If you buy your own empty half pans or full pans for watercolour when you come to sharpen these pu the sharpenings into the watercolour pans and drop a small amount of water onto them. Once wet they will melt together and then leave it to dry and you can use them like you would watercolours.

@TheColourCave

4 жыл бұрын

That is an outstanding idea! Thanks for the tip! 😃

@charliep5991

4 жыл бұрын

You're welcome. Thank you so much for pinning my comment, you just made my Easter!

@patriciamoore7414

4 жыл бұрын

Charlie...any recommendations on what sharpener to use? I'm actually thinking about the Crayola crayon sharpener

@charliep5991

4 жыл бұрын

@@patriciamoore7414 I use a standard cheap metal 2 hole sharpener as I couldn't find a crayon sharpener here but I'm guessing since these are essentially just crayons that a crayola sharpener would work fine.

@LizatHome

4 жыл бұрын

Charlie p what a fantastic idea, thank you.

Gem, this has been a real joy to watch!!!!! Your own expressiveness as you did the fish painting, especially as you'd just said that you had very little time for your own art, actually brought happy tears to my eyes. Thank you!

There‘s some coating on the tip of the Neocolors which is why the color on it looks a little bit paler and it may be a little bit more difficult to pick color directly from the crayon. If you remove it, you will get a more vibrant color quite easily.😉 You can sharpen them with a normal sharpener if you want and use the shavings afterwards for coloring, too, so no waste there, too.

I was just watching a review of these. When she dipped her brush onto the crayon, she took the color off the flat end so she didn't mess with the pointed end... just in case you have the point just how you like! Also, she applied colors she wanted to mix onto a piece of glass, next to one another, and mixed those colors together to make another unique color.

I adore my 15 colour set of these! I was gifted them by a friend and have found that if I rub a bit of the crayon on the tin I can mix my own colours so the smaller set is ample for me. They remind me a bit of gouache when mixed with water & when added to watercolour pieces they can make interesting effects. Looking forward to watching this video.

Wow ..... I need to get me a friend like Ashley. Thanks Ashley!!!! Great job Gem, I am a huge fan of Caran D’Ache products they are so darn nice! Those might be crayons but they are adult crayons!!!! Those colors are beautiful, I like the fact I can also use them with my colored pencils if I choose too. Hope everyone is staying safe. I’m a night owl and I’m off to bed.

@TheColourCave

4 жыл бұрын

night night 😊

If you loved the Prussian Blue, you would be over the moon for Indigo Blue. It is a wonderful dark color with a bit of violet in it. Truly gorgeous.

I have a set of Lyra watersoluble crayons which I do enjoy. It was fun watching you play with the Neo IIs. Thanks for sharing!

Not speaking from personal experience of course because of my phobia for wet media of any kind, but I have also seen these neocolor IIs used by “scratching” them onto a textured palette - either individually or two or more colors together - then activating with a water brush and applying to the paper. This allows you to easily get into tight spaces for one and also to mix your own colors before applying. Love the fishy. Always nice to see Enchanted Forest getting some attention.

Howdy Gem, I like the Neocolor 2 crayons with Jane Davenport's rainbow coloured container with little 15mm x 15mm hinged lids, meant for coloured ink, as I sharpen them into it, with the M & K German double hole size, brass round sharpener, in the larger blade hole. You can do this easily, cuts like butter, and getting a point is really fun, detailed, and saving the shavings is also fun. In kindred spirit, Eliza Australia x 29th of September 2022

Gem, what a lovely video! You did a wonderful job working with these neocolor ll’s. I started with a 10 stick set then 15 then 30! If you don’t want to bottom layer to reactivate come you can heat set it with a heat gun. It works pretty well. Also loading up a brush with color from the stick off of the crayon or from a pallet you scribble on you can get very fine details on top of other fields of color without reactivation of the color underneath. So layering or glazing is possible, it’s not as easy as with watercolors but it can be done with these crayons. Thanks again for sharing a wonderful video with us. Please take care and be safe.

