{"id":233686,"date":"2025-05-10T00:55:47","date_gmt":"2025-05-10T00:55:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/entertainment\/art\/two-solvent-free-colored-pencil-blending-techniques-veronica-winters-painting\/"},"modified":"2025-05-10T00:55:47","modified_gmt":"2025-05-10T00:55:47","slug":"two-solvent-free-colored-pencil-blending-techniques-veronica-winters-painting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=233686","title":{"rendered":"Two solvent-free colored pencil blending techniques \u2013 Veronica Winters Painting"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Most of you know that we can blend colored pencils with solvents or the colorless blender. In this article I\u2019d like to share some other blending techniques that don\u2019t require blending with Gamsol. While these blending techniques may not be brand new, I discovered these methods by experimenting with my colored pencil drawing. <\/p>\n

Because blending with solvents may look harsh on drawing paper, not every drawing is a good candidate for it. I think solvents help a lot when you draw on the textured surface, or the size of your drawing paper is very large, and you want to cover and build the tones in the background. Not every artist likes blending with the solvents. So here is the alternative to that.<\/p>\n

Colored pencil blending without the use of solvents<\/h2>\n
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Plunge, 19x25in, colored pencil on paper | https:\/\/veronicasart.com\/product\/plunge\/<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In this drawing titled \u201cPlunge\u201d 19\u00d725\u2033, I used both blending techniques discussed below.<\/p>\n

Finesse Colored Pencil <\/a>blender pen<\/strong> is formulated to blend wax-based colored pencils like Prismacolor Premier and Caran d\u2019Ache Luminance. It won\u2019t do much blending for harder pencils like Polychromos but you\u2019ll still see some blending occurring because all colored pencils have some wax in them.<\/p>\n

This pen is very convenient because it has two tips, and you can\u2019t spill it like solvents. It\u2019s also non-toxic and easy to carry around or store in a colored pencil box.<\/p>\n

I find that it dries out quite quickly, however.<\/p>\n

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I blend large areas in the background using Finesse<\/a>. I continue drawing over the blended areas after that to make the colors even more vibrant.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Winsor & Newton Pigment marker, white blender<\/strong> is a very soft white. It\u2019s not suitable to make strong, white highlights, but what I discovered working with it is more useful. Once I\u2019ve done some colored pencil shading, I can blend everything with this marker. It does give some white tint to the surface, but it also blends colored pencil well. So I use it when I want to both blend and lighten up the area. I think it could be replaced with a different brand to have the same effect, but you need to always TEST your art materials on a separate piece of paper.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Although I\u2019m not a fan of these markers, a similar alcohol markers will do the same job. They can blend colored pencils. You can also underpaint the surfaces with such markers. Pay attention to the lightfastness of markers. Don\u2019t buy fugitive colors because they\u2019ll fade quickly off of your paper!<\/p>\n

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