Ecoline Brush Pens For Watercolor Art

Let's talk Ecoline Brush Pens. Part of the Royal Talens family, I know many of you have them and use them. Today I want to walk you through the making of a beautiful piece of watercolor art created totally with these brush pens and a Sharpie. 

My supplies were minimal. I began with these five shades in the Ecoline . . . line and a brush. For paper I worked on the Ecoline Watercolor Paper, but any watercolor or mixed media paper would work. 

Colors: spring green, light yellow, fuchsia, sky blue and ultramarine violet. 

The pages are 9" x 12" which is fairly large. I usually tape off the edges and center line with painter's tape. That way I can make two paintings on this one sheet.  I started with the lighter colors and just started scribbling on my page. Just randomly. 

And I kept scribbling till the page was completed. Ugly. Yes? Hahaha! Keep reading. Looks like a mad face sticking his tongue out at me. 

I took a spray bottle of water and spritzed water all across the page and let it sit. You can see where the lines are softening and the colors are starting to blend and spread. Be patient. 

I work with a lot of water. More than most people. And there was a lot of water sitting on that piece of paper. I took a roll of kitchen towels and rolled it once across the surface of my page, lifting what excess water I could. Then I let the page dry - by way of my heat gun. Hahahaha!

And here it is dry. I could have worked a little with a wet brush to smooth out more of those edges but I knew they would not matter with what I had planned. For drawing I brought out an ultra-fine Sharpie. Why Sharpie? It is a permanent pen and waterproof. If I wanted to add more wet product - I could and the Sharpie lines would not run. And I knew I was going to add wet product. Hahahaha! 

Here is my completed first drawing. I say 'first' because there was still much work to be added. 

Ecoline watercolor also comes in liquid form. I used Ecoline Liquid watercolors to paint the rest of the artwork. Just the flowers, not the background. 

I used the droppers in the bottles to add a little color to my trash plate and painted from there. Mostly undiluted, but some I added a little water to before I painted. 

All the flowers are painted. But still not completed. I still had more work to do. 

Using the Sharpie, I went over all the lines retracing them, then back lining over them. Little details were added. Then I brought out a white Posca Paint Pen for the white highlights. I didn't really need to dry the page, but I went over the whole thing one more time with my heat gun to be sure. And I heated up those strips of painter's tape to make easier to remove. And this is my final look. Ecoline Brush Pens for the background. Ecoline Liquid Watercolors for the florals. I love these bright colors! You know how I am! Hahahaha!

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Ecoline Brush Pens can be purchased right here. 

Ecoline Liquid Watercolors can be purchased right here. 

Ecoline Watercolor Paper can be purchased right here.