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this technique helps a lot!! Thanks for posting this!

Proof positive that a beautiful blend really is all about layering the colors! Fabulous tutorial Claire, and that Lion page from Mythomorpia is FANTASTIC work!

@ColourwithClaire

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks lovely!

Nicely done! I enjoyed your galaxy background tutorial, as well. I have the full set of Caran D'Ache Neocolor IIs and love them! As you've said, they really are a great medium, they blend easily, and the colors are fantastic! You do beautiful work, Claire, and I believe I speak for all of your subscribers when I say "We LOVE your channel!" -Helen

Thank you! I'm working on a koi pond piece and this is just what I needed for coloring the water around the fish.

Thanks so much for sharing this technique - it looks beautiful!

Thanks for another great tutorial Claire! I've been saving for these and the Faber-Castell pastels. I can't wait to get my mitts on them all. I'll definitely be coming back to this video for a refresher 😉🤗💐💖

This is fun! I am looking foward to trying this with some of the Neocolor IIs ; trying some other color blends, too. Thank you for the inspiration, Claire!

I have the entire set of Neo IIs and am totally obsessed with them! I haven't yet tried them on backgrounds but I will now! Thank you so much for the tip! I love playing with them.

Great video Claire 👍 Beautiful blend. And I'm with you. Often when people say they don't like their work, and ask me for advice. I see that it's because they aren't done. They need to keep going, and add more layers and pigment. So this will be at good help for them 😊

Love the effect and results!!! I never thought this possible. Thank you, thank you and thank you!!! I have been struggling with backgrounds and am soo thrilled to see your techniques and options! Love u 💗🖍💗🖍💗🖍 BG in TX... 🙃😉🤪😍💕

I saw one tip that when you use brush to crayon, you might want to brush the flat end of the crayon so you don't end up with a wonky tip for crayon to paper application. I love all your tutorials Claire!

What a wonderful video. I have never heard of these but I have to check them out. Beautiful work. Thank you

Thank you! I’ve had the Neo s for a few weeks but not used them yet. Videos like this are a great help!

Thank you for this video! I needed to learn how to blend the Neo Color II. Now I know. These are also my favorite water based medium. They have even upstaged my Inktense and watercolor pencils.

Thank you so much for this and all your videos. Think I need these Neocolors!!!

Very informative Claire thank you for showing I'll have to try this on a book with thicker paper

Perfect tutorial, thanks so much for sharing this, can't wait to try later! 😊

Really useful, thank you so much - this appeals to me more than acrylics as I can never get that totally even. Will definitely have a go with this method.

Thank you Clair, considering buying some!

Thank you so much Claire! I have a forty set of these and really only use them for small things like grasses and flowers, sometimes trees too. I’m excited to try this as a background. I had no idea that so many layers had to be applied so thank you! I’ve finished the two flamingoes in Anamorphia, one in blue and one in pink and was at a loss for how to do the background. I think I’ll try this, I think it will be really pretty! Becky

So gorgeous😍👍🏻

Thanks for this tutorial. I have them but, have only tried(unsuccessfully) to use them a few times. I'll have to give your method a try. 😊

I just got my full set yesterday. I love your videos, like you i prefer blending from dark to light in my books, i think it works better. Ive not used them yet i thought id see how they are used as ive never used them before. I saw the galaxy picture you did and thought i needed to try them. I cant wait to use them. Keep up the good work. :-)

You truly, truky out did yourself on this page! I use your gold combination but I could never get my gold to look this fantastic. I absolutely cannot wait to get some Neocolors but I'm excited to get my Munygo watercolor crayons.

Hi Claire, I have the set of 15, and have used them in Nick Filbert's Fantasia on the pirate page. I did a background of the ocean and mixed in blues green and a bit of lime. On that I left it more blotchy, but also used them on the parrot and the jacket and got them to blend well. Thanks for the video. Must remember to use them more.

@ColourwithClaire

5 жыл бұрын

That sounds lovely!

Great tutorial, thank you!

Thank you so much for teaching us!! I was gifted some of these but like others, could not get it seamless. Yours came out so beautiful 💙

Thank you so very much! I was given the neos as a gift and have yet to try. I will now though.💕

Love the video. Don’t have neo colors but they are now on my wish list

Thanks Claire, I have just bought some of the neocolors from cultpens.

