Uncommon Tools for Graphite Drawing!

[@MeasAgun]

Seriously, the clutch Pencil to replace the original Tombow Zero holder: GENIUS!!!!! Thanks a lot, you just made my day. :)))))))))))

[@wolfgangtrubshaw5549]

One of the few intelligent people doing artwork videos on KZbin.

[@mcdonalds7980]

Jono Dry is extremely intelligent!

[@JadeLeaf1980]

My fave uncommon tool for graphite drawing is a paintbrush. Does lovely soft diffused shadows and blends so lovely. If no one has tried it yet, I highly recommend.

[@timennis3456]

It's Aleene's Instant Tacky Craft Putty. Thanks for all the great tips, much appreciated.

[@jillsmith5787]

Great uncommon tools and super helpful tricks for drawing with graphite, the best I've seen! Thank you for sharing!

[@MerriWinter]

Thanks, I was surprised to learn a few new things about graphite tools. Very helpful.

[@RusticatedArt]

Excellent tips Meghan, I shall be implementing some of your ideas, Thanks for sharing my friend!!🙏💯

[@earth2becky]

Thank you! I've used several of your ideas and keep coming back for more inspiration.

[@jd4164]

I don’t think drawing setups can get any better than this tbh

[@sixmercer2504]

This was incredible!! Very very helpful! Thank you so much!

[@DedicatedSpartan]

Thank you especially for the color shapers & aleene tack.

[@omdraws7325]

Awesome drawing. Great insight into your studio practice . Thank you 😁

[@warwolfii]

Thank you for this very interesting and informative video. I have been doing realistic pencil drawing most of my adult life and I'm always open to new ideas for materials. I've begun using Tombow erasers and love them, but I've had the same problem with them spinning. I've just tried putting some of it in a clutch pencil and it works great. I will also try the craft tack. I think this will help me with hair which I hate. Also, my chief tool is a blending stump, and I'm very interested in trying the color shaper. I would be particularly interested in hearing your paper choices. I have tried about nine hundred different papers over the years and have recently settled on Stonehenge.

[@IPOXstudios]

Thanks for the tips! That drawing is so amazing it must’ve taken forever😮👌🏽I’m learning to draw a little better and my small drawings take several hours fully rendered and they are nothing compared to yours. Nice work! You mentioned that color theory is troublesome for you, but there’s a great way to understand it. I’ve analyzed Van Gogh and several other master painters (and colorful photos) and I find they usually incorporate variations of four colors...red, yellow, blue, and green. They create a hierarchy within these four colors as well (a.k.a. Large, medium, small, extra small). Also it helps to create harmony if the colors act as value opposites...if that makes sense. For example, they say “red and green should never be seen,” but this isn’t true if we have a dark red next to a light green...or vice versa. We get into trouble when colors of the same intensity are placed next to each other without a neutral in between them. Complimentary colors usually don’t harmonize well unless one is lighter/darker than the other. They can be used to grab attention if they have the same intensity, but that is not harmony. Anyway, I’m rambling now :P try that out though, see if having a hierarchy with variations of the four colors helps. Take care, keep up the amazing art!

[@trodman9915]

Good lord an art shop exploded in your room...You don't hold back..Impressive

[@bigkingsha]

LOVE your system. The eraser clutch pencil is epic. It gives you tons more control.

[@juliepederson8468]

What size of clutch pencil did you end up buying? My Tombo erasers are 2.5 mm… should I be looking for a 2.5 mm clutch? Thx!

[@MaryPrasadArt]

Some great tips! I already do some of those things but I haven't put the small Tombow in a different holder - great idea! I also use a battery operated eraser (spins) by Derwent - makes life easier sometimes. I keep my pencils in a Global Art leather case - love it. I would use your idea if I did more pencil drawing though.

[@CorpsmanPrivateer]

Nice food for thought. I'd love to watch a video on how you actually render the textures you do with graphite.

[@70msFineArt]

+CorpsmanPrivateer Thanks! It's mostly trial and error - I usually do furry animals, so fossilized bone has been an adventure. The advantage to the color shaper over a blending stump is that it doesn't absorb the graphite, it just moves it around; that's been really helpful for this piece especially.

[@ericbenjaminjr]

Damn, some of these are actually new tips I haven’t heard before. Clutch pencil for mono zero eraser 🤦🏽‍♂️ now why didn’t I think of that!

[@ericbenjaminjr]

Color shaper, check 👍🏽

[@chadwaldron6329]

Funny how so many bids are interrupted by a barking dog. I've done many, many graphites but have found oil pastel pencils a boon to art. I love color. I still do all my rendering in graph. Excellent bid.

[@MiadeFleur]

GOOD PRESENTATION. VERY ORGANIZED. YOU CAN ADD LINKS WHERE WE CAN FIND THIS HELPFUL STAF.

[@katemccarthy2463]

Really helpful thank you

[@kevin777w]

This is a very useful video. Thanks for sharing this

[@johnalmaguer7118]

Great info, wish you would have listed items though, so much easier when all tools are listed 🙂

[@michaeltaylor7841]

Very useful. A list of materials / Web links would also be very helpful. E.g., artist materials carousels are great quick organisers! :)

[@kcosley]

What great ideas!

[@marshahostetler]

Thank you for the tips they are great.

[@RaviKumar-xw7xm]

well organized 👍

[@RedZero20]

Extremely informative. Thank you!

[@gypsysnickerdoodle4354]

Totally bought a bacon tray on Amazon, then watched the rest of the video...

