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0:11 YOUR GOAL: Eliminate ALL LINES. It is normal to create lines while working with a pencil because you are using a fine tip. BUT, Cross-hatch and blend until you eliminate all lines.The difference between a good
"draw-er" and a great one is noticing the subtleties of EDGES!!!!
0:31-The darkest part will be where the fingers bend down towards the bottom of the page. The light source comes from above.
0:41- The Paintbrush is GREAT for creating neutral tones on white paper......Think about it, if you draw on white paper, you are STARTING on one GIGANTIC HIGHLIGHT!
1:03- IMPORTANT- One way to make the lines GO AWAY is to darken the region next to it. Look at the area that my brush is working on now.
1:17 Fingernails DO NOT have dark lines around them...Look at your hands, YOU DO NOT have dark lines. If you DO have dark lines:

1.) Wash your hands with industrial strength antibacterial soap.
2.) Fabreze YO SELF
3.) See a Dermatologist- It would not be a "RASH" decision.
1:35- Notice the tonal (light and dark) differences between each of the fingernails.
2:17- Some Artists have great line quality in their drawings (I don't). But it is shading, NOT line quality which gives a drawing the three dimensional effect.
2:52- Yes, there are lines in between the fingers, but, notice the subtle differences in tone which happen; both to the line and the area around it (to round the fingers)
3:07- That is a 3B pencil that I am using.
3:21- My wife says that IF you make this drawing and give it to your significant other.....don't make "chopped off hands" LOL......Nothing says "I LOVE YOU" like amputated hands!!!
3:48- Start to look at the edges now.....They are starting to develop. It is not one solid line anymore.....It will be developed even more as the drawing progresses.
4:12- Did you know that if our hands didnt move, we wouldnt have lines on them (I dont mean fingerprints). For instance, if someone is in a coma for four years (and doesn't move), when they wake up there will be less lines on their hand.
4:53- Develop the dark tones SLOWLY. If you RUSH, you will be making RUSSIAN art!
5:15- Notice that I do not hold the pencil at the tip. You get better control if you hold it further back. This will take a while to get used to.
5:41- I am only HINTING at the bone structure and musculature of the hand. As we get older, our skin thins, our muscle mass decreases and we can see the bones and what is left of the muscles more clearly.

Younger hands need more blending and less variation of tone.
6:15- Now its starting to come together
6:33- At this point of the drawing, it is all about clarification (Strong, well placed highlights and shadows) and smoothness (use the brush and the eraser).
Look at the subtleties of the bone structure. That was "sculpted" with 1.) cross hatching from the pencil tip 2.) smuding with the paintbrush 3.) the eraser..... Remember, this did not happen instantaneously. The tones were slowly developed.

Crazy Cheerleader- The "inspiration" behind this artwork was a SCARY, ESPN fitness competition and a viral cheerleading video on YouTube. Bring it on. Movie. Some thirty-something woman dressed up as a cheerleader and danced around the stage, did backflips and finger push ups............All with a DISTURBING smile on her face!!!!....I coundn't get the imagery out of my head, so I did some art! I use Paint Shop Pro 9 instead of Photoshop because it is EASY. cheerleader cheering espn competition college football. It allows me to distort images and cut out images and juxtapose them over each other. I will later print my creation out and finish it with a color pencil. I did a creative commons search for "shocked" "surprised" and "OMG' and came up with these images. I am using the digital scissor to cut out my favorite parts! I made sure to widen the Eyes using the "Warp Brush" tool in PSP9. College sorority sports fitness flirting funny farts pwned owned. Widening the eyes and creating space between the iris and eyelids on both sides gives her that CRAZY and PERKY look! I will move the pupil and iris......because, at the moment, she has a "raptured" look. It gets tricky when merging photos together. Notice the different color schemes, tones and chromas happening! I will have to adjust that by blending and adjusting the color and tonal balances. I used the "burn tool" to draken the areas around the eyes. I also made sure to shrink and dilate the pupil and iris. She needed a new "DO"! Creative Commons Search here I come! Merging things on PSP9 is tricky. The girls from the three images which i've used so far, probably have similar skin tones, but the photographs were taken in different lighting. So I "blend", "dodge" and "burn" to fix this. I could also choose to cut out part of the original (the first girl) face and add it over the new section. (I didnt do that here because I am going to tie everything together with color pencil later. I am using the warp brush (pull) tool to extend the hair. I do this because I couldnt fully crop out the background. Yes, that was Obama. I am using the chromatic adjustment tool to manipulate the flesh tones. Often, when I cut out an image, the edge is destroyed. I am trying to recreate the pom pom edges. I am using the paint brush tool at a 90 percent opacity to cover over (both) uniforms (the top and bottom), since they are different colors. I will color over the uniform with color pencil next (and make my own design). Now, I am using prismacolor color pencils (they are the most opaque brand) to color over my print. @bunbear1308 The four songs that I use are from http://incompetech.com....They are FREE to use for any video and they were created by a cool guy named Kevin MacLeod. University of California Arizona Wisconsin SEC Big East WAC Southwest beach. Maui Invitational.The songs were- Royal Banana, Spazzmatica Polka (my favorite), Merry go and Scheming Weasel (faster). I use prismacolor color pencils. I have a lot of info on them in the "supplies I use" section of my website. Prismas are MUCH better in my opinion b/c they are semi opaque and mixable. My process which I am using in this video was inspired by Harlem Renaissance artist Romare Bearden. Bearden would use media cutouts to create an amazing narrative in his work.....often he would paint over them.

