www.DrawingEveryday.com / www.SandySandy.com Hummingbird Demo KISS ~ Keep It Sensationally Simple! Sensational Sketches ~ In Six Simple Steps!    Drawing Lesson ~ First Step Today's drawing shows you how to hold the pencil when you first start your drawing. It's so much easier to first block in shapes this way and keeps you loose without getting caught up in details too early on. I recommend a good quality spiral sketchbook, 6" x 8" or bigger with a medium weight drawing paper. You'll also need a soft drawing pencil (2B - 4B) and a kneaded eraser.    Drawing Lesson ~ Second Step Ok, now you can tighten up a little and hold the pencil like you would to write. Add some of the main details. Correct and refine your sketch, but don't get too nit picky! Keep in mind that this is an exercise. It doesn't have to be a masterpiece! When out of the studio sketching, I stop with this step and add the wash later. So all you need to take out with you is a pencil, eraser and sketchbook! My motto is: "KISS ~ Keep it sensationally simple!"    Drawing Lesson ~ Third Step I start this next step by generously wetting the surface of my bird with clean water. I go right up to the edge of the figure so the paint would flow to that point and the strokes will blend together. Get 2nd page - steps 4-6 here!