I'd love to hear about any mixed media combos that have worked (or not!) for you in the past. It doesn't just have to be drawing materials either. Let me know below 👇
I did a graphite portrait of a friend on the beach and colored in the swimsuit with blue marker. I think it works but I’d have liked to add a little more blue somewhere else. I just didn’t leave room for it in the composition.
@@alanyost3307 Without knowing the drawing, would it have been possible to incorporate a bit of marker in the sea? Not coloring the water blue, but merely streaks here and there? Maybe with graphite on top?
Possibly. I thought of adding a tiny kite in the sky but I crowded most of the background with palm trees. I suppose I could cut out a tiny kite and move it around on the drawing to see if it works anywhere. Thanks
Collage + Colored Pencil,or ink or acrylic. Love it! Did a house with windows, thick white paper pasted down on the MM paper (after I drew some basic design on the house/stone work), in each window I used a different media-combo (Watercolor +pen, acrylic + pen, colored pencil +acrylic, etc.) LOVE you as a teacher. Every class in intro-creativity I teach promotes you as a great continuing resource. Take a bow, sir!
I like the idea of using colored pencils for a sketchy style. That's what got me back to colored pencil again. I used to think that colored pencils are only for creating hyperrealistic paintings. I admire that style, but I'm not patient or passionate enough about it to spend hours coloring and blending layers.
I was all psyched to try color pencils a few years ago so I stupidly went out and stocked up on them because they were on sale. I have a set of 72 and 36. Anyway, I tried them and discovered I don't like them because they go so slow. I'm going to try them again and combine them with ink, watercolor or pastels. I love these ideas!
1:02 Watercolours and ink/pen. 4:03 Ink/pen and pastel pencils 6:12 Watercolours and colour pencils 8:03 Watercolours and pastel pencils 9:34 Ink/pen and colour pencils 11:55 Ink/pen and graphite
These are all great options! I haven't tried watercolor/pastel pencil yet. My favorite mixed media combo is gouache and colored pencil. I use the colored pencil on top of gouache for more refining and detail work.
Wow, thank you so much, you have just given me an idea of how to finish off a painting I did recently that I feel needs a bit more attention. The pen will do the just brilliantly
Just came across your channel as I'm practising sketching on a trip to Canada - great tree sketching tips and most suitable as Canada is so green with majestic trees everywhere. Thank you so much for your videos.
Brilliant, thanks Paul. And thanks especially for the suggestion to experiment small and risk failing. I teach ESL and am always telling my students that if we don’t risk failure we don’t learn. Never thought to apply the same philosophy to my art. You’ve inspired me once again.
Another mixed media option that I enjoy is fountain pens/inks with waterbrush, and water soluble graphite from Staedtler. Thank you so much for this wonderful demonstrations, and “experiments”. Love your teaching style, and techniques. ❤
Well hello again! I was THRILLED to see this new vid! I've enjoyed a number of your tutorials. I find them a little challenging but thoroughly doable! I followed this today and it was great. Btw ... the before and after pencils on the 2 portraits was rather dramatic. Beautiful illustration of your point. So glad you're back!
This is the kind of mixed media I'm most interested in (including markers and micron pen black ink and color pencil) Don't care for the everything but the kitchen sink gluing collage stuff. I like seeing something I recognize w/maybe some abstract colors around it) Thank u for ur video! Much appreciated 😊
Thanks, I found this very interesting. I've used pastels over my watercolours to enhance areas that faded too much as the watercolour dried. The Rembrandt pastels that I use are very compatible to being wetted with water and being spread with a brush. So I found that it's rather fun to enhance the colours on your warercolour paintings in this way. You can also spread and soften the pastels into the paper with your dry brush. I use fixative to then "fix" the pastel areas on the watercolour paper before framing.
I didn't know that pastels can be wetted with water and applied over watercolors. Thanks for the tip. How does the pastel compare to pastel pencils or watercolor pencils?
@@barefacedquestions You must draw the pastel over the area you want to enhance. Then wet the brush and go over the pastel you just put down and blend it into the paint colour underneath.
Just found your channel and so glad I did. I've got all these different mixed media art tools but never new how to combine them successfully. You opened up my mind to 6 possibilities. Thank you. I subscribed. Greetings from Toronto 🇨🇦
I do like ink with graphitint (either the pans or water soluble pencils) but my favourite mixed media sketchbook technique at the moment is collage with drawing and/or painting over the top - if I mess up a page in my sketchbook, I stick a piece of envelope or a magazine page over the top and start again! You can gesso the page and put some white acrylic to “knock back” the collage, then coloured pencil or posca pen on the top, and the page is rescued!
