I have several of these pencil left over from rebuilding my house, never thought if using them for sketching, looks like they have just found a new life 🙂

Thanks greatly for sharing your talent again using and explaining clearly how you can a flat/carpenters pencil, thanks stay safe and healthy 🙏

You always make getting the perspective look so easy

Looks really nice to work with. Thanks.

Is that a pruning knife?

So glad to see someone appreciate the humble carpenter pencil. I grew up on a farm in the Midwest and this was the only pencil I ever saw my grand dad use. He kept several in the farm truck and often tucked one in the small chest pocket of his bib overalls. Of coarse they fit great behind your ear. I will be glad to repurpose one for my sketching. Thank you for the reminder!

Looks like my dad's Carpenter's pencil... might swipe it. 😂

That was wonderful seeing your techniques while manipulating this interesting pencil! It really was fun to watch! I have a Koh I Noor triograph pencil….which is lovely but not nearly as versatile as yours…..I also don’t like smudgy sketches 😂

Great, now I have an excuse to nick my husband's pencil from his workbox!!😂

Never seen one before. Great video demo. Sorry missed you live was eating tea 😅 Thanks

Hi Colin, just goes to show your talent, using an old chippies pencil, I reckon you could make a decent job using thumbnail dipped in tar!

I so enjoyed watching your slower process. I am a beginner at watercolor painting. I found it a bit frustrating in this 4th episode, I had a very difficult time hearing as you painted & used the pencils. Perhaps, you were speaking more to yourself as you worked along. I have a struggle with many because I have hearing loss, & at times my hearing aids do not pick up low tones & softness of one's voice. I really enjoyed watching & learning your process. Thank you!

Learnt a lot and motivated me to try new techniques. Please do more!

I really love how the painting disappears at the edges it just pops and love your comment about taking it lightly playfully exploring and how one sees the colours in landscapes. The pencils add so much too. Wonderful.🐬

Love this tutorial thank you. Love the colours and the detail. It would be so great to see your pallet and mixing process it would add a whole learning dimension. Many thanks.

Loving this process. Really interesting and very helpful. Thanks

I use watercolor pencils and pans, I've been really curious about the inktense pencils! It was really helpful to see how the ink stains the paper under the water blooms. I think this has a very specific use. I had thought it would be good for detail, but I think now only if you wanted to bloom an edge line... worth experimenting with... but if you're a beginner: don't get them mixed up with your watercolor pencils! They're definitely not "interchangeable " 😊

I never thought of doing watercolours in layers. I love the pencils. Fab.

I really like the feeling of the waves! It was nice to see the entire process.

Amazing how the piece transformed through the pencils. I haven't used inktense pencils much. I prefer the blocks. Do you prefer the pencils? And if so why? Anyway congrats on the series, very enjoyable AND helpful. Looking forward to a sequel?

So enjoyed the videos working towards to final stage. Love more of these pls. 🎉

Wow. Adding the darks really transformed your painting. It looks great. Thank you for moving your palette into the frame. You gave me permission to revisit paintings after I’ve “finished”.

Amazing result I ❤ it Waiting for the next video

Thank you, Colin. I had no clue how to use those pencils but already had a few basic colours. Now I can't wait to try them. Cheers. 🇨🇦

Very nice epicod :)

This video series has really encouraged me to take time when painting a more complex scene. I am so excited to practice layering. Would love to see another series like this …and will revisit this one too. Thank you Colin for your time and sharing your skills and thought processes…just brilliant

LOVE IT SUCH A PRETTY PICTURE BRINGS A SMILE TO MY HEART

Hi, I’ve really enjoyed this way of showing the progress of painting a scene. A very lovely painting. Where was this photo taken? Thanks Colin.

This was so great! I love seeing each layer and how you went through the decision process. Please do this again.

I like how the water turned out with the inktense pencils. Looking good Colin! thanks for inviting us along on you process.

Colin, this is brilliant. Thanks for showing us your process. The picture is lovely and really captures the colours of the sea. I’m a beginner and I’m interested in the idea of “illustrative”. There seems to be an inference that it’s a bad thing. Surely every painting that’s not photo-realistic must be to some degree illustrative?

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More more more if you 🙏

Realizing I would have been trying to blend and change things, but I love the way this turned out,;thank you got the generosity you showed in sharing every step of the way❤

Hi Colin, Really enjoyed the process of working in stages. There is so much to be learned in each stage & slowing it down gives a beginner, like myself, the necessary time to process! Thank you so much for your thoughtful approach!

When I draw with graphite, I usually put the drawing on an easle and walk away at various stages. It allows a fresh perspective. It can take weeks. I will definitely revisit this video as I find painting water a bit of a challenge. Gorgeous painting, and so interesting to see the process. Thankyou 🙏

Great stuff Colin. Very well explained. I love how you show the picture in the top left for reference as well as the technique of squeezing the brush to soak an area. Looking forward to Part Two.

The episodes have been good fun to watch and learn from with a beautifully illustrated result. Thank you for doing this and please consider continuing in some manner.

Hi Colin. It’s been really enjoyable following you step by step in this process. I have to say I did get a little excited when you got the intense pencils out in episode three. I’m slowly building a small collection of them so I haven’t got round to using them yet! Good to see how you used them for additional depth but did use too much water so the pencil stroke are still visible and add to the overall effect. Thanks so much for taking us along with you, and I for one would definitely be interested in seeing more like this.

Lovely conclusion to the process, like the watercolour pencils different results, retaining distinct lines in the foreground to adding colour to an area in distance.

Great inspiration. Can almost feel like I’m the one doing this. I have just swatched my Derwent Graphtint and Mixed Media set. Pretty sure I have this and a Prismacolor Graphite. Good to have this really excellent work to keep in mind for sketching and embellishing my tomorrows for working this medium with places of little color in my memory bank. Very good work. Thank you. P

Really interesting(, watching you let this happen to your canvass. I can tell where you’re going. I’ll look forward to next time. Episodic. 😄good word. I watch and love to listen as well. Your Irish Brogue (?) is just great. I’m from Dublin. Texas, that is. So you can see my fascination. Thank you