Art Graf Water-Soluble Tailors Chalk Square Disc, Magenta

I read the reviews before purchasing-thank you, everyone who goes to the effort to comment on purchases--and saw a number of comments about not being able to get a purple when mixing these colors, which suggested to me that the red leaned more towards orange than towards a blue-red. This has proven to be the case--the red is kind of brick color.Given that heads-up, I also ordered the singleton magenta to fill in the gap. The magenta and blue together make a very pretty range of true purples from lilac and lavender through a deep iris If you're seeking purple--there you go.I also find that the cover for the cork three-pack is sized generously enough to slip the single in on top of another piece of graphite--obviously not while wet, but it's a means of keeping the spare from wandering.I also have a green (looks like a blue-green in the picture) singleton on order. If anyone is curious about how this blends, let me know and I'll post the outcome.

Artgraf Graphite Disc is a multipurpose item. Use it dry to draw on paper, canvas, wood, etc., use it to draw on wet surfaces, dampen it to create bold lines, or use it as watercolor with a wet brush. I've used Graphite Disc in each of these ways. I especially like it for quick sketches with a wet brush and I've added to my oil and cold wax paintings.

Very very water soluble and Will last a very very long time!Few things I noticed.> Label color gradient is misleading. It makes it seem like it is capable of concentrating to a near black. This is not true. It goes to a deep sepia brown color but not black ever.> It also appears more red in the picture, making the actual color appear yellow by comparison.> The color changes colors from wet to dry. Wet it is a bit more yellow, which I didn't appreciate when first using, but dried to a more true sepia shade.Other than these things, it makes a good general value paint, and mixes with watercolor well. It dullens bright colors readily into really nice muted shades.

I do love the product and don't like to ding it with Amazon's shortcomings, but when it was delivered the disc had broken into several pieces. Now, this doesn't affect the product's usability, other than It's harder to take it out into the field without bits of it getting everywhere. With just a little more care in packing it wouldn't happen. But I do love this little opaque pressed disc. It's a great thing when painting on location!

Loved the color and washout of this chalk!

It is very nice when dry but the color really pops when wet, so stunning and vivid. They mix well when wet but I have to play with them to get the color I want.Update 01/17: I received magenta today. Such a beautiful color, even more so when wet.

Love these cakes. I Have mine in a small container that I stash in my bag with a travel brush. It is rich in color and intensity or subtle in a wash and love all the ranges in between. Very high quality. A little goes a long way. Best cakes I've bought. I use them for fast sketches mostly, but I know I will be using them even more in my other art.

I used the graphite a lot and was curious about these. I LOVE the rich colour. Wetting the bricks is east too and. Little can go a long way. Will use this for my portraits and figures and layering. Only down to ot is that it arrived broken. Could be broken worse I guess.

Nice product but sipping was terrible.It came broken into pieces and made dirty my other product that was same box.