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Just need some answers from people more experienced at drawing than me please.
How far away should you look at a drawing, close up looks sort of OK further away looks a lot better.
How do you use a mono eraser properly, it’s doing my head in.
Can’t get small narrow lines even when cut to a chisel point and once you use it, it goes black and don’t do much at all, at this rate i will need a new refill every drawing as I’m cutting it all the time.
Thanks in advance for your replies
Ali, Alexander and 2 others7 Comments-
Ich benutze relativ feines Schleifpapier um die Spitze immer spitz zu halten und sauber wird sie dabei auch und der Verschleiß ist nicht so hoch.
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Ja dat klopt, dat doe ik ook vaak, ik vind het gemakkelijker met de elektrische gum!
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will give sand paper ago
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If you’re applying it by pressing down on the undertone, a mono eraser definitely won’t give you the look you want. I’m having the same problem, and I think an electric eraser is more helpful in achieving a whiter tone.
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redoing my cherry drawing not happy with the mono zero eraser at the moment, waiting for the electric one to arrive, it looks so easy to use when Ali does it
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Hi Anthony
I struggled with the mono eraser for quite some time but I am finding out that if I build up gently applied graphite layers with out pressing the graphite deep into the texture of the paper, the Mono works great. I sharpen the Mono on a sanding stick or on a piece of masking tape stuck down on my drawing table. Scrubbing the end of the Mono straight up on the masking or drafting tape, gives nice sharp edges all around the diameter of the round tip.
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@larry thanks Larry will give that a try, also will try changing my paper
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