From the course: Drawing Foundations: Fundamentals
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Pencils
So now I'm going to introduce you to the different pencils that can be used, to achieve the different effects with drawing. And also talk through the pencils that will be used in this course, to give you the best range with the fewest amount of equipment. Okay? Let's get started. A pencil is often called a lead pencil, but it contains no lead in it at all. It's actually a mixture of graphite and clay. The clay is used as a binding agent. Solid graphite was first discovered in in the Lake district in the UK, an absolutely beautiful landscape in the north of England, about an hour away from where I live. Graphite is the material that makes the black mark. So the higher the amount of graphite in the pencil, the blacker the mark. In Europe, the scale of pencils is measured in Bs and Hs. The B stands for black, and the H stands for hard. So the most common pencil for example, your office pencil an HB. This stands for hard black. So the more Bs, the softer the lead and the dark that result,…
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