I’m taking the pressure off. No art, just sharpening pencils. That’s my hobby now. /s
It also leads nicely into whittling and woodwork. If I had a slab of wood, glue and sandpaper I could even carve a handle into one end and make my own sharpening sandpaper block. I have some fence staples to hold the paper layers on. And then that could lead into making one for knives or making strops…
But no more physical hobbies or tools. I just run out of energy and drop them.
I know you are half joking but, if you are enjoying the sharpening and looking after the tools, go for it. You might find you are motivated to draw/create just so you get to calmly shape the pencils again! They look amazing btw.
I’m taking the pressure off. No art, just sharpening pencils. That’s my hobby now. /s
It also leads nicely into whittling and woodwork. If I had a slab of wood, glue and sandpaper I could even carve a handle into one end and make my own sharpening sandpaper block. I have some fence staples to hold the paper layers on. And then that could lead into making one for knives or making strops…
But no more physical hobbies or tools. I just run out of energy and drop them.
I know you are half joking but, if you are enjoying the sharpening and looking after the tools, go for it. You might find you are motivated to draw/create just so you get to calmly shape the pencils again! They look amazing btw.
Thanks, I’m just trying not to spend more money or accumulate more stuff
Also could I be trusted with a knife collection…
Some duct tape on the back of a strip of sandpaper can help it last. Write the grit # on the tape.
Have you found this guy on YouTube? Alphonso Dunn He also likes a whittled pencil. Also, he’s got some good tutorial type videos.
Nice, I’ll take a look