How to Sharpen Pencils? The BEST Way for Maximum, Long-Lasting Sharpness SchaeferArt
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Date: 2022-03-09
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-ob
Cool video. I never thought of that, to keep resharpening the point with sandpaper instead of using a pencil sharpener. Thanks.
A few things. Using an exacto knife with a handle is not only much safer to use, it gives you more control to not cut into the lead. Using those little single razors are kind of dangerous, they can easily slip out and cut your finger.
Also, this is a great technique for keeping pencils razor sharp, but having a wide point to make soft, wide marks is also useful. If you cut the wood off and expose a long length of lead and then sand paper the point of the lead to make a chisel shaped point, you can use that to make soft marks. It also keeps the chisel shape easily as you draw and doesn't need to be reshaped. And turning the chisel tip can change it easily from a wide, soft mark to a sharp, thin mark.
It's a very useful point shape and creates wide marks that contrast nicely with razor thin lines. It also creates marks that are very easily erasable, which is especially helpful in the block-in stage. It seems like it would be useful to have both a sharp pointed pencil and a wide, chisel shaped point while drawing.
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Cool video. I never thought of that, to keep resharpening the point with sandpaper instead of using a pencil sharpener. Thanks.
A few things. Using an exacto knife with a handle is not only much safer to use, it gives you more control to not cut into the lead. Using those little single razors are kind of dangerous, they can easily slip out and cut your finger.
Also, this is a great technique for keeping pencils razor sharp, but having a wide point to make soft, wide marks is also useful. If you cut the wood off and expose a long length of lead and then sand paper the point of the lead to make a chisel shaped point, you can use that to make soft marks. It also keeps the chisel shape easily as you draw and doesn't need to be reshaped. And turning the chisel tip can change it easily from a wide, soft mark to a sharp, thin mark.
It's a very useful point shape and creates wide marks that contrast nicely with razor thin lines. It also creates marks that are very easily erasable, which is especially helpful in the block-in stage. It seems like it would be useful to have both a sharp pointed pencil and a wide, chisel shaped point while drawing.
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DELMOVIE
Excellent. I do understand how you get a better result in drawing with this extended lead but how do you protect the lead in storing or transporting? Can you still buy those kind of metal hoods? Blessings, Derek.
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Excellent. I do understand how you get a better result in drawing with this extended lead but how do you protect the lead in storing or transporting? Can you still buy those kind of metal hoods? Blessings, Derek.
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Water_
The pencils I got break every 1/2 a centimetre and it sucks I spent 2 hrs trying to get my pencil good enough to draw but it got half way down the pencil and that-s when I thought I hate this pencil. ---
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The pencils I got break every 1/2 a centimetre and it sucks I spent 2 hrs trying to get my pencil good enough to draw but it got half way down the pencil and that-s when I thought I hate this pencil. ---
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sinu0us
Have you tried using mechanical pencils, or more similarly a clutch pencil? With the clutch pencil you can expose as much lead as you need, and you can get those incredibly sharp, just curious.
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Have you tried using mechanical pencils, or more similarly a clutch pencil? With the clutch pencil you can expose as much lead as you need, and you can get those incredibly sharp, just curious.
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nellie
Hah- Thank you- I'm glad that you made this video because whenever I sharpen my pencil(s) they end up breaking. This video helped me a lot-
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Hah- Thank you- I'm glad that you made this video because whenever I sharpen my pencil(s) they end up breaking. This video helped me a lot-
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Reviathan
3: 45 I never do that part after shaving the wood part because I was indoctrinated by my lecturer that using sandpaper is cheating
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3: 45 I never do that part after shaving the wood part because I was indoctrinated by my lecturer that using sandpaper is cheating
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Fiona
I'm getting into dollmaking and this helped a lot, cause I need a super sharp point to design the faces on my barbie sized dolls
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I'm getting into dollmaking and this helped a lot, cause I need a super sharp point to design the faces on my barbie sized dolls
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Jes-s
We call that feather sticking in bushcraft. Your applying the same rules in a different craft and it-s really cool to see!
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We call that feather sticking in bushcraft. Your applying the same rules in a different craft and it-s really cool to see!
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Dan
Great video! What-s that word tillia? Sounded like it meant art teacher. What was the class or training you completed? Thanks
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Great video! What-s that word tillia? Sounded like it meant art teacher. What was the class or training you completed? Thanks
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