A litho pencil for the modern day artist. Months of mad scientiest experiments have led me to create the perfect tool for drawing on stone. Phantom Print Litho pencils are 7/64 of an inch in diameter to ensure that even when dull your lines will stay fine. I grew up drawing with mechanical pencils so these pencils feel more natural to me. 

#1 = softest pencil/darkest marks. (marked with blue paint on the flat end)

#3 = medium soft pencil/medium dark marks. (marked with red paint on the flat end)

#5 = hardest pencil/lightest marks. (marked with yellow paint on the flat end)

The long reach pencil holder is required to use these pencils as they are too thin to fit in other litho pencil holders. 

When creating these pencils I also wanted to take the complication out of etching. So I engineered all of these litho pencils to etch with an overall etch of 12 drops full strength nitric (70%) in 1oz of gum arabic. Simply rosin and talc your drawing and cover the whole drawing with a 12 drop etch. Rub the etch into the stone for about a minute and buff your stone dry. Let the stone rest for 8 hours before beginning the second etch. Rub out the crayon drawing with mineral spirits and a rag. When rolling up your image remember to use very stiff ink or very little ink on your roller.

You may find that you need to draw with a lighter hand than usual when using these pencils. Such is the cost of having litho pencils this thin. If you need darker lines, I recommend switching to a softer pencil rather than pressing harder. I recommend purchasing multiple pencil holders so you can have one loaded for each hardness of pencil, If you only have one pencil holder I recommend doing a majority of your drawing with #5, which is least likely to break, and then switching to a softer pencil to enhance your value scale and get those rich blacks. This will minimize the amount of times you have to change the leads and accidentally breaking them in the process.