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0:39 It is vine medium charcoal. I broke a stick and used the side to block in the masses for the hair.
0:55 There is a shadow that stretches across his neck. You can slightly see both sides of the neck. Under the lips is very dark.
1:24 Notice that I used a dry paper towel to blend the background (as well as the brush).
1:40- I am now adding pencil hatching directly above the charcoal.
2:01 To me, it is important to hatch over the charcoal, to UNIFY the surface of the drawing.....
HUH? What do you mean?- Charcoal is MATTE (Not shiny) and pencil is SHINY. -Charcoal MOVES and pencil is STABLE (doesn't move)
2:26 I am now using a graphite stick. Graphite sticks are really just BIG PENCILS!!!!!
They come in different tones like drawing pencils (HB, 2B, 4B, 8B, etc.)
2:51- Notice that I am holding my drawing in place with a paper towel in my hand. Try not to let your hands touch the surface of the paper (I always struggle with that.
2:51 I don't like to fasten my drawing with tape because I usually shade my background and the tape leaves white triangles in the corners where the tape was.....Maybe someone could give ME a tip on that!!!!
3:38 Eventually, the hair, the eyes, the area under the mouth and the area under the hands will be the darkest in tone.
4:03 The paper under my hand prevents my hand from touching the paper surface of the drawing.
3:52 Look at the C shape around the eye.
4:03 Also, notice once again, I laid the initial tones down in charcoal, and followed it with pencil hatching. I am using a CHEAP mechanical pencil now because it has thinner graphite, which helps me do detail work.
4:23 I am using the blending stump now.......and getting PISSED OFF!!!!!! The reason I am mad is because I made the mistake to put a piece of cardboard under the surface of my drawing (look at the dots in the background and on his face).....I gave Weezy Chicken Pocks!!!!! Argh! You'll see me remove the cardboard soon.
5:00 The top lip will be darker than the bottom one. Don't forget to leave the highlight over the top lip.
5:13 The shape under the nose (the nostrils) is not one tone. It is a complex shadow. The shadow under the neck is even more complex!
5:58 Our ultimate goal when we shade a drawing is to eliminate lines and maintain the likeness.
6:28- Eyebrows are never one solid tone, they are always darker towards the center of the face. The one exception is when a girl wears make up and darkens her eyebrows in to one tone.
7:00 Notice that I erased most of the original lines from the step by step.
7:50 I am breaking the rules a bit and using a prismacolor black colored pencil for super dark tones.
8:11 At this point, I only used the Prisma Black on one eye. Look at the difference.
8:33 The hat will be lighter than the background and darker than the highlights on the face
9:53 Have some fun with the tattoos! Know that I did not get them perfectly. Just mess around and practice your tones.
11:13 Don't get too complex with the shading of the hand. Focus on rounding the edges ar first. The spaces between the fingers are going to be dark.
11:32 The edges of the arm are going to be dark. DO NOT outline though!!!! Hatch (Cross hatching is adding line next to line next to line) and blend.
12:02 Highlight at the top of each shoulder. Use your kneaded eraser.
12:25 His chain can be carved out with an eraser.
13:09- Create a highlight on the upper tip of the hand.
14:01 To finish, I enhanced a few of the highlights with a white Conti Crayon.

