I love graphite but sometimes I'm not in the mood to shade with a pencil because it's very small compared to a brush. So I think this is ideal when you don't want to use inks or watercolors for tonal pieces
For the layering, I think I personally prefer the graphite over dried watercolor vs the other way around, but as a sketching/value tool on its own, that looks /so incredibly satisfying/ Like satisfying enough that I'll probably be buying some to play with because I'm absolutely here for it.
This blew my mind 0_0 I'd love to see a comparison/contrast of this stuff with ink stones, like the kind you grind with water to use in east Asian painting/calligraphy! Those can achieve different degrees of darkness by how dilute you make the ink, but it dries waterproof.... but obviously way less convenient in a grab-and-go sense... I'd love to hear your thoughts on it!
I love it everytime you post, no matter the content. Thank you for being you and for sharing your art, process, thoughts and enthusiasm. Love how the pieces turned out and I love sketching with water soluble graphite pencils with my watercolours. I also have a little sanding block so I can sand some water soluble graphite off of the pencil and then mix some of it into my watercolours on the palette and just experimenting with it like that
Recommend artgraf it comes in the metal tin the graphite tends to be very buttery and more soluble than the little bricks. Their carbon blocks are very buttery as well.
the first sketch reminds me so much of classical figurative sculptures (david, etc), just the way the graphite kinda dries flat. i like it! i'm not really a graphite/pencil person, but these look fun to try.
the graphite pencils i use most frequently are water soluble. its awesome for undersketches, since once most of it is erased it will disappear into the watercolor without tinting it, and im able to get some really interesting effects in my sketches. I got a dozen from Jerry's for like 6$ and they're amazing.
I've been using it for a couple of years and I love this art supply. I got two pencils and a tin, all different values and so much fun to play with. I have used them for studies, sketches, black and white portraits and full pieces with some watercolour and white gouache touches.
The way it looks reminds me of when I ink with a non-waterproof pen and I go over it with a wet paintbrush, I love that effect 😮 this would be so good for doing shading practice without using my watercolours or inking my drawing. I also wonder if you could make this the same way you make watercolours, like take a pack of mechanical pencil leads and grind them down to loose pigment to make some. Would it erase the same way? That may be a fun paint making experiment.
I love the Derwent water soluble tinted graphite pencils and paint set. The colors are so unique. The pencils are lighter than the paint set, but they work together very nicely.
What an under-used medium this is! I wonder how many artists have purchased some, then not really used it? I know I have! I promise to dig mine out again now. 🙂
Just bought some of the Lyra crayons - bought some that weren't water soluble by accident (the US packaging makes them look very similar). Loving doing warmup sketching on big newsprint with them. Very satisfying to hold. The water soluble ones dissolve really well! Note they need a special sharpener!
I have a few different pencils from art alternatives. I think they came in a paletteful box at one point and they were pretty fun! I have used paints with graphite mixed in (I think from Derwent) as well. It's very useful for quickly studying value, for sure. They're not really a supply I've done full pieces with before though! These turned out awesome and the process looks pretty close to watercolor -- so I might try them again soon!
I've been using the Derwent Graphitint pencils for a while now, both color and gray scale & I really enjoy it. The way I've been using them is to do a full sketch with it, usually I stick to one color at a time, & then add water to lighten or darken areas depending on the amount of water. I also like to do a sketch and then take a Tombow brush pen of the corresponding tone and blend out certain areas. It's fun to play with and helps with concept ideas for sure. I haven't made any large scale pieces but since I know it can get a little messy in my sketchbook I do use some kind of sealant once I feel like I'm done with a spread.
