All of you artists out there i need HELP!!!?

Generally with drawing, you have a range of lights and darks. This range includes a larger number of different shades if you have a very dark pencil (soft) and a very white pencil or use very white paper to begin with. You do not want to make all of the darks the same degree of shade. And the same is true of the white highlights. This will produce a "weird" look though this may not be the weird you are referring to.

To define my weird, your picture will not read correctly if all of your shadows and highlights are equal. The picture will look flat as opposed to a full depiction of depth and form.

Before you begin shading, look at your source. Find the darkest dark and the lightest light. Make a note of these. Then proceed to complete the shading never darkening any other darks as dark as that darkest spot you identified in the beginning. And, make every other highlight slightly less light than that lightest highlight identified in the beginning.

Now all of the shading in between needs careful consideration. You continually compare every other shade to those two spots of dark and light. It is all relative. All of the shades should be accurate in relation to one another. A mid-shade is mid because it occupies a specific place in space and relates to the light source and other objects accordingly. Avoid making a shadow dark just because it is in the shade. It will be a degree of dark shade depending on where it is in relation to other objects and the light source. Follow this logic for the entire picture.

Charcoal produces a darker dark than graphite. You will have the largest range of shades available using charcoal. The paper also makes a difference. With certain papers and charcoal you can get deep darks, bright highlights and subtly everywhere in between if the subject calls for this.

Try Cretacolor N.e.g.r.o (had to spell it like this so it would not get auto-censored) and White Chalk Leads in soft and medium. They require a holder.

http://www.aswexpress.com/discount-art-supplies/on...

These are drawings not photographs:

Kate Sammons:

http://www.thewaichulisstudio.net/ks9.htm

http://www.thewaichulisstudio.net/ks11.htm

Justin Baliet:

http://www.thewaichulisstudio.net/jb5.htm

http://www.thewaichulisstudio.net/jb4.htm

Terese Rogers:

http://www.thewaichulisstudio.net/dr19.htm

http://www.thewaichulisstudio.net/dr17.htm

Timothy Jahn:

http://www.thewaichulisstudio.net/dr38.htm

Brian O'Neill:

http://www.thewaichulisstudio.net/dr46.htm

Emma Hirst:

http://www.thewaichulisstudio.net/dr29.htm

I find that a 6b pencil works well for me. Maybe 9b is too dark...

I like 6s or 8s. They're "soft" enough for me to get a rich dark shadow.

don't just use pencils, use different mediums. I find that different mediums make the piece well.