One of My Favorite Illustration Techniques. Colored Pencil Over Watercolor Cloudscape.

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During my years as an illustrator, a favorite mixed-media technique of mine was colored pencil over various other media like airbrushed acrylic, airbrushed gouache and watercolor. I've done a few watercolor demos here on KZfaq with colored pencil line mostly but lets really get it involved. Colored pencil and watercolor is a match made in heaven and clouds are a great way to practice it.
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@somewhereupthere785 2 жыл бұрын

It's so crazy seeing this video. I started painting again after 20 years and started with watercolor. Every single time I paint, I ALWAYS want to detail it with pencil crayons. I actually resist the urge because I thought I wasn't supposed to.

@Russllandia 11 ай бұрын

I don't know how i missed this one but I totally love it. Thanks

@xTK421x 2 жыл бұрын

I mix Prussian Blue and Opera Pink for an incredible purple that can be persuaded to go warmer or cooler or both.

@gnostie 2 жыл бұрын

I'd love to see more pencils over watercolour artistic examples of a wide range of subjects, if that's possible. I know that hobbyists use this combo a lot, I'm not talking about that though.

@chillbro2275 Жыл бұрын

I really like how adding the coloring pencil defined some solid edges and shapes to the clouds! Very cool.

@lisavento7474 Жыл бұрын

i LOVE prismacolor pencils and use mineral spirits with brush or q-tip to "melt" it to get illustration or watercolor smooth wash out of it.

@squirrellyatlas6505 Жыл бұрын

Clouds have always been a challenge for me, thank you so much for this!!

@valeriegehling4358 Жыл бұрын

Great! Awoke today wanting to use Aquarell & salt, am now drying & thought can we use Polychromos with Aquarell, after watching your video decided to trythis method! Thanks for your example it’s helped me give it a go!

@xTK421x 2 жыл бұрын

MUCH respect to Bob Ross. 20 yr. Army veteran who dedicated the rest of his life making happy accidents. He was also a babysitter. He didn't know it, but he looked after me quite a bit. I was mesmerized by the ease he put together a creation that could be enjoyed by others. In tribute to the late great Bob Ross I give most all of my work to my work to my neighbors , for a smile(I do not always like what I paint and sometimes I just sit and paint to see what happens) . Signed by me on the back with ,as always, I would give Mr. Ross a tip of the hat for being my#1(pseudo) mentor. I think that is what Bob would have appreciated. I wanted to be like Bob, but I am a sailor, born in the Caribbean so I joined the Navy instead of Army. Do you have a favorite teacher, professor speaker, or mime(eew) that you remember fondly? Well aside from my freshman English teacher Mr. Boring(yep for real) who taught the entire school how to properly use the addictive SWEET, I do not. In my perfect world Bob Ross will always have the center stage easel. To this day I have never ventured into acrylics or oil. I did, however with my daughter, paint along with his black and white gesso episode. Going over a black gesso primed canvas with white to greyscale we had an adventure in value. She totally out painted dad.

@SarahNewburyArt 2 жыл бұрын

I love adding coloured pencil over watercolour and your clouds are stunning- I will definitely be trying this one out for myself! 😊

@molossergirl2 2 жыл бұрын

I use it as well usually for my landscapes or tree studies. Yep, beautiful sky!

@muskndusk 2 жыл бұрын

I kept seeing things in the clouds and wanting you to pick them out and emphasise them: a flower, a boot, a dog's face etc.

@barbarastephenson5353 2 жыл бұрын

I do mixed-media with colored pencil, watercolor pencil and watercolors. Really appreciated and got a lot out of this video.

@timkirkpatrick1749 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for all of the little tips, secrets, hints and goodies that you share .I highly appreciative.

@NaomiCoutureArt 2 жыл бұрын

Love how your clouds turned out, all the little additions of color make them pop really nicely.

@MusingsFromTheDen 2 жыл бұрын

'Ice-cream Castle clouds'. I know exactly what you mean! One of the many reasons I love this time of year. 😁 I love the Bob Ross clip because the nature of your videos definately gives me those gentle, soothing Bob Ross vibes. 😊

@carolatchley3797 2 жыл бұрын

You make it look so easy... I know it's not, but it gives me hope and desire to try it myself. Thanks Steve.

@RosieKuhnPhD Жыл бұрын

I love your delight and playfulness. I love laughing out loud. Thank you!

@aprilroseman6696 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much. I finally learned something about pencils and watercolor.

@Smurgles 2 жыл бұрын

This is so timely for me. The past couple of weeks I've been trying polychromos over either tube or F-C watercolor pencils. I also want to try polychromos over F-C pastel pencils. I'm trying to think more creatively and using whatever it takes to get the results I want to get. Thank you for the inspiration and gorgeous result - as always!