Ive just ordered the 40 piece set, cant wait for it to arrive👍

Thanks again for sharing another great video. I love your channel. 👍🏻❤️🐲🎨🖍🖌

Great explanation and demonstration, I’m hoping to get some neocolour twos soon so I can play! xxx💕

Thank you for another amazing video! I picked up 2 neocolor ii from Blick today to try out, after watching this. They are awesome! I'm ordering a set from them now. Lol. Vern Warner.

Thank you for sharing your coloring techniques with these crayons. They are so nice, but a bit tricky to get a smooth blend!

Thank you so much for this video ❤

@ColourwithClaire

Жыл бұрын

You are so welcome!

Another tutorial I wanna try!!!

Fabulous tutorial Claire. I have the 40 set of Neos and I LOVE them, but yes, smooth backgrounds were a bit of a challenge. Guess What I will be doing this evening :D

love ❤️ thx informative 👍🏻

I just got these colors Caron D ache neo color 2 set of 30. You are right they are beautiful,! marina

Great tutorial Claire, and it worked perfectly, your picture is excellent. I've used Neo's in my Kerby books and one or two have gone through to the page underneath and some haven't, I guess it's the quality of the paper, which I believe varies depending on who did the publishing. Tfs xo

Great video!!

This is fantastic Claire. What a shame I didn't watch this yesterday before I did the worst sunset ever with my Neocolor II. Looking forward to trying this out.

@cateyes3813

3 жыл бұрын

Hahahaha! 😄😆 Sorry! I don't mean to laugh but what you said really did made me burst out laughing - and I needed a laugh today, so thank you for your absolute... bluntness (don't worry, I'm like that too - anything you've said, I'm sure I've said something 10 times worse and made all the people near me wish they could... fall through the floor/just disappear! 😄)

Thank you sooo much

Thank you so much, lovely blend, fabulous image. I am having issues with splotches and hard lines with my neo IIs with light washes. I have yet to try direct to paper opaque gradients.

This is a fabulous video. New subbie xx

You can also mix the Neocolor II with clear gesso, white gesso, matte gel medium or matte varnish instead of water so your colors won't move when you add water (i.e.. base layer of complexion or flower.) And you can use water with them to make the splatters in all sorts of colors!

Thanks for sharing this Claire. Could you do a coloring page with them and show us how you use them to do a complete page. I have them but need so more ideas on how to use them more.

THANK U CLAIRE!!! Ive been trying to find a good easy tutorial that was straight to the point and I watch your videos but just saw this! I actually was wondering but I agree looks better when you put the brush to the crayon! I'm glad I found your video first since I follow you

@ColourwithClaire

2 жыл бұрын

Yes I got the full set!!

I've got the 30 set too and I hardly use them, in fact I haven't for a long time, I'll have to give them another go.

When mixing media, dry or wet first? Also, did you do the lion or background first? Thanks for all your great videos!

Hey Claire, great video as always! I notice your neocolors have a lovely point, what sharpener do you use for them?

@ColourwithClaire

5 жыл бұрын

A electric sharpener I got from amazon xx

Hi. I have them. That is amazing. Thank you for showing us this. Also. What type water brush do you use

@ColourwithClaire

5 жыл бұрын

I’m using a Pentel one here but any will do x

Love it! Fantastic tutorial as always Claire! I do use neocolors as well but I could never achieve that kind of smooth texture! Your waterbrush is amazing what brand is it?

@ColourwithClaire

5 жыл бұрын

It’s just a cheap pentel one x

@dropdeadpinkkk

5 жыл бұрын

@@ColourwithClaire oh wow! and to think ive been snobbing off the pentel brand at the artstore lol! Thanks Claire for always taking the time and effort to share your wonderful ideas !

Thank you!!! Beautiful as always!! With the water brush. how often are you squeezing it??

@ColourwithClaire

5 жыл бұрын

Barely at all x

@heatherpede8509

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Claire!! I’ll have to try it out on my picture I’m working on now.

