I've watched Jazza for a few years, I've seen him buy a laser printer for art, use over 100 packets of Ramen for art, he's even got a box of Copics with his face on it! Doing cool art stuff I could never dream of creating. And yet, he gets excited by a rolled up stick of paper that I've been using to blend graphite since 7th grade. It's wholesome, but like, how???
Or he just doesn't blend like that. Ik I had an art teacher that would frown on anyone that blended stuff like that. He expected perfection from using just the side of the pencil.
I'm actually shocked he didn't know all of these already??! 🤔😂 I'm only 3 minutes in and I'm like, "wait how?!".. lol Blending sticks, transferring a sketch ( making your own graphite paper basically), and now hairspray?! 😑 smh Jazza.. 😂😂 jk
Hairspray can sometimes work, my mother used to use it for her artwork, but she warned me a very long time ago to never use hairspray if you want to keep your art for a long time; it'll turn your pieces yellow! No idea if it's true, but she showed me some of her work and it has yellowed over time ^^'
Probably that it allows the page to yellow, still. Or the paper used was a type that yellows easier. A number of books in my little home library that are 20+ years old are yellowing pretty obviously.
I was genuinely shocked when Jazza didn't know about the graphite scribble transfer technique and the blending stumps. I've known about them since first grade art class.
@@the_0ctrain no cap. She let us mess around with them for a while. We didn't actually use them for their intended purpose, we just used them to make a mess. And for the graphite transfer, it wasnt anything complicated obviously, just dumb stuff like a smiley face or a creeper, simple shape type stuff.
As an art student i have used hair spray to seal and finish my drawings with chalk and coal. It may not work with graphite but it does with chalk and coal. The thing is, it may need a couple of coats.
@@Am3lia77 Agree. Also using it all the time. The trick is to use only thin coats but 3 or more of them- allowing for it to dry every time! Even with really old drawings (like 15 years old) they didnt turn yellow (yet?), as another commenter said here. Its a pity It didnt work for Jazza, since it it an awesome trick.
@@FlameRat_YehLon Very true. Except that I imagine most small-time artists like students aren't going to have light tables. I learned that technique back in like middle school and still use it today.
@@annajacobson3299 USB light tables costs almost nothing, especially comparing to other art supplies. It really only matters whether you heard of it or not.
The hairspray one really depends on which type/brand of hairspray you use, wait until the spray is completely dry and make sure you sprayed every part. ALSO DO NOT USE THIS METHOD IF YOU COLORED WITH WATER/INK/ALCOHOL BASED MARKERS, it will smudge and soak through the paper since hairspray often contains water and/or alcohol. I've been using this method for years and it works great. Hope this helps :)
Adding to this: You need the hairspray that is used to do things like mohawks and other crazy hairdoes. The lacquer that gives thoes styles their stiffness is what forms the protective layer over the graphite.
In art school we mostly used hairspray on charcoal because it's cheap and doing its job, as long as you won't start intentionally smudging your work, just want to keep it in your dossier.
@@SarkadiZsolt Same, I've sealed so many sketches with hairspray that I needed to show at the end of the semester xD It does smell terrible though and I feel sorry for my drawing teacher from back then xD
Ahhh... this is *THAT* blending stump video I keep hearing about in the comment section in every video since. I just love that even the biggest RU-vidrs are still willing to learn new things and take us on the journey instead of pretending to be experts at everything. It’s one of the reasons I love watching Jazza’s videos.
My high school art teacher said blending stumps were cheating so I’ve never gotten into using one. I feel like as I’ve grown as an artist I’ve decided very few things are “cheating” the point is to have fun and make things.
Yea, the point is to create an image inspired either from real life, or from your imagination, so it shouldn't matter what techniques are used to get to that end result. All that matters is the finished piece, and whether or not you are happy with how it looks. That being said, I do think that it's good to make sure students aren't reliant on blending stumps, because doing most of the blending with pencils gives you more control. Did he say that blending with your finger is cheating, too, or was it just blending stumps? If he was okay with finger blending, then that just doesn't make sense, because your finger gets oil and dirt all over your paper, so a blending stump would be far superior.
@@orchdork775 I agree :) and no he didn't want us blending with our fingers either. Like you said, he did probably just want us to learn to blend with the pencil, and not rely on smudging. He was actually a really great teacher, I had him for 4 years and he was really invested in his classes. He ran the special art program at my high school so we all took 2 art credits a year and sometimes both were with him. He also recommended that we all paint exclusively with red, yellow, blue, and white paint, which was a bit extreme, but also a great exercise for becoming really good at colour mixing (and for saving money on paint lol). for some reason though it stuck with me the way he said blending stumps were cheating so I just never used them and didn't really think about why (I also didn't buy pre mixed paint colours for at least my first two years of university lol)
@Grace Slagle honestly, I don’t even think tracing is cheating. If you want to make stuff, make stuff, and do it however you want. I agree about stealing though, stealing is bad.