@kathrynfaille5440 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful!

@RebeccaSB 2 жыл бұрын

Wow ! I’ve missed your wonderful techniques lately but a fantastic one to get back to it with! I’ve been amazing cloud photos taken from my own yard so good time with the right technique to attempt some huge clouds of many colours & values. Thanks so much.

@aliciamolloy5948 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for showing this technique, love the sky.

@spygold 2 жыл бұрын

Fabulous!

@carolbenson6524 2 жыл бұрын

So cool!

@JanetBuol 2 жыл бұрын

Been hoping for some colored pencil over watercolor, THANK YOU so much!!! Glad it came from you. Love your style and approach. I am doing this tonight!

@johnstgeorge6993 2 жыл бұрын

Just what I was looking for on a current project. Nicely done. Thank you, Steve!

@paulineshelley4421 2 жыл бұрын

I love this! It really adds form and interest to the clouds. I can’t wait to try it.

@Art-What.. Жыл бұрын

Thanks 🧠 great stuff..🤔

@Miastrong930 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing! Love the technique and beautiful results.

@jenniefrench1338 2 жыл бұрын

You know that this is my preferred mixed media or pastels over wc. I enjoyed your example very much. I use the Caran ‘De ache water brush the one that is pointy and fibrous to hold odorless mineral spirits to blend because that is the only brand of self contained water brush and it just self cleans and takes out that bit of gritty look on cp paper. If I use pastels in areas I just use clear pastel primer with a cheap sponge brush. There is just no end to the beautiful art that can be done with so many different media. Thanks Steve for sharing ideas. I love cloud scapes.

@percygilliam5706 2 жыл бұрын

If you are only added a little pastel, is the pastel primer even necessary? Have you used clear gesso?

@ninner196 Жыл бұрын

@@percygilliam5706es and I use clear primer which is not just for pastels. It is Art Spectrum multimedia primer and can be used for pastels and colored pencils and it comes in clear, just use a cheap black sponge brush after your watercolor work is done and go over it with this. If done effectively no watercolor will be smeared. I also use it for my detail crazy mind in using colored pencils with watercolor but after some wc detail. I use just a cheap sponge brush so that there are no lines.😊

@andreasmith2673 2 жыл бұрын

Just beautiful watching you bring out what only you can see! So much respect for you!! Thank you

@MixedMediaCraftsbyDiane 2 жыл бұрын

Very beautiful Steve! Thank you for sharing.

@krlosz1996 2 жыл бұрын

I'm starting to work on a really big illustration due for January and this just gave me all the ideas I needed for how I'm going to handle the sky, thank you so much Steve!

@nancybringolf7684 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Steve for your super instructive watercolor lessons. PTL!

@simplelife9020 2 жыл бұрын

Gorgeous cloudscape! The clouds have so much character. Haha! I loved seeing Bob too! Thanks for the vid, I have tried this technique and always manage to make the colored pencil work look odd and out of place. Watching you helped me see some mistakes I have been making so now I feel more confident to try again.

@rmuller366 2 жыл бұрын

Loved seeing a snap shot of Bob Ross in this one Steve, lol. Lately, I’ve been doing mixed media with watercolor and prismacolor colored pencils and enjoying the results. You’re right about other artists here on KZfaq doing this. Ceecee has been doing some beautiful work lately with this technique. Thank you for sharing your techniques. I haven’t tried the faber castell polychromos pencils yet, but I love their graphite pencils. Blessings to you!

@grannysharp772 2 жыл бұрын

Polychromos are one of my top go to pencils.

@kcald9891 2 жыл бұрын

This came out gorgeous! I love it!! I will definitely will have to play with this technique 😍😍😍

@maryanharrell5642 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Steve. Loved it. Gonna paint some clouds!

@nodice8312 7 ай бұрын

Oh YES! Thank you..i often wish you could write or show ghe names of the brushes you are using..💙🌾💙🌾💙

@suzfagan4834 2 жыл бұрын

Watercolor, color pencils and ink paintings are one of my favorite techniques. It was nice to see you work in this style, Mr. Mitchel thank you. Pretty cool vid clip inserts, liked that.

@glorioskiola 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Steve. This is a great demo.

@TheLeahsKitchen 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic technique - thank you

@kathycorbin6038 2 жыл бұрын

That's really cool! I like this technique.

@Rubbereyes Жыл бұрын

Another informative masterpiece. Time to wet some paper. Thanks Steve, I love your style.

