Blending Stump Paper Blending Stump for Student Sketch Drawing Stumps and tortillons are a wise way to achieve control while keeping your fingers clean when looking for a way to blend and move colors in your pastel, charcoal, and graphite drawings and paintings. Made from sheets of paper that are tightly wound and shaped to a point, stumps and tortillons are used by rubbing a pointed end on areas of a drawing to be blended Spread medium beautifully Great for dark areas of graphite drawings Save a lot of time on blending and shading clothing and backgrounds Used correctly and in the right situations, the result can be very lifelike and realistic.