@TheColourCave

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the extra tips, I appreciate them 😊

Now I need these.😁 I've been looking for something to use for my backgrounds. I hate using pencils cause it takes to long to build up the color. I just looked them up on the US Amazon and I can get a 10pack of the basic colors for $15.99. I think I'll start with that and try mixing my own colors. Thank you so much for the review. Stay safe and I hope all your new little calves are doing great. I would love if you would video them for us. Even if just a short clip. You could put it in the middle of a video and call it the Calf (half) intermission. Lol. Have a great day🌈

I bought 15ml clear glass bottles with droppers. Put a chunk of pastel in and filled with warm distilled water to make it liquid watercolor. I also put it in pans to dry out. I just love my neo 2......

I love how you sing along and make all the "fun" noises! It always makes me smile and giggle! Happy Easter to you from Montana USA! Love your videos and think I will put these on my wish list too! Love your picture.

I love the Neocolor II crayons. I can be quite impatient at times and as much as I love colouring pencils, sometimes I want to use something that will cover more space quickly and I've found these scratch that itch perfectly. I love how they blend and how it initially looks like a 5 year old's colouring page and transforms into something quite impressive.

@TheColourCave

4 жыл бұрын

I love that about them too! 😂

I really loved your video ! I have the 15 set as a travel set but I wanted a bigger set for home ! Your exploration of these crayons was very eye opening! I can’t wait for mine to come ! And your fish looks amazing !

Excellent review and demonstration. Thank you.

I’ve used Neocolor Iis for coloring book backgrounds with various levels of success. You are off to great start with them. A light application , working in layers, and touch up using them like water colors with a brush worked best for me.

Good Morning Gem, Thank you for this latest video I really enjoyed watching the way the crayons mixed with water, fascinating, what a joy to hear a cow mooring, it really shows that you live in the wilds of Scotland, I have been really suffering with my lower spine problem. thank you Gem From Kate Richardson in the south East of England x

@TheColourCave

4 жыл бұрын

Morning Kate, I’m glad you enjoyed the video, I hope it has helped to take your mind off things this morning. There is a lot of moo-ing going on just now as all the animals are going out to grass after a long winter being housed. They are having a ball! Thanks for commenting 😊

One of my favorite techniques is scribbling color onto a piece of plastic (caran d’ache does sell a palette for this) and then picking up the color with my brush. I use watercolor pencils the same way.

Neo ll’s are awesome. You can set the colors with mod podge! I learned this technique and many others from Karen Campbell. The colors are so vibrant. Your fish came out great!

I absolutely love what you did with these crayons! Excellent video as always!

I bought open stock 3 colors red and pink. See if I like them and used them few months. Then bought 10 more last month. And now choosing next 10 in open stock.Colors are beautiful.

@TheColourCave

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you like them!

After watching this for the 2nd time (I fell asleep in the first attempt!) You've inspired me to try a Landscape in my Sketchbook with these. I am lucky enough to have the full set but as with watercolors they are sooo good at mixing. My favorite way to use these is to scribble them on a pallet and pick them up with my water brush. I don't use these nearly enough. I will let you know how it turns out. Thank You for sharing! (I am watching this while in the pool so it won't be right away 😉)

It looks like those Neocolors are quite a lot of fun. Enjoy! 👍😊

I'm in Montana, USA. Subscribed just today. Loved this test. I recently purchased the largest set. Love me some watercolor. I have Derwent watercolor pencils and Derwent Inktence. Newest purchase was Tombow Brush markers. Not ever gotten any alcohol markers. Outta my league. Lovin what you do & I thank you from afar. 😊🤩

@TheColourCave

3 жыл бұрын

Welcome to the Cave! Hope you enjoy the content and thanks for the comment 😊

That's definitely a fabulous fish! I adore it!

They make a plastic palette to use those with, basically you use the crayon on the palette and then use a brush to mix colors and to get detail. ;) been eyeing these myself... and a little goes a long way with these.

I love my Neo Colour II's. Take care of you and yours.

These are on my wishlist also. Enjoyed watching you play with them.

Oh, you lucky duck! I have the 10 set and I’ve been too nervous to try them, I have the palette board so I’m going to try them as a a paint rather than the crayons on paper but I’m so glad I get to watch you try them first. I hope you and yours have a wonderful Easter Gem 🐣.