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The Dark Ages (Middle Ages, Medieval Times) is my favorite period in art history. Monks did most of the artwork and kept literacy alive. The Roman infrastructure broke down after Constantine the Great (Constantine II) moved the capital to Byzantium (later Constantinople). Roads crumbled, barbarians sacked....people stayed still.....Latin broke down in to English, French, Spanish Italian, Romanian and Catalan. The artwork was called "gothic" by later art historians (which was an insulting term).

While the work lacked realism, it sure had a lot of character! I was inspired to do this mixed media work of art due to my fascination on this period in history. To make this artwork, Church vs. Crown, I used, pencil, color pencil, illustration marker,

This is the extended shading tutorial on how to draw Kurt Cobain of Nirvana. Pause the video at different points and use the image on the screen as your reference image. I am combining two methods called 1.) cross hatching and 2.) smudging.....right now. Pause the video at different points and use the image on the screen as your reference image. It doesnt get very dark under the eyes.......however, above the eyes (between the eye and the eyebrow) it gets very dark. Kurt has dark and full eyebrows. Use a #2 (HB) pencil to start. Dont be scared to press hard in the eye region. The nose is tricky. The darkest part is the nostril (not part of the step by step video). But the entire shape of the bottom of the nose gets pretty dark. After, I fill it in, observe it, then draw it. I am using a #7 Bristle Flat brush for the shading. The top lip is dark and solid in shape. The LEFT side of his face (the side on YOUR right) is lighter in tone than the right side. The bottom left corner of the page will get very dark. I "went right in" with a 6B pencil. REMEMBER, shading is all about RELATIVITY, so compare the tones of the different areas of the image, The shape at the bottom of the face will eventually be blended in with other dark tones. In order to make the hair "pop out" you need to darken the background. (Its all about relativity!!!) The hair is a LOT of Adding....then erasing.....adding...then erasing ....Be sure to make your strokes in the same direction at the hair in this reference image.....Notice that I am using the eraser to "draw". Now the "PORTRAIT" begins....Now it looks like a human being......but I have to "wrestle" with it to make it look like Kurt Cobain. Use a slip sheet (look under my hand) when you get this far. The darkest areas have several layers of hatching. (8B pencil).

The Machine Thinks, Toccata and Fugue in D Minor and Waltz - Tschikovsky Op. 40 are by Kevin MacLeod of Incompetech.com and are under a Creative Commons license (attribution). I will credit Mr. MacLeod in the video description. All visuals are made by me (Merrill Kazanjian). I understand and choose to comply with the rules of copyright law.

What would a "merger" of Alan Greenspan, Ben Bernanke, Donald Trump, Mr. Krabs, Jim Cramer and the Monopoly Guy look like? Watch the video to find out! Sell Sell Sell !!!! Artmorph by Merrill Kazanjian

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You've asked for it, so lets start the new year in a fun way by having an Art Contest! Here is your challenge question: "What did my channel mascot, Little Old Man look like when he was a young man?" To answer this challenge, you can use any media that you want - be creative and have some fun.....etc..... Remember you have over 140 videos to help you with this task on my channel.

When I judge the artwork, I will be looking for humor and creativity but your artwork will have to resemble a younger version of Little Old Man.

But Merrill, whats the prize? I will make a pencil portrait and a step by step video of the winner so that the world can draw YOU! I will also feature the winning artwork and the winners youtube channel in an upcoming video.

