Paper Tortillions and Stumps Assorted Pack of 5

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I use Prismacolor Pencils a lot. The colors are vibrant, and they are beautifully transparent when I use a tortillon to blend them, allowing the colors below them to show through. After going through quite a few store-bought tortillons over the years, I decided to make my own. Here is my process. How to make a tortillon

Tissue: Tissues work great for light or mid-tones. But they don’t work as well for darks because much of your graphite will transfer to the tissue, making those darker values almost impossible to achieve. Here are a few ways you can use tissue paper to blend:Do blending stumps and tortillons look similar? Yes. Are they used for similar purposes? Yes. Are they two names for the same thing? No. While similar in look and function, they are each a different artist tool. Is one better than another? Instead, you can use tortillons for larger areas, rough layouts, and initial shading. When one becomes dull or dirty, you just throw it out and grab a new one. Blending Stumps and Tortillons Will Help You to Become a Better Artist Combining graphite, charcoal, colored pencils, or any other dry medium can be very challenging. Learning how to do so takes time, practice, and the right tools. If you’re wondering whether or not blending stumps are suitable for blending, the answer is simple, it’s yes. That’s why they’re called blending stumps! Blending stumps have a soft, smooth texture that allows artists a great deal of fine control when blending from one value to the next.

Tortillons are meant for small spaces and precise work. If your cleaning efforts damage this pointy tip, it won’t be as effective. Tortillions are made exactly the same, but are just sharpened at on end and rolled tighter than blending stumps. Both blending stumps and Tortillions have two distinct uses, blending stumps are for larger areas of your drawing you want to blend, such as the cheeks on a face or clouds on a landscape. Tortillions are much harder and dont blend as easily as blending stumps, they are used more effectivly when blending smaller areas, such as eyes on a portrait and areas of tiny detail. Fold the tissue in half and then in half again. Fold it into a triangle one or two times until you can get a pointy corner that’s relatively stiff. Great for tight spaces! Some artists choose tortillons instead of blending stumps because of the cost. Blending stumps are far from expensive, but you can usually buy 10 or more tortillons for the exact cost of a single blending stump. pastel blending tools too. These can help to control the medium and expand the potential for expressive mark-making.It all depends on what you’re trying to accomplish. Are you trying to do a little light blending? Then use a light amount of pressure. Are you trying to really get into the paper and blend darker values? Don’t make the mistake of thinking you must choose between blending stumps and tortillons. While quite similar, they are different enough to warrant having both of these tools on hand when working on a drawing.