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Published: 2011-02-17 17:29:06 +0000 UTC; Views: 17369; Favourites: 193; Downloads: 0
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A new, simple kind of tutorial. I'm sure that when a person holds a pencil properly, it will help a lot with getting better at drawing, especially at shading. Many beginners may not pay attention how to hold a pencil, so their skills are improving much more slowly.
I really do hope it helps
EDIT: I see my tutorial became the subject of controversy.
- first of all, I'll repeat the most crucial sentence of it: COMFORT MATTERS THE MOST! You should hold a pencil as you want to. No one is obliged to follow my tips. I just presented the way I draw, I shade and I found out that there are people who hold a pencil exactly like me! I know that there might be a billion of other ways of holding pencils, and you might find my own ones incorrect, but I wanted to share them with you anyway.
- I said 'I hope it helps', 'cause I truly believe that if someone holds a pencil for instance vertically, it brings more damage than profit.
- I'm not the only one, who thought of advices which cover the subject of holding a pencil. Google, find out on your own
So you might follow my tips, but I don't insist on it, guys! Take them or leave them
But if someone wants to protest with 'you're wrong, my way is the best' or 'you make people believe your ways of holding are the only correct ones', please don't comment, because you obviously didn't read the tutorial and misunderstood my statement.
For the background I used this portrait of Jensen Ackles:
New drawings coming very soon ^^
Polska wersja tego tutorialu: [link]
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Very good tutorial. I hope it gets more attention.
It's surprising that so many people can't think of this simple thing: to experiment with the pencil. And even more surprising why most art instructors don't mention these stuff to their students :/
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I've been using pencils until they're little nubs.
No wonder I've been having difficulties.
Great tutorial.
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Thanks, glad you find it useful. But I know what you can do if you don't want to throw away too short pencils - buy a pencil extender 
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Thanks, Brian, I'm glad you like my tut
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Your welcome , its always good to get other peoples take on things , and helps people get started x
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Hm, yeah, here I have to digress. I don't think the way you hold a pencil does really have an influence on the skill of an artist. My own experience tells me that out of 100 artists you will find 100 different recipes to make a drawing; every artist must explore on their own how they feel more comfortable with their tools.
Also, I don't think that it is a good advice to stop using a pencil when it becomes too short. If it's cheap pencils, maybe, but for expensive pencils it is probably more advisable the use of pencil extenders.
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I respect your opinion, but disagree with it. For example you will never ever shade properly, if you hold a pencil vertically. It just doesn't work.And as I said at the very end: comfort matters the most. I don't insist, demand, beg anyone to hold a pencil like me. I agree with the part "100 artists you will find 100 different recipes to make a drawing" but I showed my way. You're not obliged to follow it
Personally, I haven't came across expensive pencils. But what's the point of using pencils, which are not cheap? I use very cheap pencils [I calculated their cost by this online calculator and it says that the price I pay for one pencil is even less than 0.34 CAD] and obtain good results. I use short pencils only for details, but they are uncomfortable to shade large areas.
Anyway, I will recap my thoughts: you can read my tutorial, which shows the way I draw, and take it or leave it. You might also just try, then quit my tips
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It's okay Dominika. We don't always have to agree. 
$0.34???? Are you kidding me? I pay about $1.50 for each of my sanguine-sepia chalk pastels (and I bought them in South America... in the US/Canada they are just nowhere to be found!). You see, this summer I will be traveling to Europe for research and a conference, and the plan is to also buy pencils. I suspected that the factories being there they would be cheaper but not that cheap! OMG. This is one of the many reasons why I hate North America, they don't have what I want.
Anyway, I don't want to turn this into a political rant LOL. My point is that you may want to use more expensive stuff to achieve different effects. I am not exactly a big fan of graphite or charcoal, I am more of a pastel person. And I like to take full advantage of them.
Keep drawing, I love your drawings
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I know, that's why I said in spite of having diffrent point of views, I respect your opinion
Yeah, even less. 1 zł is $0,34, and I pay less in some shops... 0.90zł, thanks to student's discount. You say you buy pastels for $1,50 but they have always been more expensive than pencils, I pay more or less the same price for pastels.
I didn't want it turned into a political rant either,just saying my opinion
Thanks so much, have a great day
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This is the best of having joined deviantART: we all get to learn something.
Have a wonderful day you too!
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wiesz co myślę, że każdy i tak inaczej trzyma ołówek 
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Przecież napisałam na samym końcu: comfort matters the most
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i suppose this could be helpful, though, i don't really think you can instruct someone how to hold a pencil... I've never actually heard of anyone giving that sort of advice before.
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P.S. Google 'how to hold a pencil' - there's a bunch of tips, how to do it. I'm not the first person who thought of such tutorial
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No worries. I didn't mean to make it seem like i was calling you a crazy person for writing the tutorial. As i said, i suppose it could be helpful... especially for those who are just learning to draw.
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OK, I don't mind and I haven't thought that you though I'm crazy
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Well, there's always must be the first time
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fajny lakier do pazurek
no i przekonałam się, że co jak co, rysunki mam denne, ale ołówek trzymam dobrze
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Dziękuję
Teraz zastanawiam się, czy to naprawdę dobrze, bo ludzie strasznie poburzyli się, że ich pouczam, jak trzymać ołówek -.- Nie wiem, czy ciężko zrozumieć, że to podpowiedzi, a nie rozkazy?
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przecież tutoriale to rady i wskazówki a nie spis rozkazów, więc WTF?
Nie przejmuj się, wielu ludziom to pomaga
a lakiery masz świetne
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No właśnie. Przecież napisałam, że to mój sposób i co odradzam i doradzam, a nie nakazuję, więc o co im chodzi
Dzięki raz jeszcze
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You're very welcome, I'm very glad it does
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przyznaj się, chciałaś się lakierem pochwalić
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)Cool tutorial!!! (Y) (I also hold the pencil in the ring finger Lol)
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Oh, so it is more common that I thought
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