-please continue to do some blind contour and several drawings using the viewfinder. Push yourself a little and make it challenging.
-Play with value scales. Practice, practice to learn how much pressure you need to get the value you want. Remember, building up value is a S-L-O-W process. My demo was a speed demo!
-Find a picture in black and white that has good clean values. Use your grid to transfer the drawing to your paper, and then pick a section to "shade".
Graphite Artists and Tutorials:
1. Great Tutorial on using the grid method by Mike Silbey.
2. Great Video by artist Linda Huber drawing an eye. Scroll down the page to Eye Tutorial and click to watch the video. She uses mechanical pencils with the different degrees of graphite just like that in your drawing pencils.
3. Understanding the Art of Shading by Rebekah Lynn.
4. Try following along in this eye tutorial from onlypencil.com.
5. Eye Tutorial by Brian Duey.
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