The slow process of pencil-shading, mechanically

Mechanical pencil– mechanized shading therewith. It's a 0.5 lead, and much as I love working with it, I realize I'm attacking fine art with an architect or engineer's tool. What's one to do? One begins with, then becomes comfortable with, and finally attached to one's media. (It's a pencil I found in the Pratt library… Continue reading The slow process of pencil-shading, mechanically