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0:27- Notice that I am using a mechanical pencil. It has thinner graphite and it helps me create subtle tones for the features of the face. 0:27 Bruno Mars has dark brown eyes. BUT, do not be tempted to go too dark right away, try to build slowly.0:30 The pupil of the eye is darker in tone than the iris. Notice that I left a small white space for a reflection in each eye. this is key to creating a realistic looking eye

0:35 If you havent done so already, erase the line from the top of the bowl shape that goes across the bottom of the nose.1:00- Notice that the C shaped shadow going from the eyebrow to the bottom of the nose has a WIDE VARIETY in tones. Press harder and use high number B pencils (4B, 6B, 8B) to create darker tones.1:18 Watch how I use the paper stump to start the shadow to your left. I "cross hatch" some lines, and then I spread the lines (graphite) with the stump. If you do not have a paper stump, use a Q-Tip.1:44- A singnificant marker on Bruno's face is the deep fold between the mouth and nose. To truly get his likeness, you will need to get that.2:03 - "Float like a butterfly and shade like a bee"....In other words, move around. Do not get stuck in one place. Develop your drawing evenly.2:24 The background on the right side of his face (your left) will eventually be as dark as the shirt tone that I just added.2:55- The paper below my hand is called a slip sheet. It allows me to rest my hand on the drawing without smudging it.3:18- Do NOT make the same MISTAKE I made. I RUSHED the background instead of hatching it in SLOWLY.3:50- At this point of the drawing and shading process, your goal should be to eliminate "lines" and notice the nuances of "edges". In other words, some shapes have solid edges, while others have softer edges. There is often a tonal difference as well.

3:50- Watch how I use the blending (paper) stump to soften an edge......Suggestion: Look in the mirror (right now) and notice the tonal and physical (hardness softness) differences of your face.4:27- The highlights and shadows on the right side of his face (your left) are very complex but important. Notice the darkness that goes down his cheek and the four highlights. 5:09 Watch me shade the left side of his face (your right side). It is very tricky. the dark values are very hidden.....but they are still there.5:48- The nose is tricky. The darkest part is the nostril. The entire shape of the bottom of the nose stays pretty light because the light source seems to be shining up from his left.
6:28- The darkest part of the mouth is the two corners.
6:52- My biggest mistake was going TOO FAST with shading the backgound. When you press hard it causes a crease/indentation in the page. When the paper gets damaged, your shading will be uneven. Youll see what I mean. 7:29- Rewind to 7:24 to see how I use the pencil and brush to blend two DIFFERENT TONED shadows together. 8:14- At this point of the drawing, I am going to use the high number B pencils to get the dark values in. I am also going to use the kneaded eraser to create highlights. 9:18- If you have any lines left (such as the one on the hat) get them out of your drawing. Look around at the world. It is expressed in shapes or masses, not lines. The most difficult part of pencil drawing ls realizing that you are working with a fine tip, capable of making only lines.

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Phase 1: I began this oil portrait with a pencil sketch on drawing paper. This is very unorthodox (when compared to painting techniques of the past) because oil portraits are usually done on canvas or wood panel and any sketching is done with vine charcoal. Paint becomes more transparent in time and pencils lines will eventually be seen through a painting as it ages. The vine charcoal will blend with oil paint but pencil will not. I have a very creative fix to this problem (as you will see in the coming steps).
Phase 2: The second step of a traditional painting is usually an underpainting with brown paint (usually burnt sienna). Underpaintings give painters an opportunity to build masses with paint (turn thin lines from drawing instruments in to blocks of tone, with the help of a paint brush). Underpaintings also allow artists to build tones. I use gray illustration markers rather than oil paint, because of the speed in which I can apply it (no mixing / superior drying time) I recommend the Warm and Cool Grays Marker Set listed below if you wish to try my technique.Chartpak Ad Marker Set: Warm and Cool Grays- Set of 25 A single nib with three distinct line weights. These waterproof, permanent, solvent-based markers deliver brilliant, sparkling color in fine point, medium weight, or broad strokes, with just a shift of the wrist. From crisply articulated tight comps to broadly expressive illustrations, one marker gives you all the lines you need. Phase 3: To build skin tones, I used flesh tone Chartpak AD Illustration Markers. These markers can create wonderful works of art when used alone, but I used them as a quick means to color my drawing (soon to be painting). Flesh tone Markers Flesh Tone and Gray Markers Pantone Prismacolor Ad Chartpak. Phase 4: Next, I added a layer of Prismacolor Color Pencils. Prismas are translucent and very mixable. The fine point of the color pencil helped me get great details for the features of the face (fine tipped paint brushes ALWAYS RUN OUT OF PAINT!!!!)Phase 5: Scan. Here is where things get interesting! I scanned my drawing to edit on my computer (clean it up). Below is the updated version of the scanner I used. I have gotten a lot of mileage out of it and I love it!HP Designjet 510 24" Printer Fast printing: up to 3.5 min/page color A1/D size on coated media, 55 sec/page line drawings Prints HP-GL/2 and PLT files with click of a button Ideal for in-house printing of high-quality CAD drawings. Phase 7: Now it is time for some painting!!!! I used the oil paint colors Ultramarine Blue, Venetian Red, Titanium White, Flake White, Transparent Earth Orange, Cadmium Red, Cadmium Yellow, Gold Ochre, Olive Green, Raw Siena, Lamp Black, Asphaltum, Caucasian Flesh Tone, and Alizarin Crimson Permanent. I started with the highlight areas I mixed a lot of Flake White in to the areas on the cheek (with the other colors. The ears and the lips recieved a lot of Cad. Red and Alizarin Crimson mixed with olive green and Tit. White and Lamp Black, Phase 7: (continued) The shadow areas were glazed (click on the image below to go to a video on how to glaze) Glazing is adding multiple layers of transparent paint atop opaque paint (see video).Accents on the Figure Set