I have a derwent set of watersoluble graphite pencils. I tend to use them more like a pencil and then use water when I want places to have a smooth texture. It's honestly one of my favorite things. It's really fun, but I haven't seen much on youtube with artists using this medium.
using water soluble graphite (wiping the brush on the tip, personally) is the most important tool ive ever picked up. it perfectly compliments and enhances the textured shading i already do with mechanical pencil and happens to do a nice job of stopping some smudging before im able to seal it, if needed. go right into getting a dark value pencil, you can get full value range controlling how much you get on your brush. I have a Derwent 8B Dark Wash pencil, and since i wipe the tip, it alone will last years! recently ive found ways to use it with watercolor for certain vibes, but since generally the drawing is in greyscale, its a great rich result to use when experimenting with coloring scanned artwork digitally. overall its wonderful for training your hand for other water based mediums without fussing with color mixing quite yet, but absolutely valuable on its own
as someone who works smaller it was a delight to see this medium used with such a large brush, i really gotta try that. maybe ill bust open one of those pencils longways for a wider brush surface
This was so cool and interesting and educational. I've come across a few videos on soluble graphite recently because it was in an art box. But nobody actually knew what to do with it. So it was wonderful to hear your actual knowledge from actual experience. And of course it's always a joy to watch you paint and listen to your voice.
Me encanta el grafito acuarelable!, conocí el material, ya que me lo pidieron para mis clases de arte y me encantó!, por cierto, tu dibujo está precioso
Your voice is so smooth and the way that you show the material is so calm! I loved it! If I was trying to show a material or/and narrate a video, I was probably gonna talk in light-speed lol Anyway, your beautiful, suave and realistic (but not to much) art style make me wanna start drawing again. Mainly because I through that this style is gonna be perfect in a graphic novel! And the videos are *chef kiss* Keep the hard works sweet lady!
always such inspiring pieces. I haven't done portraits in a while. been really scared to haha. I think i wanna practice later after work. thanks for this Arleesha
I love watercolour so am really keen to try this out. I much prefer painting to sketching and this medium looks like it would be fun for creating thumbnails. Gorgeous work as always Arleesha 🥰
I have a friend who uses water-soluble graphite when doing life drawing to indicate value like you were doing here. She ran the sessions pre-covid at our local museum.
I ordered them to try out, after I tried powdered graphite, really interesting to see how it would feel, in your vid it looks very tempting :) I saw Vanessa Leman use this water soluble graphite and got very interesting result, she is an artist I look up to anyway :) thanks for the vid arleebeen :)
im definitely interested in trying these out after seeing this! it looks like a lot of fun to play with graphite using a brush, and i actually dont own or want to buy any black watercolor so i always end up using a violet or brown for value studies, and this seems perfect for that!
Thank you so much for this video. I benefited tremendously from it and immediately ordered the Lyra sticks. To me it’s the gospel of values and I’m totally impressed by your skills. It looks like you have a soft spot for the Chinese calligraphy brushes which I have a ton galore. I like your voice yet you don’t sound like a Western national. Hope I’m wrong. I never touched that kind of water-solubles before but immediately took a liking to them, especially the Lyra. It was so rarely mentioned in popular media. Again, thank you so much.
I just bought a couple of ArtGraf pencils about a month ago-- this video's inspired me to play with them some more after work. :) The value range on your sketch is stunning!!
Thanks so much for sharing. I have watercolour pencils that are just black or graphite? I guess? And I very much enjoy sketching with them as a way to lay down a lot of even tone quickly. However, I haven't used them in a long time, so I'm feeling pretty inspired to pick them up again!
I have a water soluble graphite pencil, and i like to use it for my sketches for my watercolour paintings. I use a really light one and the lines just disappear as I paint over it.
Thank you for the demo. I ordered the 3 Lyra crayons in 3 different values? Tones? (A bit Rusty) They're waiting at my po box. Now I want the art graf pan of ws graphite. Maybe the colored blocks.
A friend gifted me a set of three of those sticks and I never knew they were water-soluble until now xD I thought they were regular graphite until I saw this video and said "hey! those look kinda like... waitaminute!"
Hi arleebean! I love your videos! They are very informative and relaxing. Also i was thinking of buying a set of water soluble graphite paints but it will most probably go through customs which can up the cost☹️
I prefer the Faber Castell Graphite Aquarelle pencils way more, than any other water soluble graphite, simply because of the performance and quality. ArtgGraf has some unique products but their water soluble graphite, looks always muddy and in some occasions uneven. Koh-I-Noor sells water soluble graphite, in a bottle with the thing long mouth, for precision. I like it more, than Art Graf
I've been a long time follower and I must say I adore your style as well as the calm, beautiful aesthetic of your videos. I wanna ask something though (and sorry if you have mentioned this before but I missed it): what kind of paper do you use? I watch you blend the colours constantly, blend the edges and I was never able to do this with any of my papers.
love the stuff but havent used it since life drawing class, should use it more now but always end up forgetting that i have a bunch of different types in a drawer
I've only used the faber castel pencils, and loved them, but I've been pining after the art graf blocks/tins for a WHILE now. I'm wondering if there's a difference between them?