The one I tried and is curious to explore more is watercolours with fineliners. Fineliners are usually water-based and they'll bleed / flow if a water is added, similar to watercolour pencils, but the nature of this colour bleed is usually brighter and more sharp than watercolour pencils which creates a very interesting contrast with watercolours as a base. I am not sure if it is for nature (I used it for cyberpunk portrait).
Oh man…. This is awesome. I love the first one definitely going to try that. Currently I’m using inktense pencils, then wash that with water, then color pencils on top.
Some great ideas. One combination I’ve used a bit recently is watercolour and brush pens (with pigment based inks). As with watercolour and pen an ‘ok’ (or even not so ok) watercolour can be improved this way.
Enjoyed that tutorial. Ive recently discovered art, drawing etc. I thought with regard to water colour and ink pictures would be considered as "cheating". As the effect is, as you discribed, is to instantly improve a poor picture. Thanks for your effort shall delve into DRAW AWESOME quite a bit more.
I'd love to hear about any mixed media combos that have worked (or not!) for you in the past. It doesn't just have to be drawing materials either. Let me know below 👇
Me, 2 personally.
Acrylic paint base colours and oils on top
I did a graphite portrait of a friend on the beach and colored in the swimsuit with blue marker. I think it works but I’d have liked to add a little more blue somewhere else. I just didn’t leave room for it in the composition.
@@alanyost3307 Without knowing the drawing, would it have been possible to incorporate a bit of marker in the sea? Not coloring the water blue, but merely streaks here and there? Maybe with graphite on top?
Possibly. I thought of adding a tiny kite in the sky but I crowded most of the background with palm trees. I suppose I could cut out a tiny kite and move it around on the drawing to see if it works anywhere. Thanks
Collage + Colored Pencil,or ink or acrylic. Love it! Did a house with windows, thick white paper pasted down on the MM paper (after I drew some basic design on the house/stone work), in each window I used a different media-combo (Watercolor +pen, acrylic + pen, colored pencil +acrylic, etc.)
LOVE you as a teacher. Every class in intro-creativity I teach promotes you as a great continuing resource. Take a bow, sir!
I haven’t been this excited about an idea/video in a long time. Thank you!
I like the idea of using colored pencils for a sketchy style. That's what got me back to colored pencil again. I used to think that colored pencils are only for creating hyperrealistic paintings. I admire that style, but I'm not patient or passionate enough about it to spend hours coloring and blending layers.
I was all psyched to try color pencils a few years ago so I stupidly went out and stocked up on them because they were on sale. I have a set of 72 and 36. Anyway, I tried them and discovered I don't like them because they go so slow. I'm going to try them again and combine them with ink, watercolor or pastels. I love these ideas!
Wow--first time I have watched your and now I actually did the first tree. Thank you.
1:02 Watercolours and ink/pen.
4:03 Ink/pen and pastel pencils
6:12 Watercolours and colour pencils
8:03 Watercolours and pastel pencils
9:34 Ink/pen and colour pencils
11:55 Ink/pen and graphite
These are all great options! I haven't tried watercolor/pastel pencil yet.
My favorite mixed media combo is gouache and colored pencil. I use the colored pencil on top of gouache for more refining and detail work.
Wow, thank you so much, you have just given me an idea of how to finish off a painting I did recently that I feel needs a bit more attention. The pen will do the just brilliantly
Just came across your channel as I'm practising sketching on a trip to Canada - great tree sketching tips and most suitable as Canada is so green with majestic trees everywhere. Thank you so much for your videos.
Brilliant, thanks Paul. And thanks especially for the suggestion to experiment small and risk failing. I teach ESL and am always telling my students that if we don’t risk failure we don’t learn. Never thought to apply the same philosophy to my art. You’ve inspired me once again.
I really appreciate your videos. Thanks for sharing!
Awesome tips. Very helpful and inspirational video. Thanks so much!
Another mixed media option that I enjoy is fountain pens/inks with waterbrush, and water soluble graphite from Staedtler. Thank you so much for this wonderful demonstrations, and “experiments”. Love your teaching style, and techniques. ❤
Thank you for once again encouraging to use different technics. I need to get back to it. Thank you again.
Thank you Phil. I appreciate your clear instructions and your generosity. Your demonstrations create a lot of enthusiasm for me.
Well hello again! I was THRILLED to see this new vid! I've enjoyed a number of your tutorials. I find them a little challenging but thoroughly doable! I followed this today and it was great. Btw ... the before and after pencils on the 2 portraits was rather dramatic. Beautiful illustration of your point. So glad you're back!
