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This course is a style bootcamp, taking you through a series of increasingly complex exercises that you can follow through to develop your style.
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Hey all, really excited for this course! Eliza is one of my favourite artists and one of my main influences! I'm mostly an ink artist and I've tried to emulate the smudging effect with the blending stump through using brush pens (like the pentel colour brush pen) and then smudging the ink with my fingers; has anyone else tried to emulate this effect with mediums besides graphite?
Excited to see what we all do in this course!
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I keep my tool set limited for a reason. It removes excuses and lets me draw anywhere. In this lesson, I walk you through exactly what is in my pencil case. I cover everything from mechanical pencils with colored leads to my specific blending stick setup.
You will learn why I rely heavily on the blending stick instead of crosshatching. It saves my wrist from strain while still getting deep values. I demonstrate how to use a graphite-loaded stump to get dark shades using only an HB pencil. Then I give advice on how to strip down your own kit to the essentials. This helps you push your creativity through limitation.
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Limiting your art supplies might actually be the key to drawing more often.
Instead of carrying a heavy bag, try sticking to a mechanical pencil and a blending stick. This pocket-sized kit lets you work anywhere and saves your wrist from repetitive crosshatching. You will be surprised how much range you can get by simply pushing graphite around with a stump.
Hey all, really excited for this course! Eliza is one of my favourite artists and one of my main influences! I'm mostly an ink artist and I've tried to emulate the smudging effect with the blending stump through using brush pens (like the pentel colour brush pen) and then smudging the ink with my fingers; has anyone else tried to emulate this effect with mediums besides graphite?
Excited to see what we all do in this course!
I've started using mechanical pencil a lot recently but cannot for the life of me figure out how to put the new lead in once one runs out? Can anyone offer advice? I'm probably being stupid but cannot get it to work....
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2mo
Depends on the brand, but a lot of them you actually remove the eraser to place new lead.
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2mo
Hey, Glen! Most mechanical pencils are refilled by taking the cap off the push-button used to advance the lead. Some pencils will have a small hidden eraser under the cap which can be removed to give you access to the lead tube where you can drop in lead refills, some just have access to the lead tube and no eraser. Depending on the size of lead, you'll only want to drop in 2-3 lead refills at a time so they don't become jammed. Hope this helps!
So excited for your course! Wondering where you got the pencil box.
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2mo
Hey @melinda883 This is a pretty widely available pencil box from any craft store, school supply, or office supply store. There's a company called Art Bin that makes clear plastic pencil cases with dividers available at most art supply stores. You could also repurpose boxes you have lying around for organizing your art supplies! Old shoe boxes, cigar boxes, or sturdy gift boxes make great pencil cases!
I do love and use your method and I got into using a cheap Bic 0.7 preloaded with HB and spare leads because of Loish and using the stump because of you! In moments of weakness I play with the Blackwing set but you really can't beat the flexibility and fluidity of simple 0.7 and that smudgability! I definitely learnt alot by reducing the choices and drawing much more consistently. Thank you for the course and lessons!
