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Yep. Have a set for a year or so. I love the greys. And I really like Port. Remember, they are tinted graphite.. i don’t suppose one can have a ‘yellow’ graphite as graphite is blackish. They could likely make a brick red … IMHO, they’re for those who draw using graphite pencil to add a touch color when wanted. Of course, you use them with any other medium.
I have the same set. (Or, as is so popular now in modern redundant speech the "exact same" set.) All of the color will be muted in value, as they are mixed with graphite. (Kudos to you for not stating pencils are lead!) Regular watercolor pencils and Inktense will have more saturated colors. This set can be helpful in drawing some details on animal paintings and landscapes. An inexpensive Caran d"Ache palette can be use for any watercolor pencil instead of wasting pigment on scrap paper. It can also be used for trad watercolor. There are some graphite based watercolor pencils that just come in sets of gray scale.
I have a larger set of these and also Derwent's tinted charcoal set because I do love the muted colour palette and the slight metallic sheen. Spectrum Noir also have a similar range that has some lovely blues in it and I've just ordered the Staedtler set because I didn't know about it! Great for landscapes and I use an ordinary watercolour pencil in yellow ochre if I need it.
I love graphite pencils....however I also have Steadtler graphite tinted watercolor pencils....they are a portion of the cost and the colors much more vivid.
I like the Staedtler pencils as well. Their set of 12 is very well-balanced, though it also lacks a yellow like all the other tinted graphite sets. It comes with one of those unnatural emerald greens and a yellowish spring green, which I mix with other colors for a more natural foliage color. I have the Graphitint set of 24 but find myself reaching for the Staedtler more often. Their color indicator is just a tiny dot on the top of the pencil, though, so I wrote color names on the side with a white acrylic fineliner.
Sadly a yellow is not possible, cause, as u surely know, as soon as u add black (in this case the graphite) to a yellow, the mix will become greenish. That's why graphitint can give us a yellow. 😉
I have used these pencils for an art piece in my sketch book. I found the muting of the color to be something that I didn't like at first, but have since realized that it could have advantages too. I am still relatively new to these so want to withhold judgement for now. Thanks for the tutorial. It was very helpful.
I truly enjoyed watching you draw a picture using these pencils. I'd love to see some videos with you using other mediums in a quick painting (like there is such a thing, haha). I'm at a place where I'd like to add gouache, pastels, markers etc. to my watercolour paintings. I'm going to go back in your videos to see if you have already done this. Thanks.
I suppose the Derwent Inktense pencils are more suited for landscapes than the Graphtint pencils. But the latter are excellent if you just want to give a hint of colour to your sketches. I have used both. Just my honest opinion. Thanks for your excellent videos.
I got the Staedler version on sale a while ago and I like the hint of graphite in them. The colours are still vibrant enough for my liking but not too "in your face". As for yellow you could perhaps use one of your Albrecht Dürer pencils? Thank you for the nice "unboxing" video - something I usually refuse to watch
I am dealing with lack of primary colors in the set in quite a simple way :) . I have a pencil case with one side of Graphitints and other side of Inktense. Its not like art police will come if i will combine both in a same piece :D
Excellent review and beautiful landscape! 😍 I love watercolor pencils and water soluble graphite, so I should like the Graphitint, but they don’t catch my eye very much. I’d like to try them, of course (experimenting with new techniques is always interesting), but I don’t know if they are really worth it for me 🤔
Yes I have the tin of 24 and there is a muted yellow in the set they are 24 useful colours and because they are tints use a spare piece of water colour paper for mixes before trying them on your painting best regards Steve
Great demonstration with a media I am not familiar with and the result was excellent. It is a real treat to see Michele’s art come to life. I highly recommend Michele’s newsletter always a great read. For those that receive the newsletter if an adult torso doll sponsor came my way I could not resist being their poster boy. Thank you Michele for your exceptional integrity.
Would love to see some more tutorials after you get use to these pencils. They are not meant to be super bright. They are an animal all their own and am still learning how to use them.
Nobody really needs them, but art supply lovers want them. Lol. They have a particular sheen to them that isn’t present in watercolour pencils and they do come in some beautiful and unusual shades. Nobody needs Inktense pencils either, but they are also different to watercolour pencils in that they are Ink based so do not lift when layering, are extremely vivid and come in gorgeous colours. I have all three types of water based pencils and I love them all for their unique properties ❤
I feel like they are more for people who like to do a sketch and then work it into a painting later, perhaps sketching in nature and just adding a hint of colour.
Oh I have not tried these pencils & like you, I am equally surprised by the amount of colors in the graphite pencils. This set looks great for landscapes or urban sketching. I would definitely be interested in seeing them used with watercolors. Thanks for sharing this with us.
There is a 24 colour set. You can buy the pencils open stock to add to the set you have. The colour caps on these pencils are rubbish. Also, there is an issue with combining graphite with yellow - it doesn't work, which is a pity, but there you are. Lovely sketch.
Thank you for an excellent demo and review. I have the larger set that some people have mentioned but it’s really helpful to see a professional use these. Plus I loved the landscape that you used, I may try to replicate your drawing to get more practice with these lovely pencils. Thanks!!
What a great tryout! They were not at all like I had imagined! I was surprised by the amount of color and how well they "melted"! I have a small set of F. C. Albrecht Durer watercolor pencils. So now I'm wondering, would there be any reason to have w/c pencils AND graphitint pencils?
I was especially interested in this demo Michele, as I have the graphitint paints and use them on my travels. In one instance, on a Trainy trip, our attendant thought I was painting with eye shadow 😂 Perhaps I should switch to the pencils. Do they have a slight metallic sheen, like the paints?
