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How to preserve your pencil drawings

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Nothing is more painful than seeing the drawing that you’ve been working so hard on going to waste due to a lack of proper preservation. Learning how to preserve your artwork is just as important as drawing itself. 

Let’s see some ways to preserve your pencil drawings.

Parchment paper: Use parchment paper in between two drawing sheets. This waxy paper will help to preserve your drawing for a long time.

Lay your drawings flat: Store your drawing horizontally, thus preventing rolling corners and wrinkling of the paper.

Fixatives: Use a matte or glossy finish spray fixative to coat your drawing to prevent it from possible future damage. Be careful to use the fixative in a properly ventilated area.

Avoid frequent handling: If you want to archive your artworks, avoid handling them now and then. Preserve them in a practically inert space with lesser interactions with humidity and sunlight.

Use clear bags or laminations that allows your work to be seen without being removed from the protective covering. All techniques have pros and cons. However, it’s always better to resort to one such technique to make your artwork live longer.

How To Choose the Best Materials For Your Toolkits

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Toolkits

Choosing the right tools can help you become more confident in creating the best artwork. Some tool options best suited for drawing are listed below:

  • Graphite pencils: Pencils ranging from 9H to 9B are best suited for the drawing. It also provides the smoothest strokes. Try solid graphite pencils after you gain experience.
  • Charcoal pencils: It tends to smudge easily and is more abrasive compared to graphite pencils.
  • Ink: Ink drawing is also a popular medium and used for drawing thick and thin lines.
  • Pastels: Pastels provide colorful artworks and there is no need for brushes, palettes, and water. Commonly used pastels are oil pastels, water-soluble pastels, and pastel pencils.
  • Carbon and watercolor pencils: These are blacker and smoother pencils which are suitable for drawing on any surface like metal, plastic, and glass.
  • Blending and sharpening tools: Helps to add texture to your graphite marks.
  • Kneaded eraser: Also known as putty rubbers. They are dry and do not smudge.

Having the right tool is important to create art and understanding them is the first step before you make the leap of choosing them.