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Try This Watercolor Pencil Technique

This watercolor pencil technique was such a fun one to explore! It created a beautifully soft and artistic background for this week’s tag tutorial. After stamping the image, I continued working with the watercolor pencils to add color directly onto the stamped design, allowing the details to blend naturally into the background. The combination of the soft washes and the defined stamped lines gives the finished tag a delicate mixed media feel that is both colorful and relaxing to create.

You can create this sanding technique with just about any brand of watercolor pencils. For this project, I used KingArtwatercolor pencils. To create the soft powdered pigment effect, I sanded the pencil tips using an emery board, though sandpaper would work just as well. It is a simple technique that creates beautiful blended color and gives the background a dreamy watercolor appearance.

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