[@i.widiastuti8718]

this comes in handy, seriously! thanks for the tips

[@secretdaisy6484]

Thanks for your video. Have you ever tried dipping the point of a pencil ✏️ in lighter fluid? It turns the graphite pitch black. Just pour a small amount in a lid from a medicine bottle & dip. 👍☮️🌞🌟✏️💖

[@M.E.A.Recovery.Artist.writer]

Individual elastic cases are like 10 bucks. Holds each pencil n cases are easy to travel n any size

[@choochoochooseyou]

Some great ideas

[@jamescunningham4418]

bacon trays! brilliant!!!

[@EarthVoiceOnline]

Fantastic tips! More videos, please. :)

[@kavitabhandariarts205]

Thanks. Very helpful

[@Krysoh]

Great tips!

[@bluerose11]

What a wonderful video to run across! Using the clutch pens for the eraser refills is amazing and I have a tin of the silicon tip tools that I used for sculpting polymer clay. I re-purposed a couple of them for smearing masking fluid on watercolor paper and they work wonderful for that but using them to shade graphite is something I never thought of and will be trying today! Oh, what size of clutch pen should I get and will the rectangular eraser refills fit also? I never bought one before. Thank you! By the way, your saber tooth skull is fantastic! Awesome piece of work.

[@Gyncop]

Very nice!!!!

[@claudemaximus9409]

Your Next level lady .

[@wooki74]

great drawing, very detailed :)

[@juliepederson8468]

I realize this is an older video of yours Meghan- but for me-brand new! Wish I’d seen it before! And next I want to watch the ‘carousel’ video! I’m curious though- for the clutch pencils that hold your tombos… did you get the 2.5 mm ones? This video was so, so useful to me!! And I’ve been working with graphite SO many many years! Decades! Thank you!😉

[@checkeledezma6221]

Wonderful!

[@andrewelkins9728]

this is so cool

[@KatPowellArt]

A bacon pan for pencils, how ingenious! I use a plastic egg container for my watercolors. By the way, where did you get that glove?

[@szandor1214]

Nice stuff

[@noptn]

so helpful.. thank you

[@echostrix924]

Thanks for tip

[@SingingASMRSongs]

this is great!

[@ksamave2]

Hi very much informative video..can u please tell what the turn table pencil holder is is it DIY or available in art supplies stores

[@TheJotso]

AWESOME

[@virzantillweed]

How do you keep graphite from shining. I've tried going over the mark with alcohol colorless blender and that helps. I've seen many graphite renderings with black marks and even entire sections like hair and backgrounds in graphite and they don't have that irritating shine. Thanks.

[@70msFineArt]

Hey! Graphite by nature is highly reflective, so it's difficult to completely eliminate shine and it's to be expected that you'll have some. Using a paper with some tooth (like Stonehenge) vs a smooth paper will help, especially if you blend the graphite into the tooth of the paper instead of letting it sit on top. You could try using carbon pencils for your darkest darks if the shine really bothers you (I don't use it, I prefer the smoother blending of graphite). Finally, spraying the drawing with a matte fixative when it's finished will take the worst of the shine out. Hope that helps!

[@girthquake891]

Virzantillweed, General's Kimberly pencils and Staedtler pencils barely have any shine to them because they have more clay than most other pencils. I'd recommend getting one of those. If you want something a little darker that has virtually no shine, then get the Staedtler Mars Lumograph Black pencils in 7B and 8B. They're the same as a graphite pencil, but with a little carbon added in with the graphite and clay. It makes the lead a little darker without the annoying shine to it.

[@eagrinstead1]

Patrick Star Thanks for the graphite pencil recommendations!

[@DrawingSpace]

Wao

[@donrogers776]

Could make a list of your materials?

[@waveart7909]

The best Graphite Tools video on KZbin...except for those yapping dogs! I don't understand how people can live with that sound, it's worse than fingernails on a chalkboard. Thank god for closed captions. Anyway, thanks for all your valuable information.

[@janycecutler8009]

Fantastic video!!!! Where did you purchase the glove? One of my problems is smudging my work even though I use paper under my hand. Thank you.

[@northernproperties9883]

you can easily make one yourself out of any dollar store glove. just cut off the other fingers & leave the pinky!

[@victorcold46]

very interesting content. Thank you. Hope you do not mind a little constructive criticism: try to hold the camera steady. Stay more zoomed out (get a wider general framing POV) and avoid zooming in and out too often or too fast or panning too fast as it may get the video hard to watch.

[@nangustafson8110]

Are you tapping the eraser into the tacky putty to clean the eraser? Do you think this would work to clean off oil pastel from the color shaper tips? 😁

[@70msFineArt]

Hi Nan! That absolutely does work and I do that myself :)

[@seanpaulson9098]

Great video. Do you ever draw with charcoal with any of these tools?

[@UnderstandBlue]

Fantastic! What a great video!! What is your paper of choice?

[@angelinew1090]

Very helpful!

[@adaliya3734]

What material should the glove be made of?

[@schechter01]

Do you still use that Clic eraser? I have one...

[@luisbito8391]

what paper you used professional for your work

[@chadwaldron6329]

Vid. Overwrite overcorrected.

[@logunech]

Thank you very much but, sorry, you speak too fast for a french man... :) :)

[@70msFineArt]

I am so sorry! I hope you still got something out of it :)

[@samdavepollard]

French subtitles can be turned on. :-)

[@maryhull448]

Talking tooooo fast.

[@firdouschoudhury6401]

Too much talking made the video irritating