Drawing like a pro - 91, Drawing, tools and materials

Hi friends!

I would like to tell you about some difficulties that we find when trying to draw and don't get the results expected so we believe is our lack of the necessary talent. I must tell you that talent is the sum of experience and knowledge over time, so study and exercise are the keys.
A great difficulty when we start to draw is that we don't get the right combination of support (paper, cardboard, fabric, etc) and tools (pencils, charcoal, ink, etc) because a good combination depends on many factors. Well, for each need there are different combinations, only you with your experience through exercise will get the answer.
In this post, I'll show you a few drawings from different periods (some of these are very old), and made in different media using what I have found to be the right drawing tool for that material, so you can get a better idea of what you might choose to draw on.
As a general rule, fine-grain paper and hard pencils are used for drawings with fine lines and/or many details and/or small sizes. Drawings with fewer lines and more stains are used with coarser grain or textured paper and soft pencils, pastels, or charcoal.
But don't forget: all the rules can be transgressed and you have the right to experiment, even more, it is mandatory to experiment to progress.
Lastly, try to draw in a way that you hold the tip of your pencil always sharp.
See: lesson 5.

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This is a drawing on A4 Bond paper (printing paper).
Bond paper is very smooth and thin.
To draw I used a mechanical pencil 0.5

This is drawn on Bond paper too. You can see the typing through the sheet on the back side because I've recycled it.
I used two mechanical pencils: 0.5 and 0.7

This was drawn with HB pencil on fine-grain drawing paper.

These doodles were drawn with a 2B pencil on a textured drawing sheet.

This is an ink drawing on thin, fine-grain watercolour paper, approx 30cm in width.

Study of cloth drawn with sanguine pencil on fine-grain drawing paper, 50 x 70 cm.

Pierre Noire Conté pencil, charcoal and white chalk on grey cardboard.

HB graphite pencil on fine-grain drawing paper.
Back girl.jpg

Ink and coloured pencils on drawing paper.
Bridge in Bruges.jpg

Ink drawing on fine watercolour paper. Here the paper was too thin.

HB, 2B and mechanical pencils (0.5) on fine-grain drawing paper.

HB graphite pencil on sketchbook.

Charcoal sticks on fine-grain watercolour paper.

Compressed chalk, sanguine pencils, and sepia pencils on drawing paper.

HB and 2B graphite pencils on ordinary drawing paper.
Flower pot_low.jpg

Mechanical pencil, 0.5 on A4 Bond paper.

Compressed chalk and graphite on white cardboard.

Coloured pencils and black ink on drawing paper.

HB and 2B graphite pencils on drawing paper.

HB and 2B graphite pencils on sketchbook.

Graphite pencils and ink on textured paper.

Charcoal and white chalk on Kraft paper.

Freehand drawing in Photoshop.

Ink drawing in Adobe Illustrator.

Freehand drawing in Blender, Grease Pencil Mode.
Untitled drawig II.jpg

HB graphite pencil on Bond paper.
Untitled1_Página_08.jpg

Charcoal and brown chalk on canvas

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I hope to be of help with this long exposition, if you have any questions don't hesitate to ask me, and I will gladly answer you.

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I wish you a very nice day and good exercise!

And if you like to colour your drawings, I recommend the interesting and useful Color and Light classes of @fumansiu whose concepts you can apply both with traditional and digital techniques.
@fumansiu/color-and-light-orange-round-3
is his newest lesson.
Very interesting indeed!

Or maybe you want to make a beautiful watercolour with your drawing!
Well, our friend @arcoiris is back with his magnificent watercolour lessons.
Check out this last post that contains very interesting and useful advice about watercolours in different qualities and formats from different brands.

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Many thanks to @bambuka and @stef1 once again for their encouragement and support.
Also, thanks to @xpilar for making these initiatives possible with their great support.

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