When he highlighted “Finger” and the dramatic music started playing but then he read on and is like “Wait-“ I mean I knew this about oils and was expecting it but his reaction is priceless
I've been drawing for over 20 years and had no idea what a Blending stump was until now. Always got them in art sets but never knew what they were for. So don't feel too bad, You're not the only one.
My art teacher (and art department in general at secondary school) told me off for using my fingers to blend and hated blending stumps. If we wanted to create a gradient, constraint or blend (duh) we could only use the pressure of the pencil/s. I could never do it so I’d use my finger anyway. I use blending stumps and my fingers interchangeably depending on what I want. Anyway I am fairly new to your channel Jazza (watching for about 6 months) and when I saw you using your fingers to blend for the first time I was like “YES!”. Then when I see you wipe the excess off on another dedicated page I was like “see art department it’s fine to blend with a goddamn stump or finger!”
@@marionettehone i use everything on earth to blend pencil!Cooking oil, hair oil, nai polish remover,sanitizer and even rubbing alchohol!(And yes I escaped from mental hospital!)*
Yes I was hoping to find a comment like this. Cause as Jazza was saying about the harsh edge the rubber eraser is best to lighten it. I hope he does a video in the two of em together.
Kneaded erasers are extremely helpful, especially when drawing portraits. You can “sharpen” the eraser, but you can also use it lighten shading without totally erasing it, by pushing the kneaded eraser onto the surface and lifting it up. I freaking love them and don’t draw without one.
I've always found them frustrating, because I always draw and erase heavily with greylead, meaning that the kneeded erasers lose their shape almost immediately and they pick up the lead which gets kneeded through them making them leave grey smudges whenever they're used.
@@slBrelaz I saw an "art hack" where you can wash them. Not tried it yet. But you would have to not knead it while you wash it or the water will get trapped.
I love how Jazza, a TH-camr with over 5.5 million subscribers, can still listen so well to his viewers and audience. It’s truly quite rare and awesome! Thanks from a fellow artist Jazza!
that really true, especially coming from an artist. artists don’t like hearing that they’ve been doing something wrong for so long. we tend to get… super defensive lol. so yeah, it’s really nice to see that for a change!
There is a difference between blending with a finger, blending stump, Q-tip, and tissues. I would love to see you draw something using all of these methods! Also, try to use the kneaded eraser to add highlights 😍
In my art class, we don't have blending stumps and I hate getting messy (ironic for an "artist"), so I've always taken a big, soft, blunt eraser and put tissue over it, and used that to blend. It blends VERY smoothly and makes a very soft finish. If you don't press too hard with the pencil, you won't even be able to see the original lines.
It's amazing seeing how Jazza accepts all the criticism and is perfectly transparent about being uncomfortable and is open to learn anyways...great artworks and good job with the blending stumps Happy birthday Jazza!
As a psychology student I can say your explanation of cognitive dissonance at 7:30 was pretty accurate and a lot more fun than the way my professors explained it ;)
Ah yes another student who has to deal with tons of psych research, coffee, and a cramp hands from typing. And making sure Apa is correct or your entire page is fucked :)
@@lionofjuda3048 This is correct, I was about to say the same but you nailed it. A perfect example is someone eating fattening food knowing it's delicious but know it can cause weight gain and many health risks like obesity. The actual theory to what he is saying is social comparison theory which leads to cognitive dissonance. It's not cognitive dissonance altogether.
I love that he finally thinks that he's going to prove all of us wrong that he can blend with his finger, then reads that using the finger to blend is a big "no no" 12:15
Ok they say you cannot erase the graphite once blended with a finger but that’s just wrong, Ive rubbed out shading I wasn’t happy with so many times after doing it with my finger with nothing left after the fact
the most shocking thing to me isnt that he didn't know about blending stumps but that he never found it inconvenient to blend with his fingers and end up searching for a tool that would blend so he wouldn't get his hands dirty
Its one of those things that you just get used to doing and develop your own techneces. You don't notice that its not the easiest or most efficient way till you try the other way. Its like when i started digital art i didn't have a pen and just used my finger (easier than a cheap phone stylus pen thing) i didn't really think to question that it might not be a good way until years later i got a new device with a pen and felt how much smoother it was. If it works in some capacity you just dont think about it.
Jazza is so refreshing among other artists who only want to show perfection, even when he doesn't know smth he's so honest abt his learning process and the mistakes he might make along the way. I really appreciate that.
I have fewer than 1 friend in the World. That's right. Everybody disses me for making bad videos. I think they are perfect though. Who is right? My dissers or me? Which side are you on, dear ba
I'm about to be overwhelmingly sappy, but I am so grateful for you. Not only for giving the world 10/10 quality entertainment, but also for your ability to normalize the everyday struggles of artists through humour and transparency. I used to be so passionate about art until I started to study it and had it instilled in me that I was flawed, ignorant and inadequate. But seeing you, an established artist that I look up to, embrace the little things that art school teaches you to believe are sub-par and turn them into exciting learning opportunities is so inspirational. I haven't done any art in years, but something about this video has me pumped to pick it back up. So thank you - and HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
I like to use my finger because it actually “sets” the drawing once I am finished. The oil keeps it from smudging further or being ruined with time. Also- finger smudging is cheap, quick, effective, and always “on hand” 😏
i end up using both blending stumps and my finger, its easier to blend smaller areas with the blending stump and when i dont have a blending stump i use what i have on hand my finger.
Just started drawing a few weeks ago but as a very experienced armchair-artist I would like to suggest another blending tool: the tissue. Should give you more fine control in some cases.
The conclusion to not reject the finger blending method and instead possibly doing both is nice. I personally use a combination of q-tips, toilet paper, and a blending stump. Some things are just better than others so being able to use a combination of things is useful and fun
Everyone here is sharing their experience with teachers forbidding finger blending... while my art teacher had two entire lessons dedicated to finger blending because she believed having this kind of raw and direct contact with the drawing would help us improve and understand better how the materials work
@@emerybrown6145 it makes sense ebcause they tend to teach professional art as in to use for your profession and finger blending on long term pieces means the oils will yellow over time and cause a bunch of other issues with the paper and graphite way down the line. So professionally finger blending is a big nono, now for sketching purposes it can make sense but even then it seems better to just shut it down early before it becomes a habit that prevents someone from excelling.
I love how Jazza fully listens to his fans/audience and explaining his side without having to insult anyone. His views and opinions are clear, explanations are on point and calming.
When I didn’t have a blending stump in hand, I would wrap a tissue paper to my finger and blend, it’s obviously much less control, but it works better than just your skin against the paper :) happy birthday Jazza!
As a fellow artist of 15 years or so.... This also was new information to me. I have a couple of these in a pencil set, but was very confused what they were for, and it came with the sandpaper thing too which confused me even more! I shall consider myself enlightened! ;P
The way Jazza draws brown and Black characters makes me wanna cry. They're so beautiful aren't just dark-skinned with white features. There are particular features there that points to their identity and I love it. 💛 Happy Birthday, Jazza!!!
