Water soluble graphite

Water-soluble graphite brings the smoothness of watercolour to the world of graphite, for exciting effects and a shortcut to shading pictures. It’s a versatile and convenient medium. In this article, I’m going to show you how to get started with water-soluble graphite in Etchr's hot press sketchbook.

Water soluble graphite pencils can turn into paint as if by magic. Watch the excitement unfold with this demo for drawing waves.

This little drawing - done with water-soluble pencil - has been around awhile, but I've always liked it and just decided to show it at Hackberry Street Studio. The support is Yupo, which can be tricky, but it's become a real favorite of mine! The unpredictability of paint on Yupo is what I love about using it - with Yupo the paint can be lifted and you can fiddle with it, which is usually death to watercolor paintings. This drawing is about 5 1/4" x 5 1/2". Thanks for stopping by! Sold

11/9/17 water-soluble graphite, Canson XL 140 lb. watercolor paper Last spring when my colored pencil class made the transition from traditional colored pencils to water-soluble, I had some eye-opening revelations immediately. This week in my graphite class, we made a similar transition: Our lesson was in using water-soluble graphite. With the learnings still under my belt from watercolor pencils, I didn’t have quite as big a leap to make this time with graphite. Nonetheless, as soon as…

Illustration, graphite pencils

One of the methods pastel artists often use to place an initial drawing on their pastel surface is to use a graphite pencil. On a sanded surface—like Wallis, UArt and Art Spectrum—the graphite pencil is capable of a variety of lines. The marks flow easily and, by varying hand pressure, a multitude of effects can [...]

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Lorraine Glessner on Instagram: “I love this Derwent water soluble graphite...and they look so pretty in the box! ......................................................…”