Brown Jersey Gloves Will Help to Protect your artwork from Oils and Smearing While You Draw.

You're doing some shading on your artwork...

I'm "in the zone", focused on my work, when suddenly... I see it!!

I either have to start over, or live with it and finish it, hoping that no one notices.

There are several places you can find brown jersey gloves.

Of course you can get them at a hardware store, but you can also find them at a discount department store, or a "dollar store". I've even seen them in some convenience stores

Once you've found them you'll need to do some alterations on them.

Preparing Your Glove

This is really going to be easy...

Take the glove of the hand you going to write with and cut off the thumb, first, and second fingers of the glove.

Okay then, that's it...I told you it was easy.

Now of course you don't have to cut all three of these fingers off, or any of them for that matter.

If you feel more comfortable working with just the thumb and first finger cut out, that's okay.

If you would rather not cut any of the fingers out, that's okay too.

Using Your Glove

After deciding how to customize your glove you're now ready to put it to use.

Put the glove on and grab a pencil. You'll want to practice laying your hand on the paper so as to not touch the paper with any bare skin.

While drawing make sure that you do not slide your hand across the paper, but rather pick your hand up off of the paper and move it to the next location and then lay your hand carefully down again.

Don't worry if you accidentally use your bare fingers to pick the paper up, or touch a spot with an uncovered finger...I do it all the time.

You might want to use the other glove on your non-drawing hand when you handle the paper before and after drawing for a bit of extra protection.

Care of Your Gloves

At some point your glove is going to get "dirty" from graphite.

You have a couple of choices... you can

• wash them,
  or
  
• replace them.

You could wash your brown jersey gloves in with the rest of your laundry. I'd put them in with the dark clothing, and on a gentle cycle.

If I were to wash my drawing hand glove, I'd do it by hand in the kichen sink. I'd just be afraid that the glove would fray out and leave little treads all over the rest of my laundry.

Which brings me to the other option of simply buying a new pair.

These work gloves are pretty inexpensive. I have no problem buying a new set of gloves when needed.

Other Uses For Your cloth Gloves

There are many artists who blend their shadows with their fingers. If you want to try this method of blending you might try it using a glove.

Just put a glove (with the fingers still intact) on your drawing hand, and when you need to blend a dark area, just rub it with one of your gloved fingers

However, after extended use, the glove will become dirty with graphite, making it difficult to blend areas of subtle shading.

Use a second pair of brown jersey gloves to when handling the paper before and after drawing.

I use them...

• when I am tearing out a new sheet from the pad,
• when I tape the paper down
• when I draw my grid
• when I am applying a fixative

There you have it...my personal creation...

Maybe you'll find some other uses for brown jersey gloves. Or maybe you have another great idea for keeping oils off of your paper while you draw. If so then drop me a line through my "Contact Form" and let me know.

As always, if you have any questions at all just send it through the "Contact Form" and I'll get back to you.

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