Albrecht Dürer artists’ watercolour pencils provide artists with great versatility of expression when drawing, shading and painting in watercolours. High-quality materials, combined with Faber-Castell’s experience, have resulted in pencils that produce unsurpassed watercolour effects. The coloured surface can be transformed with only a few fine or broad brushstrokes to reveal the full and unique power of the colours. Depending on the paper being used, the pigments can be completely dissolved, and will then behave in the same way as classic watercolour paints. As watercolours are transparent, the overlapping colours mix visually to create new colours. Many watercolour artists choose to use the pencils for the fine details in their watercolour paintings, as well as for watercolour sketches while travelling.
The leads in Albrecht Dürer artists’ watercolour pencils can be transformed completely into watercolour paints, and have a high level of light-fastness and break-resistance.
Blocks of rich colour
Shading
From light to dark
Running and dissolving with water
Hatching and cross-hatching
Dissolving the colour with a spray bottle
Drawing on wet paper
Glazing technique
Fixing
Albrecht Dürer artists’ watercolour pencils adhere firmly to the paper and do not require fixing. “UV sprays” will also only enhance their permanence in rare cases.