How to Hold and Control Your Pencil

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Being able to successfully manipulate your pencil is an important part of line drawing and shading. In this video you'll learn about the "Tripod Grip", "Overhand Grip", using your wrist vs. your shoulder, and how to use various parts of the pencil to control line weight.

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Infomercial Music - "Disco con Tutti" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Title Sequence music by http://www.freakfandango.es/

Editing - Stan Prokopenko, Jon Neimeister (http://andantonius.cghub.com/images)
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Special Thanks - Marshall Vandruff

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