They all have applications that are unique and useful in some way. I've seen many artists use water soluable graphite for underpaintings for water based media since it's less noticable than regular graphite and if it's painted on it won't lift while if it's drawn on lightly it will dissapear without tinting the color too much. Acrylic painters tend to favor it more than watercolorists due to the opacity of acrylics!
Wait a sec.... Lyra still exists? I think the last time I saw one of their pens was years ago at my grandparents. And my grandma has the habit of having things for decades :o
@@HomemadeCosplays that's true. But they still have those super old blue design that screams "Made in West-Germany"... And it's been a bit more than 30 years since the "fall" of the Berlin Wall ^^'
I have an old Derwent water soluble stick lying around for ages, that I only just started picking up again, and Derwent graphitint coming as part of a sample set. This video is nicely timed! You may not use it much compared to other media, but what you've done here is still very inspirational to me. Do you ever lay the graphite down on the paper first, before wetting it, or do you always use it as in this video: lifting the graphite with a brush, like a watercolour block? I've had smearing problems with the former method, might have to switch it up. I was under the impression that graphite hardness (or darkness) was based on how much clay or other filler was mixed with the powdered graphite during manufacture. Is that the case with this water-soluble graphite too? Does the Lyra have less filler than the Artgraf?
OMG!!!! What is that lovely pure red you used? I’m almost out of my Mijello Permanent Red which is PR254 I believe, and I love it. But its too expensive. IDK, it is my favorite neutral red so I might have to shell out the bucks
Another great video! Have you used artgraf together with the Derwent graphitint pencils? I'm considering combining them, but I'm worried they will look weird together.
'Chaotic pencil sharpening' is my new favourite D&D alignment.
This comment absolutely took me out!
I love graphite but sometimes I'm not in the mood to shade with a pencil because it's very small compared to a brush. So I think this is ideal when you don't want to use inks or watercolors for tonal pieces
For the layering, I think I personally prefer the graphite over dried watercolor vs the other way around, but as a sketching/value tool on its own, that looks /so incredibly satisfying/
Like satisfying enough that I'll probably be buying some to play with because I'm absolutely here for it.
You should explore more Viarco supplies like the kneaded graphite or the pigment blocks!!
Just have to say that I LOVE how this sketchbook page turned out
Artgraf also had color pigment blocks. I think you’d really like them! :)
This blew my mind 0_0 I'd love to see a comparison/contrast of this stuff with ink stones, like the kind you grind with water to use in east Asian painting/calligraphy! Those can achieve different degrees of darkness by how dilute you make the ink, but it dries waterproof.... but obviously way less convenient in a grab-and-go sense... I'd love to hear your thoughts on it!
I love it everytime you post, no matter the content. Thank you for being you and for sharing your art, process, thoughts and enthusiasm.
Love how the pieces turned out and I love sketching with water soluble graphite pencils with my watercolours. I also have a little sanding block so I can sand some water soluble graphite off of the pencil and then mix some of it into my watercolours on the palette and just experimenting with it like that
Recommend artgraf it comes in the metal tin the graphite tends to be very buttery and more soluble than the little bricks. Their carbon blocks are very buttery as well.
I'll definetely give a try. Tks for sharing! (Love the calmness of your voice)
the first sketch reminds me so much of classical figurative sculptures (david, etc), just the way the graphite kinda dries flat. i like it! i'm not really a graphite/pencil person, but these look fun to try.
the graphite pencils i use most frequently are water soluble. its awesome for undersketches, since once most of it is erased it will disappear into the watercolor without tinting it, and im able to get some really interesting effects in my sketches. I got a dozen from Jerry's for like 6$ and they're amazing.
