That's actually what I was getting at--the problem, assuming the razor is sharp, has to be technique. What I'm doubting is whether the OP is applying what he's reading online as consistently as he thinks.
I'm still a newbie as well, having only started in April, and if I've learned anything, it's that I never am doing things quite as correctly as I thought I was. After 4 months I am finally feeling like I get it.
I wasn't trying to be unkind, just pointing out that the original post seems to pose an unlikely scenario: a sharp razor and correct technique producing no results of any kind. One of those has to be incorrect, either the razor isn't sharp or the technique needs to be examined.