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Art Drop, Annotated

Stephen Green

I've been getting some pieces ready to ship out, and I thought I would take this opportunity to post some drawings I've done recently with some commentary for your entertainment. I've actually been doing quite a few things, but I've gotta honor good old NDA's with some of this stuff, so I've just got some spot pieces for now, and a few comic book pages. I have pretty limited technical abilities, but I think I'm…

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A Few Blending Tools For Drawing

Vanessa Lemen

April 25, 2024 - I enjoy using all sorts of different kinds of tools for drawing and painting, and I thought I’d share a little bit about a few of the blending tools that I use when drawing: Sponges I really enjoy using the sponge blenders that are by Sofft and are usually sold as pan pastel tools. I don’t use pastels very often, but these sponge blenders make really great soft transitions in large areas of dry powdered graphite or charcoal. I use them a lot too when they have some of the graphite left on the sponge as a way to lightly sketch in a loose start, or just to use what’s left on it to create a light shade without the addition of any other powder or drawing on the surface. These are firm sponges and…

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