How to Hold and Control Your Pencil
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Figure Drawing Fundamentals

How to Hold and Control Your Pencil

3.4M
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How to Hold and Control Your Pencil

3.4M
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Make sure you have a well sharpened pencil and do these exercises as you warm up to draw. 1. Train your shoulder by filling a page with curves, circles and straight lines 2. Train your hand-eye coordination by drawing 2 dots and connect them with straight lines 3. Draw 4 dots and connect them with an ellipse. Ghost it first! 4. Practice controlling line weight by drawing curves and shifting the line weight 5. Practice clean shading by drawing a 6×6 square and fill it in with even tone

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