The texture of your pencils over the soft graphite shading in the first sketch is really beautiful.
i'm just new to soluble graphite and looking for tutorials on how to use it..
i just watch ur vid and i love it! thanks for sharing !
I've been using it for a couple of years and I love this art supply. I got two pencils and a tin, all different values and so much fun to play with. I have used them for studies, sketches, black and white portraits and full pieces with some watercolour and white gouache touches.
I love the values and contrasts you achieved in these works! Beautiful, calming video as always.
The way it looks reminds me of when I ink with a non-waterproof pen and I go over it with a wet paintbrush, I love that effect 😮 this would be so good for doing shading practice without using my watercolours or inking my drawing.
I also wonder if you could make this the same way you make watercolours, like take a pack of mechanical pencil leads and grind them down to loose pigment to make some. Would it erase the same way? That may be a fun paint making experiment.
I love the Derwent water soluble tinted graphite pencils and paint set. The colors are so unique. The pencils are lighter than the paint set, but they work together very nicely.
What an under-used medium this is! I wonder how many artists have purchased some, then not really used it? I know I have! I promise to dig mine out again now. 🙂
Guilty as charged. 😃
I have a generals waters soluble pencil. I got one in an art snacks box and loved 💕 it so I bought more for my travel kit.
Just bought some of the Lyra crayons - bought some that weren't water soluble by accident (the US packaging makes them look very similar). Loving doing warmup sketching on big newsprint with them. Very satisfying to hold. The water soluble ones dissolve really well! Note they need a special sharpener!
I have a few different pencils from art alternatives. I think they came in a paletteful box at one point and they were pretty fun! I have used paints with graphite mixed in (I think from Derwent) as well. It's very useful for quickly studying value, for sure. They're not really a supply I've done full pieces with before though! These turned out awesome and the process looks pretty close to watercolor -- so I might try them again soon!
Very good tutorial and explication of the watercolor graphite.
My love for graphite and water colors is now satesfied
Excited to watch this! I’ve always wondered how soluble graphite is different from watercolor 🤔
I've been using the Derwent Graphitint pencils for a while now, both color and gray scale & I really enjoy it. The way I've been using them is to do a full sketch with it, usually I stick to one color at a time, & then add water to lighten or darken areas depending on the amount of water. I also like to do a sketch and then take a Tombow brush pen of the corresponding tone and blend out certain areas. It's fun to play with and helps with concept ideas for sure. I haven't made any large scale pieces but since I know it can get a little messy in my sketchbook I do use some kind of sealant once I feel like I'm done with a spread.
I been using derwent graphitint pencil and palet. I like them for my sketchbook when i want something mutet
These look so cool!!
I have a derwent set of watersoluble graphite pencils. I tend to use them more like a pencil and then use water when I want places to have a smooth texture. It's honestly one of my favorite things. It's really fun, but I haven't seen much on youtube with artists using this medium.
using water soluble graphite (wiping the brush on the tip, personally) is the most important tool ive ever picked up. it perfectly compliments and enhances the textured shading i already do with mechanical pencil and happens to do a nice job of stopping some smudging before im able to seal it, if needed. go right into getting a dark value pencil, you can get full value range controlling how much you get on your brush. I have a Derwent 8B Dark Wash pencil, and since i wipe the tip, it alone will last years!
recently ive found ways to use it with watercolor for certain vibes, but since generally the drawing is in greyscale, its a great rich result to use when experimenting with coloring scanned artwork digitally.
overall its wonderful for training your hand for other water based mediums without fussing with color mixing quite yet, but absolutely valuable on its own
as someone who works smaller it was a delight to see this medium used with such a large brush, i really gotta try that. maybe ill bust open one of those pencils longways for a wider brush surface
I JUST put in an order for artgraf paints, impeccable timing!
Oh, awesome! :D I hope you enjoy them!!
@@arleebean yes! It's the metal container, and I believe that type gets much darker, more like the Lyra stick!
I actually love water soluable graphite pencils, I like the effect of painting with it. I'm surprised that people think it's a weird idea.
I love these so much! I've been concentrating on graphite drawings lately and think these would add so much.
