Unboxing, Swatching & First Impressions of the Derwent Graphitint Pans
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- Опубліковано 27 сер 2024
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Hey everyone! Today's video is a first impressions of the Derwent Graphtint pans. I love the Graphitint pencils so I wanted to see how the pans perform. Enjoy!
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The Graphitints are quite interesting, I think. But it could be fun for sketching on the go, combined with a pencil and a small sketchbook.
Thank you so much for sharing. 😊
I totally agree!
I bought this set few months ago and I love it! I've had the pencils for very long, never really used them, but the pans inspired me to create instantly. I love the subtle shin the paints have on paper once dry, it reminds me a bit of some Primatek by Daniel Smith. I had no problems with graphite rubbing off as I framed my piece. If anyone is interested to see I have it on my Instagram, it's a negative painting of some fishes (October 6).
How do you use these? And do you find them a different enough addition to your other water soluble media?
@@Julie-vy3oz I used them like I use watercolours. I'm not a professional by any means, but for my type of art it worked well. For me it was quite unique for the muted tones and the graphite shin as I said, unlike the watercolours I have. It's a lot down to personal taste I suppose, but at least here the set cost me around 25 EUR so, not a huge investment.
Glad you like them! Thanks for sharing!
so happy you tried these! I was hoping you might. excited to watch this video.
Yay! Thank you!
I just ordered these as a birthday present to myself. I absolutely adore the graphitint pencils and am so excited to try the paints. I love the muted colors. I'm excited to see you play with them. 💖
Happy birthday! Have fun!
Thank you so much for swatching. I've had my eye on this set for some time. I would really love to see you a video where you incorporate them in a painting! I'm interested in how they work with your style.
Great idea!!
Thanks for reviewing this set, Irit. I really like the colors. They would be perfect for nature autumnal/wintery sketches 😍
Totally!
Thank you for this review and demo. I have the pencils and I love them for their moody colorfulness but, like you, I'm not sure what additional value the paint pans have. I get mark-free gorgeous color by taking a wet brush and picking up pigment directly from the tip of the pencil. The color comes out less graphite-y (clear and pretty), but of course this method is best for small areas and accents because each swipe only picks up a small amount of paint. I will be interested to see how you like the pans as you work with them more. 😊
Thanks Piper! Yeah, it really seems like something I need to keep testing and using to understand how I feel about it...
Now I'm jealous. I've had one on back order from Blick's. since August! I have the pencils & love them. I'm a muted color person. Matches my current state of mind.
Oh no! Annoying... Yeah, these seem hard to find... I ordered mine from the Derwent website in the UK, took a long time to get here... Hope you get yours soon!
Just got notification my back order shipped! Hope it will be here for Christmas-I am so excited!
What I like about these is that you could rub them just like pastels AND you can erase them with a regular pencil eraser. So instead of using water to lift color & overworking the paper, you can use a regular or electric eraser to carve tiny details into your paintings. Oh and the graphite in the paints leaves a subtle, yet beautiful sparkle!
That's a great point!
I love the graphitint pencils, didn't know about the pans. They look very interesting.
Yup Angela, they are, I guess time will tell if they work for me... I love the pencils too.
They are good for doing muted landscapes, I had my pan set in the November scrawlrbox challenge box.
This set is amazing to do actual book-like "scene" illustrations, rather than abstract florals or traditional watercolor. First you sketch on an iPad to get clean lines (very fade lines), and then you print that if you have a pigment-based printer (so no need for a transfer process). Then, you go over the outlines with the right color pencils from their set (different colors per item in the illustration), and then you use the same color from the paint set. As you paint inside the lines, parts of the line will get wet and other parts won't. This inconsistency (it will effectively make the lines thin and thicker at different points) is very desirable -- it'd be like having used a brush to make the lines, rather than a boring same-thickness-throughout pen. I hope I'm making some sense what I mean. The muted colors are also very desirable for "scene" illustrations. Look at the old illustrations of Yelena Bryksenkova (in her pre-gouache period, from 2010 to 2014) to get a feel of the kind of look you can get with this set.
I got seven of the Derwent half pan sets great to use.
Hello Irit, I’m sorry I haven’t commented in a while - just been very very busy with end of term. These Graphite pans are beautiful; so moody and what gorgeous colours, but like you as I already have the pencils and lots of beautiful watercolours I’m not sure how I would use them so I’ll be interested to see how you use them. One thing I noticed is that the pencils do seem to leave a mark behind when adding water so maybe that’s the extra benefit of the pans over the pencils. Thank you so much for sharing all your lovely videos (and emails) as they have certainly made me happy when I saw them pop up onto my list. Have a lovely week, 🌈🎨 Valérie 💕
Thank you Valérie ❤️❤️ hope you can rest soon! Yeah, really not sure about these, but time will tell 🤷♀️
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I think if anyone is looking to add some atmosphere to this heir paintings that they work. They are more bold than I thought but I love them!
