#powdered graphite

[tidalskii]

Graphite pencils + powdered graphite still life

[vonnart]

“Moon Sorceress” 🌑

This was originally one of my warm-up drawings that I do every morning but then decided to take it further with a bit of powdered graphite! Most drawing days, I wake up, heat some summer tea, then sit down and set an hour timer. From there I let the pencil carve its own path without forcing a direction and letting intuition guide me. Some results work, some don’t but either way, it’s a fun exercise to start the day!

[dorkbait]

Belated Patreon reward for Deb.

[nerdwingarts]

My latest Drawing project, a map of The Graveyard on The Hill from Neil Gaiman’s brilliant novel 

“The Graveyard book”

[brooklynmuseum]

"The toughest part about the standing/sitting still was to remain mentally engaged during it. And that's where I used my songs, basically. That's what I do when I work live, too, you know? I've got this song, and it starts at Point A, and I know it's going to Point B, and it's a thread that carries along through that part of my life." — Iggy Pop on Iggy Pop Life Class

Jeremy Deller (British, born 1966). Seiji Gailey, American (born 1987). Untitled (Seated Pose), from Iggy Pop Life Class by Jeremy Deller, 2016.  pencil and powdered graphite with erasing on paper, 14 x 11 in. (35.6 x 27.9 cm). #BrooklynMuseum © artist or artist's estate.

[punt-speedchunk]

Finished commission. Tried a new method for shading. I used powdered graphite with a brush after inking it. Then finished it digitally.

[jimverburg]

Untitled (the line between #1), 2014, charcoal and powdered graphite on translucent tape, cut and arranged on cotton paper.

[pallanophblargh]

Pallanoph vs. Moose. 

So I guess Mirthond is decently large. Clearly she knows how to use her size.

I used several layers of powdered graphite applied with fingers and shaped with brushes, 8B and 6B graphite for darker shadows, and a kneaded eraser for highlights. I'm pretty sure that eraser is the only reason this piece exists. Progress shots can be found elsewhere on this blog, if you're interested in that sort of thing.