Im interested in using color in my work. What can you tell me about colored pencils and watercolor pencils, specifically Prismacolor?
There are a number of colored pencil manufacturers out there, Berol Prismacolor among them. I have used colored pencils from Derwent and Prismacolor, and I use Derwent watercolor pencils. Colored pencils are pigmented pencils which use a wax-based pigment mixture for ‘lead’. Watercolor pencils (I’ve heared them called aquarelles – probably because of the brand Aquarelle) are very much like colored pencils and can be used just like colored pencils except their ‘lead’ is water-soluble. Watercolor pencils allow you to color an area like you are using a regular colored pencil then go back with a wet brush and blend and spread the color like watercolor.
