CarlOwen wrote:Post some of your work so we can see the product you are talking about so we can talk about different artist's techniques of production. Otherwise I can only see this as vailed attempt at circumventing advertising costs to attract people to your community art site. What say you to my comments?
Whatever ,,, first of all heres a reply you gave to a picture I posted on Sun Oct 18, 2015 12:44 pm
by CarlOwen » Sun Oct 18, 2015 6:42 pm
Once you are finished with the 6b pencil you have to go to a charcoal pencil to darken the areas that need darkened to complete the proper shading. It can be difficult if you have put to much 6b graphite in that darkened area. Then with a clean erasure each time it touches the paper, erase the areas you want highlighted. If you want it hard and dramatic do not blend light and dark areas. If you want a more form filled soft look, use your little finger. And constantly wash that finger with a damp paper towel so your finger will dry faster. If you touch the paper with a wet finger you are screwed. There is no way to fix that mistake. I find stubbles useless as you spend to much time shaving them and after the first stroke you have the mixed pressure of darks problems that you did not want to see.
I found a much better way. Use sepia, conte and charcoal pencils to start with. Start with the lighter red color and then move to the darker brown color then to the charcoal. Again, use the erasure to lighten areas. If you use a white pencil for highlights you cannot apply a fixative. The white pencil shading disappears with the use of fixative. I like using fixative because of the darkening of the color values. Knowing that, I make sure that my erasures are complete in the areas I want to be extremely light. Without a fixative, there is always the danger the finished product will be damaged, even under glass or clear plastic. Hope this helps. By the way this is not a purist artist method and many art snobs will sneer at what I have said. However, it is the strength of the visual presentation that really counts, at least in my mind.
Secondly I dont necessarily agree with the supposition that you need to have artwork to assess whether or not a way of holding your pencil is valid for a topic. I could go on and on about the various approaches of how holding a pencil has merit and doesn't. In my years of art school there was always a great divide with the close up holders and the people who hold it back . Simple as that. I think its a very valid topic.
Thirldy I am only following the rules and
NEVER have I spammed I do participate in many forums and have a excellent code of being sincere and never do I spam. I feel your comment is a little crass and a bit presumptuous. Because I
personally run a business , Have a very nice website and have been an artist my whole life. geez.
Ironically I just posted another pic of my work before I read this . Ridiculous.
Well that turned me off a bit. I wont be back here for a while. Guys there is a multitude of respectable artist forums. Don't be to full of yourselves.
