Yesterday, I did some experimenting with hardness of drawing pencils. I printed out a guide of the different hardness of pencils and what they looked like. I have decided the 4B is the best for my value sketches and erases the best for my Watercolor sketches. I was having trouble erasing the sketch on watercolor paper and I discovered that my pencil was too hard and I was holding it wrong. This little (5X7) sketch is a practice in using the painting knife for the grasses. I had fun with it. Today I go to the dentist..No Fun.
2 comments:
No, the dentist is not fun. At least they don't seem to hurt as much as they did years ago!
I like your painting. I'll have to remember the grass treatment. It seems to make finer blades than I can paint with a brush plus the pigment seems to be better laid out.
I use a regular pencil (I think they are 2B but not sure) for my sketching. I can't see the lins when I use a harder lead but I press too hard to use anything softer.
Thanks FreeBird! The dentist was fine and I got my new mouth guard..the replacement for the one Charlie ate!
I do like to use the pallette knife/painting knife.
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