I wanted to recommend this exercise that I found on Youtube, to get a better control on pencil strokes. It is very annoying when a line doesn’t go the way one expected, ha ha ha.
The idea is to draw the lines, and then the circles and infinite symbols between them, using the techniques recommended in this video to hold the pencil and control it from the shoulder. Then practice shading, gradually increasing pencil pressure.
Finally, I also use this exercise as a warm-up before drawing and can be adapted for digital users too.
Hope it helps someone.
