Materials and Tools
Pencil Grades from H to B, in Plain Terms
What H and B pencil grades mean, which few grades are worth carrying, and how pressure changes the mark.
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20 posts tagged "drawing".
Materials and Tools
Paper Weight and Tooth: What the Numbers Mean
What paper weight and tooth mean in practice, and how to match a sheet to pencil, ink or a wash.
Sketchbook Habits
Sketchbook Habits That Quietly Stall Progress
Ordinary sketchbook habits that feel like practice and quietly stall progress, and the smaller habits to put in their place.
Sketchbook Habits
Reviewing a Month of Sketchbook Pages
How to review a month of sketchbook pages for repeated subjects, repeated faults and the notes you meant to use.
Sketchbook Habits
A Pocket Kit: Few Tools, Useful Pages
How a pocket sketch kit of a few tools produces more useful pages than a bag packed for every possible subject.
Sketchbook Habits
Labelling Sketchbook Pages So They Teach You
What to write beside a sketch so that a later page still tells you the light, the medium and the problem you were solving.
Design Basics
Drawing Simple Icons That Still Read Small
How to draw simple icons that stay recognisable when small, with even strokes, clear gaps and a real-size test.
Painting Techniques
Sgraffito: Drawing Back into Wet Paint
How to scratch and draw into wet paint so a line reveals the colour underneath without tearing the surface.