Tailler sa Pierre Noire pour dessiner comme un pro (crayon Conté de Paris)

Hi, it's Kyong. In this video, I'm going to show you how to cut your pencil as well as an artist. So why is it important to cut it well? It's because, for example, when you buy a Conté mine, of black stone, HB, in fact, the problem is that either you can write like that, and if you want to shade a large area, it's a little complicated, and then you see, it's not homogeneous, like a mine that would be cut like this. You see where you have a much smoother angle, and a much wider mine to be able to smooth correctly and in a much more homogeneous way. And then, why is it important? It's about the line too, you see, for example, a pencil like that, you have, let's say, only one line thickness, even if obviously you can be light and press much harder, but except with a mine like that, the difference is, we go from that, a mine like that, you see, like that, to a much more pointy mine, and much wider, which means that we have a single type of line here, then we can have several types of lines, you see, it's much richer in terms of lines, and also you can do a lot more effect of material like that, but also a lot more effect of length, and that's really what's important, for example, in length like that, you see, you can go very fast, here I do the terminator, then I do the hard shadow below, and I go very, very, very fast. You see, that's what's interesting with a mine like that, that's the terminator, I don't say more here, but if you want to learn more, there are a lot of videos that teach you how to understand light, and how to give volume to all that, on my channel, so subscribe and go watch other channels after this video. So, to really cut it well, avoid breaking the mine, I often hear people complain about using black stone and that the mine breaks, so know that black stone, as its name suggests, is stone, it's stone, it's like going to the knife and cutting stone, and inevitably, either it's your knife that breaks, or it's the stone that crumbles, in fact, you don't cut a stone, you file it, and it's really different, which means that you need a cutter, and a special thing, it's a sharpening block, which looks like this, it's super good, in fact, this is a thing, it's Nitran, it's a high-end rifle brand, in fact, it's a brick with a stick here, but I buy this, it's largely enough, and I sharpen on it. Don't drop it, otherwise, you see, it's a used thing, it's throwable, but I've been using it for 3 months, a block like this, it costs 7€, and it can last a little more than a year, I've been using it for 3 months, so it's largely enough, and let's go, I'll show you how to avoid breaking your mine. So, first of all, you have to take into account that when you buy a counted pencil, it starts with a pencil like this, also check that, well, you can't check it, but check with the head, if it's damaged, usually, when the head is damaged, it means there was a lot of shaking, you have to be careful, so you have to sharpen it well, the longer the mine is, the better it is, here it's a little short, it should be from here, it allows you to hold your pencil in a particular way, I don't talk about it here, because it allows your hand to draw well and to be much more fluid. So you sharpen like this, in a very very very wide way at the beginning, and then we'll get into the details, it's a little bit like drawing itself, and it's also interesting to do that at the beginning of the session, to sharpen 2-3 pencils, because if one breaks, you have to stop during your session and sharpen a new one, it can take time, so at the beginning of the session, sharpen about 3 or 4, 4 for your safety, but you'll break one and you'll be careful the last time, and it's also good because it calms down, it calms down at the beginning of the session, for example if you have a day where it's complicated, or you fought with your colleagues, or you had some personal problems, in fact, just the fact of sharpening your pencil, you have to do it slowly, go slowly, it calms you down, it's a form of meditation, and it's important to do that because when you draw, you always have to be positive, you never have to be negative, and if you're negative and you draw, you'll make a link between drawing and negativity, and it's really not what you want, you want to forget all your day, all your stress, you want to be calm, you breathe, the problem is that I speak at the same time, it's difficult, breathe well, take your time, you sharpen, you take your time, that's extremely important, and it will completely change your way of drawing, just by taking your time to sharpen your pencil, and it's really sharp what we do, so if you're sharp in what you do, you will automatically improve, and it's really important, and it's this philosophy that I would like to share through the channel, we go in depth in our way of drawing, in our way of touching the paper, of giving life to our drawings, necessarily, we attack all angles, even the pencil, even the way of holding the pencil, it is particular to our way of drawing, we go a little bit more than the simple tutorial, this is really what is taught in the workshops the most traditional, that