Coloring Hedgehogs with Watercolor Pencils

Hello! Today I am showcasing some products from the Hedgehog Hollow August 2018 box…and showing you just how easy it is to use those watercolor pencils from Marvy Uchida!

I found that watercolor paper works the best for these pencils, and you must use a very light hand when applying the color. If you just put a little color on at a time, you can build up the color slowly and you won’t get those annoying pencil marks that still show when you add water! *This is important!

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I have a video to show you the techniques and how easy they are to use, once you have a few TIPS! Watch it here or on YouTube:

Here’s the tags I made using a wash of watercolor (from the pencils) and a hedgehog colored up with the watercolor pencils. It’s very easy to color them lightly, then keep adding color until you are happy with it. I used my favorite medium size Nuvo water brush to spread the pencil watercolor and I found it worked the best for me.

The sentiment says “Handmade for you by me.” When I looked at photos of real hedgehogs, many of them had darker quills at the end. That is why I added a layer of black around the edges of the quills on these hedgehogs. Those cute hedgehog stamps come in the August box, and they are from La La Land Crafts! This is a new company to me and I’m really enjoying their stamps!

You can see that I colored up these hedgehogs with a light hand. After I created these tags, I decided to move onto a watercolored card using the same pencils.

Notice the darker colors on the hedgehog below…you can keep adding color once the paper is DRY. This is another important tip…wait for the paper to be completely dry or you will get dark spots on your image that are almost impossible to blend.

How cute is that traveling hedgehog? He’s in London! I added the British Flag to his balloon…and covered it in glossy accents. It did dry clear…here the balloon looks a little cloudy, I was too impatient to wait for it to dry fully!

I did add a bit of America to this card, too. Can you spot what it is?

Ok, I’ll tell you: the taxis in London are not normally Yellow! Nope, that’s an American coloring choice! They are normally black in London, I believe. Although I’ve never been to London. Have you?

I colored up Big Ben with a light tan and it’s not really coming across in this photo…but in real life it looks tan! I do like the watercolor painterly look of this “postcard.”

I hope you enjoyed these projects today and got inspired to try your watercolor pencils. It really is a fun and easy way to add color to your projects. Thanks for stopping by!