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.

Get started working with water-soluble graphite. Here's what you need to know about the medium to get started.

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…

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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

"Storms Brewing"-sketch by Tim Oliver Water soluble graphite ~ 8" x 12"

Water soluble graphite