If your sandpaper ends up as well used as my own, wipe the pencil point on a piece of tissue before letting it touch the paper to avoid any overly dark marks. Always cut away from yourself if you value your hands (most artist's treasure them!) and if necessary sharpen it on a piece of sandpaper with a twisting motion. ![]() Although it doesn't require sharpening, the point on the conventional pencils is better for detailing and these were used throughout the majority of the study.īy far the best, and less wasteful method of keeping your pencils sharp is with some form of craft knife. Pencils: The mechanical pencil was only used later in the drawing for some of the darker areas. Derwent drawing pencils, F, 2H, 4H and 9H Pentel 0.5mm mechanical pencil with 2B refillsį. Conventional Eraser, cut with knife to lend a sharp edge.Į. Sandpaper for maintaining a sharp pencil point.ĭ. (As I know these tools are not always readily available in all countries, a piece of tissue paper will suffice just as well)ī. Blending stump - used in the earlier stages for the quick build up of tones. The overall size of the study measures 8.5" by 6" using, for the most part, conventional pencils sharpened to a point so that small details wouldn't be entirely lost.Ī. ![]() My own study was done on cheap stationary sketch paper, in an afternoon, hastened by spontaneous rapid techniques lending to a slightly loose appearance. I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to take such mountain and rock studies to much greater depths. ![]() I have an old 1906 copy of John Ruskin's Modern Painters (Volume IV, of Mountain Beauty) which is full of intricate plates, descriptions and indepth analysis of mountain and rock formations, much of it championing Turner as an artist, and much of it based upon the work of William Turner whom Ruskin so greatly admired.
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