Are visible pencils acceptable in finished watercolour painting? There is quite a bit to this deceptively simple question.

The short answer is yes, but let’s dive in to figure which approach to pencil drawing is going to work best for your watercolour painting.

Want to follow along while I paint Brusho flowers? I’m use ink and wash with Brusho adding the vibrant watercolour splash.

Here’s some step by step instructions…

I used both ink and watercolour this month - they play so beautifully together. Of course, each is perfectly adequate on their own. But when they work together there is less to be expected of each one - the load is shared. There is a message in that for all of us, to be sure.