STUMPS Help

[card_drazy]

OK I have everything I need to make my pencils WOW. my biggest question is this

1. how do you clean the stump before going to another color, and
2. how wet do you make the stump


please update!!!!

Julie J

[card_drazy]

bump

[kayinrd]

I use an emory board to clean my stumps and I bought an evelope sealer at the post office to put the mineral spirits in. It has a sponge top, so you just press the stump in that and it gets it wet. HTH!

[card_drazy]

I bought a colored pencil blending kit at M's and it had a little sand paper board. but I guess do you wait for the tip to dry?? also I also bought a little bottle like you but at michaels. I just am wondering if I am using enough gamisol

[kayinrd]

I like my stump to be pretty wet, I keep dipping it in. And then I sand it down between colours. Does that make sense?
I'm not sure how others do it.

[peasoup]

I just work with a piece of SU scratch paper under my work. Then I scribble it around a few times and all of the extra comes off. When I am all done with a project I will sand it down a little but not necessary. I do the scribble thing after every color because they will transfer and I hate to get mixed colors if that is not what I was going for! AS far as the wettness of it, I cut a corner off of a sponge and let it get really wet, then I put it in a snack size baggie and it stays wet for a long time. If I am doing a big project, I have to re-dip the sponge maybe a few times. If the stump is not wet enough it will make the paper squeek and the colors won't blend as easy. Hope this helps a little?