Thank you so much for sharing Claire! When working in your Mythomorphia book...did you let the layers dry in between, or did you just go full ham?😙

@ColourwithClaire

5 жыл бұрын

Full John Hamm!

@taiee66

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you, was my question too😁

Wonderful!!!, but I have a question. You didn't dry the paper between layers. When I do that it gets all mushy if I use that much water. I really want to do this. Can't wait..

@ColourwithClaire

5 жыл бұрын

You can do it either way :)

Hi Claire, your picture is absolutely Stunning! Love your Background and the lion is spectacular, Thank You for this great Demo, i have the full set of Neocolor 11 but i haven't try these yet at christmas i was so excited and i tought i would use these faster but i'm not confident with these but more you show tutorials with these Neocolors more i feel to try these so Big Thank's Claire for the great video!

Thanks for the tutorial! I still struggle with backgrounds. Do you do the watercolor background at the beginning or the end. (I don't like how the water warps the paper.)

@ColourwithClaire

4 ай бұрын

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Hi Claire. Thank you for the demo. Do you have a recommendation on whether it’s best to wait until each layer is dry before adding the next or if you’ve gotten smoother results by working the layers when wet?

@ColourwithClaire

Жыл бұрын

You can do either xx

I dont have neocolors (yet 😊). But I am thinking I can try this same technique with my inktense pencils? Does the paper buckle or pill?

Hi! I remember that galaxy one that you did! It was very good! What is the link for that? Yes I will go and look through your videos now and see if I can find it but for future reference and for other people who haven't seen the galaxy one (it's very good dudes), a link to it would be very handy. It was so good that it really stuck in my mind, and I would have watched it... probably over six or more months ago. Love from Australia 🇦🇺 💕

Thank you. I use Neocolor II. This video is great. Am fairly new to coloring. Some colorist start with the background, others finish with it.Why is that? 🌺🐚

@ColourwithClaire

Жыл бұрын

Personal preference I think!

Hi Claire nice tutorial. I've used the neocolor on my Animorphia book for the peacock. Unfortunately they went through the paper after only 1 layer. To much water maybe?

@ColourwithClaire

3 жыл бұрын

Oh no, sounds like too much water yes :(

When u use them on coloring books do you gesso page or directly on page? I’m thinking good quality paper correct?

@ColourwithClaire

5 жыл бұрын

Direct to the page, good quality paper helps!

Great demo! Have you ever found when you are going in with the second or third layer, that you actually accidentally pick up and remove previous layers? That has happened to me when I tried to layer. Very frustrating.

@ColourwithClaire

5 жыл бұрын

Yes, I suppose it also depends on the type of paper you’re using

If I had to chose between this and the inktense which should I choose? What are the pros and cons? Are they similar?

@ColourwithClaire

4 жыл бұрын

I would choose Neocolor II. They are kind of like paint in a stick and can be activated with water and blended. Even the shavings are pure pigment so can be used like a paint. The Inktense are made of a permanent ink that cannot be reworked. They are handy being pencil format, but it's hard to get light shades out of them. Hope this helps

Hi Claire, when you used this background technique on the colouring book did you colour the picture first with colouring pencils then the watercolour crayons second or vice versa. What happens if you get watercolour crayon on the main drawing itself can you crayon over the top of it. I've never used these watercolour crayons before. Many thanks.

@ColourwithClaire

4 жыл бұрын

Yes I did the background last. I'm not sure about covering Neocolor II if it goes out of the line, so I just use a thin waterbrush to make sure I'm as neat as possible x

@nicolabalfour1316

4 жыл бұрын

@@ColourwithClaire many thanks for your help.

Do you begin with gesso in order to watercolor without bleed through to the back of your coloruring page?

@ColourwithClaire

5 жыл бұрын

Nope there was no bleed at all x

Which sharpener do you use for the Neocolor II?

@ColourwithClaire

5 жыл бұрын

A electric one I got from amazon but they don’t sell it anymore :(

Best way to sharpen the neocolonial 2?

@ColourwithClaire

4 жыл бұрын

Wide hole sharpener

Did you color the page first @. Then the background. Thanks marina

@ColourwithClaire

4 жыл бұрын

Yes x

@Marina-dm5oj

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks that makes a difference.I am going too try it .This colors are are so pretty!,

I’m torn between neocolor 2 or derwent inktense. Want them for easier backgrounds and maybe some color book stuff. 3x for a background?

