We used wax based Prismacolor colored pencils for our samples, but water soluble pencils will work just as well. In fact, since Sheer Heaven is impervious to moisture, you can use as wet a brush as you wish to blend watercolor pencils and you will not have to deal with wrinkling or warping.

One of our favorite tricks using the waxed based pencils is to add a flat color backgound after the illustration is colored in by dying the piece of Sheer Heaven in an acrylic wash or dye bath. See the flower sample below left. The wax based colored pencil resists the dye and is not affected by its color.

You can also add a background color after the fact, by smearing color of any kind onto the backside of Sheer Heaven. It will show through slightly muted.

A recent discovery is the fact that certain brands (Inktense is best) of colored pencil will transfer via the Sheer Heaven alcohol method, So a colored pencil painting or drawing can be transferred to fabric, for example. Try this Link "Inktense" on our Art Blog for details.