Caran D’Ache Museum Aquarelle , Pablo & Luminance Pencils for Coloring Animals & Portraits

What can you expect from a watercolor pencil as compared to a wax based or oil based pencil? Here I review the differences between all three types of pencils from the Caran D'ache brand of pencils. Their Museum Aquarelle pencil line is so rich in pigment, there is nothing close in comparison, they can be used wet or dry, layered wet then dry, or as an underpainting with finishing layers completed with either or their Luminance wax based pencils and for me which I find even more beautiful their Pablo oil based pencils. The key to getting these pencils to work well is to apply the lightest pressure possible and to build up the color slowly in layers, especially if you are working with paper that is not meant for watercoloring like coloring books. I found them to work best on a coloring book page by getting all the layers of color down first and then doing one light wash of water with a minimally damp watercolor brush pen (not with the tip but with the side of the brush).
If you would like to see swatches of each color in each line of pencils from Caran D'ache, there are many videos on you tube where you can identify the name and see the color for each pencil in their full set or smaller sets. The best time of year to purchase these is just before Christmas where I was able to get the full set for half off from Dick Blick online. (The shipping was very fast and free.)
If anyone knows of a great paper to use for printing PDF download purchased illustrations for water coloring or color pencil work I would love to know what you have used and found to work best.
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