My on-again off-again love affair with graphite has grown quite serious lately. I don’t leave the house without a 6B pencil, and can’t wait to come home to my electric sharpener.
Graphite’s rich, delicious textures make my heart skip a beat.
It can be soft and smudgy or rough and gritty.
There’s no pressure to be perfect, because I can smudge anything I don’t like into something I love. Graphite lets me be the messy, imperfect human that I am. We’re perfect together.
In the guided drawing video
I expand on the last technique we covered by adding color, explaining each step as I go. Then I share some of my favorite pencils, swatching, smudging, adding water, and all sorts of fun stuff!

















