{"id":373,"date":"2018-07-19T05:00:33","date_gmt":"2018-07-19T10:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sefosterauthor.com\/blog\/?p=373"},"modified":"2018-07-18T23:58:53","modified_gmt":"2018-07-19T04:58:53","slug":"blending-with-watercolor-pencils","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sefosterauthor.com\/blog\/index.php\/2018\/07\/19\/blending-with-watercolor-pencils\/technique-thursday\/sefoster\/","title":{"rendered":"Blending with Watercolor pencils"},"content":{"rendered":"

A question I get asked often is \u201cCan I use watercolor pencils in your books?\u201d My initial thought based on the fact that it is 60lb paper I wouldn\u2019t recommend it. Traditional watercolor paper is at least 90lb and most artists use 130lb paper. Still being of a curious nature I decided to give it a try.<\/p>\n

I used my favorite watercolor pencils by Lyra. They are so smooth and once the water activates them they are so vibrant and creamy looking. I used a plastic sheet under the page to prevent any bleed through onto the page below. I used a very light hand and as little water as possible. It did cause the paper to warp a bit and you can really see some of the darker colors showing through on the back of the page. My final thoughts are if you don\u2019t mind the bleed through on the back and have something heavy to press the page flat when you are done then it would be ok to use watercolor pencils with my books.<\/p>\n

I left part of the one flower inactivated to show how the pencils look before adding water.<\/p>\n

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A question I get asked often is \u201cCan I use watercolor pencils in your books?\u201d My initial thought based on the fact that it is 60lb paper I wouldn\u2019t recommend it. Traditional watercolor paper is at least 90lb and most artists use 130lb paper. Still being of a curious nature I decided to give it a try. I used my favorite watercolor pencils by Lyra. They are so smooth and once the water activates them they are so vibrant and creamy looking. I used a plastic sheet under the page to prevent any bleed through onto the page below. I used a very light hand and as little water as possible. It did cause the paper to warp a bit and you can really see some of the darker colors showing through on the back of the page. My final thoughts are if you don\u2019t mind the bleed through on the back and have something heavy to press the page flat when you are done then it would be ok to use watercolor pencils with my books. I left part of the one flower inactivated to show how the pencils look before adding water.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[14],"tags":[19,18,15,57,68],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9Y6g5-61","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":253,"url":"https:\/\/sefosterauthor.com\/blog\/index.php\/2018\/06\/21\/how-i-paint-watercolor-tulips\/technique-thursday\/sefoster\/","url_meta":{"origin":373,"position":0},"title":"How I paint Watercolor Tulips","author":"sefoster","date":"June 21, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"For this Technique Thursday post I wanted to share how I paint watercolor tulips using the Trianlular brush from\u00a0Rosemary and Company\u00a0....but I couldn\u2019t find the video on my phone and was too late in the evening to get everything out to film another one so here is a link to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Technique Thursday"","block_context":{"text":"Technique Thursday","link":"https:\/\/sefosterauthor.com\/blog\/index.php\/category\/technique-thursday\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sefosterauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/BB894C45-DDE0-4365-84C0-5E3BC1FE8F89-266x300.jpeg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":210,"url":"https:\/\/sefosterauthor.com\/blog\/index.php\/2018\/06\/14\/a-little-bit-about-my-process\/technique-thursday\/sefoster\/","url_meta":{"origin":373,"position":1},"title":"A little bit about my process….","author":"sefoster","date":"June 14, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"The most popular question I get asked is \u201cHow long did it take you to write your book?\u201d For my first book that is an easy answer. 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