Lines in drawing are made in several ways. The smallest lines are made by means of the medium (pencil, crayon, pen, or brush), held so as to be controlled principally by the fingers, wrist, elbow, or even by the arm at the shoulder socket. In a s...
I was talking to some other people who draw last week (none of us really likes the term "artist") and we uncovered a funny secret stigma about erasers. A few of these folks thought that just having an eraser around when you were sketching meant...
Many people think of the pencil as the one and only drawing tool. The poor eraser gets pushed aside as something that only gets used after you've made a mistake. But that's a wrong approach to take - your eraser can do a lot more than just cover up...