Twenty months has passed since I pursued my artistic sides. I've seen progress, but now, I'm stuck. I feel like I need to go back to the basic. Sketch. So I decided to buy this Derwent Watersoluble Sketching Pencils. It just last week. And I’ve been using it since.
I like it.
Why?
So, as I said before, I've seen improvement from the first time, but it stays that way for months. I can draw. But I struggle with coloring and shading. My drawings seems flat and I'm still lacking with control with the medium I'm using right now which is watercolor. I don't know what's wrong with it, is there some technic or tricks I need to do or is it because of the paper or the watercolor itself. I have no idea, I couldn't bring the unique of watercolor. And while I'm clueless in that area. I'm also kind of confused with the shading and the color theory and how to make my drawings more attractive and different. More of my own. Yeah, so I decided to go back again to the basic. Improved my drawings. Step by step. Start with one color first then add one more color each time and try to understand what each color represent.
Black, the basic, single color. So I tried this Derwent Watersoluble Sketching Pencils. It's a pencil, but when you apply water with brush, it dissolved like watercolor pencil. I believe this is what I need at the moment. I need something that need less control because I'm already familiar with the medium. And I can get softer result, a nice blend. Then I can build up again and mixed it with my other pencils. I like it.
I bought this for IDR 120.000 online. It comes with a case and a sharpener. There are six pencils in shades Light, Medium, and Dark. You get two pencils for each shades. And these are some pictures I made with the medium.
In here I use Derwent Watersoluble for coloring and shading. And finished it with mechanical pencil.
For hair I used Dark Shades and for shading I used Light Shades.
And this one I mixed it with Derwent watercolor pencil in Crimson Lake
Red Hair
So I hope you get something from this quick review. Don’t give up if you get stuck or frustrated with your art. Maybe you just need a two or three days off.
With Love
Indah LIstaria