graphite pencil

Unfinished value study for a painting, worked in graphite on hot pressed watercolor paper. Drafted and rendered using the Bargue method. Hopefully, I got the photo oriented correctly so that the drawing will be right side up, once I upload it! If anyone has advice for photographing a heavy application of graphite, without getting weird reflectiveness, or speckled effects, I’m very interested!

Here's a drawing I made of pinup model Lalla.I used black ink, color pencil (black and grey) graphite pencil on watercolor paper. Many thanks for looking.

This is a drawing i made of peaches with graphite pencils

Not a massive fan of bugs but here’s a green beetle illustration using 2B graphite pencil, black ink and Crayola crayons.

Charcoal and graphite pencil drawing of Nelson Mandela

I have another cat called Donut who’s fluffy and has to have a lot of attention. I used black ink, white gel pen, graphite pencil 2B and Crayola crayons.

White raven created with graphite pencils, HB pencil, Winsor and Newton black ink, acrylic paint, white gel pen and Crayola crayons.

This is just a cat I drew using graphite pencils and a q-tip. Sorry about the bad quality photo.

Lol I drew a portrait of borat with graphite pencil

Graphite pencil sketch

Fun little duckling done in graphite pencil

Sketching with graphite pencil, waterproof drawing pen and Faber-Castle colour pencil.

Final Drawing. Progression image 5 of 6. 11x14 Marker paper, Medium Graphite Pencils (asst. B-5B).

Progression image 5 of 6. 11x14 Marker paper, Medium Graphite Pencils (asst. B-5B). Here the drawing started to come together. I used a metal tip to a mechanical pencil and dragged it along the paper to create the highlight effects in her hair. It is effective but irreversible, so I don't do it very often.

Progression image 4 of 6. 11x14 Marker paper, Medium Graphite Pencils (asst. B-5B). This is where I felt the piece coming together. I spent a lot of time working on her left eye.

Progression image 3 of 6. 11x14 Marker paper, Medium Graphite Pencils (asst. B-5B). Added some shading and fleshed out her lips some.

Progression image 2 of 6. 11x14 Marker paper, Medium Graphite Pencils (asst. B-5B). Expanded on her features. Spent a lot of time on the eyes.

I chose this image randomly on the internet. Progression image 1 of 6. 11x14 Marker paper, Medium Graphite Pencils (asst. B-5B). Just lines and feature placement.

Graphite pencil drawing

Testing new toys Tools: three of the psychedelic Koh-i-Noor Hardtmuth marbling pencils, Derwent Pencils Graphik pens, a CuttleLola Dotspen, Pentel Arts Pocket Brush Pen, unbranded gold graphite pencil.