OVERHAND: Holding a sharpened pencil in normal writing form with fingers in the middle or near the lead gives you great control and thin/detailed strokes. Practice the toning values to help you with control. The whole sharpened portion is all lead, like in the step's picture. But for a wider swath, use that Cretacolor Monolith graphite pencil with no wood casing. With the No.2 pencil, you have the exposed lead side to shade with. UNDERHAND: Holding the pencil at a 45 degrees or near level to the table with end of pencil un der your palm with pencil on the flat side, gives you large shading coverage. But first, here are some tips on the pencil and how to shade.

The following steps will include the option of using your pencil. Once you've finished your outline, you can leave your drawing, color it like the introduction picture, or shade some areas in with your pencil. This is a fantasy landscape, full of imagination! Create to your heart's content.

If you want to change the picture to suit your taste.

If you did not add all the shapes, that's okay. Once you've finish ed your outline, you can leave your drawing, color it like the introduction picture, or shade some areas in with your pencil.

Trippy pencil animation