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Graphite & Pitt Pens Test<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This started out as a doodle and ended up as a Prehistoric Chicken. (That’s my closest guess about what it is.)<\/p>\n

Anyway, I decided to experiment by using Pitt Pens along with my usual graphite. I’d tried this before and had some success, and this time it went a little smoother.<\/p>\n

I used Warm Gray III 272, Warm Gray IV 273, and Warm Gray V 274. They come in the “Shades of Gray,” brush tip 6 pack by Faber-Castell. That pack comes with three cool grays too, but I think the warm grays look better with graphite. I might use the cool gray pens in my next experiment, though.<\/p>\n

I used the pens to fill in the comb on top of his head, the feather \/ scales down his neck, every other band around his beak, and on some of the leaves. Where the ink shows through the graphite, you can see a slight yellow tint. I think that yellowish tint is fascinating, and I want to play with it some more!<\/p>\n

I didn’t convert the scan to grayscale so you can (hopefully) see the tint, or at least get an idea of what I’m talking about. (Click the image for a larger version.)<\/p>\n

When an inked area was dry, I covered it with pencil hatching to blend it in, but the edges of the ink were challenging to cover completely.<\/p>\n

Lessons learned:<\/h3>\n
    \n
  1. Use pens in areas that are going to be “hard” edged or are enclosed by a line.<\/li>\n
  2. The yellow tint adds extra interest to the drawing.<\/li>\n
  3. Graphite over the darkest pen makes a terrific deep black quickly, but there still is the edge problem.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    My Next Experiment:<\/h3>\n
      \n
    1. How about mixing warm and<\/em> cool gray with graphite?<\/li>\n
    2. Would that give the drawing more depth, or just look awful?<\/li>\n
    3. I need to invent some different techniques for blending the ink edges.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      That’s my report from the Drawing Lab for this week. I’ll report more experiments as they develop. :)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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