@timeenuf4200 2 жыл бұрын

Wonderful combination. Thanks for sharing.

@suemerritt1679 2 жыл бұрын

Love it! 💖

@oliferous 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome! I literally mixed colored pencils with A watercolor piece I am working on last night for the first time ever! Oh my goodness, I can’t believe I’ve waited this long to try it! I remember trying out a white prisma color as a highlight when I first started using watercolors but didn’t quite like it back then and now, I think it will be mine I think it will be my new thing!! A nice creamy pencil mixes so well with watercolor, it’s phenomenal! I highly encourage anyone who hasn’t tried it yet to do so. It will not disappoint! Thank you for doing this video Steve, you always have so much great knowledge to share with all of us!😻😻😻

@mariepeillon2037 2 жыл бұрын

Magnifique !

@pattyleib 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Steve. I appreciate you! ✌🏽

@maggiemacleod2328 2 жыл бұрын

I have never used coloured pencils. The sky you just did is amazing. Thank you for sharing

@melaniedunham2444 2 жыл бұрын

Your work is so beautiful, I'd love to learn and try your techniques

@jansoules7912 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic video😀😀

@OonaghEllis Жыл бұрын

Just found your channel. I'm just starting out with watercolour and this has inspired me to have a go. Thanks for the verse at the end.

@maggiemacleod2328 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for sharing your video. I appreciate you.

@vxinos 2 жыл бұрын

Great Technique idea I think I want to try this and make some use out of some coloured pencils I have that haven’t been used in a Long time

@TheLindaLWeeks 2 жыл бұрын

I see the Grace. Thank you!

@lefthandstory1280 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful friend,keep sharing😃❤️👍...

@craftergin 2 жыл бұрын

I love the grainy texture that comes from the pencils on watercolor. I have to be careful to use a light hand and not over do it. Thanks for this demo!

@grannieannie1371 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for reminding me of this. I got into watercolour so I could do this with my coloured pencils as I'm a lots of light layers in coloured pencils kind of gal and my wrist was suffering. However, I sorta went down a watercolour rabbit hole and haven't had my pencils out for weeks. Time to dust them off!

@grannieannie1371 2 жыл бұрын

Two weeks later and I'm so glad I did. I'm having the time of my life with it.

@rodeastell3615 Жыл бұрын

Great video ... thank you.

@user-wr1sz4xx9r 2 жыл бұрын

Oh, what a coincidence! Yesterday I actually practiced with one of your tutorials about mixed technics, Ink Line over Watercolor Landscape :) (well, later on this landscape and I decided that we need some flying fish in the air xD) I think I had some pencils in my cupboard, would be nice to practice on sky composition. Thanks, as always awesome!

@nanschifris8734 2 жыл бұрын

Fabulous! Can’t wait to see the Patreon version & give it a try!

@rnee1000 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful skyscape! This was helpful. Every time I try to use colored pencil over WC I lose the translucency of WC that I love.

@marynelson1349 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful

@HemantKumar-fm3yl 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Sir your painting is a master piece Thank you.

@timk.1395 2 жыл бұрын

I'm hearing that song by Joni Mitchell, "Both sides now" playing in my head. I am always feeling inspired by you, with your beautiful paintings. Thank you!

@mindofwatercolor 2 жыл бұрын

Yes! Thank you!

@1234dvarela 2 жыл бұрын

Love to see some more of this technique.

@mindofwatercolor 2 жыл бұрын

More to come!

@charlieagnesparker4891 2 жыл бұрын

Fabulous 💖 Thank you for sharing your experience 🎃

@OkieSketcher1949 2 жыл бұрын

So realistic. The only items missing is the rain and twister that is about to come down.

@terryfletcher6465 2 жыл бұрын

fantastic cloudscape, not too sure I'd fly through it though 😮.

@wizkidsvideos 2 жыл бұрын

Fun video Steve.

@grannysharp772 2 жыл бұрын

Fascinating. I could watch you all day but me do this, no way. I have always wanted to learn how to do clouds though.

@Smurgles 2 жыл бұрын

If Steve can do this so can you. It might take time and practice, but you can do it!

@simplelife9020 2 жыл бұрын

@@Smurgles totally agree here! You got this!

@grannysharp772 2 жыл бұрын

@@Smurgles I appreciate that.

@kimlindseyOH 2 жыл бұрын

Today I Learned ... that apparently I was "burnishing" way back in the 3rd grade (1960s), when I noticed that if I drew something with a colored crayon, then went over it with white crayon, I could create a streaky effect! (But I also got in trouble for using up everyone else's white crayons, LOL.) Thanks Steve! Harmony & hope!

