The Artist’s Way of Holding the Pencil. Position A. Gliding on the little finger.

The Artist’s Way of Holding the Pencil. Position A. Gliding on the little finger. 05/30/2010

The Artist’s Way of Holding the Pencil. Position A/ Gliding on the little finger.

Hold the pencil firmly but lightly two make sure your hand is 2 to 3 inches away from the point and you do not have a vice like grip on it, as that would restrict free movement and while it might allow you to write it prevents the flowing movement across the page required to draw well.

Position A shows the artist resting the little finger on the paper and holding the pencil loosely between thumb and the top two fingers then drawing by sliding the hand along the paper guided in the distance away from the paper by the little finger. If you are covering a small area, you can just swing the hand, from the wrist, if covering a larger area, swing the arm and slide the pencil along using this little finger as a guide.

Practice makes perfect. It is a myth to believe that we are born talented. We may born, with the desire within us to apply ourselves to things we love, learn and practice harder at some things than others, less interested in them, might do and so we become talented. Every one of us has a strong creative urge, we are all, artistic. Some of us have just developed these skills, more than, others. If you want to become an artist, you can. You do not need to be talented to start, you need to have the desire, to learn and practice. it is your teacher who needs to have the talent to show how, explain why, and constructively critique the students work, in order for you to advance.

I hope you gain what you are needing from these art lessons and Kathy Shell is available as your tutor, for on line, art tuition advice if you would l like to go further than these lessons can take you.

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