Information About Graphite Pencils

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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