I agree Lisa!
These look interesting! I just got the pencils today so haven't tried them out yet. I like those colors, they remind me of Prima Vintage pastels but not as chalky which I like. May give them a try.
Glad you like them!
I can’t wait to get these. I’m so happy you searched these.
Enjoy!
Oh, I love Graphitint pencils. I have six colours. I do not have pans but they look lovely. I love that they are muted with a little graphite sheen to them. Perfect for murky landscapes and even portraits of humans and animals. The only trouble I see with them is the lightfastness if you are going to expose your works to sunlight. All graphitints seem to be dye-based, so one needs to run their own lightfastness tests on them.
Actually Derwent rates their graphitint pencils very high on the scale, most with their highest 7/8- excellent.
Always appreciate your honest reviews. I love the pencils, am considering the pan set for mixed media collage where I am using a matte medium to seal it anyway and then I won't gunk up my pencils that I use with watercolors. Just thinking...
You might enjoy them then Meg! Perhaps it's worth picking up one pan before committing to a whole set :)
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Obsessed! I jumped on to Amazon as soon as you put down the first color.
Haha enjoy!
Thank you, Irit, once again for a great video! I've enjoyed your content a lot lately, but have not left comments for ages, sorry. ❤
I do have this set too and just like you am a bit unsure why and when to use them. The colours are beautiful though.
Welcome back ;) Don't worry about it! Yeah, it just seems like a product I'd forget about and not bother most days...
You got it! I thought I remembered you mentioning these. I purchased the graphitint pencils for my stocking this year, and now I just need to wait for “Santa” to bring them to me. Lol
Hurry Santa!!
I LOOOOOOOOVE that color palette :D
Glad to hear!
These are gorgeous. So funny I ordered this before you did video. Can't wait for them to come.
Hope you like it!
Love the Port and of course the Juniper. Don't think I'd ever get the pans, but I would def. use the pencils. I really enjoy muted colors for abstracts.. and gold foiling. Lately I've been obsessed with adding touches of gold foil. Nice video.
Thanks for sharing!! Love gold!
Thank you, Irit! The paints/pencils definitely look interesting. Since you compared them with the Primatk colours from DS can you say anything about their lightfastness?
No idea Chrissie... I think in graphite is very lightfast but who knows what they added to it in these pans 🤷♀️
Ratings are available on the manufactures website with enough digging. But make sure you get the right one. The ratings are different from the pencils and the pencils ratings have also changed over time. I had some pencils years ago when they first came out and they would discolour inside a sketch book. Not even a reaction to light therefore in that case. I think they’ve continually upgrading them.
@@dees3179 Thank you for this information! 😊😘
These colors are lovely. Just the subtle jewel tones I gravitate towards. I'm leary of jumping on board though. I was so excited about the inktense, but was really underwhelmed. Which is unusual for a Derwent product for me. I also wonder about how lightfast they are? Would it be safe to sell a work that included these? How well do they play with watercolor? I am very curious, and like you, Irit, I love the lack of browns. Hmm, Merry Christmas to me? I'll have to check out prices in the US. Often European brands are cheaper from Jackson's, even with expedited shipping. (I'm looking at you, Schmincke!)
According to Derwent's lightfast ratings the Graphitint is very lightfast, with most pencils rated 7 or 8 (excellent) and a few 6/7 (very good). It really appears like the pans are very similarly if not identically formulated, so I don't think this is a concern, but of course the best way is to do an independant testing...
Yup, yay for no browns ;) They play very well with watercolors. Enjoy shopping and happy holidays!
Nice video as I was curious about this set in particular. You gave me the idea of another possible dupe for this set and it could be to use a graphit watercolor like the Van Gogh or Viarco's and mix it with all the watercolors you are interested on create: with your purples, reds and pinks, greens, blues... So you can avoid the erasing some with your fingers as they are sealed by watercolors. Could be interesting. Thanks!
I think any dupe from the classic watercolor world would work just as well if not better. I don't like the Van Gogh graphite (too shiny and not granulating enough), but Viarco's product could work well, and if you can find it, Darivan has a liquid pencil that is permanent (there's also a water soluble option).
love them!
Glad to hear!
Thanks for reviewing and swatching pan set and pencils.
I have a few of the pencils and love them! I use pencils for sketching in the evening with a water brush. The muted colors are gorgeous. Thinking the pan set would be good for same. ✊🏾💕
You are so welcome! Yeah it is a cute little set you can comfortably cuddle on the couch with ;)
@@iritlandgraf Exactly my thoughts.
