# @blickartmaterials on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DJ90Anwtts5
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/34014364-blickartmaterials-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/456cc4829a.jpg
- **Posted:** 2025-05-22T18:30:08.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Blick Art Materials (@blickartmaterials) — https://gondola.cc/blickartmaterials

## Caption

Graphite, colored pencils, and pastels aren’t just for drawing. With a little water, alcohol, or solvent, these classic tools transform into fluid, painterly mediums.
Water-soluble graphite lets you wash, erase, and redraw. Pastels and charcoal respond beautifully to alcohol washes. Even standard colored pencils can be blended with solvent markers for a rich, painterly finish.

Try sanding soft pastels into powder, brushing over with gouache or water, or layering color over a paint-thinner wash for a blended base. These hybrid techniques expand what drawing can be.

👨‍🎨 Presentation by Todd from our Outreach Team 
🫶🏽 Special thanks to artists valeriemckeehan,  jennifermorrisonart, susankuznitsky, whose work we included here
🎥 Filmed at Blick Studios in Chicago, Illinois

#MixedMediaMagic #DrawingToPainting #GraphiteWash #SoftPastels #ColoredPencilBlending

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## Tags

mixedmediamagic, coloredpencilblending, graphitewash, drawingtopainting, softpastels

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