Graphite Portraits

Made from graphite powder blends mixed with wax, drawing and sketching pencils are a versatile mark-making tool perfect for jotting down quick ideas, plotting compositions, or even for highly detailed drawings. This silver-grey medium has a high smudge factor making it perfect for shading and delineating forms. Like charcoal, graphite pencils or sticks can produce an interplay between light and shadow known as chiaroscuro.