Which tin did you buy? My concern was that the 10 unit one had a very weak blue to my eyes.I've done another learning piece using mainly neocolorsII along with wc pencils.
I learned a few things I think. The background, large sky (the blue in the tin, not the best sky color) with trees along the horizon of wc pencils.
Before putting the trees in, I added some wc burnt sienna to make a rain cloud and brushed the sky with water. It was hard to add the trees with the pencils after that.
The mid ground was a field, made with yellow and warm gray pencils and brushed them too.
I found it difficult to add people with the pencils, so used the crayons.
I think I will buy maybe 2-3 more colors, probably a lighter blue, the one in the tin is really strong, perhaps a sky blue or the "light cobalt blue" hue, and a mauve. Perhaps a chromium oxide green.
Which tin did you buy? My concern was that the 10 unit one had a very weak blue to my eyes.I've done another learning piece using mainly neocolorsII along with wc pencils.
I learned a few things I think. The background, large sky (the blue in the tin, not the best sky color) with trees along the horizon of wc pencils.
Before putting the trees in, I added some wc burnt sienna to make a rain cloud and brushed the sky with water. It was hard to add the trees with the pencils after that.
The mid ground was a field, made with yellow and warm gray pencils and brushed them too.
I found it difficult to add people with the pencils, so used the crayons.
I think I will buy maybe 2-3 more colors, probably a lighter blue, the one in the tin is really strong, perhaps a sky blue or the "light cobalt blue" hue, and a mauve. Perhaps a chromium oxide green.
Hobbartist, those are not my experiments. They're ntl's.Really good experiments Bart. I've been interested in the Neocolor IIs for a while now mainly for plein air sketches and have bought black, white plus the three primaries. Still, it's good to see actual sketches done with them (there's not many out there from what I've seen).
Oops. Sorry ntl. Rest of my comment still applies.Hobbartist, those are not my experiments. They're ntl's.
Hobby, coming back to this Neocolor 2 idea. Since you bought just 5 crayons, how well do you feel you can mix a full range of colors with a limited set? I know I can do that remarkably well in acrylic, oil, watercolor and gouache, but have no idea if Neocolor 2 mixes to that degree of nuance. Do you? Would make a difference to me between buying a 15 crayon set or a 30 crayon one!Really good experiments Bart. I've been interested in the Neocolor IIs for a while now mainly for plein air sketches and have bought black, white plus the three primaries. Still, it's good to see actual sketches done with them (there's not many out there from what I've seen).