5 Pencil Sharpening Techniques for Pros

All the ways I sharpen all the pencils that I use. Wooded and woodless graphite pencils, 2.0 and 5.6 mm mechanical pencils, charcoal pencils, and eraser pencils. I’ll show you how to use the Blackwing 2-step hand powered sharpener, the Staedtler 2mm lead pointer, how to correctly sharpen with a blade, and how to make your own sandpaper blocks. CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 01:06 - Wooded Graphite 05:07 - Sandpaper Variations 07:23 - Woodless Graphite 10:07 - Clutch 10:53 - Charcoal Pencil 15:00 - Mechanical 17:07 - Wacom Stylus 17:30 - Eraser pencil Make sure to check out the premium course which offers a more comprehensive lesson on pencils and erasers! The premium Drawing Basics course also gets you access to all the full lessons, project demonstrations, and critique videos that I’ll be releasing in the next 18 months! That’s at RAZOR BLADE SAFETY: If you’re young, find an adult to assist you. Blades
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