really. The neocolor crayons are like really, really high quality crayolas. Lots of pigment goes down pretty easily. They are really fun - and addictive.
love your crayons on dark paper one- perfectly captures those moody purples that hellebore flowers have and the lines you made make it seem vibrant and full of life 💕
Thank you for your kind words, Elizabeth! :-)
When sharpening your neo2s , keep the shavings separately in individual pots or pans as they can be used to paint with too
That's a great idea! I'm going to try it! :-)
Love hearing what caught your eye of the flower
Thank you! :-)
thank-you for this demonstration. I use Derwent Inktense pencils with my watercolours, but wanted to learn about these neocolor 2 crayons. Your hellebores are beautifully done.
Thank you for your kind words! The neocolor 2 crayons are really fun to work with.
Such a useful process video of a type i rarely see in art videos ❤❤❤
Thank you! :-)
So many people just show finished product and how they got there without talking through decision making process or learning process of exploring a new subject or medium. This video felt like a friend talking to me about art practice rather than someone showing me how to replicate their work. So much more useful. (Had a migraine this morning so couldn’t quite capture specifically what I was seeing that was different. I know specific input is more helpful than general enthusiasm.)
Good morning Kendra from a hot and sunny Norfolk England😀I’ve watched this video a couple of times now, each time seeing something I’d not seen before. I so love the way you draw, and those beautiful flowers emerge from under your crayon. It’s like they are dripping out from the crayon itself. Mine don’t do that yet 😊 but I’m going to love the process of coaxing them to respond like yours do👍🏼 take care
Hello from a rather temperate Portland, Oregon today - and thankful for that, especially as a huge chunk of my country is under a heat warning. Thank you again for such kind comments. For sure, if you keep going, keep drawing and painting, lovely things will emerge. As I look back on my earlier attempts (say 3-4 years ago), I feel so glad that I have kept going.
Sooooo pretty
The emerging growth and colors of Spring compliment your textural experimentations. I like the mixed media you have chosen to highlight the season and look forward to experimenting with similar combinations myself. Cheers to creativity!
Hi Peggy! Thank you (yet again!) for your kind words - it means a lot to me to see your name there with a kind note, week after week. I love experimenting and OH BOY am I happy to see spring roll around again this year. :-)
Hello Kendra thank you for explaining the reasons behind why you explore the different materials and nature finds. I am enthralled by your understanding of the subject and transporting it to the two dimensional. I am going to try replicating some of your work as it is infectious! I’ve always aspired to drawing and painting Hellebores, now is the time. Funny I’ve always loved Shirley Trevena as well, her work is dimensional in more ways than one. We must have something in common. Now I love your work, you will be writing a book soon! Lots of good vibes and best wishes 🥰 Lynda xxx
Lynda, thank you for the super kind words and for making my morning coffee that much sweeter! How wonderful to wake up to such a happy message. I’m so glad you’ll give the hellebores a try.
Thank you for your videos on Neocolor II. I don’t feel that I know how to best use them & I am eager to learn. I love their vibrancy.
Thank you for your kind words! :-) I’m still learning what I like best about them, too. I found that using them for iris flowers was really fun - I made a video about that recently.
I love inktense and neocolor II together. I just discovered that the karin decobrush pigment pens work great with them too. I did a bunch of test drawings combining my mediums. Sadly the polychromos did not work with the neocolor at all! But the decobrush pigment really surprised me! I can use the polychromos for portraits, so they won’t go to waste.
Thanks for your comment! I will put it on my list to look at the Karin deco brush pigment pens! :-)
Thanks for a lovely video. Could you share what tape you used along your paper edges?
Thank you for your kind comment! Yes, that’s washi tape.
It’s impossible for me to throw away a good box. Thanks for the introduction to a new (to me) flowers even though I’ve been in the area for many years….now to figure out how to spell it
No kidding! Those wonderful boxes are made for such a longer life than as single-use buy-a-product-and-toss-it! The new contents make me very happy. :-) Those plants are spelled “hellebore” and they have a wonderful, terrible backstory - they are poisonous and were used to disable a city once, leading the attackers to a bloody victory. I also read they are an essential ingredient for witches’ potions. ;-) LOL.
Thank you for sharing this with us. Giving very clear information regarding both mediums. The pencil sharpener you used, whose the manufacturer? In my limited experience sharpeners are not one size fits all.
Thank you for the kind comments! :-) The sharpener is by Dahle - I find that the two options (wider pencils and thinner ones) are useful for getting a fine tip to my pencils. Here’s a link to the sharpener: amzn.to/3Ns8zTc
Kendra, so glad I found your channel. I do like your process, and thank you for showing it detail. Do you seal the Neocolors with anything? Is it necessary?
Hi Diane! Thank you for your comment! :-) The Neocolor 2 crayons feel very much like gouache to me - even though they can sometimes look like oil pastels! So, no, I don’t seal them and I haven’t found them rubbing off on the next page in my sketchbooks. They are a really fun product to work with!
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Do you find it takes a fair amount of pressure to lay down saturated color on the black paper?
Not really. The neocolor crayons are like really, really high quality crayolas. Lots of pigment goes down pretty easily. They are really fun - and addictive.