Sharpening a Charcoal Pencil

[@jeregamm]

Wow. Who knew an 8-minute video on pencil sharpening could be so satisfying to watch. Thanks! You've completely convinced me this is the way to start sharpening my pencils.

[@yeliface1]

Videos like these...relaxes me. Im an artist too...just by sharpening my pencils relaxes me.

[@prateek6502-y4p]

True for all artists😅

[@caileanparis9998]

All about the zen my dudes. Drastically improves and calms the hand

[@The1fromBK]

Always wanted to watch a full tutorial on this. Thank you!

[@pragawa]

Thank you very much! This is the best pencil sharpening video I've seen so far. Greetings from India.

[@cbugstudio]

So glad you think so, and thanks a ton for commenting!

[@cartoonish2]

big thanks on this video. i was always breaking the pencils when trying to sharpen with a blade. I think the big thing i learned in this video is not to move the hand that holds the blade. And that makes sense.

[@MegaHug1]

The tips on how to hold and push are such a huge help!

[@jillsy2815]

Wow! This was amazing! Slow enough to include important details but still fast enough to maintain interest! Can't wait to try it!!!

[@peac3mak3r87]

Wowa!! I was doing it absurdly WRONG!! Your vid saved me and all the former pain sharpening my charcoal!! Muah 💋

[@soulkitchen1979]

FYI and to help with your teaching explanation, when sharpening the pencil, the type of cut you are performing is a "push cut". It is used often in spoon carving.

[@appugiri]

Just what I was looking for! And the way you talk is meditative as much as is the action.

[@themeowmeow8898]

When I cut my charcoal pencil the charcoal always break even if I'm too careful. It is super annoying

[@matthewzenkiemendoza3415]

facts so annoying

[@IganishPerson]

i have it too

[@paracleteconsult8677]

Change your brand. Find something with soft wood ad use a surgical blade.

[@jillsy2815]

omg I DID IT!!!! It was so easy and it really helps to have that long piece of sharp charcoal❤❤❤❤❤Thank you!!!!🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@jyothis.6570]

Thank you for sharing this secret and it's helping me to sharpen my pencils with ease.🙏

[@IAS12aspirant]

Soo much relaxing and helpful thanks sir for this huge help

[@anieste]

I'm new to charcoal renderings so I purchased nitram starter set...the extender doesn't hold the charcoal enclosed...Nitram does packaging well. So I would forgo that sander and use common plasters' sanding product...it's sandpaper on a mesh so you can save the charcoal Powder for the art work.

[@Dodobird28]

How do you get it from the charcoal not falling out

[@niashontelle4670]

I was sharpening it with a sharpener witch was the charcoal was being broken so i was trying for HOURS😂😂😂

[@cbugstudio]

Oh no! Hoped we helped to set you straight!

[@newbieplays9874]

Same 😂😂😂

[@jinkyp23]

Wow same! I keep sharpening it with a sharpener but keeps breaking but i used a knife still cant because my hand hurts.

[@carolkewley7410]

Sharpeners are the nemesis of charcoal pencils.

[@sarxx8267]

Omg ! I just did it too 😮 and the pencil broke so i tried twice but then i searched in youtube and saved myself if i didn't search iam sure the pencil would have had been broken

[@lovewithpaint7330]

My mom already knew this trick and she helped me sharpening my charcoal pencil

[@beckyterry6733]

This was so incredibly helpful- come to find I was holding the blade in the wrong direction- so much easier with the sharp side! lol

[@noonaalswd]

thank u so much. because i just got a whole set of pencils and i had charcoal. and they did give me a box cutter. but now i can do the charcoal pencil because i didn’t know thank you.

[@stilllearning_]

awesome and thanks for uploading it.

[@dcardigan13]

What grit of sandpaper is advisable to use?

[@angelaheyne2586]

Excellently explained- thank you!

[@miaa1762]

The first time i tried this, i used a new blade and ended up cutting my thumb deeply. I can't even type with it because it hurts still, lol. I bled for almost an hour. Be safe, yall.

[@miaa1762]

@5,ooo LightYears Away yes, I was at the time!

[@yurilee9451]

I can just imagine that Oww...

[@taritangeo4948]

I didnt have problem with sharpening pencil but once i decided its a smart thing to scrape some old nail polish with a razor blade and long story short i gauged it into the nail bed it hurted like a b**ch even tho the cut was tiny

[@matthewzenkiemendoza3415]

careful that happened to me i was sharpening an charcol pencil i was a begginer so my thumb was pressing on the back of the blade and i cut my thumb so be caeful when sharpening theres more to worry than just getting the charcoal tip broken you can get injured

[@GABOVERDOSE]

May I ask? Is Soft, Medium, Hard type of Charcoal pencil has something to do with their tendency to break easily?

[@Julie-rq1ss]

Yes. I notice that soft pencils break ALOT more

[@angkari7244]

It’s to do with how much gum is mixed with the charcoal inside the pencil

[@labdian]

"This is your time to relax". I'm freaking out with a knife in my hand. No amount of work in the kitchen can prepare me for moving the knife towards the fingers of my other hand.

