Jason Nicholas demos watercolor pencils, showing how dipping pencil marks into water creates texture and layered effects. His three favorites are Salvage Patina, Rusty Hinge, and Firebrick. He's spent years hunting for a red that works and finally found it here.
I'm going to play around these watercolor pencils. The more I use them, the more I'm actually liking them. So I have these cool watercolor pencils. Here's what the back of the tin looks like, and they're just fun to play with. They add a different texture, different layer, and I'm loving I can tell you my, my 3 favorite colors right now are Salvage Patina, Rusty Hinge, and, uh, Firebrick. I've always had trouble finding a red that I like, whether it's a red watercolor or color pencil. My go-to red is here, the Pilot Precise Pen. I love using this for red, but this is a nice red too. So let's throw some on here, and I'm literally just going to dip. You see, I have my nice dirty water. I'm going to dip this in there, and we're just going to throw some down on here. That's just one way to use the watercolor pencils. There's so many different ways. I just— I do love dipping them into water
