Comments on: 3 Ways to Reduce “Graphite Shine” in Your Drawings. https://vitruvianstudio.com/blog/3-ways-to-reduce-graphite-shine-in-your-drawings/ Art Instruction for Beginners and Professionals Wed, 14 Sep 2022 21:03:28 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 By: Seeyam https://vitruvianstudio.com/blog/3-ways-to-reduce-graphite-shine-in-your-drawings/#comment-281645 Wed, 14 Sep 2022 21:03:28 +0000 https://vitruvianstudio.com/?p=14637#comment-281645 I’m a big fan of “Burnishing”. It’s okay to destroy the surface of a paper with a wire brush so that it can soak up more graphite. Don’t fear the carbon or the paper, you can put additional paper underneath a layer that’s become too thin or put additional paper on top of a section that you are not happy to be shown.

]]> By: Dave https://vitruvianstudio.com/blog/3-ways-to-reduce-graphite-shine-in-your-drawings/#comment-268657 Sat, 30 Apr 2022 11:18:03 +0000 https://vitruvianstudio.com/?p=14637#comment-268657 Just finished making a frame for one of my drawings and now that it’s up on the wall all I see is shiney eyes on my daughters face. Your post has been helpful to avoid this in future. Thankyou!

]]> By: Muller https://vitruvianstudio.com/blog/3-ways-to-reduce-graphite-shine-in-your-drawings/#comment-265427 Sun, 06 Mar 2022 13:31:46 +0000 https://vitruvianstudio.com/?p=14637#comment-265427 Thank you for sharing, it’s really helpful for me.

]]> By: Sketchus https://vitruvianstudio.com/blog/3-ways-to-reduce-graphite-shine-in-your-drawings/#comment-265202 Mon, 28 Feb 2022 16:37:50 +0000 https://vitruvianstudio.com/?p=14637#comment-265202 Love it 🙂

]]> By: Portraitzeichnen https://vitruvianstudio.com/blog/3-ways-to-reduce-graphite-shine-in-your-drawings/#comment-265200 Mon, 28 Feb 2022 16:32:28 +0000 https://vitruvianstudio.com/?p=14637#comment-265200 Many thanks for such a important . Excellent information
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]]> By: Families portrait https://vitruvianstudio.com/blog/3-ways-to-reduce-graphite-shine-in-your-drawings/#comment-264044 Fri, 28 Jan 2022 11:48:54 +0000 https://vitruvianstudio.com/?p=14637#comment-264044 After reading I realized why my pencil drawings look ugly. Burnishing is the main factor.
I appreciate your way of explaining the art-related matters.
Thanks for the communication.

]]> By: Kay Fisher https://vitruvianstudio.com/blog/3-ways-to-reduce-graphite-shine-in-your-drawings/#comment-257125 Mon, 16 Aug 2021 16:09:44 +0000 https://vitruvianstudio.com/?p=14637#comment-257125 In reply to Blue Pilgrim.

I shall try this experiment and see if it helps!

]]> By: Kay Fisher https://vitruvianstudio.com/blog/3-ways-to-reduce-graphite-shine-in-your-drawings/#comment-257124 Mon, 16 Aug 2021 16:07:46 +0000 https://vitruvianstudio.com/?p=14637#comment-257124 I will experiment with less pressure and will try the black pencils too. Thank you!

]]> By: Blue Pilgrim https://vitruvianstudio.com/blog/3-ways-to-reduce-graphite-shine-in-your-drawings/#comment-256395 Sun, 18 Jul 2021 14:18:45 +0000 https://vitruvianstudio.com/?p=14637#comment-256395 I tried an experiment the other day, with a Dixon Ticonderoga #2 and cheap copy paper. I laid down a dark area, which had a lot of shine, and then dabbed a bit of water on half of it and blotted it up right away with some facial tissue paper to keep the paper from getting too wet — and the shine there disappeared, with no value change when it dried. It seems the water raised the grain of the paper where it had been burnished from the pressure of the pencil. Worth playing with, I’d say.

]]> By: Janyce Cutler https://vitruvianstudio.com/blog/3-ways-to-reduce-graphite-shine-in-your-drawings/#comment-249083 Mon, 25 Jan 2021 16:28:35 +0000 https://vitruvianstudio.com/?p=14637#comment-249083 Excellent information!!! Thank you so much. I will take your advice and create a value chart.

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