Learner Filip
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I’m having trouble achieving deep black when shading. Every time when I press harder, I end up with a dark gray that starts to shine instead of looking black.I’m using Faber-Castell 4B, 6B, and 8B pencils (8B is the softest pencil in my set). I also have a Pitt Graphite Pure 9B.Does anyone have any tips on how to get deeper, richer blacks…
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Hi Filip
I have used “ Primo Elite Grande- organic black #5000” on items that I wanted really black and it worked well for me. I am very happy with the results.
Attached is a drawing from the cherries tutorial that I used this pencil to darken the cherries.
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I find Staedtler Black Lumograph 100B quite dark, the 8b is quite a lot darker than faber castell 12b, and it’s less shiny
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I personnaly use Faber-Castell 115207 – Pitt Graphite Matt. Doesn’t give that shining reflexion.
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Thank you everyone for the advice! That was exactly my problem. I recently started Final Portrait Drawing (1), and when shading the hood, I just couldn’t achieve that deep black using my 6B and 8B pencils. Then I tried pressing harder with the 8B, but everything started to get shiny, and it didn’t look very good.
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One more thing that really helped me was changing the way I see black. Instead of trying to make one area as black as possible, I focus on the overall contrast of the drawing. Very often, once the mid tones and surrounding shadows are developed, the same dark area suddenly appears much darker without adding any extra graphite.
It’s all… Read more
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My first attempts at drawing with pencils and learning how to sketch. My first lessons and my first mistakes, mistakes I can learn from.
While drawing the cherries, I noticed that I was pressing the pencil too hard, which made it difficult to create the final highlights with an eraser pencil 🙁
Even so, I’m starting to feel a bit more confident.…
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They look really good for someone who has only started 3-4 days ago!
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As Cheryl said, impressive. Give you time. It’s a learning process. Everyday again and again………👍
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Hi Filip
Your drawings look very very good for just starting. Listen to Frederic; “Every day again and again”.😊
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Really good for someone who just started! Keep it up.
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Filip, first of all, welcome to the community! 😊 It’s great to have you here. Honestly, for someone who only started drawing 3 to 4 days ago, this is very impressive. You should be proud of yourself. I can already see that you’re observing your own work carefully, and that’s one of the fastest ways to improve. You also identified exactly… Read more
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