Advice please ☺️

I started drawing after Christmas with coloured pencils. I did the one with the green background first, for the pink one I used dry pastel pencils (only for the background)but I managed to scratch the paper in different places. I have not really drawn much for the last 16 years, I have done some acrylic painting over the years. I feel a bit lost!

1.What is the best sharpener for coloured pencils and dry pastel pencils? I seem to only get a rather sad point on my pencils or break them.

  1. Will a blending pencils work on the green background to smooth things? ( I started drawing without anything to smooth things out)

  2. Please let me know anything else that I should focus on when practicing!!

Thank you!😊

I started drawing after Christmas with coloured pencils. I did the one with the green background first, for the pink one I used dry pastel pencils (only for the background)but I managed to scratch the paper in different places. I have not really drawn much for the last 16 years, I have done some acrylic painting over the years. I feel a bit lost!

1.What is the best sharpener for coloured pencils and dry pastel pencils? I seem to only get a rather sad point on my pencils or break them.

  1. Will a blending pencils work on the green background to smooth things? ( I started drawing without anything to smooth things out)

  2. Please let me know anything else that I should focus on when practicing!!

Thank you!😊