Today I grabbed a white crayon from my daughter’s school supplies to try a Watercolor Crayon Resist, and let me tell you all- this could not be easier! Once you read this tutorial, I am 100% sure you will want to try this yourself.
I have been trying many new ways to watercolor in my sketchbook like the Watercolor Salt Technique, How To Use Masking Fluid in Watercoloring and How to use a Glue Pen in Watercoloring and every one of these is so much fun!
Supplies you will need:
All you need are your sketchbook, watercolors, a paint brush and a white crayon.
Step by step Watercolor Crayon Resist tutorial:
Today I am sketching a flying bird in my sketchbook. For a tutorial on drawing birds check out- How to draw Birds Step by Step
Step by step tutorial of Watercolor Crayon Resist
Total Time: 15 minutes
Use an Oil Based pen to draw/write your design
Using an oil-based pen is essential when you are watercoloring. These pens will NOT bleed with the water. This step is actually optional, in the second example below, I wing it and don’t start with a pen design at all. I explain this in detail in my previous post What Pen To Use With Watercolor For Best Results
Erase your pencil marks
If you have a pencil guideline underneath, make sure to erase it before you watercolor. The crayon and 
Draw with your white crayon for the resist
Wherever you want to keep the paper white, you draw with the white crayon. The crayon will resist the watercolor when we paint over it. 
Wet the paper
To create a beautiful watercolor blend, I find it easier to wet the entire sketchbook page before bringing the watercolor paint onto it. 
Apply watercolor onto the paper
Paint your design as you would want- I’m using a rainbow theme and creating a simple watercolor background here 
The crayon will resist the watercolor as you see here. Some of the white crayon might get slightly stained with the watercolor, but it will mostly stay white. You can iron off the white crayon after like I did in my second example below. 
watercolor crayon resist Video Tutorial:
Watercolor Crayon Resist Video: https://www.instagram.com/tv/CAmfzH-n4RO/
I love how pretty the white crayon resist turned out! I did a quick scribble over the feathers, nothing fancy, but it adds to the fluid flight of the bird here. You can draw any design and this technique will work! This is so simple, easy, and inexpensive that even kids can do it and be wowed!
MORE Watercolor Crayon Resist:
Here’s another example, I used a sharp white crayon to draw my flower and leaves and create the Watercolor Crayon Resist here. I then used markers for this card and spritzed it with water to blend the colors. Explore How to Use Watercolor Markers in my previous post.
The best part here though- I ironed off the white crayon after the watercolor dried. Simply place a piece of printer paper on top and iron. The crayon will melt, and lift off the card and get onto the printer paper. The card will then have just watercolor on it and NO crayon texture at all.
Once you have mastered and enjoyed this Watercolor Crayon Resist technique, I have more ideas for you!
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