Meh! Drawings in sketchbook getting all smudged out

[Rowan]

I need your help. This question may sound lame, but I need a solution for this little problem:

I mostly draw in my sketchbook, with quite soft pencils. I'm taking this sketchbook with me wherever I go, so...my problem is, those drawings get all smudged out. They're getting all blurry. It makes me cry. :nohope: How can I prevent something like this?

- Rowan.

[Yoonjin]

Get some Fixative at your local art store and spray it.
Dont inhale to much =)

[Rowan]

Thanks Yoonjin!

I'll try to get it as soon as possible.

BTW, after I sprayed it, I can't edit this drawing anymore, right? I mean, I can't draw on the sprayed parts?

[Twisted Nail]

BTW, after I sprayed it, I can't edit this drawing anymore, right? I mean, I can't draw on the sprayed parts?

That's the idea.

Personally, I always use cheap hairspray. Fixates more than good enough, plus you dont risk having your lungs plastified :)(Fixative is liquid plastic, but dont let that discourage you ;))

[Rowan]

Yeah, thanks. Cheap hairspray, I've heard about that. Maybe I'm going to try that first. Because my 'local' artstore isn't really that...'local'. :yawn:

[Yoonjin]

You can go on and draw after you have sprayed your fixative.
Though the graphite will act a bit different..but its a cheap trick tu build upp really dark values to fix and then dram over again.

//Cheers

[mattypoirier]

if you get a workable fixative you can draw over them