Watching Jazza get so excited and smug when the guide labeled using a finger as an alternative for a blending stump but then get so heartbroken when it said it should only be used as a last resort cracked me up. 😂 I’m heartless I know.
q-tips and cotton rounds are pretty great, especially because you can just throw them away when you're done. I also like using them when I sketch with watercolor pencils. I'd love to see you do a video trying all three and using watercolor pencils, especially getting the q-tips or cotton rounds a tiny bit damp, then blending. Happy exploring!
My college professors in my art classes hated when we used fingers to blend, because of the oils that would limit how much we could blend and put down on the paper. 😂
In art class, we had to use only oilpastels or paint and the drawing styles we had to copy were NOT sitting right with me. Honestly the worst experience in art ive ever had but the school was kinda low budget at the time so yeah. I've never had that kinda experience before bc we only used other materials to blend colors. In that class I never did a granite pencil, but one time they let us use any medium of our choice. I picked color pencils and it was unregretable. 😃 Ive always used my fingers and the pencil itself. Usually i have two pencils: one that is sharpened to oblivion and one that is smoothed down at a comfortable angle so that it has a soft texture on paper. Edit:blends nicely if you know how to use it well. Usually it's rare that I use my fingers, tho, bcuz I have a style that is good with more harsh shading and I'm, in the argument, on the side of just pencils.
Or you can roll a paper very, very tightly. Then glue the last bit of unrolled paper to the rest with glue or water and lastly, sharpen it with a paper knife (If this is what this thing is called. I am not a native english speaker). Pros of doing this: you can make blending stumps with exactly that much thickness as you want and I think it's relatively cheaper than buying new, already made ones. Con: They are pretty hard to make. Especially in the part of rolling the paper, because it needs to be really tight.
Over 40 years on the planet and I only found out about paper blending stumps last year. For years I thought they were called blending sticks and were made of rubber, like an eraser that smudges. We didn't even learn about these in art college, they told us to use our fingers.
Back in college when I used to do drawings in charcoal and chalk, I always LIKED to blend with my fingers more, as I don't like the feel of rubbing the stump on paper. However there's no doubt the fine tip of the blending stump lets you get far more detailed in small areas. I suppose the results really depend on the paper and medium. I got much smoother results than Jazza did with the pencil and paper he was using.
His birthday is 4.20? Edit: I googled. Yes it is. He has the same birthday as my sister (she's just 6 years older). And mine is 5 days after him (but 3 years before lol)
Jazza you are supposed to use the blending stumps on the top fluffy cotton like part, you can also use the sides but it gets harder to clean but still u can still use the sides, BTW (most people just use sandpaper :)
I actually personally use my fingers as well when blending. I was asked to draw by my art teacher and after a while, she said 'I forgot to give you this.' then she saw my drawing. she was like 'How did you blend it?' I said, 'I used my fingers.' she was surprised idk why. Honestly tho, fingers are good for blending. yes, it gets messy sometimes but I think it's more fun you know.
it's not just harder to erase, it can also make your drawing faint over time since the oils your finger transfers onto it are organic material, so I really don't recommend that if you want to keep the drawing.. if it's a quick thumbnail sketch though or something just to mess around with then it's 100% fine, just don't use it for anything finished^^"
Tortillons are good because they don't mix with the oils on your skin. Once you blend with you're finger you're almost "set", but you can still (usually) erase tortillon blended graphite. I always kept a piece of scrap paper both with HEAVY pencil if I needed more graphite, but also to "clean" it, cuz as you saw, it gets overloaded easily. Also, you gotta be more patient because it's not about MASHING the stump into some paper, but slowly spreading the excess graphite.
I used to steal a bunch of blending stumps from art class but I used to use tissues or q-tips because my parents weren’t a fan of me staining my fingertips with lead and graphite XD
I love how he was getting ready for the dramatic reading of the finger as an alternative just to read it properly and find out that your not supposed to use your finger idk it was just funny to me
I didn’t know what it was until my art teacher made us buy one for his class on 12th grade so I understand finding something like this a little bit later in life, granted I was 17 and you were 32, but the point is unless you’re exposed to it you have no way of knowing what it is.
Exactly. I've been drawing my whole life (specifically sketching, so I'd be the perfect demographic for blending stumps), and I've never heard of them until this video.
In my college art classes we blended graphite with our fingers, a blending stump AND those pink erasers. My art professor was really good and explained how each has a different blending effect and are appropriate depending on what you want.
@@fhsjdjskkshi No. They're asking if his birthday is April 19th because their birthday is April 18th. They aren't saying they are turning 18 years old.
oh so that what that was...I got a art kit for Christmas and I used the pencils and the eraser that's it I was confused what the blending stumps did.....that's fine tho because I don't shaden
I use a mix of blending stumps and fingers. I do a lot of realistic portraits with graphite and usually I'll use the stumps for darker and rougher blending early on in the drawing process, but since they are a bit difficult to get a perfectly smooth blending with, I'll almost always switch to fingers for a more final, smoother blend halfway through the drawing process. The thing about oil from the skin making it harder to erase has never been an issue for me (maybe I just have dry skin?). I keep hearing people say that using fingers will discolour the paper over time, but I have drawing's I made over fifteen years ago using my fingers with no discolouration at all.
My art teachers told me to not use stumps or fingers but to just practice pencil control to make smooth shadows and shading. But I still like blinding stumps.
My art teacher used to say, that you can smear thing with your finger, bc it's literally making the paper dirty... I know, I know, middle school art teachers in Poland are not ideal xD
Just so you know, you're not the only artist who didn't know what a blending stump was 😂 I've used my fingers and q-tips for an embarrassingly long time... because I didn't know what that little white stub thing in my art kit was for. 🤦♀️🤣 And the split second you showed a picture of a blending stump sharpener it was literally like, a wave of realization lol So thank you, Jazza, for clearing up for me what those two little mystery items in my art kit were for (because I don't read instructions eitherrr 🤪)
the little sandpaper block in art kits isnt just for the blending stump =p its also for people who like to sharpen pencils so that the leads are on the long side, you can use that little strip of sandpaper to work a point back into the pencil lead
@FancyRants happy to help, and as an added bonus that's a great way to get graphite powder, I save all the graphite I get doing that so I can coat a q-tip or blending stump in it later to shade large areas quickly
For a more "softer" type of erasing, you should try Kneadable erasers! They are pretty great for use in sketches 👍. They are like the blending stumps of erasers😂
Now I’m wondering if Jazza knows about kneadable erasers, I don’t remember seeing him use one, but it is usually recommended to avoid damaging the paper through friction.
he might just not like them maybe? I can't stand them. They erase too well for blending for my experience and I hate the texture. Goes right through me when I try to knead one lol .
