What's the difference between watercolor pencils and colored pencils? Here's a swatch test so you can see watercolor pencil and Colored Pencil side by side.

Colored pencil on white paper, from my Sierra Club Guide to Sketching in Nature.

Blick Art Materials on Instagram: "💦 ✏️ Watercolor Pencils… are they watercolors or are they colored pencils? 🤔 Turns out they’re a little bit of both, creating their own expressive medium! See them in action with the Caran d’Ache Supracolor Soft Aquarelle Pencil Set. These highly pigmented, water-soluble pencils lay down broad strokes, fine lines, and gradients that transform into lush watercolor washes with a wet brush 🖌️ Layer more pigment on wet and dry areas to achieve a wide range…

In this watercolor pencil tutorial, you will learn some techniques. Practice and experiment with how colors that are activated with water behave.

I like to have a few colored pencils around for sketching, but I don’t usually use them alone. Rather, I combine them with watercolor to add texture and detail. I find colored pencils can often bring out certain fine details better and in a more controlled way than fiddling with fine brushes, and sometimes I use them instead of pencils for sketching.

Get easy techniques to mix and blend watercolor pencils. Create beautiful watercolor pencil art with these simple tips.