Have you ever tried to shade with a retractable pencil? With a normal pencil, shading is very easy as you can lie the pencil down. However, a retractable one requires a different technique. This is because you are drawing with a much finer piece of lead. To learn how to shade with a retractable pencil, watch the video below.
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