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Another thing you can do with water-color pencils, rather than cover the entire area,
what I've found really, really handy to do, is, if you're up trying to fill a small, tiny
spot next to something, or you just want an interesting effect, this is a really good
way to get a line and shadow at the same time. So, you're going to make your line, and then
rather than go over the entire line, you're going to load your brush with the tiny tip
on it that we talked about. You're going to come right up next to it, and you're going
to run the water, right like that. So you've got a nice, sharp line on one side, and then
the rest of the color is flowing into your paper that way. So it's a really good effect
for borders of things, for...for any different things, for what I use...I....I can only imagine
what kind of effects you could get with...with flowers or whatever else you were painting
doing this. So, you take your line, and you can do it with a thick line as well, but typically
I like to use this particular effect with a thinner line. So you've just got your one
line like that. Run your color up next to it. This is one example when you do need a
really nice brush to keep that point. And you're going to do it that way. That way you'll
have your wash all on one side, and the other side stays clean. And that's how you can get
a really interesting effect with just one water-color pencil line and a good brush.