My Watercolor Pencils
My mother gave my daughter a box of watercolor pencils when she was around 10 years old i.e: about 10 years ago. The other day, I took them out of their box to draw and paint. Those pencils carry the label of " aquarellable ". Their color will dissolve in water. Unfortunately, it did not. I tried several types of papers, with the 12 pencils, butt felt like I was using with my wooden crayons. And they did not react to water at all. How frustrating. Since I'm a lucky genXer with a job, I went to my favorite art store and bought a black and a white aquarellable pencils. Those ones were real and new watercolor ones! Unlike the old, I discovered that my daughter's 10 year-old birthday gift was done filling it's purpose. Not in a literal way because I can still use them to only. color. and. draw. Only. I expected to use them in my new found passion : watercolor arts. Morale of The Story: USE BEFORE IT DRIES! With time, our art material gets rotten or dry. Pigment...