Last night I got into the drawing, sketching, coloring box and pulled out these awesome pastels!! I'd bought them a year ago and used them once and kind of wrote them off as crayons but when you add water-what fun! I've had this picture in my head for some time and thought it would be a quilt, and it still will be tried as one, but it was an opportunity to try out using these. I drew the picture, then got out the water and brushes. The colors intensify when water is added which I guess I hadn't done before. What I liked the most was the ability to pull out the twiggy branches with a small brush stroke. This drawing/painting is really primitive and I will work on some variants of the idea before fabrics get cut up but I'm very happy with what I learned from working with the water-soluble wax. You can also dip them in water and draw that way, or wet the paper and use them on that. Lots of options, lots of playtime in the future for these guys!
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