This set offers painters nine colors based on accents from Gamblin's own Figure palette. The set contains the following materials: 9 oil colors in 37 ml (1.25 oz) tubes, including one each of Ultramarine Blue, Venetian Red, Flake White Replacement, Transparent Earth Orange, Gold Ochre, Olive Green, Asphaltum, Caucasian Flesh Tone, and Alizarin Permanent 2 oz (59 ml) of Galkyd SD 2 oz (59 ml) of Gamsol 2 oz (59 ml) of Neo Megilp Additional free sample oil color A DVD, "Navigating Color Space" Informational sheets and color chartsThis set contains an assortment of brushes and oil paints that are ideal for the beginning portrait artist. Each brush contains the finest hog bristles, a nickel-plated ferrule, and a long polished handle. The set includes the following materials: 8 filbert brushes, including two each of sizes 2 and 6, and one each of sizes 4, 8, 10, and 12 1 round brush, size 10 10 Pro-Mix assorted portrait oil colors in 37 ml (1.25 oz) tubes, including one each of Dark 1, Dark 2, Halftone 1, Halftone 2, Light 1, Light 2, Light 3, Neutral 3, Neutral 5, and Neutral 7

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Speed Draw / Time lapse artwork of Punk Rock Girl by Merrill Kazanjian. This artwork was created in the tradigital method (A method that combines traditional art materials with computer possibilities). I used acrylic paint, pencil, illustration markers, color pencils, a digital camera, a scanner, a printer and the computer program Paint Shop Pro to create this artwork. It was inspired by the old, Dead Milkmen song, Punk Rock Girl. The steps are highlighted in this video. Please comment and rate if you like it (or even if you dont). I would love some feedback.

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And the winner is.....Terrence Animation. Congratulations you are now featured on Knicksnow.com and youre going to be getting your choice of a portrait or a step by step drawing video done by me. Our mystery judge who will be revealed in a moment liked your drawing style and the presentation of your artwork in your video. You did an awesome job and you are one smoothe dude! Check this out......As a native New Yorker and a lifelong Knicks fan, it was really cool for me to do this so thank you... And the winner is.....Terrence Animation. Congratulations you are now featured on Knicksnow.com and youre going to be getting your choice of a portrait or a step by step drawing video done by me. Our mystery judge who will be revealed in a moment liked your drawing style and the presentation of your artwork in your video. You did an awesome job and you are one smoothe dude! Check this out......As a native New Yorker and a lifelong Knicks fan, it was really cool for me to do this so thank you...

