watercolor thumbs up by @beatcrab (beatnik crab)

this drawing was just a quickie so i could play with my watercolor pencils that i've had for a while but was neglecting. and i've gotta say i was disappointed with 'em. in case you live in a non-artistic hole and don't know what these pencils are all about, they're colored pencils that you use like you would any other pencils, except when you're done you slap some water over 'em and the colors blend to look much the same way that regular watercolors look. ideally. except they don't really blend all that well. not the dark colors, anyways. you can still see the pencil lines in the grey and the dark blue, though i tried & tried to blend 'em away. on later pieces i did, i found that the colors blend much better and are much more vivid if you first wet the area you're coloring, use the pencils, and then wet some more to blend. &nbsp 2002