This is fortuitous timing. I received a special offer from Blick for this set and was intrigued. Thank you.
Enjoy!
I'm so glad you did this review. Ive had then in my cart but wasn't sure. Bought the pencils 3 years ago and sold them as I didn't know what I would use them for and now I can kick myself for selling them as the price has tripled. But I like all the muted colours. That Juniper is gorgous indeed ❤️
Yes that's a pretty color! You can always pick up one pencil and one pan in your favorite color and see how you like it 😀
@@iritlandgraf in South Africa I have to buy the whole pack. We not so lucky to have all the options unfortunately. But I might start with the pan set and see if I want to buy the pencils again.... Should have kept them 😂😂😂
Hello Irit... I have these in the stick set... I keep forgetting I have them so I don't use them as much! When I have used them I dont find them as 'fluid' as watercolour...but I have used them with watercolour to give a sharp edge or more intense colour. I think it's fun to mix stuff up... mixed media I guess! LOL... take care
Yeah you reminded me of the sticks, they are definitely more muted and graphite like than these... I'll try to keep them all around me and see what happens 😉
Wow, that's a nice selection of colours, none of them seem to clash with each other as sometimes some more vibrant colours seem to do 🥰 Probably the graphite undertones they all seem to share. Definitely remind me of those Van Gogh dusk colours, though those seem darker when painted with the concentrated colours. Or my Boku Undos - though those are only 6 different colours, so the palette of those is a bit more limited 😊
Yup they are interesting!
Those look lovely, and i did not even know they existed. Are they new? I only ever knew of the pencils. I think though that I will stick with just my regular watercolors, and when I want a graphite look to them, I just mix in some watersoluble graphite pencil. I love this effect, and so I sawed off a piece of a woodless watersoluble pencil, stuck it into a pan, and it's now part of my watercolor kit. That way I can have any color I want with a tint of graphite.
Btw, I keep wanting to like your videos, but youtube does not let me. There are no numbers shown next to the like/dislike buttons on your videos, and when I hit them, nothing happens. This has been going on for a while now, only with your channel though. Thought I'd let you know, so you can check into what's wrong in case this has something to do with your channel.
Thank you! You can absolutely like, the UA-cam algorithm still counts it so please do!
I changed it a long time ago so people can't see how many thumbs up or down a video has. When I first started I admit I was a little sad anytime someone gave me a thumbs down, and I never changed it back 😀
As for the pans, I really don't know... I think they are relatively new but I haven't really seen Derwent do any marketing and haven't seen them in store 🤷♀️
@@iritlandgraf Ok, I see, I'll just keep on giving you the thumbs up then. 😁
Thank you!
Like you, I am curious about who would use these over traditional watercolors. The colors are beautiful, but I don’t care for the brush strokes left. It would be interesting to see a painting done with them. Thank you for the review, Irit.
Good point!
I am fan and follower if the brilliant Steven Reddy. Graphitint is perfect match to his limited palette process. As if graphitint was specifically designed for tha fans of his elaborated process.
I got these and one thing I don't like is that you can't do layering because they reactivate on the paper even if they have been dry for days. It's going to be a challenge to figure out how to use them
I guess they are best for simple sketches, like a expansion of a pencil...
im talking about the brush that you used for the watercolor pencil
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I think these would be great used with graphite drawings, like animation style/tech superhero/robotic kind of things. Also I think these would work very well with pen and ink, that's what I see. I have the Derwent tinted charcoals, they are similar in feel to me.
Cool idea!
I searched in vain for the set in the US, and they were not to be found anywhere! I bought then separately from Blick's. When they arrived it took me forever to put them in some semblance of order. I was so grouchy when I finished that I’m not sure whether I like them or not. They were more expensive than the set. I too have the 24 pencils, so for me it was definitely over-kill!
I hope you can still find a way to enjoy them, or maybe gift them to an artist friend!
Thank you Irit.
My pleasure!
Thx for switching these! Why would someone choose this kind of product over watercolors?
Lol Connie! I think some people really love graphite and muted colors. Go figure ;)
I really love those colors but rather to get the Daniel Smith ones. What could be the equivalent colors in the Daniel Smith collection? Thank you for a great review❄️⛄️❄️
I think any of the Lunar colors would work, or just get Lunar Black and make your own mixes with that and any transparent color.
