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Drawing Techniques: Creating Graphite Value Scales at Push/Pull

Drawing Techniques: Creating Graphite Value Scales

Learn about graphite pencil hardness and use it to create value scales and semi-realistic compositions. Masks are required.

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November 2, 2026 · 10:30 AM – 12 PM

Push/Pull, 2000 NW Market St, Seattle · $35 ·

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Learn how graphite hardness affects value and practice creating semi-realistic grey-and-white compositions.

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This is a PAID event that requires registration—sign up here! Have you always drawn stick figures? Want to impress your friends or work towards drawing illustrations and comics? In Drawing Techniques, we'll cover different topics each month, so you can choose sessions that interest you, or come to all of them to get a well-rounded drawing foundation! * August * Perspective: We know it, we fear it, but it's time to be brave! Learn the basics of one- and two-point perspective and learn how to apply it to your works! This is a MASK REQUIRED EVENT. * September * Anatomy: Why are humans so hard to depict? Let's break down the human figure to something more approachable for your creative works! This is a MASK REQUIRED EVENT. * October * Botanicals: Fall may be here, but that doesn't mean we can't keep drawing flora! Learn about how to draw plants of all kinds. This is a MASK REQUIRED EVENT. * November * Creating Graphite Value Scales: HB? B? H?? Ever wonder how graphite artists can achieve realism with just a pencil? Learn how to unlock the power of the humble graphite pencil, understand the hardness scale, and apply the rules to create convincing, semi-realistic, grey and white compositions. This is a MASK REQUIRED EVENT. * December * Drawing from Imagination: Practice drawing from your mind’s eye.

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