Transferring a photo lining by shading the back as tracing it 0:53 Skin tone paint hack 1:39 Drawing teeth hack 2:08 Using hairspray to fix drawings as keep from smudging 2:46 Using white gel pens for highlights 4:10 Using a piece of paper to prevent hand from getting dirty 4:27 Keep tinfoil as a palate 4:33 Use neon paint to lighten a color instead of white 4:55 Using dried out paint tubes as water color 5:21 Drawing bodies w/ correct anatomy 5:44 Drawing liner on same layer as sketch & erase as you go in digital drawing 6:36 Drawing lines on hand to study/ understand its anatomy better 7:10 Squiggly lines flower petals drawing technique 7:45 make cheap colored pencils look like expensive ones by soaking in water for 3-5 mins 8:04 Use fabric medium alternative to turn acrylic paint into fabric paint 8:25 Paint the edges of painting to look pro 8:41 Use hand sanitizer to clean acrylic paint off of brushes 8:44 Store extra paint in a syringe 8:59 Check if paint has a filled-in square saying opaque to see if it’s full coverage 9:09 Use cold press watercolor paper & acrylic gesso as an alternative to a canvas 9:16
Blending stumps were literally what I used 50% of the time when I seriously got into drawing. And the hairspray thing was a hack in my drawing book I had back then.
Omg! Thats my art! Im the first one he reacted to! I’ve never drawn a person before, it was quite difficult and i couldn’t get the eyes to work but I tried my best! I typically paint landscapes but I’ve been experimenting with other subjects in my favorite medium watercolor!
This is so wholesome, most “reacting to tiktoks” videos I’ve seen on youtube just end up being the youtubers saying how everything didn’t work or making jokes on how bad it is, so thanks Jazza
They’re widely available near my but not of my art teachers or professors recommended them. Some expressly recommended not to use them. They’re good for blending but it becomes a crutch. In most cases is better if you eventually learn to blend without using one
You only showed my drawing briefly but HOLY CRAP THANK YOU FOR FEATURING MY CREATURE AND EVEN FOR GOING "WHOA" I am so honored and so happy! I didn't think you'd even see it. You just made my day!
I also learned to use alluminum foil as a disposable palette from a professor at art university. Idk if it works well for all paint types but it certainly makes cleanup of oil paints easy. This teacher/professional artist also used a roll of tracing paper instead of a sketchbook so maybe he just liked rolls of things.
My grandmother gave me a ton of quality watercolors that were years old, and now years later I'm picking them back up just to learn. They are SO old they're all dried out, definitely still usable, but that back might work for me... I'm totally going to try it!
when it comes to the hairspray to prevent smudges it does work. you have to get the cheapest hair spray you can. high end sprays are mostly water and won't work. Hair Net spray is probably the best you can get for it. but then again you can use matte spray finishers like Jazza did, but they're a lot more expensive.
So you’re telling me that a guy who’s been drawing for more than 10 years doesn’t know what a blending stump is Edit : OMG GUYS CHILLOUT I’VE NEVER GOT THESE MANY LIKES
I am blown away that someone with your experience hasn’t come across some of these before. I was taught the first one when I was a little kid to copy images. The hairspray for fixative is common to starving art students, and paper stumps are a mainstream art tool. Love the results to your challenge!
Just discovered Jazza's channel with this video and I have to say but this guy's optimism and idk just cool positive vibes is really cool, I mean he was just complimenting everyone on their drawings for the dice challenge I found that really heartwarming as a shy beginner artist
if you like blending stumps you'd really like using a clean paint brush, I've found it makes it look more natural and its harder to lose the lighter values that you're trying to keep
Hah I do thatz too! Thats my normal way of drawing xD 6:50 even analog ! yay - and also the rest wasn't new to me. But I am such an art nerd... xD I am all over arttube since... years... man, so many good videos and tutorials. Mhh Maybe I should share my hacks more often.
As someone who's mom goes to a lot of garage and estate sales as well as hoards the dried paint into watercolor hack is actually pretty great for people who can't afford art supplies on a regular basis.
In case of the hair spray hack, as far as I remember from my life drawing classes (loooong long long time ago) it depended on the brand, quality and/or composition of the hair spray and it required a little bit of trial and error to find one that would work (depending on what brands you could locally get). Usually the cheaper/crappier they were, the better they worked as sealants.
Jazza, you just saved my favorite brush with that hand sanitizer hack! I was cooking and painting at the same time (yes, bad idea) and when my food burned (you don't have to say it), I abandoned my paints to save dinner. A few hours later I remembered my brushes, but it was too late. I've held onto those rock hard brushes for 6 months. But 2 minutes working the hand sanitizer in and they're completely restored! I'm thrilled!!!
