I tried your technique of using plastic sheets as barriers when blending with brushes and it has COMPLETELY changed how I lay down pigment now

00:23 🖊 Using a 2B mechanical pencil (0.7mm) for larger drawings, adjusting pencil thickness based on drawing size. 01:07 🍃 Capturing the scale-like quality of hummingbird feathers, focusing on larger shapes before detailing strands. 01:53 📄 Managing paper movement while drawing, using pencil pressure as a gauge, keeping crisp highlights intact. 02:21 🖋 Transitioning to a 3.5M mechanical pencil for intricate details, planning for later blending techniques. 03:09 🎨 Layering technique with graphite, erasers, and pencils to achieve desired contrast and texture. 04:07 🌟 Creating the illusion of layered feathers by accentuating shadows and highlights together. 04:52 📏 Keeping pencils sharp for precision and texture, allowing tools to guide texture creation. 06:13 🖌 Experimenting with blending techniques (e.g., linseed oil) for achieving the "bokeh" effect in the background. 06:55 🕊 Employing pencil strokes against strong lines for a more organic feel in the drawing. 07:23 🖼 Emphasizing subtlety in graphite work, stepping back to maintain overall tone and highlights.

Hey, Jono! Your take on paper fibers is a game-changer!

Thank you for this video. Some of us work this small all the time due to lack of space in our home or $$ for things so it’s been super helpful to see how to do something small with detail :)

Beautiful!

very useful, thank you

What amazing content off to watch the real-time stuff now

Thanks for sharing your thoughts and drawing tips

an amazing tutorial, your videos are always so well explained ❤

Thank you for these beautiful videos and for helping us. I wish you a happy life full of successes

Thank you

Many and many thand to you for your videos. You boost me to draw more and better. It's amazing to have a Master who can learn and boost many drawers Many thanks to you, Jono !!!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤

I love u jono❤

Love from INDIA ❤

May I ask which lamps you use? Are these just normal daylight lamps, or something more special? I have the problem that I don't have enough light at my workplace, but I'm unsure which lamps are good? Do you have a link or tip? and you are my absolute favorite artist. Your works are stunningly beautiful, sometimes disturbing, but always captivating! Thank you for sharing this with all of us!

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i absolutely love your hyperrealism and stark contrasts. For the deep blacks, you are just mixing linseed oil and ground graphite? I would love to achieve those blacks in my pencil work.

@yavannapeet3952

7 ай бұрын

He's got a video on how to achieve dark backgrounds 😊

@TheIronDuke9

7 ай бұрын

Yeah but he doesn't really go into the oil mix unless you're talking about a more recent video, the one I watched was made before he began experimenting with oil and he was just grinding 9b graphite and applying it dry.@@yavannapeet3952

@JonoDry

7 ай бұрын

People in the comments got my back, pretty much everything they said 😊

@kas88an

7 ай бұрын

I find it unbelievable that you can use linseed oil and not ruin the paper. It's not without reason why oil painters use gesso etc to cover their canvas before using oil. There needs to be some layer between oil and the surface, othervise it's just a question of time... 🤔 But of course othervise - absolutely amazing art and content! 👍

Sir take me as your student. I have always seen you as my teacher.

But how do you get your initial sketch down? Do you freehand it? Or grid-method, projector tracing?

@justfreedude

7 ай бұрын

It doesn’t matter. Whatever works.

@joeblankenship377

7 ай бұрын

@@justfreedude But if the video is "step by step", why leave out that one particular step? It's kind of important. The hardest part of realistic drawing is getting accurate proportions.

Make a video of realistic stone tutorial.....

@JonoDry

7 ай бұрын

I’m still trying to figure it out but, when I’ve got it down I’ll make a video about it 😁

Great video! Where are those mechanical pencils from?

@JonoDry

7 ай бұрын

They are fancy faber castel pencils, i think you might have to order them online

What eraser are you using?

Thank you sir.... Sir plz put in sub title s....

I would love to hear your take on AI art..

@buxton89

7 ай бұрын

I believe he already has an upload on it.

He naver responds 😢🙁

@serviogaming5169

7 ай бұрын

???

@TheIronDuke9

7 ай бұрын

Not true, he responded to me - but sometimes he just makes an entire video that addresses the questions he gets and that's even better than a direct response

@JonoDry

7 ай бұрын

I try to respond as often as possible. I don’t get a lot of time on social media though

@interestgainer9801

7 ай бұрын

@@JonoDry just melted my heart 😦😦😌

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