Where Museum Aquarelle could be considered Caran d’Ache’s best water soluble pencil for advanced users, Supracolour are fantastic for those with intermediate skill levels. They don’t offer quite the same vibrance and performance as the Museum range, but still deliver the standard of quality you’d expect from the brand. They have a soft texture that makes it easy to apply and blend colour. However, with the softness you do loose a little in point strength. Like Museum, these pencils really come into their own when wet, but they do work well as a dry medium too. They do generate a bit of dust when dry. Each pencil has a colour matched, varnished barrel that includes the colour name and lightfastness. Caran D’Ache have recently released new coloured pencils – Museum Aquarelle. They come in 76 colours though only the full range is available in singles. Currently, the collections available are 12 Basics, 20 Marine and 20 Landscape. I tested the pigment strength by increasingly diluting a small square of pencil drawn on Bristol board. A line drawing could be lightly washed over, leaving the original drawing softened and tinted, which I thought was a lovely effect. If the pencil was first dipped in water, it made more opaque marks on the paper that released less pigment when washed over after drying.

Faber-Castell Albrecht Dürer Watercolour Pencils have a generous colour strip and a good weight in the hand. They’re professional grade, with the majority of colours ranked highly for lightfastness, so they’re an ideal choice for any artist keen on displaying their artwork or taking commissions. You can use these pencils dry, however you’ll find that they have a slightly drier texture than a traditional pencil. Their beauty really shines with the addition of water. It’s remarkably easy to lift the pencil marks, leaving you with nothing but vibrant, pure watercolour paint. Their soft texture also means you can easily blend colours and they have excellent coverage. These pencils have a colour matched, varnished barrel that has all the colour information stamped on for easy identification. Individual colours are not given a lighfastness rating as they are part of the company’s hobby range, however Faber-Castell say the whole range has excellent lightfastness. To introduce texture to the muddy ploughed strip, I scribbled directly on to the paper and then added water with a wet brush.Wanting to see how they work as pure watercolour on a brush, I made a ‘palette’ by scribbling a heavily applied square of each colour on to a piece of rough plastic, and touching them with a wet brush. It was just like using a set of watercolour pans. Once it was dry, I noticed the colour was permanent and didn’t break into subsequent wash layers in the same way that traditional watercolour would. This allowed for some wonderful glazing effects, deepening the colour and tone of the artwork.

When searching for information, first use the global search button. Then use the column searches to refine your search. Pencil: hexagonal shape, 8 plys, top-quality cedar wood, easy sharpening, matt colour cap matches the lead colour, identification number We have created products about colour harmony and Museum Aquarelle pencils. You can find information about them here. Lightfastness This post was originally published on 18 December 2019, updated on 14 July 2021, 3 August 2021, and 10 November 2021. It was last updated on 4 January 2023. Winsor & Newton Studio Collection Watercolour Pencils are available in sets. We hope this article helps you choose the best watercolour pencil!Watercolour Pencils offer more versatility than a standard colouring pencil, but they do have a slightly steeper learning curve. With a single watercolour pencil you’ll essentially have two colouring tools in one and you’ll be able to make a whole variety of different marks. Use watercolour pencils dry and you probably won’t be able to tell them apart from a standard colouring pencil. Their texture may feel a little drier, and they may not layer quite as effectively – but overall they’re very similar. There’s nothing stopping you from using your watercolour pencils dry and never activating them with water. However, be careful not to splash your drawing or the colour will run and you could ruin it. Winsor & Newton Studio Collection Watercolour Pencils have a smooth texture and high level of pigment that delivers both excellent coverage and easy colour laydown. While you can use these pencils dry, their colour is at it’s most vibrant when wet. They’re made with a high quality binder, so the leads are very resilient and resistant to both chips and breakage. This pencil range has a rather minimal design. Their white barrel distinguishes them from Winsor’s standard colouring pencil (grey barrel), and like them they feature very little in the way of pigment or lightfastness information. In fact the only information printed on the barrel is the colour name and the Winsor & Newton logo. This post will help you save your time and energy. It will show you what colour family colours and neutral colours are included in the Museum aquarelle watercolour pencil range. Use this post together with our post on colour harmonies to help you choose the colours of your next artwork.