Toothbrushes
Everyday Matters Challenge #39
These are our tootbrushes and I did two versions of the same drawing using Graphitint: dry and wet. I bought my set (24 pencils in a tin) months ago, but this was the first time I experimented with these pencils.
Graphitint pencils by Derwent are ‘Coloured Soluble Graphite Pencils’. Honestly, I don’t know what makes them any different than regular watercolor pencils. The only thing really obvious to me is that the pencils come only in ‘neutral’ color. No red, blue, or yellow in the set.
This is how it looks without any water added:
I don’t know if I really like the feel of these pencils. They are some what dry (not waxy), and therefore a bit scratchy. I had some trouble doing some details, but that could probably be resolved by sharpening the pencils a bit. When applied dry, the color difference between some pencils was so subtle that I couldn’t really see if it turned out blue or green. They weren’t as vibrant and as obvious as shown on the color code on the other end of the pencils.
Then I applied a bit of water…
Some colors changed; some became very intense, more vibrant. I was surprise how the originally toned down brown turned into bright orangy brown. I had to blot that part a bit with paper towel, in order to make it less bright. The orignally dark blue green (almost black actually) color became surprisingly olive green. I did add a bit of olive green at first (on the dry version), but because I couldn’t see it I stopped. Now I definitely can see it.
Next time I will experiment with these pencils in combination with white paper instead of colored paper. I am interested too see if the result will be any different.
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Lovely, Evy and thanks for the interesting description of your process.
Comment by Felicity — November 6, 2005 @ 5:07 pm
WOW!! I really like this drawing - especially after you added the water! Now I want a set of these!! Sheesh!!
Comment by Penny — November 6, 2005 @ 5:51 pm
Hi,
Interesting drawings and report on the pencils. I’ll wait awhile before I switch from my water soluable pencils based on your review, and thanks for detailing your results.
Frank B in CA
Comment by Anonymous — November 6, 2005 @ 7:54 pm
That water sure made a difference Evy. I love the results and your shadows make it wonderful.
I have these pencils but seldom use them. Now I want to experiment more.
Comment by Teri C — November 6, 2005 @ 9:55 pm
What a difference the water made! This is another great drawing!
Comment by Linda — November 7, 2005 @ 12:20 am
I like both versions of the drawing. Thanks for showing both as it’s great to see the difference when water is used. The dry version looks a bit like it was done with pastel pencils to me. Interesting how the colour intensity changes so dramatically with water!
Comment by Terri — November 7, 2005 @ 12:20 am
Wow, I was so suprised when I scrolled down and saw how water changed your drawing! Those pencils would take some getting used to I think–you did a wonderful drawing with them!
Comment by pedalpower — November 7, 2005 @ 7:22 am
Thanks for the experiment. I was wondering weather or not to buy them myself. I actually like both drawings very mucy…wet and dry
Comment by Lindsay — November 7, 2005 @ 2:14 pm
Hi.
Good design, who make it?
Comment by naisioxerloro — November 28, 2007 @ 3:06 pm