This was so cool and interesting and educational. I've come across a few videos on soluble graphite recently because it was in an art box. But nobody actually knew what to do with it. So it was wonderful to hear your actual knowledge from actual experience. And of course it's always a joy to watch you paint and listen to your voice.
Me encanta el grafito acuarelable!, conocí el material, ya que me lo pidieron para mis clases de arte y me encantó!, por cierto, tu dibujo está precioso
Your voice is so smooth and the way that you show the material is so calm! I loved it! If I was trying to show a material or/and narrate a video, I was probably gonna talk in light-speed lol
Anyway, your beautiful, suave and realistic (but not to much) art style make me wanna start drawing again. Mainly because I through that this style is gonna be perfect in a graphic novel! And the videos are *chef kiss*
Keep the hard works sweet lady!
OMG I've been using this all week! I'm so glad you did a video on this.
I really love the comic book feel of these pieces!!
I did not get that at all.
always such inspiring pieces. I haven't done portraits in a while. been really scared to haha. I think i wanna practice later after work. thanks for this Arleesha
Derwent have amazing water soluble tinted graphites, in pencils, blocks and pan sets.
I love chaotic pencil sharpening :]
It looks beautiful as always, your art is so inspiring
I love how your art turned out!!!
I love watercolour so am really keen to try this out. I much prefer painting to sketching and this medium looks like it would be fun for creating thumbnails.
Gorgeous work as always Arleesha 🥰
is so beautiful and interesting your use of watercolor and ink
I have a friend who uses water-soluble graphite when doing life drawing to indicate value like you were doing here. She ran the sessions pre-covid at our local museum.
Gotten a lot of ideas for future pieces from this video, thank you!
water soluble graphite is really good for field sketches, use it with a water brush and you're good
Love that the Art Graf ones come in tones too like sanguine and umbers
I ordered them to try out, after I tried powdered graphite, really interesting to see how it would feel, in your vid it looks very tempting :)
I saw Vanessa Leman use this water soluble graphite and got very interesting result, she is an artist I look up to anyway :)
thanks for the vid arleebeen :)
I've never heard of this, but it seems like it would be really fun! Thank you for sharing!
im definitely interested in trying these out after seeing this! it looks like a lot of fun to play with graphite using a brush, and i actually dont own or want to buy any black watercolor so i always end up using a violet or brown for value studies, and this seems perfect for that!
Thank you so much for this video. I benefited tremendously from it and immediately ordered the Lyra sticks. To me it’s the gospel of values and I’m totally impressed by your skills. It looks like you have a soft spot for the Chinese calligraphy brushes which I have a ton galore. I like your voice yet you don’t sound like a Western national. Hope I’m wrong. I never touched that kind of water-solubles before but immediately took a liking to them, especially the Lyra. It was so rarely mentioned in popular media. Again, thank you so much.
Lovely portraits 😊 I’ve been interested in knowing more about Artgraph graphite for awhile.
I just bought a couple of ArtGraf pencils about a month ago-- this video's inspired me to play with them some more after work. :) The value range on your sketch is stunning!!
Thanks so much for sharing. I have watercolour pencils that are just black or graphite? I guess? And I very much enjoy sketching with them as a way to lay down a lot of even tone quickly. However, I haven't used them in a long time, so I'm feeling pretty inspired to pick them up again!
I feel looser when working with water soluble graphite than watercolor. I love it!
Awesome painting
I have a water soluble graphite pencil, and i like to use it for my sketches for my watercolour paintings. I use a really light one and the lines just disappear as I paint over it.
That's an excellent point. I might have to try it myself.
Your art are always so beautiful. Love it❤❤
would you ever make a video on how you got into painting and how you learnt?
Thank you for the demo. I ordered the 3 Lyra crayons in 3 different values? Tones? (A bit Rusty) They're waiting at my po box. Now I want the art graf pan of ws graphite. Maybe the colored blocks.
A friend gifted me a set of three of those sticks and I never knew they were water-soluble until now xD
I thought they were regular graphite until I saw this video and said "hey! those look kinda like... waitaminute!"
