[Isabel Chiang]

Thank you Jimmie and Linda !

Sorry, I've been away ...

Jimmie I really like stonehenge for this kind of drawing. It works great with colored pencils too. Right, I use Arches Hotpress and mechanical pencils for tight drawings Not loose drawings. Because I blend graphite with stumps to achieve the smooth texture, the paper surface has to be very smooth. And no , mechanical pencil doesn't scrape the paper since I always blend the first layer of graphite (apply with light pressure), it actually protects the paper. It gives me more control over small details. As for my loose drawing, I use regular pencils because the lines from a Mech pencil are too thin and too even.