@ColourwithClaire

6 ай бұрын

It goes quickly. I’d definitely go Neocolor II because they can be reworked and smoothed. Inktense would be streaky on such a large space

Hi 👋 Do you do the neocolor background before you finish the rest of the picture or after - or even... a mixture of both or something? Hi from Australia 🇦🇺 👋

@ColourwithClaire

3 жыл бұрын

You can do either, I usually do it last though x

@cateyes3813

3 жыл бұрын

Colour with Claire Thank you for replying on that - I really appreciate that 🙏 🌹

Do you wait for it too dry each time or do you keep on going? Thought I would ask you because it’s knew to me. Mine didn’t come out like yours . Need too try this. Thanks marina

@ColourwithClaire

4 жыл бұрын

Wait for it to dry

@Marina-dm5oj

4 жыл бұрын

Colour with Claire thanks !!

I know you made this video 4 years ago, so I probably won’t get an answer… but when I use these In coloring books I try to use as little water as possible so I don’t ruin the paper. My question is, how do you go in and layer and blend that many times without the paper pilling and ripping?! Thank you for this video! You did an amazing blend of colors! Hopefully you see this 🙂

@lilmisscoloring

5 ай бұрын

I was just going to ask the same thing

Would this technique work with inktense blocks?

@ColourwithClaire

11 ай бұрын

No because they are permanent ink that can’t be reworked. You could try to be quick and blend whilst wet

I have the Neo’s but only used them once bc the galaxy tutorial I followed with you turned out horrible 😂😂😂. Does the paper not buckle in those books with the wet medium?

@ColourwithClaire

5 жыл бұрын

No it holds up very well xx

Are you letting your layers dry in between normally? If not have you tried and found the results weren't what you were looking for?

@ColourwithClaire

5 жыл бұрын

You can do either, even if they dry you can still rework them with water so it doesn’t matter :)

@chloemarie7610

5 жыл бұрын

@@ColourwithClaire Thank you, I seem to apply too much water or put the layers on too quickly and my paper buckles. I ran into this technique by accident, trying to get them to lay better but I'm glad you put this out because now I realize I didn't put on enough layers and that I was on the right track :)

I have just gotten the neos but haven't used them yet. Can I ask the best way to remove the wax coating on them?

@ColourwithClaire

5 жыл бұрын

What wax coating? You haven’t bought the Neocolor I have you?

@idaloo62

5 жыл бұрын

There was a protective coating of wax(?) on the tips of my Neo IIs as well. I simply wiped them off with a dry cosmetic pad...worked beautifully! Sharpening them will also remove that coating.

@kathymcmanus1425

5 жыл бұрын

@@ColourwithClaire no it's the neo 11 it has a coating on tips

@beckyorstevejohnson7838

5 жыл бұрын

Kathy McManus I just used a Kleenex to wipe it off.

@kathymcmanus1425

5 жыл бұрын

@@idaloo62 thanks

I find the coloring books don’t accept water easily....all I see is a big mess of pigment and I would have a hole on my coloring book page but you make it look so easy Claire and I love what you do.

How come your pages don’t curl at the edges?! Mine always do when using them..... x

@ColourwithClaire

5 жыл бұрын

I don’t know, it’s good paper in this book but some copies can be different x

@suzeh9535

5 жыл бұрын

Colour with Claire hmm strange! I’ll maybe try another one, see if I had done something wrong x

I’m confused……this demo you are doing is on very textured paper but the result you showed us at start was in a smooth paper colouring book? Different papers create different results. Could you show us this in a smooth paper colouring book please 🙏

Very helpful, can I ask how saturated the page in Myth got and how do they dry? Are they like coloured pencils or crayons? I am going to treat myself to either Prismas or these or a good quality watercolour pencil set...I can only do this once and daren’t make an expensive mistake...💐🥰

@ColourwithClaire

5 жыл бұрын

Myth got very saturated, I did the same amount of layers and water as in the demo. They are crayons made of paint, that’s the best way to describe them!