Blending stumps are good for small, precise work. A brush or even chamoise cloth are great for large area blending.

I use the brush when drawing hair, and it does create some great effects.

very nice teaching style, and loved the work with the bristle brush, I work in the cast hall with charcoal, but really enjoyed seeing it done with pencil, thank you for sharing

that's a great tip!using that brush instead of a blending stump,i'm gonna try that technique,thanx!!

Yeahhh I didn't much dig the blending stumps that I picked up. Good to know this tip, thanks!

oh this is new to me :3 i like to use my blending/shading stumps but a paint brush i would have never thought. Stumps do turn the paper gray and i thought that was natural and if i needed more black i would add more shading to my drawing.

amazing. You just gave the right tool. thank you so much

That's called a kneaded eraser. Those are great little things, a lot of uses and you can get them to last practically forever.

OMG whenever i see amazing artworks like this i have this urge to scribble all over it ... i dont know why??

Thanks a lot, I have been drawing for years and only use pencil. I have to give that a try. thaks for sharing....

Sick idea.

Can't wait to try this technique! I definitely agree with the weird silvery gray tone form a blending stump, I just couldn't get used to it for pencil, maybe with charcoal it would be a different story.

awesome! i'm going to try this. thanks for posting!

thx, i didn't have a blending stump and ill try this

@Adeltraut Yup, I was shading with a finger and it looked good but it runs some parts and takes a lot of time, I'm getting a brush now

Thanks a lor for the tip, I will use brush!

nice tip thx

brush works the best, I hate blending stumps, i just threw all mine away except a tiny one i use for tiny parts o f my drawing

:O but blending stump is my life!!!!!

Well, normal erasers are more straight forward, they remove medium from the paper and they leave shavings behind. Kneaded erasers are like a rubbery clay that you knead with your fingers when you use. They also do not leave shavings on the paper when you use them, instead the surface of the eraser gets "loaded" with the medium and they stop lifting it off the paper. Then you can use the loaded surface to blend your tones if you want. In other words they can also move the medium around the paper.

Kool tip and drawing, Matthew sounds like he's from Boston ?

What tools would those be? I use a blending stump myself and it works for me so far

i got I am kinda new to drawing and was wondering how to change the lighting in the picture i guess u can say how do i use the shading part how can i learn how to master it please send me feedback thank you...

oh great. I'm gonna buy me one. Blending with fingers often creates just a random shade.

exactly what type of pencil do you use? I'm sorry, I can't hear it right what you said. I use atleast 4 different types of pencils to get different gray scales. It would be nice to use just one like you do

Is it bad to use youre thumb for blending what do you recomend ill soon post some drawings im in Philippines right now its a paradise here ive grown as an artist see you soon!

Unfortunately in the video it is impossible to see the effect created with the brush. Thank you for the tip.

what is the difference with a normal eraser?

@Zoran54321 ah i never felt comfortable with finger-blending, because it destroys the natural texture of the paper.

What do you call that Eraser?? please..

whats the sculpture he drew called?? thought it was by bernini

if you do that it looks blurred hes trying to get more of a gritty look

I like touching brush technique....

which?

where are you from your accent is quite noticeable, in a good way.

no its of nuce

The 't' in bristle is silent for goodness' sake. I agree that blending stumps give quite a nasty effect when used for blending, but the very small ones are excellent for softening small details. You just have to know how to use them.

tortillion :top

tats a brill tip, all d time i smudge my pics after i erase its so anoying

I like tortillians, kleenex,q-tips, and chamois

i use my finger :T

Toilet paper and a brush works fir me (:

it dosnt even blend!

What I dislike (very much) about all of the vids from you that I've seen, is that you don't really show us how you, personally, draw. Instead, we see a finished, to mostly finished work, which makes me skeptical about your actual ability to draw.