@RebeccaSB 2 жыл бұрын

Omg-must be a group of us in-trouble-over-the-white crayons (or some other favorite color) kids who are now gathered on utube having epiphanies galore! I could blend parts of my pictures until object looked spit-polished with pink or white! Or stripes of both alternating over blue or something. Did you ever wear out the paper in efforts or just get to the point of streaky then stop? You probably already had much better technique then me in the third grade! Love the kid stories & how they circle around!

@cassiescreations9828 2 жыл бұрын

Always enjoy watching mixed media techniques! Clouds can't be happy all the time - love the stormy look of these. You mentioned other artists on KZfaq that do this type of mixed media work so I wanted to bring up Lindsay, The Frugal Crafter - she creates gorgeous watercolor paintings with color pencils and does great work with alcohol markers too.

@mindofwatercolor 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, Lindsay for sure. Lioba Bruckner is one of my favorites with this technique. Fantastic! Creations Cee Cee is another good one that does more abstract stuff.

@cassiescreations9828 2 жыл бұрын

@@mindofwatercolor I've watched CeeCee - she creates magical places and things. I haven't seen Lioba Bruckner. Need to check that channel. I am so happy to see that mixed media remains popular. Thanks! 😀

@bobbiegraham7729 2 жыл бұрын

Such a joy to watch and learn from you. The "it's so fluffy" quote is actually something I say when feeling especially pleased with how things are going. And sometimes when I have a happy little accident "that's not a moon" ........ Thank you for always inspiring.

@mindofwatercolor 2 жыл бұрын

Haha, we say "thats no moon" in our family a lot too. Movie quotes are thing for us. 😂

@pattycyr8662 2 жыл бұрын

I really love your sky. Thanks for the colored pencil tip insight - I had never thought of that with watercolor! I can't wait to try it.

@didiirwin 2 жыл бұрын

WOW!!! That was amazing! I would never have thought to add regular coloured pencil to watercolour but what a result, just fantastic.

@percygilliam5706 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for another great lesson/idea/inspiration. Why don't you use watercolor pencils? Thanks!

@mindofwatercolor 2 жыл бұрын

Not the look I was going for, plus I was wanting mainly lighter highlight colors and needed the opacity of regular colored pencils. Watercolor pencils don't provide that. All the watercolor I wanted to use was already on the paper.

@sdubrau 2 жыл бұрын

Some people put a down thumb... Hmm, what's not lo like? I found that quite interesting, mixed media isn't so common in such videos.

@mindofwatercolor 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, it happens! 😊

@gwenanderson1914 2 жыл бұрын

This is lovely! What do you use to sharpen your pencils?

@mindofwatercolor 2 жыл бұрын

Stay tuned. That is actually going to be my next episode. Working on it right now.

@mendyhand3895 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Steve, Have u ever tried soft pastel pencils over water color clouds. Love what you are teaching us here! Thx! - Messy Mendy 🖌🙏🏻👍

@mindofwatercolor 2 жыл бұрын

Only pastel pencil. Which I also like.

@kimmierishe5547 2 жыл бұрын

Great video, Steve! Your cloudscape turned out beautifully! 😍 This is my favorite mixed media technique! I use the Polychromos pencils, too, but I have been thinking of expanding my Caran D’ache Luminance collection for this purpose. Any experience with those? Also, have you used any of the blender pencils for the same purpose as you use the white / cream pencils? I’m curious if it makes a difference. Sorry for all the questions… I’m still learning and like to get other artists opinions. ☺️

@mindofwatercolor 2 жыл бұрын

I have a small set of Luminance. They're fine. Wax based rather than oil. Blenders work ok but I just prefer to blend with an actual color. Works just as well. Just experiment and see what you like best.

@twenty-fifth420 2 жыл бұрын

Interesting. I also use colored pencils for my recent paintings, but for the initial sketch. Instead of using other regular pencils, I prefer the watercolor pencils to sketch out a landscape just to provide a ‘skeleton’ to the painting. Since I draw light, the overpainting usually covers my sketch but for the most part, I want to experiment with using the sketch and softening and blending the sketch with less paint and more just water. Results will vary, but it is just so fun to experiment with these pencils! 💙

@capbin146 2 жыл бұрын

Didn’t think this video was for me but as it was you I watched and seeing what you achieved has made me add it to my to do list. Especially as I love clouds. Hopefully there is a list of the pencil colours you used. Thanks

@capbin146 2 жыл бұрын

There is thanks Steve.

