Comments on: 25 Days to Better Drawings – Day Eight – Value https://thevirtualinstructor.com/members Members Thu, 02 Apr 2026 21:18:58 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 By: Felicia Spratling https://thevirtualinstructor.com/members/25-days-to-better-drawings-day-eight-value#comment-10113 Sun, 19 Oct 2025 00:54:21 +0000 http://thevirtualinstructor.com/members/?page_id=26882#comment-10113 What is the best brand name for Grey Paper?

]]> By: Charles Thompson https://thevirtualinstructor.com/members/25-days-to-better-drawings-day-eight-value#comment-9893 Mon, 09 Jun 2025 15:04:45 +0000 http://thevirtualinstructor.com/members/?page_id=26882#comment-9893 In reply to Rich Hughes.

I’m still just getting started with this course, but I’m seeing the same results between the 4B and 2B Derwent pencils when I lay them down on Strathmore 400 Series Toned Gray paper. I’ve tried several other brand pencils, and the difficulty persists.

Each of the brands lay down fine when I compare them on other papers I have on hand. Watching the video and comparing with my results the difference seems to be due to the tooth of the paper, not the pencils.

]]> By: Rich Hughes https://thevirtualinstructor.com/members/25-days-to-better-drawings-day-eight-value#comment-9859 Wed, 14 May 2025 00:04:12 +0000 http://thevirtualinstructor.com/members/?page_id=26882#comment-9859 Loving the course, picking up a lot of things and it’s great to have a plan instead of just randomly watching one of your YouTube videos (which also are great) and jumping around to different things. Really feel like I’m learning. Question if you have time with pencils. My Faber Castell pencils aren’t really showing much difference between 2B and 4B. The 4B is definitely not as dark as it appears on your paper. Using Strathmore 80lb Toned Gray sketch paper…..maybe I need to get a higher quality pencil set?

]]> By: Heidi Bailey https://thevirtualinstructor.com/members/25-days-to-better-drawings-day-eight-value#comment-9664 Thu, 06 Feb 2025 19:10:38 +0000 http://thevirtualinstructor.com/members/?page_id=26882#comment-9664 Thank you! I am enjoying your course. You are filling up the gaps in my knowledge of drawing.

]]> By: Theresa Brown https://thevirtualinstructor.com/members/25-days-to-better-drawings-day-eight-value#comment-9557 Mon, 06 Jan 2025 21:36:27 +0000 http://thevirtualinstructor.com/members/?page_id=26882#comment-9557 Hi Matt, I have been attending your course, pencil as beginner for a couple of weeks and continue to go back and reference course videos and doing the exercises to ensure I am nailing it. I’ve only completed day 8 and for me I’m fine with that. I enjoy the work and love what I am learning and I have been drawing and painting for years now, but no formal training or course outline.
Thank you, is basically the reason for my message. I am 59 years old, married for 34 years, an empty nester, 3 time cancer survivor and now dx with Multiple sclerosis, so this has given me some purpose in my live. Thank you!

]]> By: matt https://thevirtualinstructor.com/members/25-days-to-better-drawings-day-eight-value#comment-9371 Wed, 18 Sep 2024 12:10:29 +0000 http://thevirtualinstructor.com/members/?page_id=26882#comment-9371 In reply to Pam Avery.

Hi Pam,

Kneaded erasers are cleaned by kneading them. When they begin to smudge or leave residue on the surface, it’s time for a new one.

]]> By: Pam Avery https://thevirtualinstructor.com/members/25-days-to-better-drawings-day-eight-value#comment-9362 Sat, 14 Sep 2024 18:45:52 +0000 http://thevirtualinstructor.com/members/?page_id=26882#comment-9362 I think I’m getting all this in my head, although my fingers don’t always cooperate. A perhaps silly question I have is how to clean the kneaded eraser. Mine is giving me aa smudged look rather than being clean. That’s hardly my biggest issue, but I thought that one could be easily fixed. Thanks. for any help, and thanks for the course. I’m very much enjoying it.

]]> By: Heather Jones https://thevirtualinstructor.com/members/25-days-to-better-drawings-day-eight-value#comment-9012 Mon, 18 Mar 2024 01:18:54 +0000 http://thevirtualinstructor.com/members/?page_id=26882#comment-9012 I’m using Staedtler Mars Lumograph pencils and the value scale was a disaster. 4B, 2B, and HB all looked the same. I redid it and got much better results with 6B, 2B, 2H, and 3H.

]]> By: Marianne Post https://thevirtualinstructor.com/members/25-days-to-better-drawings-day-eight-value#comment-8985 Mon, 11 Mar 2024 14:46:14 +0000 http://thevirtualinstructor.com/members/?page_id=26882#comment-8985 Blending the white charcoal with graphite to achieve the lighter values was a new technique for me. Enjoyed the results!

]]> By: Fily Yu-Wong https://thevirtualinstructor.com/members/25-days-to-better-drawings-day-eight-value#comment-8618 Sat, 02 Sep 2023 18:16:25 +0000 http://thevirtualinstructor.com/members/?page_id=26882#comment-8618 Which brand of graphite drawing pencils you would recommend?

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