Yeah the lunar colors are a good choice, or Rembrandt's/Van Gogh's dusk colors
Lunar Black is too granulating to recreate these. I think it's better to try using graphite to mix in, or buy a single graphitint pan to incorporate into your paints. I'm not sure if it'll be the same since these colors seem to be more colorful than most dusky paints that have black in them. Also, these paints have a subtle sparkle in them that the Lunar Set by Daniel Smith lacks. It reminds me of the gemstone Primateks. Maybe you don't want that, but I think they create lovely dimension in the light. Plus, Daniel Smith can vary between staining to non-staining & can vary in how they lift with water. The graphitint paints can be lifted with a gentle pressure of an eraser, especially if I don't want to add any more water to my paper & worry about overworking it. Pricewise, they're cheaper too. Derwent gives you 12 pans of beautiful colors for $20, whereas Daniel Smith will cost you about $8 to over $16 a tube, depending on color or ml size. It's an easy decision for me. I'd rather buy DS colors that I know no other brand has, and buy redundant colors from other slightly cost-effective vegan brands.
I enjoyed this video very much...wish it kinda had a yellow even if its muted looking....mikelle art mom👩🎨✍🎨
I got these a month ago and it’s just another thing to play with. I don’t feel like I’d use them with my watercolors, but they’re fun. I tried to order them in September from Blick and after a month found out they cancelled it because they were out of stock, but they never told me. I ended up getting them from Cult Pens. I’m still a bit salty about how Blick’s customer service handled it.
Yup, another fun thing to play with! Enjoy!
That was helpful, thank you :)
Glad to hear!
I have tried and tried to get this paint set but unsuccessfully. I searched at Jackson’s, Jerry’s, Blick, and Derwent’s site and everyone is sold out with no expected availability date and this has been for at least two and a half months. I wondered if it’s discontinued
I got mine from Derwent's website Paula a few weeks ago. But yeah, it doesn't seem to be very easy to get 🤷♀️
Try cult pens.
hi i have a question what brush is that i just wanna check it out because all of my brushes are old and broken gan you please respond and tell me like what brand are they from
That's a Chinese style brush. Just search "Chinese calligraphy paintbrush" into Google, Amazon, or Ali Express and you should be able to find tons of them in different sizes and colors.
I wonder if I can get the graphitint effect by using watercolor and then adding pencil thereto?
Perhaps graphite powder?
I do that, and it works great. Get a watersoluble graphite pencil and just mix it with some very transparent watercolors. The outcome are muted, gorgeous colors. Depending on how you mix the paint and the graphite, whether you take your wet brush to the pencil or whether you scribble on your palette or the paper first and then dissolve it, the outcome will look differently. I totally love doing this, it's a really cool technique.
Yup, I think Schnörkel ajneF's idea is a good direction. Something like Viarco's Artgraf pencil tin would also work, or Derivan's liquid pencil (comes in jars and tubes but is hard to find sometimes).
Can I ask your opinion?! I have the vibrant set from Van Goh but I miss some "basic" color like magenta, ochre, browns, I want to buy from aliexpress because in Brasil art material is expensive, I'm in doubt between cotman, white nights, sonnet, lukas and paul rubens , from the brand that you try which one you recommed the most?
great december
I would either go with Lukas or white nights, happy holidays!
Thanks Irit. What is your recommendation for watersoluble pencils? I think you mentioned some midway, were those derwent too?
Hmm... I don't use them as much as I used to, but the Stabilo All pencils are fantastic, the black is intense and the graphite is great too. If you want regular watercolor pencils then my fave is Caran D'ache museum aquarelle (pricey...). The graphitint are a nice variation of a watersoluble graphite pencil. hope that helps!
@@iritlandgraf yes, very helpful, I remembered that I have a few colors of stabilo all, a museum aquarelle, an albercht durer and that I don't really need a set, maybe just a few more colors.
Ach das ist ja cool, wo hast das denn gefunden? Sieht interessant aus, haben wollen :-) werde ich natürlich auch testen :-)
Check the info section 😀
I have these. Can’t tell half the colours apart.
Really? I was surprised at how much more vibrant they are. I thought they would be 12 shades of grey but they aren't.
I think you have the graphitint **blocks** which have more graphite in them and seem to look the same in hue as each other. These graphitint **pans** are definitely different, bc the colors are absolutely individual from one another.
@@YourMajesty143 I even ended up taking photos and sending to the supplier who sent out a couple of replacements because they couldn't tell them apart either. It's the bottom row mostly for me. I think I got a duff set. I ended up replacing a couple of colours with inktense and watercolour to give a more functional set. The sparkling is really pretty. When the plague is over I will try and find someone with a set in person to see if theirs is better and if it's worth buying again.
You can always you fix the graphite
What do you choose to use for the fixative?
correct. A spray fixative is the easiest IMO Kristina, any art store carries them.