I’ve always loved the simplicity of drawing with good graphite pencils and charcoal, but also enjoy using tinted charcoals and graphite sticks, pencils and paints, such as Derivan liquid pencil or Derwent graphitint and tinted charcoals.
Mountain hare leveret in Derwent Charcoal & Graphite Blocks, Faber Castell Pitt Graphite Matt Pencils, Vairico ArtGraf Tailors Chalk, Goldfaber White Colour Pencil on Clairefontaine PaintOn Denim paper. from Scrawlrbox #073. ©Helen Jones 2022, All rights reserved 
cuckoo in graphite pencil ©Helen Jones 2024, All rights reserved 
Rabbit in charcoal, graphite and white pastel pencil. ©Helen Jones 2023, All rights reserved 
Tawny owl drawn using graphite sticks from ScrawlrBox #087. ©Helen Jones 2023, All rights reserved 
Badger graphite and charcoal sketch, mixed with the reference photo (one of my own) the sketch was drawn from ©Helen Jones 2020, All rights reserved 
My first attempt at using Derwent tinted charcoal XL blocks ©Helen Jones 2024, All rights reserved 
Graphite rhino ©Helen Jones 2024, All rights reserved