@clairewalters8238

2 жыл бұрын

I have the 15 set coming to me in the mail but they won't be here until first week in December. Was good to watch how you managed to beautifully merge the colours. I think a set of 15 is a perfect starter kit. Can't wait !! Love from Australia xxx

Hi, Gem - I just adore my NeoColor II's - they have become my go to medium for watercoloring. They rank up there just about equal to my Inktense pencils. If I'm not careful, I shall be buying a lot of replacement colors soon!!! You did an awesome job with your first attempt at using this medium - and they are really fun, aren't they?! Thank you so much for this demonstration. I have yet to try to do my own picture using the crayons but might just get inspired to try, thanks to you. Awesome video - keep up the great work. Love your accent - could listen to you all day. Hope your holiday was wonderful - take care and do stay well. Many Blessings and Big Warm Hugs from North Carolina, USA

@TheColourCave

4 жыл бұрын

They are definitely fun! If you do decide to try a picture, I'd love to see. It's always nice when someone says they are inspired to have a go after watching a video. Thanks for the comment 😊

Those look dare I say yummy😊

Happy Easter! Thank you Gem! I always enjoy your videos, no matter what you use. The fish is adorable 💖 Stay safe 💖

Try using a wax based colored pencils like prismacolor over the top of dried Neocolor I I s to get fine line details in your work.

Woohoo! Just what wanted you to try and use. Thanks Ashley and Gem! Awesome awesome awesome!!!♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️ I just bought a set of 15 much more expensive than you lot pay but can't wait for them to arrive.

@TheColourCave

4 жыл бұрын

Hope you enjoy them!

Oh my goodness Gem I’ve a 15 set and they cost me just over $50. And that’s a good price here. I’m desperate for the set you’ve got. Now I truly wish you had of tried the woodys they’re very close to the same product. Just the caran DAche ones are so much more vibrant and pretty. Cheers cherieK 🦋🌈 🐮

I had no idea this existed! Not for me but this is fun to watch :-) thank you Gem and Ashley!

I always consider adding the NeoColor IIs to my collection but they are hideously expensive in the states. Like twice what you would pay in Europe. And more thank Inktense. They really are lovely though. Funny story, my friends kept fish. Lots of fish in huge 150 gallon tanks. One of them kept fancy gold fish, including one named Leviathan that liked to cuddle in the palm of my friend's hand. But there were always those that wanted to leap out of the tank. Onto the floor. Where the cats were. We called those ones TSTL (too stupid to live). Your leaping gold fish reminded me of that.

@recoveringsoul755

4 жыл бұрын

oh no, like Darwin awards for fish. I had a tiny little african frog who escaped the tank. I found him, rinsed off hair and lint, but he was never the same and didn't survive

@KitarraChaosWeaver

4 жыл бұрын

@@recoveringsoul755 exactly like that. The other tank had an eel that would do it constantly. But eels can love out of water for a bit because they get this slime coating. So it would be a wiggly slimy hunt.

Oooo I have the smaller set of these! You can use them as face/body paints as well!

@TheColourCave

4 жыл бұрын

Love your screen name, and thanks for commenting!

Ordered the 40 set while I was watching 😂

@TheColourCave

3 жыл бұрын

😁

😊

You are definitely an art enabler but then I'm a llama enabler so I say we're even 🤣🤣 Gonna have to get me a set of these, they look fun.

@TheColourCave

4 жыл бұрын

I never thought I’d see the day when I had ‘Llama enablers’ ...

@Calcreates82

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheColourCave 🤣🤣🦙🦙

I recently snagged some in sale to go with the probably 5 I snagged a couple of years ago on clearance. Have yet to have a good go with them, so need to gather them all together and dig in. Previously I think I had a bunch of greens. I could do a jungle or a forest but not much else 😂

@artycraftyalchemy

4 жыл бұрын

Also I like fish, so long as I'm not the one looking after them 😂 It's a very pretty fish! 🐠

I think that fin on the side is called pectoral...not completely sure I've been wondering about Neocolor IIs. I'm not convinced that I need them as I did get Gelatos, after watching one of your videos...another product I was on the fence about. I'm not one of those who is able to be "expressive" in my coloring, rather OCD I am. I've hardly ever used the Gelatos, have just started trying out the gouache I got for Christmas and still have not used my pan paints, other than the odd brush strokes in swatching! I think that I may have just convinced myself that I have plenty of supplies that I have yet to use & should not be buying more until I have used my present supplies much more. Unless you can think of a really great reason I should be stuffing a tin of 10 or 15 into my desk (somewhere!). That Mooo-ooo sounded pretty happy! The cows are celebrating! A very Happy Easter to you & the family!