is to say that you can find it in the workshops of traditional drawing in America, even in Italy, on the academy of Venice, you learn to sharpen like that, it's really ancestral as a way of doing, that's why the county of Paris, the black stone, it lasts since the Renaissance, we use the black stone since the Renaissance because it allows you to have a big hand and to make a lot of effects, and draw in a very classic way. From there, you can start to sharpen, you try to remove all the pieces of rubber, it's a kind of glue that allows to avoid... it dampens the angles, it's a bit annoying, it's like if you had a leg stuck here, so it's not very practical to draw, but you have to remove it well. Obviously, you will have black fingers when you do that. I like when the mine is a little bit longer. I'm going a little bit fast because I'm used to it, I would advise you to take your time. If you break the mine, don't be nervous, it's... breathe, the breathing, it calms down, so... I broke it 5 minutes ago, 5 minutes ago, so don't worry, calm down, if you break it, it's ok, you can start again. When you buy black stone, try to buy 5, 6 or 10, a big package. It's true that it's expensive, it costs 2.50€, but it's the basis of an artist, a designer, and it's really an ancestral tool, traditional. Then you take the cutter and you cut the beginning. It's faster to do that. You can sharpen it right away, sharpen it, but it would take a little more time, so you just take the cutter and you cut the beginning. I also put my finger forward without putting too much pressure, it's to avoid breaking the mine. Here, the mine is really fragile, if you drop it, you break it. So stay until the end, I'll show you how I do that to avoid it rolling. Once in two, it avoids the mine from falling and breaking, because if it falls, you start again and it goes fast. The problem is that black stone goes so fast and it's expensive, if you're wondering what black stone I use, I use B. This is an HB. At first I used B, but it was too soft for me. I switched to HB, but you start to get used to drawing in a very light way and HB becomes too light. So I went back to B, but I don't have B anymore. With the confinement, I can't buy it again. It's a little bit thicker. That's it. You can cut blood mine everywhere, but I don't advise you to mix the colors, because if you cut the blood with black, it will mix with the blood and you will start to draw black, so it's not what you want. To cut, you have to turn the pencil around and do this. It's very simple. You try to start from here, you go up until here. Don't do it like me. It's a little bit like going to the sawmill. You try to use the most dry areas and you go through here. You try to sharpen it as much as possible and really be like this. You don't have to press. If you press, you're going to break the mine. When the dust fills the space, you change the space. You try to find a new corner and you sharpen your mine. You do this in a chain before each drawing session. Once it's well filled, you try to give big hits in the trash. I avoid doing it here on my table or it's going to go everywhere. I put myself in danger just for you. Don't be afraid to give. The mine is not bad. I don't know if you can see it. I like to make it a little bit more angular, on the corners. Here it's still a little bit too much. Like this. It should be a lot thinner on this part. Normally, if you're used to drawing and have a well-sharpened mine, you don't sharpen it for hours. By drawing, by giving hits, the way of drawing, as I teach on E-Tart, you automatically sharpen your mine by your drawing. Then, I recommend to have a cloth and clean the mine. It's not bad. Let's do the test. We have very homogeneous flats. Very, very nice. We can make interesting dynamics. We can work on soft shadows and hard shadows. If you don't know what soft shadows and hard shadows are, I'll talk about it later on the channel. For now, I talked about it a little bit in all the videos. I recommend you to watch them. But I didn't make a particular video on it. If you have questions or if you want this video as soon as possible, leave a comment. It's a mine like this, it's perfect. Then, for the final touch, very slowly, you can mess up. Here, I messed up. I'll show you how to avoid the mine falling if you go too deep by just cutting a little line here. That's what I do. I cut a little line to avoid it from rolling. You see, it falls directly like that. It doesn't roll. It avoids it from falling to the ground. You just try to make a little line like that. You try to go very slowly. You remove a little line like that. It avoids it from rolling. A little line and it's good. It's largely enough. It may not be practical in the outfit, but since I often drop my pencils, we'll say that it stays. It's perfect. I'll give you another example. It really slows down the pencil and it avoids it from falling. It's perfect for drawing. You hold the pencil like that. And the next video will be for the Nitram mill. I'll show you the Nitram mill. It's really, really good. As I said, it's a high-end brand. I'll show you how to cut it in the next video. 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