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This is a very slow version of the shading that I did while drawing Bruce Lee. Be sure to watch parts one and two first. I will place annotated links in the video.Welcome to the Extended Shading Video...This is the third and final part of "How to Draw Bruce Lee Step by Step" The inner parts of eyebrows always point downwards, regardless of the type of emotion...Since Bruce is always punching people..lets just assume that he's angry....but the inner edge of the eyebrows should always point downwards.
Part of what you are seeing is the eyebrow, and part is shadow.The shading method that I use to create tones is called Cross Hatching...I made a tutorial on it- CLICK HERE if you wish to see the tutorial.....but come back b/c I plan to teach you a lot here too.Dont make a unibrow! Just darken the area between the eyes!.....He'll KICK YOU!!!Using a paint brush will allow you to delicately spread the graphite from the pencil. Softer pencils like 7B will spread more easily. NOTE: this will not move the tones as quickly as a tortillion (blending stump)
Whether you are a Bruce Lee/ Martial arts fan or not, this video will teach you a lot about shading your drawings. I used a set of drawing pencils to build tones (HB, 2B, 4B, 6B, 9B Graphite). I used a tortillion (blending paper stump to smudge the cross hatching and then I would build another layer on top. When I did the delicate shading, I would use a paint brush.Be careful not to go too dark on the bridge of the nose....but remember there are NO LINES on the bridge of the nose! Just smudged tones!...The only area of the nose that has a line is the bottom!Due to the contrast in the photo references, you do not need to worry about drawing and shading in nostrils,......just shade in the shape that you see me shading in.Bruce is on the edge of Emo-ism. Usually hairlines are gradual transitions....but Bruce Entered the Dragon rather than the barber shop......We will make an exception for shading this hairline. Strong edge...strong contrast from the forehead. Notice the highlights....they will be partially covered soon, but they will remain one of the lighter areas of the face. The mouth is just a dark trapezoid due to his facial expression. The neck is darker in tone than most of the face (With the exception of the pupil and iris, eyebrows, bottom of nose, and mouth. Watch your edges. Make sure that they DONT look like outlines....BUT also, make sure that they make the figure look rounded. Remember that most lighting comes from above....so hair at the bottom of the head will SEEM darker. Another darker layer with the 4B pencil. It helps to buy a kneaded eraser....you can shape it any way you like.THATS what I mean by ROUNDING the figure (putting tones on the edges without them being OUTLINES) Just watch.....there are several subtle shadows in the torso region.Be very delicate with the ribs...it is not dark in tone....it is a darker area within a highlight (hope that makes sense)

Extended shading tutorial of my drawing of Megan Fox
Tips:
Dont go too dark (yet) on the pupil and iris. She has green eyes. Dont go too dark (yet) on the pupil and iris. She has green eyes. is applied, the lashes stick together in a triangular shape. Her lashes are SUPER long. You can add that as a dark value right away. Dont go too dark (yet) on the pupil and iris. She has green eyes. When make up is applied, the lashes stick together in a triangular shape. The eyebrows can be shaded in as one tone (usually there is variation). The tone should be dark. Make sure that the bottom lashes are NOT as long as the top. With the mascara, her bottom lashes seem to be half the length of the top ones. This will seem wierd!.....But, the way that her head was turned, I only put in one nostril (with a hint of the second one......SOMEONE CALL STAR MAGAZINE! Megan Fox only has one nostril! Just kidding! :) Looks kind of scary now!....All drawings go through their arkward stages....at least mine do! Try to develop all parts of your drawing at the same pace The nose is tricky in this picture. There is a strong shadow on the right side of her face, but it is very complex. It is darkest 1.) in the nostril, 2.) followed by the bottom of the nose. 3.) The top of the nose by the right eye......It will take time to develop these tones. Notice how far back I hold my pencil.....I recommend that you try it! It works well for drawing and shading. When I need more control, I hold it closer to the tip. That brush is VERY soft tipped! I will use a bristle brush later.....and a blending stump. The bristle brush and the blending stump move the graphite more effectively, the soft tip brush gives a smoother blend. I use a HB pencil for most of the skin shading. I used a 4B for the lashes, eyes, nose, brows and the corner of the mouth. That is the 4B drawing pencil. That is the shadow created by her hair (overlapping her face), It is a very important shadow for this drawing to be believable. Corners of the mouth 4B..... lips HB. Shadow at the bottom of the bottom lip.....dont go too dark! Go light on the lines between the teeth. Hint at their existence....especially at the gum line. That is a 9B Graphite stick. It is extra wide to cover large areas. A graphite stick is the SAME THING as a pencil. The hair is very variable. I just recommend that you take the shape from this picture...but dont feel pressure to get it perfectly. Notice what I did on (her) right side....I drew in strong lines with the 9B graphite stick and then hatched (cross hatching) over it with a few lighter pencils (lighter as in 7B, 4B, HB). After I finish the hair, notice how much I use the HB pencil for the skin tones- (the yellow and the blue pencils are the HB's)

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