Information About Graphite Pencils

By lauren // Art, Art Tips // 2 Comments

Recently I’ve been working on a drawing and I wanted more pencils so I can achieve the kind of realism that I want. I got a pack of Kimberly Graphite Pencils from Micheals arts and crafts store. In the package I got 10 different grades of pencils which gives me a good range of light and dark.

What do you know about graphite pencils? Well this was my frist time using graphite pencils and all I knew was that there were pencils that could et really dark, almost black, and really light. I also knew that they were called hard and soft pencils but I didn’t know what were the hard pencils and which were the soft. The package on my pencils explained some stuff so I’ll tell you what I know about them.

First off, a grade refers to how hard or soft a penicl is (which means how light or dark the graphite can get).

The range of graded penicls in my package were:

4H – considered the “hardest” ni the pack of pencils. It’s the lighest and it doesn’t erase or smduge well. (which can be good)
2H
F
HB
B
2B
3B
4B
6B
8B – considered the “softest” pencils. It gets really dark and it smudges well. You can erase it fairly well but becuase it’s so dark, it leaves a bit of residue so you have to put some effort in getting it all gone.

People usually use #2 pencils – which are HB pencils. This pencil is most commonly used because it’s a middle grade. I’ve noticed the HB smudges a decently – becuase I’m left handed, when I wrote in my notbook in school, my hand would drag across what I wrote and I would get the graphite onto the side of my hand haha. So whats important to have when drawing is having a piece of paper to lay ontop of your drawing so you don’t smudge it – espeically if you’re working very hard on a detailed drawing.

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Christmas Clip Art-The Many Uses

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The potential number of uses for Clipart in documents and web design is boundless. The only thing limiting the inventive use of images is the imagination and skill of the user. Just a few attractive pictures downloaded from online sources and used as Clipart can improve the look of practically any document and the right images will rework it into one that people will truly want to glance at and enjoy.

Artwork and photographs can tell stories in ways that no amount of words can, and Clipart does in essence the same thing. The right picture can permit readers or viewers to picture what the writer is relating. Using Clipart beside text will make a few descriptive lines come alive.

What Is Clipart?

The term ‘Clipart’ refers to images that can be copied from a source and easily pasted into a file in a computer. An instance of such art would be a stylized letter or a picture of a Christmas tree that could be pasted on a Christmas card or menu.

Where to Find Images to Use as Clipart?

* Web sites such as www.clip-art-world.com
* Publishing programs such as Microsoft Publisher. Many publishing programs contain a data base of artwork that can be used in any document
* Your own pictures or designs that can you paste into a document such as a Christmas card
* All over the internet
* Scanned pictures and drawings

Something to consider is to never use artwork unless you know it is in the public domain. Many well-liked images such as cartoon characters, logos, comic book characters, pictures of movie stars and signers are copyrighted. This means you might get into legal trouble by using those images without having to pay for them or getting permission.

Use Christmas Clipart to Enhance Documents

The variety and extensive use of artwork and other images found online are limited only by a person’s creativity. If you want to produce your own unique holiday cards or if you only want to e-mail a letter, you can modify it by embedding a Clipart. Through the holiday time of year there are lots of great uses for Christmas Clipart:

* Christmas clipart cards: a individual can use Clipart and a printer to produce their own Christmas cards
* Christmas stationary: one could paste Christmas images such as trees, Santa or snowmen onto the stationary and build a stunning Christmas stationary
* PowerPoint presentations. Adding a few Christmas Clipart images or other holiday images could truly flavor up a PowerPoint during that time of year.
* Invitations: christmas clipart look great on invitations to holiday parties and other proceedings.
* Posters and fliers: Professional Christmas images can actually enrich posters and flyers that promote holiday parties and other events.

Every one of of these items can easily be created with artwork found on the web or on a CPU. The average person should be able to find all of the images wanted to produce such artwork in a few minutes and merely use Clipart to incorporate them in their document.

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