Other Mediums Guide

The sheets have been designed with watercolour paints in mind, but I've tested a variety of other mediums with them. I don't like to just stick to one medium when colouring, so if you have a favourite medium you like to use give it a try.

Here is a list of mediums I have tried and recommend and ones I've not tried and don't recommend.

 

Gouache Paint Waterbased gouache works really well but make sure it is a watery consistency. You can get really lovely vibrant colours and once it dries you can reactivate it with water. Make sure you check the packaging because you cannot reactivate acrylic polymer gouache.

Watercolour Pencils These work well. You can either colour in a space with pencil then use water over the top, or you can colour in on a bit of paper, activate that with water, then use it the same way you would use a watercolour paint palette.

Biro Coloured biro works well and can create an interesting texture. Because of the thin tip they do take more time to colour in larger spaces. They can work well for adding lines over already painted spaces.

Alcohol Markers These work really well and create a lovely professional finish and can be blended. They can bleed through the paper so make sure you have a safety sheet underneath to protect your table. They can also bleed over the lines so don't let them seep for too long into the paper. I recommend using the test sheets first to get a feel for them first.

Waterbased Brush Markers These are my favourites because it’s like watercolour paint but even faster to set up. I love the precision you can get and also the texture they create and how colours can be blended and overlaid.

Inexpensive Markers Designed For Kids These work well and often offer a huge variety of colours and are inexpensive.

Paint Markers (Posca) Due to the nature of these pens they will go over the printed line, so you need to be careful to stay within the space if you don’t want that to happen. You can use them to add detail to the printed area, or even remove areas you don’t want in the design. I would save these for other art projects and only use them if you are after a specific style, like colouring over the lines.

Pencils Regular pencils work well on the sheets.

Acrylic and Oil Paint I've not tested either of these mediums on the paper because they are not mediums I use and I don't think they would work well on the paper.

Pastels I've not tried pastels on the sheets and don't think they would work well because you can't get the fine detail needed to colour in.

Crayons I've not tested them with crayons, mainly because they don't feel like they get a nice solid colour or a fine detail.