When I learned about blending stumps for the first time in high school, we were told that blending with your finger isn't wrong, but if you plan to erase areas you blended, the oils from your finger will bind the graphite to the page. I enjoy blending stumps quite a bit, but they didn't always feel appropriate for larger areas or softer gradients. So, I use a paper towel over my finger and blend as Jazza did, holding my finger like a pencil, that way I could have the same technique without the hassle of the oil! To be fair, the paper towel method can get annoying with having to hold most of it out of the way to see what you are doing, but there are advantages like simply moving to another place on the paper towel, flipping it over, etc. when one spot gets too full of graphite. My art teacher was confused when I first did this, but recognized it as a valid way to work with the medium. Just wanted to put that out there for anyone who doesn't know (and for Jazza, should he read this long-winded comment)!
I'm the same way. It made my art teacher mad. She had two valid points though: one was try out the tools anyway to get a feel for them anyway because they may be handy later, the other was to prevent skin oil from contaminating the drawing because the acids will accelerate the paper decomposing.
I am a finger-blender. I was acquainted with the finger-stump many years ago, when I drew a lot with pastels. I found the paper things too clunky. I was really good at getting 3D modeling effects on portraits in pastel. But you do need the kneaded erasers to regain highlights if you go wrong a bit. My fingers are not greasy enough to cause problems.
I’ve never used a blending stump before, I’m a fingers only person as well. When I said ‘never’, I meant never ever in my life and no, I’m not exaggerating. Also, yes, I do art all the time, and I do shading all the time. So no, it’s not like I haven’t used a blending stump before because I don’t do art or shading
Instead of blending stumps I personally use que tips as they’re easier to find... HAPPY BIRTHDAY TOMORROW JAZZA!!!!! EDIT : Drawing With Waffles got some mechanical pencil lead that writes in different colors (effectively making her mechanical pencils into colored pencils) and I’d love to see what you think of those!!!
I had the plus of having a mother, aunt, and grandmother that are artists so I used to just make my own blending stumps by rolling paper into a tight cone and just ripping away no longer usable areas. Also, I've owned copics for about 3 years and just learned how to blend them, like, in the past week, from watching your video on how to blend.
@@kennymartin5976 my professors had us gather a small collection of different textures of fabric and wrap them around our finger or another instrument. Reusable and affordable!
Imagine if he did a video where he picked up the graphite from the paper with the blending stump and then made an entire drawing with the blending stump!
In 6th grade art club, our club teacher had us use tortillions for shading. The first thing she told us about why we were using them instead of our fingers was because "children have little grubby fingers and the oil and dirt on their skin can seep into the paper and ruin it over time." She was actually a really fun teacher and said that as a joke, but she was serious about the ruining a drawing over time part--
damnn 1 billion seconds is literally 31.7 years. That's useless knowledge to know, but I'll keep it in my arsenal when someone in the distant future tells me they are 32 years old instead of 1,000,000,000 seconds old
I think it’s a younger generation thing. They probably grew up with iPads and digital sketch pads. I had to wait 15 years before the first iPad came out.. new technology for newer times
I Didn't use blending stumps until college. I did blend with my fingers in high school. I remember blending old oil pastels on paper, and my teacher telling me to blend it more harder with my fingers.
the middle ground that I like to use for those larger areas is holding a paper towel in hand and wrapping part of it around the tip of the finger to blend with, gives that same tactile feel, a nice wide smooth surface and you can easily shift to a clean part to soften more or back to a more used spot to harden.
omg I have been thinking of Jazza as the "adult" because he's like the presenters of the art shows I watched as a kid, like Art Attack, Tony Hart, Blue Peter etc. and now my mind is blown to find out he is one year younger than me! 🤣
my art teacher in high school forbid us from finger blending or using the blending stumps. her excuse was "you can blend just fine without them". like sure but im trying to work smarter not harder mrs art teacher
@@TheGodlyPineapple yeah it’s better to learn how to get the same effect without manually blending/smudging. It is harder work at first but it really improves your skills and control. Eventually it becomes second nature and smudging seems like a messy hassle
a big thing with blending stumps is how easy it is for you to overwork your piece!! Experience will lead you to a more realistic looking blending, specially if your goal is realism!
Quick tip to anyone who may not know: fingers tend to always be slightly greasy so can prevent graphite from being moved around as easily as a blending stump. Also, use a fine grit sandpaper to clean. Edit: nm, all this was in the video lol
Me using my cutter to get rid of graphite despite knowing this: Uh huh yeah totally am applying this knowledge in person. 100% can get a piece of sand paper without a problem.
I used to use my fingers to blend, but recently I've been using a paper towel for finer blending and that's worked pretty well. Never heard of a blending stub until now though
@@alittlekittycat21 me toooo! I just plug in both my earphones and blast 1D songs (I'm a directioner hehe) and use them, the sound of them gives me the heeby jeebies
My art teacher didnt want us to use this tool, we could but he wanted us to learn how to shade properly and learn how to create blends without a cruch like the blending stump
Same here, my fancy friend had them and all the nicest pencils and utensils but my art teacher never allowed it. Thus I became an advocate for the finger stump
@@NimmelTheGreat well I can see your point, but he didnt forbid it, he just called it a crutch because we were just starting first year of art classes and we were learning basics, he called it that because he viewed it like "learn to do it with the pencil first, after that use whatever you want, just as long as you first learn to do without it" he was a great teacher btw best I had in all my years in art and I can definitly thank him for that because hes the teacher I learned the most and perfected my art with, so my gratitude goes for him and his methods
You are right. The oills in your finger will damage the paper, reason why every one at a museum use gloves when handling art or book collectors use gloves too. Or anyone handling art.
My grandmother was an artist and she used this mostly in small spots like nose detail or softening a spot in a forest without blending the tree away. She used her fingers sometimes but had more control with the stump.
when i was in university, a professor made us buy water activated charcoal. it worked like watercolors, but you could erase it and blend it when it was dry just like charcoal sticks
I still like to use my finger but I often get like a tissue or paper towel and put it over my finger. You can also make your own smudging tools if you roll up the paper towels or scrunch them up in different ways.
It’s actually the second time I am hearing about the blending stump and all these years that I’ve been drawing , I was using my finger or a piece of tissue to blend my drawing. As I said , I never used a blending stump but I think I will make an attempt on the future to use it ! 🙂
This is actually so useful, I've done art for years and always wondered what those paper things and the sandpaper in the art kits I was gifted where... In A-Levels we just used fingers.. I probably could have researched it but never did.. This is a revelation 😂
Me, always getting blending stubs with the art kits I'd get as presents: "How could Jazza not know what those are??? Me, learning the sandpaper thingy was for the stubs, not the charcoal: "what now?"
I USED THE SAND PAPER FOR THE PENCILS I thought "oh so cool that way I don't waste using a sharpener!' *ignores the sharpener that also came with the kit*
@@averagegirl7113 For one, you can brush the powder across the paper to fill large areas (and can even mix it with a bit of alcohol to create some cool effects!) Check out some of Stephen Gammell's artwork (From Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark.) I think he employed this technique to create the faded, wispy look that his creations have.
I have used both the finger & blending stumps. My art teacher taught us how to make blending stumps by wrapping a pen with toilet paper, soaking the contraption & then rolling it to get most of the water out (which helps to smooth it. When it has dried hard, use fine sand paper to make the pointy tip & you are good to go.