Hi arleebean! I love your videos! They are very informative and relaxing. Also i was thinking of buying a set of water soluble graphite paints but it will most probably go through customs which can up the cost☹️
I prefer the Faber Castell Graphite Aquarelle pencils way more, than any other water soluble graphite, simply because of the performance and quality. ArtgGraf has some unique products but their water soluble graphite, looks always muddy and in some occasions uneven. Koh-I-Noor sells water soluble graphite, in a bottle with the thing long mouth, for precision. I like it more, than Art Graf
I've been a long time follower and I must say I adore your style as well as the calm, beautiful aesthetic of your videos. I wanna ask something though (and sorry if you have mentioned this before but I missed it): what kind of paper do you use? I watch you blend the colours constantly, blend the edges and I was never able to do this with any of my papers.
At 0:33 an Italian mafia guy making a smoothie out of a subordinate! 😂
love the stuff but havent used it since life drawing class, should use it more now but always end up forgetting that i have a bunch of different types in a drawer
I've only used the faber castel pencils, and loved them, but I've been pining after the art graf blocks/tins for a WHILE now. I'm wondering if there's a difference between them?
I really can't understand why people makes strange art supplies like this one, but its interesting
because artists are curious cats
Expensive stuffs. 😆
They all have applications that are unique and useful in some way. I've seen many artists use water soluable graphite for underpaintings for water based media since it's less noticable than regular graphite and if it's painted on it won't lift while if it's drawn on lightly it will dissapear without tinting the color too much. Acrylic painters tend to favor it more than watercolorists due to the opacity of acrylics!
Is it possible to get the 9b and just add more water to lighten the wash, or do u recommend getting a separate lighter graphite? Thank you 😊
What brushes are you using - they look fabulous! You have such a relaxing voice by the way😊
Wait a sec.... Lyra still exists? I think the last time I saw one of their pens was years ago at my grandparents. And my grandma has the habit of having things for decades :o
I mean, most big (ish) art supply companies have been around since the 1800's 😅
@@HomemadeCosplays that's true. But they still have those super old blue design that screams "Made in West-Germany"... And it's been a bit more than 30 years since the "fall" of the Berlin Wall ^^'
Lyra is still kicking it 👍🏼
I have an old Derwent water soluble stick lying around for ages, that I only just started picking up again, and Derwent graphitint coming as part of a sample set. This video is nicely timed! You may not use it much compared to other media, but what you've done here is still very inspirational to me.
Do you ever lay the graphite down on the paper first, before wetting it, or do you always use it as in this video: lifting the graphite with a brush, like a watercolour block? I've had smearing problems with the former method, might have to switch it up.
I was under the impression that graphite hardness (or darkness) was based on how much clay or other filler was mixed with the powdered graphite during manufacture. Is that the case with this water-soluble graphite too? Does the Lyra have less filler than the Artgraf?
What magic pencil sharpener was that?! I need it!!!
I like drawing with them into a puddle of water or else drawing dry and then spraying water over that
OMG!!!! What is that lovely pure red you used? I’m almost out of my Mijello Permanent Red which is PR254 I believe, and I love it. But its too expensive. IDK, it is my favorite neutral red so I might have to shell out the bucks
Have you used the artgraf graphite putty? That’s a lot of messy fun
Arleebean: alright kids get out your sketchbook and pencil
Us following along: check
Her: and now you just paint with your pencil-
Us... 👁👄👁
Another great video!
Have you used artgraf together with the Derwent graphitint pencils? I'm considering combining them, but I'm worried they will look weird together.
Woooooooo early party where u at🥳🎉
If you actually mix it in a palette with watercolor, do you get Derwent graphitint paint?
You are the shiznit. Thank you and I love you ;)
first dude gives me Elvis vibes
I think this is good for people who love to paint but may get bored of just normal pencil shading. So why not paint with graphite instead!
Have you tried the coloured Artgraf?
What's the watercolor you use?
And the BRUSHESSS!!! What brand is ittt?
(It looks like Chinese traditional brush uwu)
winsor newton cotman vs van gogh cotman which ????????
I just looked at this video and it says posted 5 hrs ago but in a comment it says 2 days ago ?????😳😳😳😳😳😳😳
Patrons and CZcams members get early access, so they can comment earlier, but the publishing date is based on when it went public
@@isaniart thanks for the info I thought they were from the future for a sec