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SlowNinja Link ParentIf you have Pihole already running, it may be worth it to look into Tailscale. There is an option to designate machines in your Tailnet as the DNS server(s). It's great leaving the house knowing...If you have Pihole already running, it may be worth it to look into Tailscale. There is an option to designate machines in your Tailnet as the DNS server(s). It's great leaving the house knowing that my phone, laptop, and tablet DNS requests are going to my Pihole and its blocklist.
Are you primarily working in graphite? If so, you will definitely have to get used to building up your values gradually.
As far as the techniques you mentioned, it may just be down to your own preference after experimenting with both. I would suggest buying or making a card for finding the value of an area. They go by several names like "grayscale finder" or "grayscale value card." It will help you isolate the value of an area. Divide your subject into large planes of similar values and concentrate on getting each area close to the value in the finder. You'll end up with a not very good blotchy drawing, but if you squint you'll be able to see something happening. After you get those blocks of value down, start blending their borders together with a stump. I'm not sure what they are called in Danish. The French call them tortillons I think.
I admit I'm not a very good instructor. My main advice would be to not worry about detail until you get your tones down.