When he highlighted “Finger” and the dramatic music started playing but then he read on and is like “Wait-“ I mean I knew this about oils and was expecting it but his reaction is priceless
Lol
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Can we just appreciate the fact that he read all the blending stumps comments. You're so nice.
Lol
Why is the camara quality ao bad
I love that he does
@@Lifemade10dynamiko you might just have the video quality low, it looks normal to me
all those people making those comments forgot something: Jazza got this far without a "blending stump". They just made him more powerful
I've been drawing for over 20 years and had no idea what a Blending stump was until now. Always got them in art sets but never knew what they were for. So don't feel too bad, You're not the only one.
Too many spoilt brats getting special treats we are missed out on
Only learned about them like a month ago.
"Man this eraser sucks"
same except the 20 years thing xd
Me too
My art teacher (and art department in general at secondary school) told me off for using my fingers to blend and hated blending stumps. If we wanted to create a gradient, constraint or blend (duh) we could only use the pressure of the pencil/s. I could never do it so I’d use my finger anyway. I use blending stumps and my fingers interchangeably depending on what I want. Anyway I am fairly new to your channel Jazza (watching for about 6 months) and when I saw you using your fingers to blend for the first time I was like “YES!”. Then when I see you wipe the excess off on another dedicated page I was like “see art department it’s fine to blend with a goddamn stump or finger!”
Ive never seen a more relatable moment than Jazza finger blending and then wiping the excess on the back page lol
I was a gremlin who used to put hand sanitizer on a paper and then smear it like water colour
@@marionettehone i use everything on earth to blend pencil!Cooking oil, hair oil, nai polish remover,sanitizer and even rubbing alchohol!(And yes I escaped from mental hospital!)*
@@marionettehone what
What atrocities have I read these are all against the Geneva convention.
Troll above me
Blending stump meets kneaded eraser, the dynamic duo
Kneaded eraser is the true OG
Yes I was hoping to find a comment like this. Cause as Jazza was saying about the harsh edge the rubber eraser is best to lighten it. I hope he does a video in the two of em together.
Yess
Came to the comments section to specifically mention the kneeded erasers.
What about the consortium rubber? (Eraser)
Kneaded erasers are extremely helpful, especially when drawing portraits. You can “sharpen” the eraser, but you can also use it lighten shading without totally erasing it, by pushing the kneaded eraser onto the surface and lifting it up. I freaking love them and don’t draw without one.
I've always found them frustrating, because I always draw and erase heavily with greylead, meaning that the kneeded erasers lose their shape almost immediately and they pick up the lead which gets kneeded through them making them leave grey smudges whenever they're used.
oh and clean your blending stump. an added bonus if you use a blending stump a huge amount
@@slBrelaz I saw an "art hack" where you can wash them. Not tried it yet. But you would have to not knead it while you wash it or the water will get trapped.
I love how Jazza, a TH-camr with over 5.5 million subscribers, can still listen so well to his viewers and audience. It’s truly quite rare and awesome! Thanks from a fellow artist Jazza!
Grian???
That's what i said in a previous vid
Well he couldn’t really avoid it
@@SnickersEatsCookies
Can you blame them? Everyone is toxic and SNOWFLAKE these days
that really true, especially coming from an artist. artists don’t like hearing that they’ve been doing something wrong for so long. we tend to get… super defensive lol. so yeah, it’s really nice to see that for a change!
Jazza starts being all deep and introspective with cognitive dissonance then goes "it's my birthday I can't be wrong"... That's my Jazza
There is a difference between blending with a finger, blending stump, Q-tip, and tissues. I would love to see you draw something using all of these methods!
Also, try to use the kneaded eraser to add highlights 😍
In my art class, we don't have blending stumps and I hate getting messy (ironic for an "artist"), so I've always taken a big, soft, blunt eraser and put tissue over it, and used that to blend. It blends VERY smoothly and makes a very soft finish. If you don't press too hard with the pencil, you won't even be able to see the original lines.
i hate using blending stuff i love the sketches look natural with my style
idk why always people talking about blending
Cool I might try that ty
Saw this comment and tried it… TELL ME WHY THIS WORKS BETTER THAN BLEND STUMPS!!! (I just bought a bunch more so this is big sad)
It's amazing seeing how Jazza accepts all the criticism and is perfectly transparent about being uncomfortable and is open to learn anyways...great artworks and good job with the blending stumps
Happy birthday Jazza!
As a psychology student I can say your explanation of cognitive dissonance at 7:30 was pretty accurate and a lot more fun than the way my professors explained it ;)
Ah yes another student who has to deal with tons of psych research, coffee, and a cramp hands from typing. And making sure Apa is correct or your entire page is fucked :)
fellow pysch student procrastinating finishing my work watching Jazza
and it *really* was!!
@@QueenMasumi God, I so don't miss having to write APA formatted papers AT ALL. So stressful.
no offense but he did not explain it correctly at all cognitive dissonance is when you believe in two facts that are in opposition to each other.
@@lionofjuda3048 This is correct, I was about to say the same but you nailed it. A perfect example is someone eating fattening food knowing it's delicious but know it can cause weight gain and many health risks like obesity. The actual theory to what he is saying is social comparison theory which leads to cognitive dissonance. It's not cognitive dissonance altogether.
I love how he is so cocky when he sees that fingers can be an alternate using a blending stump, until it said that it is a bad idea XD
I love that he finally thinks that he's going to prove all of us wrong that he can blend with his finger, then reads that using the finger to blend is a big "no no"
12:15
Ok
Ok they say you cannot erase the graphite once blended with a finger but that’s just wrong, Ive rubbed out shading I wasn’t happy with so many times after doing it with my finger with nothing left after the fact
@@baconwizard maybe you have less oily hands, because it was always hell for me
the most shocking thing to me isnt that he didn't know about blending stumps but that he never found it inconvenient to blend with his fingers and end up searching for a tool that would blend so he wouldn't get his hands dirty
Blending with the finger is not that incovenient though, depending on your drawing style
Its one of those things that you just get used to doing and develop your own techneces. You don't notice that its not the easiest or most efficient way till you try the other way.
Its like when i started digital art i didn't have a pen and just used my finger (easier than a cheap phone stylus pen thing) i didn't really think to question that it might not be a good way until years later i got a new device with a pen and felt how much smoother it was. If it works in some capacity you just dont think about it.
Cuz he is talented and didnt need a tool to do a good job
Just read this dudes name real quick
When I do traditional (as opposed to digital) art, getting my hands dirty is part of the experience. It's not 'inconvenient'.
Jazza is so refreshing among other artists who only want to show perfection, even when he doesn't know smth he's so honest abt his learning process and the mistakes he might make along the way. I really appreciate that.
Yeah, i came back after he chilled out a bit.
