Sharpening a Charcoal Pencil

Illustrator David Tenorio walks you through his technique of sharpening a charcoal pencil for his anatomy drawing courses. Find out more at www.creativebug.com/instructo...

[@caileanparis9998]

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

[@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.

[@psinha6502]

True for all artists😅

[@peac3mak3r87]

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

[@The1fromBK]

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

[@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!!!

[@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

[@appugiri]

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

[@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.

[@iRAWT]

Very clear demonstration. Thank you!

[@IAS12aspirant]

Soo much relaxing and helpful thanks sir for this huge help

[@stilllearning_]

awesome and thanks for uploading it.

[@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!

[@saif-sn7bp]

I saw the thumbnail and was like bruhhhhh

[@angelaheyne2586]

Excellently explained- thank you!

[@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.

[@jyothis.6570]

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

[@GayCorvidae69]

Thank you so much, this helped a lot!

[@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

[@jillsy2815]

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

[@Spiralyne]

Thank you so much for this amazing video!

[@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

[@matteopisanello7787]

So relaxing

[@lovewithpaint7330]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@humanbeing5636]

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

[@JeffChorney]

Excellent video

[@nidiapearson7409]

Very useful thanks!

[@pippi456]

Thank you soooo much for the video!

[@skylarfreemason8779]

wow thanks a lot very educative

[@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 😍😍

[@tasha5246]

Thank you!

[@Jenny-yl2hw]

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

[@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.

[@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)?

[@Naturebeautifaul]

THANK YOU.

[@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 👍😁

[@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

[@dcardigan13]

What grit of sandpaper is advisable to use?

[@3loco.m980]

Thanks a lot

[@angeliqueroux3017]

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

[@gotyou9946]

Thank you

[@soulssolojourney9805]

Very thank full..

[@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 😁❣️👍🍩☕😄🎱

[@annepercival7814]

Good idea about wiping the dust off after sharpening

[@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.

[@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.

[@gautambarua3404]

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

[@moussaemad]

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

[@danielacruz9360]

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

[@yopiejoy3499]

Can it be sharpen by using rotary pencil sharpener?

[@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👍

[@boxoftruffles6217]

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

[@jiminpark7345]

The real fun begin when the lead break

[@feiwuxu701]

GUYS ROSS BOB IS BACK HOLY MOLY.

[@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

[@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

[@IganishPerson]

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

[@016Jackal]

谢谢你

[@johnhillis6662]

My charcoal in the pencil keeps breaking when I sharpen it

[@sanjaychopra6799]

Name the company of pencil

[@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🇮🇳🇮🇳

[@damnedindarkness6406]

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

[@gauravbakshi3650]

It. Is very Best pen for droing shadeing

[@ight732]

Just thanks

[@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

[@epicmedia179]

thanx god you exist

[@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.

[@Whatalovelyday90]

What's your knive called?

[@Artisticaedyyy]

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

[@kyrajanssen2052]

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

[@annmargarettedeleon21]

What do you call that ping pong thingy like

[@chetchet4896]

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

[@HachimaruuTV]

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

[@awts7823]

Some clips were sped up

[@zeeinbubble]

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

[@footyclips2352]

Bro just use a medium grit sand paper

[@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

[@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.

[@reecedrawz]

Damn that got really deep plus I'm baked

[@xdarcyt6650]

I didnt know a video could change my life so much

[@PKArts]

Super

[@aldimozart3220]

what are the benefits made like that?

[@lambohd8160]

he showed you

[@bozoclown2098]

Use a callus remover

[@rosemafia3907]

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

[@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

[@jenniferheintz1526]

You sound exactly like Nathan Fielder

[@RealismHD1]

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

[@ashdragon8553]

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

[@boylusovlogs6672]

I did it

[@tansoyt7011]

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

[@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

[@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!

[@sumxkilla5561]

What if the charcoal pencil is rounded by paper?

[@guvencsimsek198]

Then peel as much as you want and then use sandpaper

[@noonaalswd]

but mine isn’t sharpened.

[@anup2282]

Nice watch 😁

[@smilesketches]

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[@frankboehm3075]

Normal sharpener works for me

[@matthewzenkiemendoza3415]

pov: you're questioning reality for using an sharpener instead of a knife

[@lightbringer2714]

That looks like a spear. 😂 can't do that on my pens, they broke easily