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Jimmie,
Was this portrait done without any stumping? Your transitions are so subtle. It's a beautiful drawing, as all of yours are.
Can I ask how many hours you put into this piece?
What brand of graphite pencils do you use? Do you sharpen your pencils with a sharpener, a knife/razor, or sand paper? I know Anthony Ryder lines up NUMEROUS sharpened pencils so that he doesn't have to stop just to sharpen. And I have read that students at different ateliers are taught to sharpen their pencils into very long points, I suppose, with a special knife/razor's edge. I am incessantly in search of a better way to sharpen my pencils.
Thanks
Patty
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