I have fewer than 1 friend in the World. That's right. Everybody disses me for making bad videos. I think they are perfect though. Who is right? My dissers or me? Which side are you on, dear ba
I'm about to be overwhelmingly sappy, but I am so grateful for you. Not only for giving the world 10/10 quality entertainment, but also for your ability to normalize the everyday struggles of artists through humour and transparency. I used to be so passionate about art until I started to study it and had it instilled in me that I was flawed, ignorant and inadequate. But seeing you, an established artist that I look up to, embrace the little things that art school teaches you to believe are sub-par and turn them into exciting learning opportunities is so inspirational. I haven't done any art in years, but something about this video has me pumped to pick it back up. So thank you - and HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
Wow so long
@@idrisbhuiyan5762 I knooow, sorry I'm still in bs essay-writing mode 😂 Also *sniff* I just have a lot of feelings
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Jazza: "I can go right up to the edge without smearing over it"
Also Jazza: immediately smears over it lol
I like to use my finger because it actually “sets” the drawing once I am finished. The oil keeps it from smudging further or being ruined with time. Also- finger smudging is cheap, quick, effective, and always “on hand” 😏
i end up using both blending stumps and my finger, its easier to blend smaller areas with the blending stump and when i dont have a blending stump i use what i have on hand my finger.
Tehe 🤭 “on hand” 😜
AAYYYYYYEEE. Nice pun. Sans respects you
@Nick's Art and Animations It's not really gross. Graphite is really easy to rinse.
Good pun 👏
We’re all talking about how amazing it is that Jazza didn’t know about this but don’t forget to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY JAZZA!!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JAZZA!!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JAZZA!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JAZZA!!
dint forget bro , happy Birthday Jazza!
HAPPY PROBABLY LATE BIRTHDAY JAZZA
Now we need to get him onto kneadable erasers so he can get that soft erasing to compliment the blending stumps.
Yea I was wondering why he didn't use that in his portrait instead of the hard eraser
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Just started drawing a few weeks ago but as a very experienced armchair-artist I would like to suggest another blending tool: the tissue. Should give you more fine control in some cases.
The conclusion to not reject the finger blending method and instead possibly doing both is nice. I personally use a combination of q-tips, toilet paper, and a blending stump. Some things are just better than others so being able to use a combination of things is useful and fun
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Lol my name is also zara
Everyone here is sharing their experience with teachers forbidding finger blending... while my art teacher had two entire lessons dedicated to finger blending because she believed having this kind of raw and direct contact with the drawing would help us improve and understand better how the materials work
I thought you said “finger bending” 😂
That's strange that they forbid finger blending why would they do that because its still something you can do with art
@@emerybrown6145 you think thats weird, my art teacher wouldn't allow mechanical pencils in his art room, he'd make people throw them away
@@emerybrown6145 it makes sense ebcause they tend to teach professional art as in to use for your profession and finger blending on long term pieces means the oils will yellow over time and cause a bunch of other issues with the paper and graphite way down the line. So professionally finger blending is a big nono, now for sketching purposes it can make sense but even then it seems better to just shut it down early before it becomes a habit that prevents someone from excelling.
SAME
I love how Jazza fully listens to his fans/audience and explaining his side without having to insult anyone. His views and opinions are clear, explanations are on point and calming.
When I didn’t have a blending stump in hand, I would wrap a tissue paper to my finger and blend, it’s obviously much less control, but it works better than just your skin against the paper :) happy birthday Jazza!
I use the tissue paper for large areas such as backgrounds☺ always have tissues.. or grab some toilet paper😁
As a fellow artist of 15 years or so.... This also was new information to me. I have a couple of these in a pencil set, but was very confused what they were for, and it came with the sandpaper thing too which confused me even more! I shall consider myself enlightened! ;P
The way Jazza draws brown and Black characters makes me wanna cry. They're so beautiful aren't just dark-skinned with white features. There are particular features there that points to their identity and I love it. 💛 Happy Birthday, Jazza!!!
He is amazing ❤️
@@toom_56 👍 definitely
I'm glad I'm not the only one who was happy he drew a person of color! 😊
Jazza: "There's something tactile about the sensation"
Me, literally out loud in my living room, to no one: "YOU'RE A KINESTHETIC LEARNER"
What the fuck?
@@nickmuffin1722 he learns by touch or sumn like tht
I "feel" like I learned something at least
@Jessie Willing It's also a shirt he wears all the time :)
@Jessie Willing like when people learn after practical work or it's when they are just feeling their work items? Does that really happen?
Watching Jazza get so excited and smug when the guide labeled using a finger as an alternative for a blending stump but then get so heartbroken when it said it should only be used as a last resort cracked me up. 😂 I’m heartless I know.
q-tips and cotton rounds are pretty great, especially because you can just throw them away when you're done. I also like using them when I sketch with watercolor pencils. I'd love to see you do a video trying all three and using watercolor pencils, especially getting the q-tips or cotton rounds a tiny bit damp, then blending. Happy exploring!
You have a new Tshirt. “Cognitive dissonance is painful”
and “clean finger, beautifully blended balls”
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My college professors in my art classes hated when we used fingers to blend, because of the oils that would limit how much we could blend and put down on the paper. 😂
i actually wanted to comment the exact same, my teacher hates it so much ahahhaha
This was exactly what I was going to comment! For some reason drawing professors hate it. xD
In art class, we had to use only oilpastels or paint and the drawing styles we had to copy were NOT sitting right with me. Honestly the worst experience in art ive ever had but the school was kinda low budget at the time so yeah. I've never had that kinda experience before bc we only used other materials to blend colors. In that class I never did a granite pencil, but one time they let us use any medium of our choice. I picked color pencils and it was unregretable. 😃 Ive always used my fingers and the pencil itself. Usually i have two pencils: one that is sharpened to oblivion and one that is smoothed down at a comfortable angle so that it has a soft texture on paper.
Edit:blends nicely if you know how to use it well. Usually it's rare that I use my fingers, tho, bcuz I have a style that is good with more harsh shading and I'm, in the argument, on the side of just pencils.
If it makes you feel any better a very famous artist was my college art teacher and he would always say, “If you can’t use a chamois use your finger!”
I imagine it's a lot like the old adage about the best camera being whatever camera you have on you at the right moment.
We talk about how jazza just made a perfect circle at the start
I love how when he was reading the alternatives he got excited when it said "Finger:" and then he read that it was a Big no XD
towards the beginning he says that its the oils that make it good to blend with the finger and i screamed "NO YOU FOOL"
Hear is a tip for y'all who can't afford blending stumps .You can use cotton earbuds ,they work perfectly
You don’t get quite as much control. But definitely a good alternative!
Yeah, we actually tried it for art class
Yeah we used to do that in art class when we lost our blending stump but they don’t last for very long and all the cotton falls of the top
Or you can roll a paper very, very tightly. Then glue the last bit of unrolled paper to the rest with glue or water and lastly, sharpen it with a paper knife (If this is what this thing is called. I am not a native english speaker).
Pros of doing this: you can make blending stumps with exactly that much thickness as you want and I think it's relatively cheaper than buying new, already made ones.
Con: They are pretty hard to make. Especially in the part of rolling the paper, because it needs to be really tight.
...or your finger?
I actually used cotton buds until I splashed out and bought blending stumps
Over 40 years on the planet and I only found out about paper blending stumps last year.