This is the kind of mixed media I'm most interested in (including markers and micron pen black ink and color pencil) Don't care for the everything but the kitchen sink gluing collage stuff. I like seeing something I recognize w/maybe some abstract colors around it) Thank u for ur video! Much appreciated 😊
Alcohol Markers and color pencils are my go to. I'll have to try some of these other combos.
Thanks, I found this very interesting. I've used pastels over my watercolours to enhance areas that faded too much as the watercolour dried. The Rembrandt pastels that I use are very compatible to being wetted with water and being spread with a brush. So I found that it's rather fun to enhance the colours on your warercolour paintings in this way. You can also spread and soften the pastels into the paper with your dry brush. I use fixative to then "fix" the pastel areas on the watercolour paper before framing.
I didn't know that pastels can be wetted with water and applied over watercolors. Thanks for the tip. How does the pastel compare to pastel pencils or watercolor pencils?
@@barefacedquestions You must draw the pastel over the area you want to enhance. Then wet the brush and go over the pastel you just put down and blend it into the paint colour underneath.
Yes, I love this! I can see how quickly you can make dynamic artwork with multimedia techniques. Thank you.
I love using acrylic ink with watercolor. Using a stick to sketch with the ink so that it’s not precise. Then add watercolor.
Love your videos!
Great ideas and demonstration!
Thank you so much. Lovely to watch you develop these works, very inspirational.
Just found your channel and so glad I did. I've got all these different mixed media art tools but never new how to combine them successfully. You opened up my mind to 6 possibilities. Thank you. I subscribed. Greetings from Toronto 🇨🇦
I do like ink with graphitint (either the pans or water soluble pencils) but my favourite mixed media sketchbook technique at the moment is collage with drawing and/or painting over the top - if I mess up a page in my sketchbook, I stick a piece of envelope or a magazine page over the top and start again! You can gesso the page and put some white acrylic to “knock back” the collage, then coloured pencil or posca pen on the top, and the page is rescued!
I was just coming to say pretty much the same. I particularly enjoy using my own acrylic gel prints in collage, combined with fine liner drawing.
@@xVentax that’s a fab idea! :)
Fascinating, very inspirational, thank you.
The one I tried and is curious to explore more is watercolours with fineliners.
Fineliners are usually water-based and they'll bleed / flow if a water is added, similar to watercolour pencils, but the nature of this colour bleed is usually brighter and more sharp than watercolour pencils which creates a very interesting contrast with watercolours as a base.
I am not sure if it is for nature (I used it for cyberpunk portrait).
Oh man…. This is awesome. I love the first one definitely going to try that. Currently I’m using inktense pencils, then wash that with water, then color pencils on top.
I really enjoy using colored pencil over watercolor and I’ve recently begun using water soluble tinted graphite with ink.
0:46 -😀How gorgeous that tree drawing picture sketchbook is!😄
Thanks David 🙏
Beautifully drawn❤️❤️
I use gouache ( thin) on canvas as underpainting for oils; I use Gouache especially darks as underpainting for pastels
Excellent idea. Thank you from 🇨🇦
Thanks for a great video and a reminder to take advantage of our sketchbooks and experiment 😊
Thank you. That was so interesting
I've just found your channel. Very useful!! I like charcoal pencils and watercolor (pencils) combo.
Some great ideas. One combination I’ve used a bit recently is watercolour and brush pens (with pigment based inks). As with watercolour and pen an ‘ok’ (or even not so ok) watercolour can be improved this way.
Замечательный урок, большое спасибо))) Обязательно попробую пастель. А коробка с карандашами с вашим рисунком у меня есть, красивая получилась!
What great ideas. Where is my sketchbook!!! :)
Enjoyed that tutorial. Ive recently discovered art, drawing etc. I thought with regard to water colour and ink pictures would be considered as "cheating". As the effect is, as you discribed, is to instantly improve a poor picture. Thanks for your effort shall delve into DRAW AWESOME quite a bit more.
Great ideas i would be too scared to try without guidance thanks!
Really Awesome, Thank you
Thanks for sharing...
And you can always wet the pastels if you want to blend them more into the watercolour already on the paper :)
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Hi. Where is the link for the reference photos please Phil.
Just click on vid description, then where it says MORE, then REFERENCE PHOTOS.
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Interesting. Could do without the background music. Distracting.
Some prefer it with and some without. I don't run it all the way through, just at various chapter breaks