watercolor crayons

[carol klatt]

Does anyone know how to use the watercolor crayons? They look really nice, but I need info on techniques. Thanks for your help!

[kyloescards]

If they are like the pencils - I love mine, I use them a lot with the blender pen and waterbrush - with water or the Future floor finish.
Today I scribbled a couple colors to gether on the old peel and stick scrapbook pages I have laying around that most people would have been smart enough to throw away! Then I put the waterbrush in it and colored in a dog that I had stamped in black. It was great since I could make the color I needed.
I love them with the open stamps like the summer by the sea type - just color and go over with the blender pen or waterbrush and they look awsome.
you can also rub your pen/brush right on the pencil and use it to color that way.

[allee's]

I just unpacked mine this afternoon, Carol, and have been busy mounting my new stamps. The box comes with no instructions of any kind so I guess I'll just have to learn by trial and error. I'll know more tomorrow!!

[Purple Sheree]

With the crayons, I put some of the color on a plastic lid like cool whip. I then take my water brush and put some color on it from the lid and color your project. It looks really nice and soft. Hope this helps, as I just got into doing this.

[StacyBeth]

I just got mine today and I have been playing! They are really nice! I feel like a professional artiste! I love using them to color in an image and then using the blender pens to go over it, also, you can color directly on the stamp and either spritz it with water and stamp, or just stamp directly on the paper! They blend together to make different shades of a color wonderfully, which the watercolor pencils don't do too well. I am glad I got them. I would like more ideas of how to use them.

[avonlea]

Have a look in this thread - Question about Watercolor Wonder Crayons; maybe it might help.

[momofdbl]

Here is a website I visit often, there is a section that shows 10 ways to use watercolor crayons. Hope this helps

http://www.rubberroadadventures.com/...StephanieL.htm

[kyloescards]

Do you suppose that you could versa mark your stamp and then draw on the versamark - like when you versamark then add ink pad color for multicolor embossing?

[Rox71]

An older thread to look at.

Click here

I should say I tried the other technique mention on this thread and it really turned out nice. Mist the solid image stamp, rub the crayon right onto the stamp, mist again and using a positioner stamp on paper. If it isn't just right, mist and stamp again or add more crayon. It's very easy and I know you'll like them.

[carol klatt]

Thanks so much you all! That was a wealth of info!!!!!!