Speed Draw: Shading Hair with Graphite

Watch as I build value and texture in the hair on the right side of this portrait, keeping the graphite pencil strokes natural to capture the flow and volume of curls. The key? Direction, depth, and subtle shading!

I treated myself for the holidays and bought 5 sets of pencils! Check out my haul, and stay tuned to future reviews so I can share my experience with each brand of pencil: Marco Raffine, Faber-Castell, Caran D'ache, Mitsubishi Hi-Uni and Tombow Homo-Graph Mono pencils.