8 Creative Ways to Blend Graphite and Graphite Powder Tutorial Graphite is a wonderful and fundamental tool for artists. Whether you use graphite or graphite powder, these 8 ways to blend graphite can help you improve any drawing style as well as add to your arsenal of beneficial art practices. Fun Fact: Graphite was first discovered in Cumbria in Northern England at the beginning of the sixteenth century. In this video tutorial, we blend graphite by using the following: ‣ General Shading (00.51