Uploaded February 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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This video is accompanying material for the text available here: drawabox.com/lesson/1/2

One of the earliest "a-ha!" moments an art student will encounter is when someone shows them the "right" way to hold a pencil. Let's talk about why exactly that grip works so well for certain kinds of tools, and why it's not just a blanket rule that applies to everything.

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