Blending Stumps are for real so uesful!! Even I who is really bad at art managed to draw a very realistic Portrait of Ellie from LoU for my girlfriend with a bit of endurance. It is honestly so fun. You can also just put a Black and White filter on a Photo and get the drawing Started!
"What's a blending stump?" I was shocked that Jazza wasn't familiar with blending stumps/tortillons. (Apparently my phone isn't familiar with tortillons either. "I'm not talking about tortillas, phone!"🙄) They're such common tools, it was genuinely surprising to me that he hadn't used them before! Your never to old to discover something new (that's been around for ages)!😉 Edit- Note to self, read the comments before posting a comment that says exactly the same thing as 100's of other people.✔
2:37 I'm surprised Jazza doesn't know what a bender is! They're super helpful in drawings. (I've never heard anyone refer to it as a blending stump before)
Me after looking at notifications and seeing a new video from Jazza: yay I'll give it three fourth or fifth like and comment Me after opening the video: oh, is 12k views, 2.5k likes and 200+ comments already -_-
I love using a blending stump/stick! Would recommend for smooth blends when using media such as pencils, charcoal, coloring pencils, or similar. They work a bit differently with colored media so you’ll have to play around with it a bit to get used to the different blends, but it really helps to take traditional drawings to the next level. I’ve used the blending stick for 12 years now and would never leave it out of my media collection.
About the sketch book thing, I do that too but not just with drawing. With anything on paper I tend to keep it all on one side cause I only really use pencil and I don't like it smearing, it also just feels right
That 1st one works! I've done that with tracing paper since I was a kid! Trace it, flip it, heavy pencil lines. Turn back over, place on paper, retrace! Viola! The sketched version, that you can redraw, color, add flair to, etc! Using tracing paper, makes it even easier to see the original, rather than just scribbling a bunch on the back. You can actually just go over the "real" drawing", so no guessing if you got all the edges.
Lol the dice creatures is a game I play with my ESL students, we use it to teach body parts and review numbers and colours. The kids love it, but obviously we simplify it and get them to draw a simple circle or something to make the body. I love seeing what they do!
Lets just give him a hug and a moment of silence cuz for the rest of his life he was a professional artist he had every art tools accept for one a blending stump
Hey jazza! Just saw this and the hair spray one does actually work for studio work when you don't have the actual product! It does take a good bit and you need to let it dry for a day but it has saved muuuuuch more than without!
Fixing your creation with hair lacquer is a classic technique that works very well for pastel, pencil, charcoal and chalk. My art teacher taught me about it 15 years ago ;-)
I have known what a blending stump was since I was in middle school and couldn’t believe Jazza, a professional illustrator didn’t know what it is. Then he was like, duh, a white gel pen is used for highlighting, and I never knew that before I saw it on his RU-vid channel. Lol. Sharing the knowledge is great.
The hairspray trick actually does work if you do a few layers and let them dry inbetween, it was something I learned to do in one of my drawing classes in college (works especially good for charcoal drawings). Of course an actual matte spray specifically designed for sealing is a better option but is more expensive
Me, took a single year of AP art in high school: knows what a blending stump is Jazza, THE expert, professional, #1 art RU-vidr: WHAT’S A BLENDING STUMP!?!?!!!!?!
Kids, kids are the reasons behind neglected paints. They aren't my paints, I don't use them. It's been neat going through my nieces' old art stuff with my brother, all the unused everything. Wish I'd seen this before we threw out all that dry paint out.
I've never had a problem with my watercolour tubes drying out but I bought a set from the charity shop that mostly dry. I cut open the tubes, scraped up the paint, and mixed with water. They worked just fine after that :)
Man, this is the reason why I wish my parents would allow me to have Tik-tok. Some people in Tik-Tok's art community are really helpful, and plus I want to participate in stuff like this and be able to share it with Jazza
tbh, I didn't know what a blending stump was til quite recently, and so I completely understand Jazza. But the transfer technique! you have to know that!!!!
I actually use hair spray in my sketchbook just to stop sketches and stuff from transferring over the pages-so i think it might just be the brand?? It's always worked for me so idk-
@@AshriyaJaveed Honestly it's just a cheap one from a british store called Boots-I'm pretty sure it's just the store's own brand. Cost like £1.50 or something
@@AshriyaJaveed Ok i actually went and double checked cause i didnt wanna give you the wrong info and yeah it's just "Boots, Extra firm hold hairspray" Unperfumed
@@dinkletree3561 Doesnt ruin the art! All of my sketches have been 100% ok. If you're going to try it with water colour pencils or different mediums like that who i'd recommend doing a swatch page and then spraying it with a few layers to see if any dont react well to it. I did that and figured out that one of my pens did bleed a little when made wet, but aside from that everything else was oki.
