Another 6x6 Aquabord

Oil pastels, Neocolor II, Cretacolor Aquastic & Dr Ph Martins Liquid Watercolor

I learned the technique for this from the book "Dynamic Acrylics" and I really enjoyed it. I'm definitely going to continue using this technique because I get to use all my favorite mediums in one painting

I created shapes using drops from the watercolor and I highlighted them with the oil pastels & watercolor crayons

Product Reviews

New reviews from Products by Maped, International Arrivals, and Cretacolor have been added.

I spend a lot of time also painting with oil pastels-  I tend to switch back and forth between water-soluble crayons and oil pastels. Since my love of oil pastels (except the water-soluble kind) doesn't quite fit in with the rest of this blog I have added my pastel work to the page "Other Artwork" in case you are interested!!

 I'd love to add some oil pastel reviews- but there are already plenty of good websites available for those :) However, I will be posting some new crayon art soon. I am going to try some new surfaces to paint on- including wood panels. More soon!

Crayon painting on Canvas

Finished a painting today of a Russian Tumbler pigeon. This was my first attempt to use canvas- particularly with watermedia. I did an underpainting with Dr Ph Martin's Watercolors and the rest was done in Neocolor II crayons. The crayons worked really well on the canvas and didn't leave any crayon marks after the wash.  

I was happy with the final result- especially after attempting something new which is always a little nerve-racking for me.

Updates- new review added (Faber Castell)
More reviews coming soon from products by Cretacolor, Maped, Winsor & Newton and Crayola

When people first think of crayons they think of it usually as just a toy for children to play with and learn to draw. However more companies are coming out with artist's crayons- especially watersoluble crayons. 

Watersoluble crayons or watercolor crayons are produced by many companies. Unfortunately many are usually packaged for children so most people looking to begin with this unique medium don't know the many different choices that they have available.  I must add that even if a product is marketed towards children it doesn't mean it isn't a quality product that can be used and turned into a wonderful piece of art.

I have searched for all different "grades" of water-soluble crayons and in time will review each one and compare them and see how they compare to each other. I have found that even some of the less expensive crayons have many good qualities. I will be making color swatches and testing for lightfastness of each brand. 

In the gallery on the right I have shown different paintings I have done that are mainly done with watersoluble crayons. I have found that so far these crayons work well in mixed media, especially oil pastels , pen & watercolor paints.

I hope you continue to return to visit as this blog develops and more reviews will be posted. 
I believe that this is a new and exciting medium that many people should get to know and hopefully try out for themselves.