graphite

Portrait #8 of Jethro the crazy kitty is done in graphite. Each of my nine portraits of Jethro presents a different art medium on a 3.5″ x 3.5″ Claybord™ Tile, created and manufactured by Ampersand Art Supply. I haven’t worked with graphite for decades, so I had to dust off my pencils and get my feet wet again. Claybord is ultra-smooth, with no ‘tooth’ as is common in paper surfaces designed to trap the particles when drawing with graphite, charcoal, … Read More