@Kyomiibrown

4 жыл бұрын

Neocolour2 are completely different to gelatos. They act like a watercolour/gouache hybrid. If you enjoy either watercolour or gouache or both, you will enjoy these. They can be cut and put into half pans and used like watercolour/gouache, you don’t have to draw with them in crayon form.

wow these are interesting! water soluble wax??? so pretty

I have a small set of these I have yet to try.. I wonder if they dry out mine are at least a couple years old just never found a purpose for them and now I forget what I was thinking about when I originally purchased them. I really like how bright they are...though I am sure with the small basic set I am not getting some of the fun colors. I love the idea for the coloring book backgrounds please show us in another video how it turns out once you make it all the way around or finish please and thank you!

Those colors are OMG #DROOLING I cannot wait until this pandemic is done and my hubby can get back to work. It's hard having one income and I also have my mother here caring for her (copd emphysema). Not sure what is scarier, working in people's homes, going from home to home or working in the hospital. Either way I could drag anything home. But if I don't go these people would have nobody to care for them. One day at a time

@lynnleigha580

4 жыл бұрын

I was trying to say I can't wait for another income and we get back to normal and I have some extra coins, lol!! I'm so tired.

@TheColourCave

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for what you do, I have the highest level of respect for you, and please try and keep yourself as safe as possible.

@lynnleigha580

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheColourCave Thank you!! I try and luckily I'm super crafty and have been able to hand sew masks for myself and my family. They're great for popping in and out of stores whilst on a hunt for tp. Damn me for not freaking out and mass buying when I had the chance. All accept I refuse to go into a Walmart, just no, that place grossed me out before the pandemic. Lbvs!

@patriciamoore7414

4 жыл бұрын

Lynn, you are one of the heroes. ..without you, your clients would be lost. Thank you. Happy Easter!

@lynnleigha580

4 жыл бұрын

@@patriciamoore7414 Thank you and with everything going on, I'd be lost without them, that's for sure and one of many reasons why I do what I do. Not only do I love my work, but I have a knack for it, not just everyone can do it sometimes it takes a special people to care for special people. 😊😊. I hope you and yours have a safe & blessed happy Easter!! 🐇

Oh, how interesting! I, too, love my watercolours and this looks really interesting, however... I own such a huge amount of watercolours and other art supplies that I don't feel the need to buy these, especially since they're a) quite expensive and b) behave just like watercolours. Might as well just use up my cotman colours first. But then again, with them I was thinking of then replacing them with the professional half pans as I use them up, so... who knows. Perhaps I might try these some time in the future. I do love the fabulous fish, though. So pretty! :)

Have you ever used Gesso on your paper first? I saw that today using Crayola water soluble pastels. Cemetery blended out any lines. Hmmm.

Hi Gem, how are you? Your video is fantastic, thanks for posting it! I was wondering what kind of waterbrush pen you use in the video, and whether you got them online? It looks really handy, I like the idea of not having to regularly dunk the brush in water and yours looks like quite nice quality? Would you recommend them? Thanks! :)

@TheColourCave

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Sammy, the water brushes I favour are the Kuretake h20 brushes - they are available online, but will depend where you are on availability. If you need further help, please feel free to get in touch via email - colourcavegem@gmail.com

@Owlsandoatmeal

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheColourCave Hi Jem, awesome, thank you for your response, I appreciate it! :)

😂🤣😂 lol.

@TheColourCave

3 жыл бұрын

😁

Cute accent. Scottish?

@TheColourCave

2 жыл бұрын

Correct. 😁