Set Graphite
I have the Faber-Castell Pitt Graphite Set, and...?
I was wondering how I am supposed to use the sandpaper sharpening block? I'm a beginner with this tool. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
Thanks for the help... But I'm not THAT new to this. I know about the pencils. I was just wondering because my sandpaper sharpener has a blue paper over the sandpaper. Do I take this off? Also, it has a green sponge-thing next to it, what is this for? All of this is glued to a piece of wood.
Since you are a beginner, the reason pencils come in different hardness numbers is to make it more advantageous for the artist. No matter what number pencil you are using, you should press down on the paper with the same effort. So you will get your darkest marks with the softest pencils and your lightest lines with the hard pencils. (Hard pencils have bigger numbers and/or higher letters) This is important as far as the surface of the paper in tact.
If your fingers are pinching the pencil, you are pushing down on your drawing surface too hard.
Sand paper sharpener; roll the pencil while pulling across for a sharp point. for a chisel point (to make a wide stroke) just pull the point across the sand paper repeatedly with out rolling. you can turn the pencil over 180 degrees to make the other side of the pencil tip flat as well.
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