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OK - I bought one pack of crayons from SU - and have never used them. I find them big and awkward.
Am I just not using them correctly - does anyone use them and if so how?
They produce vibrant shades as well as soft light tones depending on how much you use.
I mainly take my aqua painter and take the color right off the crayon from the box....mine very seldom get removed from the container.....I find this easier than trying to "color" the image like you would normally do........
The wetter your brush or aqua painter, the more subtile the color and vise versa.....I like bold bright color so I make sure that my painter is barely wet and I get great color saturation.......
I love mine too. I tend to 'color' with them just by scribbling some lines where I want the color then using the aquapainter to blend it and give the image the watercolor look.
I've also done as suggested above and taken the aquapainter and pulled the color directly from the crayon.
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I mostly use my aqua painter and pick the color up with that, but I also color around the inside of the area that and use the aqua painter to spread it around. I also use them directly on the stamp and mist it with water before stamping it. Personnally, I love the crayons and they are by far my favorite thing to use when coloring.
They are not meant to be used like a regular crayon. You can use them as has been mentioned above, or you can color directly on the stamp, mist it, then stamp for an interesting look.
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I use mine all the time. I use them like the others have mentioned, but I take the color from the bottom of the crayon, I have also found that if you want to do some shading let the color dry and then use the color again in the area's that you want to shade and highlight.
This conversation about SU cratons is exactly why I LOVE SCS. I taught Art for many years and have used lots of brands for coloring. My SU crayons have been sitting for awhile but now I plan to try them again with the creative methods listed here. I have coloed with the crayon on a scrap and then used a blender pen to lift the color from the paper. There is a manufactured watercolor pigment that is saturated paper. You can cut a tiny piece and then add the amount of water you want; little water = dark color and more water = subtle color.
My demo showed me that you can use small ceramic tiles (the ones that are sealed or shiney) to color on and then pick the color up from there.....they clean up with a quick swipe and will last forever!
any home supply store has them and they are cheap!
Get a larger one and you can have a color crayon paint palette!
Just tried them recently- borrowed a set from my demo and I really like them. I plan on buying them. I also use wet brush to crayon to paper to color with them.
Love the watercolor crayons. I have used them all of the ways described above but I most often use them with a watercolor brush rather than the aquapainter. I find that I have more control with a brush.
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First thing I bought from SU! and I love love love them. I usually outline on the paper and pull the color with a blender pen. My demo also showed us that you can scribble on a scrap of vellum and pick up the color from there more like paint.
Yes, yes, Lordy, YES! Craftydee said it best. You will love them and they will last forever (OK, that may be an exaggeration...but mine are still looking full and I've had them for two years and use them regularly).
Yep, they ROCK! One thing I've been making sure to do lately is to paint with just water on the image I'm wanting to watercolor to "prep" it. Then I color either directly on the image or pick up color with my Aquapainter and watercolor. I find that this makes a big difference in getting the result I'm looking for! Good luck!
I love my watercolor crayons. I didn't want to spend that much money on crayons but I think worth it as they will last a long time. I used the crayons mostly with my blender pen.
The SU crayons product a much softer look than the reinkers or stamp pad lid coloring. I actually prefer to use the reinkers as they can produce any shade of the color depending on how much water you use. I like the fact that the reinkers can produce more vibrancy than the crayons.
i just bought the LYRA watercolor crayons through the angel company, on my site, I also have the SU crayons, I love love the LYRA!! Many more colors and very vibrant!!
I just ordered the huge set of Lyra watercolor crayons from TAC. I would have gotten the SU ones using my discount if they had all come in one package... I travel alot to crops and would rather take one large container than 5 smaller ones... I'm so excited to get them though! I used a friends at a retreat last weekend and knew I needed to get them for myself asap! =)
I have watercolor crayons from several companies. Most have more vibrant colors than the SU. I recently bought all the SU sets, especially to have the softer colors. I LOVE using WC crayons- I'm one who applies the wet brush directly to the crayon and takes the color that way. I don't think any of my crayons have ever been out of their cases.
ok rookie on board...what's an aqua painter and where can I find a demo on how to use the crayons. I bought a set and so far my results are for the birds.
An aqua painter is a hollow plastic pen with a brush tip, you fill with water and can use it like you would a water color brush. It is refillable; Stampin' Up sells them and I've seen them at local craft stores.
If you want a Stampin' Up demonstrator specifically you can ask around among your crafty friends or go the the Stampin' Up web site and click on a link to "find a demonstrator". You enter your zip code I think and the site will come back with a list of nearby demos. You can pick who to call.
I haven't read all of the posts, but I juist wanted to add my opinion that I LOVE my watercolor crayons. They have become my "to go" coloring medium. I have the entire set (from when they were sold as a set of 4 and love the ease of using them as well as the versatility of how they can be used.
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