For years I thought they were called blending sticks and were made of rubber, like an eraser that smudges.
We didn't even learn about these in art college, they told us to use our fingers.
Back in college when I used to do drawings in charcoal and chalk, I always LIKED to blend with my fingers more, as I don't like the feel of rubbing the stump on paper. However there's no doubt the fine tip of the blending stump lets you get far more detailed in small areas. I suppose the results really depend on the paper and medium. I got much smoother results than Jazza did with the pencil and paper he was using.
"Which means you have to be extra nice to me"
- Jazza, before his birthday
yes
Yas
Yes, that's what he said
He is an adult btw
His birthday is 4.20?
Edit: I googled. Yes it is. He has the same birthday as my sister (she's just 6 years older). And mine is 5 days after him (but 3 years before lol)
I was more shocked that jazza didn’t know what a blending stump was bc he’s friends with Rae and she uses them so much
My thoughts exactly! She's the reason I know what they're called.
Jazza you are supposed to use the blending stumps on the top fluffy cotton like part, you can also use the sides but it gets harder to clean but still u can still use the sides, BTW (most people just use sandpaper :)
Just u wait until Jazza reads this.
HE WILL COMPLETELY DESTROY YOU UNTILL U LEARN TO RESPECT PEOPLE
@@mine_5421 there is literally nothing disrespectful by saying that his friends use an art supply he wasn’t familiar with but pop off I guess
I love your profile pic fairytail is one my fav animes
I actually personally use my fingers as well when blending. I was asked to draw by my art teacher and after a while, she said 'I forgot to give you this.' then she saw my drawing. she was like 'How did you blend it?' I said, 'I used my fingers.' she was surprised idk why.
Honestly tho, fingers are good for blending. yes, it gets messy sometimes but I think it's more fun you know.
fingers are good for blending but it does get annoying when it doesn't erase
@@toaster1443 I think because of sweat and fluids, it sinks into the paper making it impossible to erase.
it's not just harder to erase, it can also make your drawing faint over time since the oils your finger transfers onto it are organic material, so I really don't recommend that if you want to keep the drawing.. if it's a quick thumbnail sketch though or something just to mess around with then it's 100% fine, just don't use it for anything finished^^"
Same I use my fingers. There a nightmare to clean especially when I use 6b or 8b
I have always used my fingers for blending, I have tried blending stump but it never really worked well for me 😅
Tortillons are good because they don't mix with the oils on your skin. Once you blend with you're finger you're almost "set", but you can still (usually) erase tortillon blended graphite. I always kept a piece of scrap paper both with HEAVY pencil if I needed more graphite, but also to "clean" it, cuz as you saw, it gets overloaded easily. Also, you gotta be more patient because it's not about MASHING the stump into some paper, but slowly spreading the excess graphite.
I used to steal a bunch of blending stumps from art class but I used to use tissues or q-tips because my parents weren’t a fan of me staining my fingertips with lead and graphite XD
Omg ya lol 😆
What did they think was going to happen? You'd turn black? You can just wash it off
I can't draw that well but tbh same
He might have been the kind of kid that would clean it on his clothes or curtains
Roll up printer paper and tape them. Really good dupes so long as you don't need a fine point.
I love how he was getting ready for the dramatic reading of the finger as an alternative just to read it properly and find out that your not supposed to use your finger idk it was just funny to me
I didn’t know what it was until my art teacher made us buy one for his class on 12th grade so I understand finding something like this a little bit later in life, granted I was 17 and you were 32, but the point is unless you’re exposed to it you have no way of knowing what it is.
Well said. 💯 on point 👏🏼
Exactly. I've been drawing my whole life (specifically sketching, so I'd be the perfect demographic for blending stumps), and I've never heard of them until this video.
I have never been so happy to share a birthday with someone. Happy shared birthday, Jazza!!
In my college art classes we blended graphite with our fingers, a blending stump AND those pink erasers. My art professor was really good and explained how each has a different blending effect and are appropriate depending on what you want.
"It's also my birthday, so I don't want to be completely wrong."
Is his the 19th mine is the 18th
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@@fhsjdjskkshi No. They're asking if his birthday is April 19th because their birthday is April 18th. They aren't saying they are turning 18 years old.
@@fhsjdjskkshi bruh moment
@@heatherblaire2187 lmao yeah
Pro tip: you can rub the blending stump on an eraser and it'll be usable again
You’re supposed to get a piece of rough sandpaper and sand off the dirty paper! Some sets come with sanding paper
oh so that what that was...I got a art kit for Christmas and I used the pencils and the eraser that's it I was confused what the blending stumps did.....that's fine tho because I don't shaden
@@stargayze3056 I know, but a more convenient alternative is using an eraser
Whoa! I never knew how to clean one, thanks!!
And p3n1s works the same way!
I use a mix of blending stumps and fingers. I do a lot of realistic portraits with graphite and usually I'll use the stumps for darker and rougher blending early on in the drawing process, but since they are a bit difficult to get a perfectly smooth blending with, I'll almost always switch to fingers for a more final, smoother blend halfway through the drawing process. The thing about oil from the skin making it harder to erase has never been an issue for me (maybe I just have dry skin?). I keep hearing people say that using fingers will discolour the paper over time, but I have drawing's I made over fifteen years ago using my fingers with no discolouration at all.
man discovered what a blending stump is thanks to tiktok and his whole world changed
Tik tok is Satans creation.
Ok British man
@@briishman8866 Satan must not be that horrible.
@@icannotcomeupwithanything4609 tiktok, memes and other simular things i killed someone for using.
My art teachers told me to not use stumps or fingers but to just practice pencil control to make smooth shadows and shading. But I still like blinding stumps.
Our art teacher would've LITERALLY killed me if I used my finger for blending shadows in art class...
It saves money using your finger.
Seriously!! The oils in your fingers will degrade the paper itself. It's not archival!!
I saw a comment on jazza's previous video saying that their art teacher didn't let the class use blending stumps because "it's cheating". Small world.
@@maomaomi5434 imagine calling a product made for blending cheating. Thats like saying pressing the undo button on digital art is cheating
My art teacher used to say, that you can smear thing with your finger, bc it's literally making the paper dirty... I know, I know, middle school art teachers in Poland are not ideal xD
Just so you know, you're not the only artist who didn't know what a blending stump was 😂 I've used my fingers and q-tips for an embarrassingly long time... because I didn't know what that little white stub thing in my art kit was for. 🤦♀️🤣 And the split second you showed a picture of a blending stump sharpener it was literally like, a wave of realization lol
So thank you, Jazza, for clearing up for me what those two little mystery items in my art kit were for (because I don't read instructions eitherrr 🤪)
the little sandpaper block in art kits isnt just for the blending stump =p its also for people who like to sharpen pencils so that the leads are on the long side, you can use that little strip of sandpaper to work a point back into the pencil lead
@@Alucard33592 Totally makes sense... thx 4 the insight! 😄
@FancyRants happy to help, and as an added bonus that's a great way to get graphite powder, I save all the graphite I get doing that so I can coat a q-tip or blending stump in it later to shade large areas quickly
@@Alucard33592 ...mate, that's going in the stash of hart hacks I keep in the corner of my brain, thanks! 😂
For a more "softer" type of erasing, you should try Kneadable erasers! They are pretty great for use in sketches 👍. They are like the blending stumps of erasers😂
Plus they are relaxing to squish
Fyi he used to use them a lot in his old old videos. Jazza’s the reason I know about kneadable erasers.