[@iRAWT]

Very clear demonstration. Thank you!

[@yopiejoy3499]

Can it be sharpen by using rotary pencil sharpener?

[@saif-sn7bp]

I saw the thumbnail and was like bruhhhhh

[@Moomoo0410]

I became worried when I was sharpening it with a SHARPENER 😔 Good thing a friend of mine that I use a knife or a cutter and I went to search and I was happy for the results 😍😍

[@theartoflanguage3429]

you sound just like JP from awaken with JP!! lol, I couldn't figure it out till the end of the video.... and thanks for helping me know how to sharpen my charcoal. ;)

[@c.m.1311]

I think so too!!! Every time I look up at my screen I'm expecting to see red hair and a headband lolol!

[@theartoflanguage3429]

@@c.m.1311 haha maybe we should request JP to do a parody lol.

[@Whatalovelyday90]

What's your knive called?

[@markangeloflores9180]

Sir what's inside the charcoal pencil in the casing. On the brand "Generals", there's a plastic inside the lead. I thought I sharpen it wrong. Does all charcoal pencil have this kind of feature? I've been using charcoal pencil for the first and I love the effect on the tone. It's just like using a black color pencil and black pencils with 6b or 8b grades 😁❣️👍🍩☕😄🎱

[@tasha5246]

Thank you!

[@jenniefrench1338]

I sharpen my colored pencils with a blade, pastel pencils, wc pencils and have trouble of all things with the Derwent 24 color charcoal pencils. They can't be bought seperately so I can't expose gobs of charcoal it just breaks so I am careful. With willow sticks and so forth or shades of darker/lighter values I feel that is more important to use the length. And I sharpen mine to relax too. Funny.

[@JeffChorney]

Excellent video

[@jannispawlowski5279]

U did my day way better

[@danielacruz9360]

Is there a link to a sanding pad someone can share ?

[@ScorpionsForever]

Thanks for this video, I was wondering what the blade was used for, now I know it's for my charcoal lol.

[@skylarfreemason8779]

wow thanks a lot very educative

[@annepercival7814]

Good idea about wiping the dust off after sharpening

[@IganishPerson]

i tried and it gave nothing when i did it this end was fully broken idk why

[@johnnycorcoran7489]

Hi did you normal brushes those sandpaper off? Cos the charcoal are so soft and end up the sandpaper are very smooth!

[@ZaijanDiosana]

Thank you now I know how to sharpen my charcoal pencil 👍😁

[@Spiralyne]

Thank you so much for this amazing video!

[@leowolastname2250]

Do you need to sharpen the charcoal pencil even when you get a fully charcoal pencil(literally just charcoal in the shape of a pencil type of pencil)?

[@gotyou9946]

Thank you

[@3loco.m980]

Thanks a lot

[@Naturebeautifaul]

THANK YOU.

[@Jenny-yl2hw]

Thank you, before watching I had no idea how to safely use a box cutter.

[@jazzlehazzle]

What hardness was this pencil? Bc w/ the 3B today I broke it every single time I finally got the wood to expose the lead. :P

[@jdrawsshit4837]

A charcoal pencil

[@jdrawsshit4837]

Looks to be either hard or medium grade

[@matteopisanello7787]

So relaxing

[@nidiapearson7409]

Very useful thanks!

[@zizi7967]

My Hero!!Thank you for sharing this video. Only 2 times my top broke, so the pencil is very short now cause I had to start all over again😂 But it was a cheap pencil, so that's np. I used everytime a normal pencil sharpener and the coal broke everytime. But now I know how to sharpen my charcoals🥳 Whoohoo👍

[@zeeinbubble]

I'm sorry but what's that black thing? Which is sharpening its lead

[@footyclips2352]

Bro just use a medium grit sand paper

[@angeliqueroux3017]

What paper do you use these on or are they only applicable to newsprint?

[@sanjaychopra6799]

Name the company of pencil

[@noonaalswd]

but mine isn’t sharpened.

[@johnhillis6662]

My charcoal in the pencil keeps breaking when I sharpen it

[@boxoftruffles6217]

Why do you look like you're hiding ungodly amounts of annoyance with that smile?

[@aldimzrt]

what are the benefits made like that?

[@lambohd8160]

he showed you

[@jenniferheintz1526]

You sound exactly like Nathan Fielder

[@49sr]

I thought he sounded familiar, hahaha

[@gautambarua3404]

Great helpful video. Thanks for sharing. But film canisters disappeared long ago.

[@WillCrewMusic]

Nah all you gotta do is get a 35 mm film camera and some film, take some pics, learn how to develop the film, realize you over exposed the entire roll, take some more pics on a new roll, develop it, yay it worked, get an enlarger and some photopaper, spend hours getting the perfect print, and realize you only needed the canister the film came in and didn't need to do that entire process. but hey, now you got some cool photos 🧍‍♂️👍✨

[@pippi456]

Thank you soooo much for the video!

