Graphite Realism Portraits: Beard Tutorial by TricepTerry, journal
Graphite Realism Portraits: Beard Tutorial
Tutorial Tuesday
Hey friends!
In this tutorial we'll be going over the steps, techniques and tools I personally use to create beards using graphite pencils. Please keep in mind there are many ways and styles to go about using when doing realism portraits. Always remember to experiment and try new things, there's no "one correct way" of doing things!
With that out of the way lets begin!
The Tools:
Here I'll list the tools I use from left to right:
1) Cotton swabs:
These are what I've used for as long a I can remember as my main blending tool for shading. People have used several different things for smudging/blending, such as tissues, b
Some Basics about Graphite and Colored Pencils by BeckyKidus, journal
Some Basics about Graphite and Colored Pencils
Traditional Art Basics Week
Introduction
Traditional art has a variety of very different mediums, ranging from scratchboards to oil paint and copic markers to mechanical pencils. In this article, we will look at the basics of the two best known and most common of mediums: Graphite and colored pencils. This article will also include a few tips and tricks on how these are used to achieve the best results.
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Graphite
This is the medium most of us start our artistic journey with - a normal pencil and a paper. It is the most common of all mediums, and I dare say that most artworks are done with this medium (counting all drawi