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Today's Art: Watercolor Pencil Fish Birthday Card for Dad

 Tomorrow is Dad's 83rd Birthday

So I made him this watercolor pencil card.

Birthday Card for Dad made with Arteza Watercolor pencils.

It was fun to make but it's pretty basic. I am not happy with the sun or the colors but I was trying to do a more masculine thing, lol.  I also kept looking stupidly at the watercolor paper for AGES, searching for the undo button, lolol. I'm too used to digital art on Procreate.  I love the watercolor pencils but boy, I sure do miss that undo button, lol.

Watercolor Pencil Beta Fish (Today's Art)

 Beta Fish in Watercolor Pencil

First Try: AGPTEK Watercolor Pencils

AGPTEK Watercolor Pencils, try #1

Second Try: Arteza WaterColor Pencils

Arteza Watercolor Pencils, expert, try #2

So, I saw this tutorial on Youtube by the talented Emily Olson Art. 

I watched the tutorial and it was great, but Emily gave us the link to the reference photo she used so I just looked at the reference photo and tried it myself.  I may go back and try it with the actual tutorial, lol, but I'm pretty happy with my fish, but need to learn how to do a better background.

The Arteza watercolor pencils have a much nicer feel to them than the AGPTEK; they don't crumble or break and they feel creamier.  However, the AGPTEK look good, and have lovely colors too.  I do enjoy using the Arteza better, but it's just that they feel better, and also, they have color names and numbers, whereas the cheaper set does not.

I had fun doing these, and although I'm happy with my results,  I'm hoping I'll get better over time.  I have loads of tutorials to watch on Youtube, which is great.   

Watercolor Pencils: Maple Tree Painting

 

Watercolor Pencil Painting: Maple Tree

Maple Tree, Watercolor #paintacadamy tutorial youtube

I am really enjoying my watercolor pencils.  I drew/painted these maple trees, once with my AGPTEK set, and the second time with the Artist's Loft set.  

The first time, I did a pencil sketch first, and the second time I just used the watercolor pencils.  The first time I just used one red pencil crayon for the leaves, and a few browns and black for the trunk, and two greens and brown and black for the base.  The second time I used two reds and two oranges for the tree and blended the colors.   I like the trunk on the first tree better.  

The cheaper Artist's Loft pencils did just as good a job as the more expensive (but still budget) AGPTEK set.

Maple tree, #paint academy

I followed a tutorial from Paint Academy on Youtube. You can find it here: Maple Tree

Fun Art with Watercolor Pencils: Sunset Landscape

 I bought some budget Watercolor Pencils!

APGTEK vs Artist Loft Watercolor Pencils

OK, so I'm NOT an artist but I love art and am always up for learning new things  

I purchased two sets of watercolor pencils; first a set of 48 from Amazon, called AGPTEK Watercolor pencils

I did a video on them and you can find it here: 

This is a cool set of 48 colors, and cost $26.99 Canadian from Amazon.ca.  

Then a few days later I went to Michaels and found another, smaller set of  24 Artist's Loft watercolor pencils on sale for only $5.99. 

The Amazon set has more colors, a nice case, some sketching pencils, a paintbrush, and a waterbrush, which is cool, and the colors are nice, but I think the cheaper Artist's loft pencils are about the same.  

Like I said though, I'm not an artist, and the only thing I know about using watercolor pencils is what I've learned from Youtube so far.  

BUT, they are fun.  Amazingly fun. And mess free.  You just sketch and color like you would with normal colored pencils, and then use a damp, not wet, brush to "activate" the colors.  It's so much fun,w watching the colors come to life under your damp brush!  I love it.  And it's neat enough to paint in bed, lol.

Test with AGPTEK Watercolor Pencil Set

So, the top photo shows the first landscapes, done with AGPTEK.  The sky doesn't look as nice  because I messed up the second seagull and tried to fix it, which "muddied" the sky a bit.  

Test with Artist Loft Watercolor Pencil Set

The second pic is the Artist loft and the yellow is nice and clear because I didn't mess up my seagull, lol. I also left some of the sky blank so that the canvas could look like brighter light, and liked that effect. 

Following a tutorial by SunshineArts on Youtube

It was a fun, easy tutorial by Sunshine arts, and you can find it here: Easy Sunset Landscape