Some Artist Tips (And photo realism drawing sneak peeks!) 💙

 (Ariana this is for you, among other artists out there! :) ) 

I just bought some Tombow plastic erasers and I am thrilled, y’all! These are GREAT! They are gentle on your paper and yet super effective. They erase with ease and hardly shed or scatter graphite and rubber pieces everywhere. 

I’ve been using the Mono-zero erasers for a while now, and am very pleased with them. They are great for little hard to get places (that kneaded erasers can’t reach). 

I recently started using these lumograph black pencils and they are a MUST for photo realism, y’all! Very sharp and defining. 

(Yes, I’m facing my challenges and drawing hands! Ha ha fun and super challenging… I would recommend, Artists.)

This is what those black pencils can do: 

Tips on hair/beards? I highly recommend using a 2h pencil sharpened to a serious point (with sand paper) and press into the paper hard. When you shade over this imprint you will automatically have “hairs” indented into your paper! Isn’t that neat? :)

Here’s an example: See? 

 Here’s  a side profile study I’m doing right now… It feels like a beard study! Ha ha But it’s fun. :) 

Here’s how I hold my pencil for getting deep and dark shading: 

Hope these tips help, y’all! :) Have a beautiful night! 

And I hope I’m not insulting your intelligence, Ariana! I bet you’re a great artist! If you have tips for me, Fire away… Ha ha I’m not a perfect artist, by any means. Just wanted to share what I’ve learned after all these years of drawing. :) *Big smile * 💙💙💙