Thomas's sketchbook

[darktiste]

I think what this drawing leak is the understanding of your medium for example are you aware of the granularity of your paper it ''Softness''does it absorb your medium easyly or do you have to press hard to leave a mark?.Are you aware that pencil have different grade of graphite that are softer or harder?It a good thing to test your tool on a piece of paper before drawing and to try to apply different pressure to create different kind of mark try to buy different type of paper and try your different tool on them even the erase should be tested.This will help you find material that you feel confortable working with but that can also do the job your asking those tool to do for you don't want to be fighting with your material or tool against one an other you want an harmony.

I think here the issue is your dark are still not as dark as they could be there still alot of uneveness in that make your result look ''blurry'' and less contrasted overall.