@carmennunez715 2 жыл бұрын

It looks beautiful. I love watching paint move, this video has a lot of that. This is a painting a would love to try. Thank you for explaining so well why you used the FC pitt pen.

@mysticriver9420 Жыл бұрын

♥️👍

@larrygrenier621 Жыл бұрын

Thanks again Steve! Do you mind if I ask if the F-C Pitt Pastels would work as good as the Polychromos? Trying to not buy everything out there :-)

@mindofwatercolor Жыл бұрын

Hey thanks so much Larry! They are different types of pencils to be sure. The Polys are wax/oil based. The Pitts are compressed chalk basically The Pastels would work but their adhesion is different. Probably requires some light fixative after. Give it a try. Pastel over watercolor is not unheard of at all.

@diannemiddaugh2478 2 жыл бұрын

So interesting thanks. Have you used this technique with portraits?

@mindofwatercolor 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, not in a video on my channel but have done so in the more distant past. Great for portraits. Check out Lioba Brückner's KZfaq channel if you wish to see this process done well.

@diannemiddaugh2478 2 жыл бұрын

@@mindofwatercolor thank you I'll check that out.

@stephw1363 2 жыл бұрын

I have a rather dumb question....but i have been trying to find a good clip that doesnt bite my paper....just wonder what the clip is like on yours? Oh and i love love this video....as per usual. You knew that right? Course you did. Howd you know i was having more trouble with clouds and love colour pencils? And the Bob Ross clip mixed in with the fluffy despiccable me clip 😆 i love your sense of haha.

@mindofwatercolor 2 жыл бұрын

Pretty much any clip will dent the paper a little. I just try to keep it to an edge where it won't matter. These don't usually show any dents if tape is under it.

@cherylj.harris4967 2 жыл бұрын

Which pencil sharpener is best?

@mindofwatercolor 2 жыл бұрын

Check my new video posting tomorrow night.

@colleenmcchesney1482 2 жыл бұрын

Wow thanks for sharing this technique with us. Being self taught would watercolor pencils achieve the same technique instead of the color pencils? I guess I’m wondering is there a difference between the two different pencils? Thanks for reminding me to use purple for cloudscapes, instead of my dark blues. So much to learn. Thanks for the inspiration.

@mindofwatercolor 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, they can be used the same. Watercolor pencils are less vibrant dry, they need to be activated with water to reach full vibrancy and of course that changes their character. Watercolor pencils are not watersoluble of course.

@colleenmcchesney1482 2 жыл бұрын

@@mindofwatercolor Thanks for explaining the difference.

@katherandefy 2 жыл бұрын

We’re all still thanking Bob Ross. Humble as artistes go. He made art doable for a lot more of us because it can be as simple as breathing to make it. And casual. Nothing quite like a fro for unintended style and that charm of his while hanging out chatting with us. The ASMR of it all. I literally took a nap to his show everyday after school in the 1970-80s. Very nostalgic. Sighhhh. On WNCW public tv. Also watched Dr Who everyday in high school. Yes I know. We GenXers are getting so damn old. 😂

@greekveteran2715 Жыл бұрын

If you draw anything, with Albrecht Durer watercolor pencils, using them dry, as if they where the Polychromos, is the drawing going to look, exactly as it would, if you had used Polychromos?? What's the differences if they would be used both dry? I want to understand, if it's wise to keep buying Polychromos, or turn to A.Durer and have the extra advantage of watercolors. Does anybody own both please?

@mindofwatercolor Жыл бұрын

They are less vibrant than polychromos dry. The really get their full vibrancy when wet.

@greekveteran2715 Жыл бұрын

@@mindofwatercolor Thank you very much! That's exactly what I needed to know. I really appreciate it!!

@barbara6204 2 жыл бұрын

Are you on skillshare?

@mindofwatercolor 2 жыл бұрын

No, sorry. Not any longer.

@KaerryKat 2 жыл бұрын

Check out William Alexander videos. Bob Ross was taught by him.

@mindofwatercolor 2 жыл бұрын

Not exactly true. Bob was an accomplished artist already. Bob learned many techniques from Alexander then expanded on them and developed some of his own. Bob created a very approachable teaching style. That was his genius. I've seen many of Alexander's videos. He was a good painter but only a shadow of the teacher that Bob was.

@gerrydixon619 2 жыл бұрын

I love this technique although the purists would be aghast. I use coloured pencils quite a lot and I think they just add that something....oh the purists will be so angry with me 🤣

@mindofwatercolor 2 жыл бұрын

Purists are a dying breed these days. Their preference. As long as they stay out of mine. 😄

@gerrydixon619 2 жыл бұрын

@@mindofwatercolor LOL, exactly and mine!