I love them, hate the blending sumps i can't get them to work
Kneadable Erasers are the child of erasers and Blending Stumps
@@jadedbelle4788 lol so true, i have one and while im sketching i just squish it with my other hand
There are the people who knew what a blending stump is, and then theres me, who learns about a new art thing everytime Jazza releases a video
hello
all those people making those comments forgot something: Jazza got this far without a "blending stump". They just made him more powerful
Me too😂😂😂
ME TO,
Same boat bud
Now I’m wondering if Jazza knows about kneadable erasers, I don’t remember seeing him use one, but it is usually recommended to avoid damaging the paper through friction.
Yes! I was wondering that too while watching this!
I think he has used some in the past
he might just not like them maybe? I can't stand them. They erase too well for blending for my experience and I hate the texture. Goes right through me when I try to knead one lol .
Beautifully blended balls
When I learned about blending stumps for the first time in high school, we were told that blending with your finger isn't wrong, but if you plan to erase areas you blended, the oils from your finger will bind the graphite to the page. I enjoy blending stumps quite a bit, but they didn't always feel appropriate for larger areas or softer gradients. So, I use a paper towel over my finger and blend as Jazza did, holding my finger like a pencil, that way I could have the same technique without the hassle of the oil!
To be fair, the paper towel method can get annoying with having to hold most of it out of the way to see what you are doing, but there are advantages like simply moving to another place on the paper towel, flipping it over, etc. when one spot gets too full of graphite. My art teacher was confused when I first did this, but recognized it as a valid way to work with the medium.
Just wanted to put that out there for anyone who doesn't know (and for Jazza, should he read this long-winded comment)!
That is exactly what I was told too, but I still blend with my finger. Can’t stop, but if I need to blend a tiny precise area I use a teeny blender.
My secret?
Cotton sticks.
@@lorddio2737 I call them Q-tips, where I am
@@soulstarfox7315 I just directly translated from their german name but thank you I shall call them that in english.
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I think it's really cool to see Jazza try out new things and grow even further as an artist all the time
Ya
I'm the same way. It made my art teacher mad. She had two valid points though: one was try out the tools anyway to get a feel for them anyway because they may be handy later, the other was to prevent skin oil from contaminating the drawing because the acids will accelerate the paper decomposing.
I am a finger-blender. I was acquainted with the finger-stump many years ago, when I drew a lot with pastels. I found the paper things too clunky. I was really good at getting 3D modeling effects on portraits in pastel. But you do need the kneaded erasers to regain highlights if you go wrong a bit. My fingers are not greasy enough to cause problems.
for pastel i use my fingers but for pencil drawings i use a blending stump, i do get really dirty with the pastel though
there's an avatar joke here but I'm too lazy to find it.
@@nouseforaname182 finger-stump the last finger-blender……….sorry I’m to lazy to find a more funnier joke…………..
I’ve never used a blending stump before, I’m a fingers only person as well.
When I said ‘never’, I meant never ever in my life and no, I’m not exaggerating.
Also, yes, I do art all the time, and I do shading all the time. So no, it’s not like I haven’t used a blending stump before because I don’t do art or shading
You know what they always say: ‘clean hand; beautifully blended balls'
I had a different thought when he said balls 👁️👄👁️
@@hadassahmanimohan8594 oh ummmmm let’s not talk about that
So true
put that on a t-shirt
All I read there was *blended balls*
Instead of blending stumps I personally use que tips as they’re easier to find...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TOMORROW JAZZA!!!!!
EDIT : Drawing With Waffles got some mechanical pencil lead that writes in different colors (effectively making her mechanical pencils into colored pencils) and I’d love to see what you think of those!!!
Drawing Wiff Waffles*
It’s nice to see I am not the only one that uses que tips to blend.
I use q tips there softer and easier to store
You can also use cotton balls like a kneaded eraser blending thingy
I had the plus of having a mother, aunt, and grandmother that are artists so I used to just make my own blending stumps by rolling paper into a tight cone and just ripping away no longer usable areas. Also, I've owned copics for about 3 years and just learned how to blend them, like, in the past week, from watching your video on how to blend.
Literally, any art teacher ever: "Tststststs, never use your finger to blend de shading!"
Jazz: "I'ma just gonna pretend I didn't hear that."
I literally never had a single art teacher tell me tell me about blending stumps, ever.
Shoot, you have 70 likes. If only someone unlikes... we were so close
@@kennymartin5976 my professors had us gather a small collection of different textures of fabric and wrap them around our finger or another instrument. Reusable and affordable!
I used tissues and my fingers
@@gurkirankaur1329 Onward to 420 likes!
Imagine if he did a video where he picked up the graphite from the paper with the blending stump and then made an entire drawing with the blending stump!
It’s a bit weird but it would probably work.
Also, happy birthday to Jazza!
The true power of blending stump
Thats a great idea!!
Yesyesyes!!
In 6th grade art club, our club teacher had us use tortillions for shading. The first thing she told us about why we were using them instead of our fingers was because "children have little grubby fingers and the oil and dirt on their skin can seep into the paper and ruin it over time." She was actually a really fun teacher and said that as a joke, but she was serious about the ruining a drawing over time part--
wow i love the way you blend with out the blending stump
“I am 32 years old” is just the complicated way of saying “i am 1 billion seconds old”
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@@a.moizart3485 omg go awayyyyy
@@minecraftbee5815 ikk
damnn 1 billion seconds is literally 31.7 years. That's useless knowledge to know, but I'll keep it in my arsenal when someone in the distant future tells me they are 32 years old instead of 1,000,000,000 seconds old
Shhhhhh
I read this as “Bleeding stump” and I was extremely worried lmao
LMAOOO
I read it as something about how my finger was bleeding art or something
Holy xd
SAME
good Halloween art challenge
I'm 30 years old and I've been making art for most of my life and I've never heard of a blending stump either until now...
I am older and didn’t know either
🙄
@@MarcoPolaColoring Haha alwell learn something new everyday.
