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Pencil Sketch of MS Dhoni as a tribute to the legend

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MS DHONI SKETCH VIDEO SUBSCRIBE to my YouTube Channel and show your support!( it's Free 😊)                                                                     Simply click the YouTube icon below ⇙⇙⇙ Hi I'm Shubham Dogra, a self taught artist from India. I have been drawing since I was a kid! And Pencil Sketching interests me the most, though I use almost all other mediums like color pencils, watercolors, acrylics etc. I mostly draw portraits and this is a Sketch of Indian Cricket Legend MS Dhoni. I have drawn this sketch on his 36th birthday. Fortunately I got to meet him in Dharamshala during Ind vs SL series and got his autograph on this sketch :) I have drawn this sketch with graphite pencils on A4 size paper. Actual time taken to draw this sketch was nearly 8 hours. I have met MS Dhoni...

Essential Drawing Tools for Pencil Sketching

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I am often asked about the drawing tools I use for sketching. Do I use graphite pencils or charcoal ones? What type of erasers do I use? What tools do I use for shading? Brief description of the tools is given below and I have also shared the links of all the tools (at best prices on Amazon India) so that you can buy them easily. Just click on the highlighted names of the drawing tools which I recommend for you. Tutorial video is also given at the end of the blog for better understanding of the tools which you must have. 1.PENCILS I use graphite pencils only. Different grades of pencils are available and I use 2H,H,HB,2B,4B and 6B. Many other grades are also available but these are the most essential ones. Other than these, you can buy a mechanical pencil as well. Buy these pencils -  6 Graphite Pencils Set  ,  Set of only dark pencils  2.Erasers Sketching requires different erasers other than the traditional erasers we use in schools. E...