Last week I used my hand studies to become reacquainted with
some pencils I hadn’t used in a while: vintage Rexel Cumberland Derwent
carpenter-style pencils. With the thickest, softest core of any woodcased
colored pencil I’ve found, they are delicious to use for quick studies like these.
I have taken to sharpening them on both ends – one end with a blunt tip
for broad strokes, one end with a point for thin lines and details. I enjoy flipping
them around as I draw, Darth-Maul style.
The one sketch on white paper was done with another vintage
pencil, this one much older, that is new to me: an Eagle Draughting graphite pencil.
The core is close to a Blackwing with the softest core, but it seems even
smoother. It feels like velvet in graphite form.
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| Double-ended Derwent carpenter-style drawing pencils |
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| Eagle Draughting pencil |
277.... Good grief! This pandemic is so much more than we could have known it would be.
ReplyDeleteIf I had known I would be up to 277 one day, I think I never would have started!
DeleteHands down, you have been amazing with the sketches you have done of your hands. Bravo!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for your encouragement, Joan! I still have a ways to go.
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