Improve Your Graphite Drawings Right Now | Scale of Values

[@bradl3886]

You confirmed the thing I came to the internet to confirm: "graphite doesn't get that dark" I am a watercolor artist and always felt like my pencil drawings could never achieve super dark

[@charlesbell5500]

I use the exact same carbon pencils as in this video. I tried black coloured pencil with graphite before, but sometimes after 24 hours, the coloured pencil creates a white/clear layer of wax on some parts. That's why I switched to Mars Lumograph Black carbon pencils.

[@MacedoDrawings]

Good to know, Charles! I guess it also depends on which colored pencil you are using, but yeah, having a layer of wax is definitely one of its downsides...

[@francsgoldens6771]

Thank you for sharing

[@warkingdark9460]

Thank you for the motivation Both drawings have a nice feel to me and it's art you can't go wrong you can always improve

[@MacedoDrawings]

Thank you! Totally agree, experimenting doesn't hurt :)

[@lesafox4134]

Thank you! I am just starting to understand graphite/hardness/blending

[@MacedoDrawings]

Hello, Lesa! I took me years to understand graphite and other media, so I hope this and other videos will be a shortcut to you. Thanks for watching and commenting :)

[@francsgoldens6771]

You're a pretty lady ❤

[@alkannahcartwright4984]

Am an artist as well.both works are very good comparing them all two are great for different reason, the one in graphite is still correct value an gives more harmony,the other drawing has more contrast which is well done as well.i would say depending on the mode your going for is what truly matters in this case .i have come to realize that harmony is great an contrast is great as well

[@MacedoDrawings]

Thank you! I like both drawings, they are just different :)

[@ytsoupart]

Very well taught.. Thanks mate.. Loved this video of yours 😄😃

[@MacedoDrawings]

Thank you so much! There will be much more :)

[@supercheekykiwi]

I didn't like the Lumograph black pencils found them hard to use and didn't look right with the standard pencils. Something was off putting about the gloss levels. I tried the matt ones and found them much better.

[@MacedoDrawings]

Interesting! I'm looking forward to trying these. The use of art materials is a very personal matter, so it's no surprise some artists will not like the Black series. Thanks for your comment :)

[@suzannemartins9860]

Very good!

[@MacedoDrawings]

Thank you ❤

[@zxcvbnm6669]

Great video

[@MacedoDrawings]

Thank you!

[@paintersworld1]

Welldone

[@alkannahcartwright4984]

Do you work in high CRI lighting because that's a good thing

[@MacedoDrawings]

I don't know, I had never heard of it, but I do use LED lamps

[@alkannahcartwright4984]

Look it up . Cri stand for color rendering index , your values are already correct tho , but its still good to know about cri tho

[@beingchitrakar71]

Its really hard to make dark tone

[@MacedoDrawings]

Not really if you use the correct material!

[@etoileblue]

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