watercolor pencil

Soluble sketching implement

A watercolor pencil is a colored pencil with water-soluble pigment.

You draw with it dry, then brush water over the marks to create effects resembling watercolor paint: She sketched the flowers in watercolor pencil, then blended the colors with a wet brush.

Also called water-soluble pencil.

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Opposites
medium permanence and water interaction

watercolor pencilpermanent marker

Pen with lasting ink

indelible ink · oil pastel · wax crayon · grease pencil · ballpoint pen

artistic medium type

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Pigment bound with linseed

acrylic paint · spray paint · encaustic · oil pastel · airbrush

medium permanence

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Pen with lasting ink

indelible ink · tattoo ink · oil paint · India ink · enamel paint

Family

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Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G