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Jimmie Arroyo · 11-21-2003, 11:52 AM

Patricia, thank you.
I don't use any blending techniques when it comes to graphite work. The look on this piece was due to the paper which is rougher than what I usually use. The majority of my graphite is done on Stonehenge paper, this one is from sheets I have laying around so I don't know the brand name, but I'm pretty sure it's charcoal paper you can find in a pad.

This piece was only about 12-15 hours, as my other graphite work runs between 25-40 hours, breaks inbetween. I have a few different brands, Derwent, Sanford, Kohinoor, the Kohinoor are woodless which I like the most but only come in even # B's, no hard ones. I use an electric pencil sharpener which works fine for me. Is the purpose of the long points for using the sides of them? If so, I don't do that either, instead the point but at a slight angle, as to not use the exact point because I have noticed, especially with the harder pencils, that using the point sometimes damages the paper by leaving grooves. I have seen work before where the grooves were made intentionally so they will leave a highlight when gone over with a soft pencil. I also like to look at my work time to time, so having all my pencils sharpened before hand would'nt make any sense for me. But if Ryder sharpens by hand, I guess that would be time consuming process.

Thanks.

11-21-2003, 11:52 AM	#6
Jimmie Arroyo Juried Member Joined: Aug 2002 Location: New Jersey Posts: 671	Patricia, thank you. I don't use any blending techniques when it comes to graphite work. The look on this piece was due to the paper which is rougher than what I usually use. The majority of my graphite is done on Stonehenge paper, this one is from sheets I have laying around so I don't know the brand name, but I'm pretty sure it's charcoal paper you can find in a pad. This piece was only about 12-15 hours, as my other graphite work runs between 25-40 hours, breaks inbetween. I have a few different brands, Derwent, Sanford, Kohinoor, the Kohinoor are woodless which I like the most but only come in even # B's, no hard ones. I use an electric pencil sharpener which works fine for me. Is the purpose of the long points for using the sides of them? If so, I don't do that either, instead the point but at a slight angle, as to not use the exact point because I have noticed, especially with the harder pencils, that using the point sometimes damages the paper by leaving grooves. I have seen work before where the grooves were made intentionally so they will leave a highlight when gone over with a soft pencil. I also like to look at my work time to time, so having all my pencils sharpened before hand would'nt make any sense for me. But if Ryder sharpens by hand, I guess that would be time consuming process. Thanks.