If you like a more painterly effect with graphite, Derivan makes a water soluble graphite in a bottle, in different grades, and in a permanent and rewettable formulations. I go to the hardware store for powdered graphite. It is used as a dry lubricant. It's for things like locks that you don't want oil to collect dirt and gum up, or a medium that absorbs water and can freeze or seize. It comes in a fine or extra fine mill, and depending on the manufacturer, is comparable to a 2B to 4B pencil.

@MelissaFurness

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Yes, these demos are definitely for those just starting out with materials... moving beyond this, there are absolutely many other things to try out, and so I definitely encourage everyone to expand their skills with even more new things. I am just happy to introduce you all to them. :)

Good job beautiful art good luck my friends

Excellent demonstration, very clear and concise. Graphite is a favorite material for me.

@MelissaFurness

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it :)

This is an excellent video. I've experimented so much, but you really did a great job at demonstrating some new techniques that I haven't tried. Thank you.

@MelissaFurness

8 ай бұрын

You're welcome! Glad to help you explore some new techniques!

Great video, covers the medium well

@MelissaFurness

10 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Nice video. You covered it all. I like to draw and paint on Arches cotton paper too. However, I put 2 layers of slightly watered down Gesso on, the first going on horizontal and the second vertical. After it dries I sand it lightly with an extremely fine grit sanding block. I wipe off the dust then wipe it with a damp cloth. Also, you can get a very black graphite line by dipping the tip in lighter fluid. I pour a tiny amount in a cap from a medicine bottle. 👍☮️🌞🌟✏️

@MelissaFurness

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the extra tips! There is definitely so much that one can do with graphite.

wonderful thank you..it cleared up some of my issues ..🤗

@MelissaFurness

2 жыл бұрын

So glad the demo was of help!

What kind of paper are you using? Water color or mix media? After you add the liquid white, is that acrylics?

@MelissaFurness

3 жыл бұрын

I am using mixed media drawing paper, 18x24 inches. The white is acrylic white paint for one of the demos. For another demo, I gessoed the paper with two coats first to protect the paper. I then used solvent and white oil paint to push the graphite with that one. You can see the materials also within the video. :)

Very nice techniques and ideas you shared, truly enjoy watching and learning new ways to add to art ideas. Liked your DC artist superhero, nice fun facts to hear at beginning. Great video

@MelissaFurness

3 жыл бұрын

So glad you enjoyed it!

@MelissaFurness

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Working on future videos... glad you are liking them!

@johnalmaguer7118

3 жыл бұрын

@@MelissaFurness I enjoy your creativity, very talented and you have very good ideas to help think of new ways to see things. Look forward to your videos

@MelissaFurness

3 жыл бұрын

@Chase Joel Hey, 20 minutes is great timing!

To make graphite powder use a drywall sanding screen. It works much easier.

@MelissaFurness

2 жыл бұрын

Great tip!

I thought graphite was a medium, used to produce one element of art ,LINE. Tuned in because of experimentation processes.

Just start drawing.

Adding salt and spritzing like a water colorist does..might be interesting.

@MelissaFurness

2 ай бұрын

Good suggestion--thanks!

Are we going to make cannonballs? 😀

@MelissaFurness

3 жыл бұрын

Ha! That's a creative idea...

I think DC comics kind of beat you to it. Superman turns coal into diamonds by just squeezing it in his hands. Not graphite, but the same idea. Anyway, I totally disagree about choosing pencils only one or two degrees apart. I have pencils that go all the way from 9H to 14B, and even these two extremes work very, very well rtoget6her when used properly. H pencils can be used for lines when the idea is to draw a very faint sketh or outlines that will be replaced with a darker line later, but this isn't the only use for H pencils. Most often, H pencils work best when the side of the lead is used to put down a very light area of blended graphite. Sometimes this is done over skin, sometimes it done with the white of the eyes, which aren't actually white, sometimes just to take away the stark whiteness of an area without being noticeable, sometimes as a base layer, etc. I know artists who use a B, or even a 2B for some of these things, but I find the H pencils much easier to control. One bit of extra pressure when putting down a layer with a B pencil and you have a dark line that doesn't want to erase, and simply won't blend away. Too, you can build layers with H pencils to get exactly the tone you want, and without the difficult of trying to get a very light layer with one of the B pencils, which takes a LOT of control. One slip and you have a dark line in the middle of a tones area that is hard to erase, and that won't blend out. I also use the H pencils to get a blended gradient that goes from very, very light to very dark in a pretty short space. Depending a little on the pencil brand, the 3H or 4H is my miracle pencil. I can use it to take away the glare of white paper without anything being noticeable, I can use it to put down a base layer on skin, or I can use it in the white of the eyes, which actually isn't white. It's amazing how real the eye looks with a layer of light graphite in the white. I know artists who use a B, or even a 2B to do this, but I find it much, much easier to control a 3H. I can also build up very smooth blended layers with it an get a look that I have trouble getting with the B pencils. Anyway, being invisible to the naked eye can be a very good thing because the brain does still see the faint gray of a high H pencil, and it changes the look of the drawing. One way to make high H and high B pencils work together is by judicious use of the middle ground pencils, the H, F, HB, and B. All that said, I don't want my paper coated with anything. I prefer very, very smooth paper, and that's all I need to do anything. On those rare occasions when I want to push graphite around, I use liquid graphite, and it pushes all over smooth paper. There are uses for it, and it can be fun, but when I get serious I just want very smooth paper, and my full range of pencils. I don't like abstract drawing at all, not even a tiny bit, but I do like to fiddle with graphite impressionism every now and then. But my first love is realism. Hyperrealism, when I can pull it off. I don't copy photos and haven't for decades. I often don't even copy nature, or draw people exactly as I see them. I add, subtract, try to do something no one else can do because they don't have my memories, my life experience, or my imagination. Hyperrealism of something that doesn't exist except in my imagination. Or that half exists in the real world, and half in my imagination, might be a better way of putting it.

@MelissaFurness

2 жыл бұрын

To clarify, this video is about showing some experimental approaches to graphite that are outside of the traditional norm. The greasier pencils are utilized for their ability to move around on the paper more, hence "pushing" graphite, as the video is titled. Certainly, I am aware of all that you state here. One cannot cover all aspects of graphite in one segment. Thank you for adding your tips! I appreciate your comments and will consider expanding the graphite discussion for future videos. Helpful comments!