Some Basics about Graphite and Colored Pencils by BeckyKidus, journal
Some Basics about Graphite and Colored Pencils
Traditional Art Basics Week
Introduction
Traditional art has a variety of very different mediums, ranging from scratchboards to oil paint and copic markers to mechanical pencils. In this article, we will look at the basics of the two best known and most common of mediums: Graphite and colored pencils. This article will also include a few tips and tricks on how these are used to achieve the best results.
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Graphite
This is the medium most of us start our artistic journey with - a normal pencil and a paper. It is the most common of all mediums, and I dare say that most artworks are done with this medium (counting all drawi