ART with my Finger Vs. a Blending Stump - WHICH WINS? 

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)

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'.

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

@@sighkick6938 bro I literally blend with my fingers and my hands literally sweat bc I sweat a lot but it's fine for me u sure ur not lying about sum?

and “clean finger, beautifully blended balls”

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Lol

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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 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)

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 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

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

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

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)

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?

towards the beginning he says that its the oils that make it good to blend with the finger and i screamed "NO YOU FOOL"

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!

did you eat them with the crayons?

Is his the 19th mine is the 18th

@@landonlikesjazz3420 mammal

@@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

Yea I was wondering why he didn't use that in his portrait instead of the hard eraser

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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

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.

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

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!

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

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

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.

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!

Wow so long

@@idrisbhuiyan5762 I knooow, sorry I'm still in bs essay-writing mode 😂 Also *sniff* I just have a lot of feelings

LMAOOO

I read it as something about how my finger was bleeding art or something

Holy xd

SAME

good Halloween art challenge

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JAZZA!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JAZZA!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JAZZA!!

dint forget bro , happy Birthday Jazza!

HAPPY PROBABLY LATE BIRTHDAY JAZZA

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 imagine it's a lot like the old adage about the best camera being whatever camera you have on you at the right moment.

He is amazing ❤️

@@toom_56 👍 definitely

I'm glad I'm not the only one who was happy he drew a person of color! 😊

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

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 😅

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 .

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

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 use the tissue paper for large areas such as backgrounds☺ always have tissues.. or grab some toilet paper😁

@@amberscout1700 yeah..i dont think you have to say that

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.

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.

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.

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 👏

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Lol my name is also zara

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.