14 neocolor II crayons to get started
Mon, October 17, 2011 at 11:48PM “If people sat outside and
looked at the stars each night,
I'll bet they'd live a lot differently.”
Bill Watterson
I've been trying to narrow down a short list of Caran d'Ache Neocolor II Crayons to get started. As with my list of golden fluid acrylics, you can make a wish list and start building your stash. Neocolor IIs are the water soluble type, and they are luscious! Lyra aquarelles are quite good as well; I have more Neocolors so I'm using those color names/numbers. You can use them to highlight art journal pages, edge images, paint them with water for a watercolor look, draw on a wet page for intense color...
- For lemony yellow, choose #470 - spring green or #010 - yellow.
- For bright red, choose #290 - ruby red or #070 - scarlet. Ruby red is a touch darker.
- Optional: #407 - Sepia, #131 - Periwinkle Blue, #160 - cobalt blue , #139 - indigo blue, #730 - chinese green.
Oh! And they look wickedly wonderful on black gesso or black paper. There are lots of posts tagged neocolor if you want to see what they can do!
Reader Comments (1)
So totally love these as a medium!! You can never have enough colors but you can do lots with just a few!