[@makarvarun9870]

Pencil name please ❤️❤️

[@DanielZamarripa]

Conte du paris

[@feiwuxu701]

GUYS ROSS BOB IS BACK HOLY MOLY.

[@moussaemad]

I found it nearly impossible to sharpen the Conte 3B. Very soft and crumbled easily..

[@fatimahahmad4686]

I was sharpening the pencil and it would break then I tried doong it with the knife when I would finally get some led it would just break again

[@fothismatrixrespect9805]

Very thank full..

[@jiminpark7345]

The real fun begin when the lead break

[@nicolemadjo6610]

If I make that long and it breaks. Wouldn't it finish my pencil faster than with a sharpener?

[@haesungshi]

uhm just make sure not to use alot of pressure..? Cuz charcoal gives it colour easily so there's no need for added pressure

[@strongindependentblackwoma1887]

I just searched for vids of ppl drawing with charcoal pencils and no one has them so point like yours lol. doing this with soft charcoal pencil can be dangerous, hard ones are better for that kind of point.

[@kyrajanssen2052]

mine still kept breaking for 2 hours i’ve been trying 😩

[@ronanpasquier9375]

What we see on your video is not a charcoal pencil. It's a "pierre noire", which is very different.

[@lambohd8160]

that’s besides the point, he’s showing technique

[@gauravbakshi3650]

It. Is very Best pen for droing shadeing

[@damnedindarkness6406]

When I first saw that long tip charcoal I tought it is going to break only by watching it

[@pradippanage]

Thank u so much ... i have 1st time visit on your channel .. u r vedio very helpful for begginer artist .. subscribe ur channel.. love from india🇮🇳🇮🇳

[@annmargarettedeleon21]

What do you call that ping pong thingy like

[@tansoyt7011]

2:17 left or right hand really im using my feet

[@chetchet4896]

Wait... is that a Carbon pencil or charcoal? Its so solid... i see

[@zapolem]

no matter how hard I press Mine breaks the moment knife touches the charcoal, its kind of annoying since it was 2€ for each pencil :/

[@zapolem]

ok now I know, soft ones break very easily, but the harder the more chances they will survive :P

[@cbugstudio]

Be sure your blades are super-sharp as this shouldn't be happening!

[@bozoclown2098]

Use a callus remover

[@blk_lies]

this is a blackstone lead, however the method shown here is corect

[@w2blackpanther377]

Does this mean I can't sharpen a charcoal pencil with a sharpener

[@Heavycakes]

its not a fun way to do it ill tell ya that

[@haesungshi]

@@Heavycakes yeah just bought a pencil charcoal and I sharp it with a sharpener. And it keeps on breaking. I had to stop when it already reach half through the pencil

[@wckedcp3582]

What if it has no wood??????🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

[@cbugstudio]

You'd only use this process for sharpening a charcoal pencil! You wouldn't need to do this if you're using stick charcoal.

[@wckedcp3582]

@@cbugstudio i am using a charcoal pencil it just dose not have wood !

[@wckedcp3582]

@@cbugstudio i cant sharpen it like a normal pencil because then it breaks so what do i do???!?!

[@cbugstudio]

@@wckedcp3582 Give this method a try - it should work just fine!

[@SylvesterLazarus]

I... totally didn't break my new charcoal pencil twice before watching this video. I didn't try to use the sharpener for my graphite pencils either.

[@HachimaruuTV]

IS THIS GUY THE FLASH!? HIS HAND WAS MOVING SO FAST! :O

[@awts7823]

Some clips were sped up

[@016Jackal]

谢谢你

[@Artisticaedyyy]

I was sharpening it with a sharpener till now It was again and again breaking 😂😂😂

[@seshat9709]

I really hate to make this comment here, but perhaps it might be useful for those who try to learn how to sharpen their charcoal pencils without getting the same results as you do.... Actually the pencil Conté à Paris you are using in your presentation is by no means a charcoal pencil. The Conté à Paris pencil you use here is in fact Pierre Noire, a kind of chalk pencil which is very different from Conté à Paris Charcoal Pencil (Fusain), much less fragile than a charcoal one...

[@sumxkilla5561]

What if the charcoal pencil is rounded by paper?

[@guvencsimsek198]

Then peel as much as you want and then use sandpaper

[@ight732]

Just thanks

[@epicmedia179]

thanx god you exist

[@ashdragon8553]

But it's still broke into pieces. I used soft charcoal

[@PKArts]

Super

[@rosemafia3907]

I no understand you leangue but thanks for the tutorial by the way im from indonesia

[@anup2282]

Nice watch 😁

[@smilesketches]

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[@infernalorchestra6085]

Creativebug this great and all but wouldn't it be easier to just carve a lump of charcoal

[@cbugstudio]

This way ends up being a lot cleaner because you have the wood to hold on to, but feel free to do whatever feels most comfortable to you!

[@xdarcyt6650]

I didnt know a video could change my life so much