Not trying to be a smart ass, but are you by chance using pencil, instead of the brush tool? You hold down the mouse button the the brush/pencil icon and drag it over the pop up menu to select the proper tool.
I would say play around with different ways to hold a pencil. That would let you test out if it is indeed the way you hold the pencil. If it has always been an issue, the doctor is probably a pretty good bet. after a quick search I found this, some different positions for holding a pencil for some ideas:…
I have hard time understanding why people try to smudge and smear their work in the first place. Values can be built up and blended with pencil alone just fine. If you have large areas to cover use side of pencil and you'll get charcoal-like marks. Do you use blending tools to get rid of actual pencil marks? and if yes,…
Gonna start doing daily sketches, I'm thinking one is going to be pencil on paper and the other is going to be in photoshop, I'm not as good in photoshop as I am with a pencil, so it'll be good practice. Yesterday I did noses with pencil and paper and today I'll do noses in photoshop. And then maybe I'll do mouthes. Any…
Wonderful sketches, specially those made on pencil. Yeah, the transition from pencil to tablet it's terrible - I myself I'm not done yet, although many years has passed since my first digital attempt. But why don't you use the best of two worlds? Make your initial drawing on pencil, scan and paint in PS? It works very well…