Mike Sibley
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Posted Jun.8th, 2012, viewed 26 times
<< However, I have arthritis in my hands that makes pressing hard rather painful, so I reverted to using multiple regular pressure layers in multiple directions to achieve the saturation of tone I'm guessing you were looking for. >>
Well done. You should always use the method that best suits you. How you achieve a result is not as important as the result itself.
The results here are excellent. Lovely smooth shading (I'm referring the lower boxes) and I'm pleased to see you going much darker in that row.
The 4B and 2B in particular need to be as black as you can make them, because the greater the difference between your darkest tone and lightest (the white of your paper), the greater will be the range of tones available to you in your drawing. And good solid blacks will add impact to your drawings and help with three-dimensional rendering.
Incidentally, I don't critique here - I download into Photoshop and correct any light scanning before critiquing, so don't worry if your scans or photos don't exactly match your drawing. See below for the magic of Photoshop :o)
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