ART with my Finger Vs. a Blending Stump - WHICH WINS?

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[kuzuki]

When he highlighted “Finger” and the dramatic music started playing but then he read on and is like “Wait-“ I mean I knew this about oils and was expecting it but his reaction is priceless

[rfree]

Ive never seen a more relatable moment than Jazza finger blending and then wiping the excess on the back page lol

[alyfferalves]

Blending stump meets kneaded eraser, the dynamic duo

[adveragekat]

My art teacher (and art department in general at secondary school) told me off for using my fingers to blend and hated blending stumps. If we wanted to create a gradient, constraint or blend (duh) we could only use the pressure of the pencil/s. I could never do it so I’d use my finger anyway. I use blending stumps and my fingers interchangeably depending on what I want. Anyway I am fairly new to your channel Jazza (watching for about 6 months) and when I saw you using your fingers to blend for the first time I was like “YES!”. Then when I see you wipe the excess off on another dedicated page I was like “see art department it’s fine to blend with a goddamn stump or finger!”

[samarthsingh]

Can we just appreciate the fact that he read all the blending stumps comments. You're so nice.

[rrrāmusic]

It's amazing seeing how Jazza accepts all the criticism and is perfectly transparent about being uncomfortable and is open to learn anyways...great artworks and good job with the blending stumps
Happy birthday Jazza!

[danieldraws]

I love how Jazza, a YouTuber with over 5.5 million subscribers, can still listen so well to his viewers and audience. It’s truly quite rare and awesome! Thanks from a fellow artist Jazza!

[lieselpotter]

Kneaded erasers are extremely helpful, especially when drawing portraits. You can “sharpen” the eraser, but you can also use it lighten shading without totally erasing it, by pushing the kneaded eraser onto the surface and lifting it up. I freaking love them and don’t draw without one.

[spacecadet]

I've been drawing for over 20 years and had no idea what a Blending stump was until now. Always got them in art sets but never knew what they were for. So don't feel too bad, You're not the only one.

[yaral]

As a psychology student I can say your explanation of cognitive dissonance at 7:30 was pretty accurate and a lot more fun than the way my professors explained it ;)

[amy]

Jazza starts being all deep and introspective with cognitive dissonance then goes "it's my birthday I can't be wrong"... That's my Jazza

[aurumisgreat]

In my art class, we don't have blending stumps and I hate getting messy (ironic for an "artist"), so I've always taken a big, soft, blunt eraser and put tissue over it, and used that to blend. It blends VERY smoothly and makes a very soft finish. If you don't press too hard with the pencil, you won't even be able to see the original lines.

[Lucidly_cremated]

We’re all talking about how amazing it is that Jazza didn’t know about this but don’t forget to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY JAZZA!!!

[Amy-kvzw]

I'm about to be overwhelmingly sappy, but I am so grateful for you. Not only for giving the world 10/10 quality entertainment, but also for your ability to normalize the everyday struggles of artists through humour and transparency. I used to be so passionate about art until I started to study it and had it instilled in me that I was flawed, ignorant and inadequate. But seeing you, an established artist that I look up to, embrace the little things that art school teaches you to believe are sub-par and turn them into exciting learning opportunities is so inspirational. I haven't done any art in years, but something about this video has me pumped to pick it back up. So thank you - and HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

[colinchaput]

I love that he finally thinks that he's going to prove all of us wrong that he can blend with his finger, then reads that using the finger to blend is a big "no no"
12:15

[terminator]

the most shocking thing to me isnt that he didn't know about blending stumps but that he never found it inconvenient to blend with his fingers and end up searching for a tool that would blend so he wouldn't get his hands dirty

[Benjaminruler]

I love how he is so cocky when he sees that fingers can be an alternate using a blending stump, until it said that it is a bad idea XD

[baakojernigan]

Jazza is so refreshing among other artists who only want to show perfection, even when he doesn't know smth he's so honest abt his learning process and the mistakes he might make along the way. I really appreciate that.

[berendbotje]

Just started drawing a few weeks ago but as a very experienced armchair-artist I would like to suggest another blending tool: the tissue. Should give you more fine control in some cases.

[nassraal-naamani]

There is a difference between blending with a finger, blending stump, Q-tip, and tissues. I would love to see you draw something using all of these methods!
Also, try to use the kneaded eraser to add highlights 😍