I think it’s a younger generation thing. They probably grew up with iPads and digital sketch pads. I had to wait 15 years before the first iPad came out.. new technology for newer times
I Didn't use blending stumps until college. I did blend with my fingers in high school. I remember blending old oil pastels on paper, and my teacher telling me to blend it more harder with my fingers.
the middle ground that I like to use for those larger areas is holding a paper towel in hand and wrapping part of it around the tip of the finger to blend with, gives that same tactile feel, a nice wide smooth surface and you can easily shift to a clean part to soften more or back to a more used spot to harden.
omg I have been thinking of Jazza as the "adult" because he's like the presenters of the art shows I watched as a kid, like Art Attack, Tony Hart, Blue Peter etc. and now my mind is blown to find out he is one year younger than me! 🤣
1:55 "the borders, the edges of our sph-" *dead silence*
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his reaction though, when he found out that 'using your finger to blend is a big no no' hahahahahaha
I have known about blending stumps but never felt the need to use them myself. So thanks for the comparison
my art teacher in high school forbid us from finger blending or using the blending stumps. her excuse was "you can blend just fine without them". like sure but im trying to work smarter not harder mrs art teacher
What did you use
Really what did you use instead
@@goronslime1469 probably just was forced to blend with the pencil
@@TheGodlyPineapple yeah it’s better to learn how to get the same effect without manually blending/smudging. It is harder work at first but it really improves your skills and control. Eventually it becomes second nature and smudging seems like a messy hassle
@@ohrats731 Prove it.
a big thing with blending stumps is how easy it is for you to overwork your piece!! Experience will lead you to a more realistic looking blending, specially if your goal is realism!
Quick tip to anyone who may not know: fingers tend to always be slightly greasy so can prevent graphite from being moved around as easily as a blending stump.
Also, use a fine grit sandpaper to clean.
Edit: nm, all this was in the video lol
Lol it’s always good to summarize though
Me using my cutter to get rid of graphite despite knowing this: Uh huh yeah totally am applying this knowledge in person. 100% can get a piece of sand paper without a problem.
I used to use my fingers to blend, but recently I've been using a paper towel for finer blending and that's worked pretty well. Never heard of a blending stub until now though
He doesn't need a blending stump , his finger is superior enough to make his amazing art 🤣
Lol😂
😂✋
Sweetie he doesn't draw much with a pencil, when he does, the stump makes it better
@@emilymulcahy r/woosh
@@matepasztor282 no, not really
Jazza is so cool for admitting when he doesn’t know something! Mad respect 🙌🏻
I don’t understand how people can not be uncomfortable with the sound of those things
it's doesn't give the same effect of metal scratching plate
it sounds like sand paper so I don't mind
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For me it does, I have to listen to music with earbuds/headphones if I want to blend with a blending stump
@@alittlekittycat21 SAME! I absolutely hate that thing to the core xDDDD
@@alittlekittycat21 me toooo! I just plug in both my earphones and blast 1D songs (I'm a directioner hehe) and use them, the sound of them gives me the heeby jeebies
I think the key there is to not put so much pressure.
Grabs and spreads and smooths and blends!! My new motto
My art teacher didnt want us to use this tool, we could but he wanted us to learn how to shade properly and learn how to create blends without a cruch like the blending stump
I also had a teacher that hated blending stumps. It was about getting a good gradient with just the pencil.
Same here, my fancy friend had them and all the nicest pencils and utensils but my art teacher never allowed it. Thus I became an advocate for the finger stump
My teacher really didnt care if we used them she just got annoyed when people ruined them or lost them because she always said they were expensive
I had a teacher like that and now I always draw without blending even though I’m it’s makes it look more realistic-
@@NimmelTheGreat well I can see your point, but he didnt forbid it, he just called it a crutch because we were just starting first year of art classes and we were learning basics, he called it that because he viewed it like "learn to do it with the pencil first, after that use whatever you want, just as long as you first learn to do without it" he was a great teacher btw best I had in all my years in art and I can definitly thank him for that because hes the teacher I learned the most and perfected my art with, so my gratitude goes for him and his methods
He genuinely bought blending stumps after discovering them. Im proud
Blending stump gang
aLSO HAPPY BIRTHDAY
My art teacher specifically didn’t allow blending with your fingers bc the oil on your skin can soak into the paper. Very interesting.
Me at 4 am not having a wonderful art inspiration all of the sudden without a blender at hand: *_*OILS ARTWORK AGGRESSIVELY*_*
That and your fingers will probably bleed after soo much rubbing
You are right. The oills in your finger will damage the paper, reason why every one at a museum use gloves when handling art or book collectors use gloves too. Or anyone handling art.
My grandmother was an artist and she used this mostly in small spots like nose detail or softening a spot in a forest without blending the tree away. She used her fingers sometimes but had more control with the stump.
"It's my birthday as well, so I don't want to be entirely wrong" 😂 Happy Birthday JAZZA!
@@amberscout1700 yeah..i dont think you have to say that
when i was in university, a professor made us buy water activated charcoal. it worked like watercolors, but you could erase it and blend it when it was dry just like charcoal sticks
For thirty-thousand dollars a semester they could have bought you the charcoal, for Pete's sake.
@@Selrisitai yknow, you'd think lmaoooo
I use my fingers all the time because I thought blending stumps didn’t feel right when you try blending
I physically can't do that since my hands can get sweaty
I have used my sweaty hands to my advantage, when I need a more blended look since I regularly forget where the blending stumps are hiding
I still like to use my finger but I often get like a tissue or paper towel and put it over my finger. You can also make your own smudging tools if you roll up the paper towels or scrunch them up in different ways.
It’s actually the second time I am hearing about the blending stump and all these years that I’ve been drawing , I was using my finger or a piece of tissue to blend my drawing. As I said , I never used a blending stump but I think I will make an attempt on the future to use it ! 🙂
"It's the oils that give the finger its shading characteristics"
*Blends with the tip of the nose*
Snape?
@@SometimesDrawings lol
Apparently all that was missing from my terrible school artwork was to just rub my face on it.
This is actually so useful, I've done art for years and always wondered what those paper things and the sandpaper in the art kits I was gifted where... In A-Levels we just used fingers.. I probably could have researched it but never did.. This is a revelation 😂
Me, always getting blending stubs with the art kits I'd get as presents: "How could Jazza not know what those are???
Me, learning the sandpaper thingy was for the stubs, not the charcoal: "what now?"
I mean I also use them for grinding powder. Nothing wrong with it I'd say.
I USED THE SAND PAPER FOR THE PENCILS I thought "oh so cool that way I don't waste using a sharpener!' *ignores the sharpener that also came with the kit*
@@purplecrayonismine2585 cuz sometimes the charcoal was in rectangle blocks that couldn't fit in the pencil sharpener!!
@@dreamydailine what type of projects are you doing that need ground powder?
@@averagegirl7113 For one, you can brush the powder across the paper to fill large areas (and can even mix it with a bit of alcohol to create some cool effects!) Check out some of Stephen Gammell's artwork (From Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark.) I think he employed this technique to create the faded, wispy look that his creations have.
I have used both the finger & blending stumps. My art teacher taught us how to make blending stumps by wrapping a pen with toilet paper, soaking the contraption & then rolling it to get most of the water out (which helps to smooth it. When it has dried hard, use fine sand paper to make the pointy tip & you are good to go.
Have to admit, I knew about blending stumps but never knew what they were called until today
I have been calling them blending sticks, probably will continue to do so😂
I always just called them "blenders"
th-cam.com/video/s3es4XnAj_w/w-d-xo.html ..
I called them “blendy blendies”
“Hey can you pass me the blender thing I forgot the name of”
-me every art lesson