What pencil should i use for shading

Thanks again. Hi Shivani Thanks for your kind comments. So glad you found it useful. Kind regards, Brian. Riverz 20 December am. Daniel 26 November pm. Evan 26 November am. A verrry informative and to-the-point article. Thank you very much for that. Hi Evan Thank you for your comments. Plastic rubbers tend to smudge your drawing before erasing. Regards, brian.

Rakesh Ghosh 17 November am. J 10 November pm. Joann 11 September pm. Thank you so much so very plain and simple. I am assuming a 2 B thx. Hi Joann Yes, 2B would be good. If your pencil drawing does end up too dark use a putty rubber to lighten it before you start to paint. Gwyn 27 August am. Keith C. McCune 5 September am. It has been a long time since I drew and the two times I started classes I quit before I just started drawing without knowing what pencils to use and I did not know what pencils to use and I never did learn how to shade.

I am taking a course right now and I am 70 but I am not going to quit this time. I love pencil drawings and love how they look so real and detailed they are. I love classics movies and see how beautiful women and men look in black and white. Thank you so very much.

Hi Keith Good to hear you are persevering with your drawing. Glad my post was useful for you. All the best. Tita 3 December pm. Eva tarabay 24 November pm. Sylan Chang 11 January am. H leads do not smudge easily. B stands for blackness: a B grade pencil has more graphite, and will make a bolder, darker line. The higher the corresponding number, the softer and darker the lead.

So, a 9B pencil is the softest and blackest available. B leads smudge easily but are readily erased. F stands for fine point: a F pencil is capable of producing darker and lighter marks but without any extremes. What pencil grade should I use?

H leads: as H leads are very smudge resistant and give cleaner lines, they are good for outlines, technical drawings and light sketches. One disadvantage is that hard leads tend to be scratchy, especially as you move up the scale. F leads: these leads are ideal for drawing fine details and writing. What is a HB pencil? What should I look for in a pencil?

What is a clutch pencil? What paper should I use for sketching? Top 5 pencils for sketching Here are our pick of the five best pencils for sketching, whatever your area of expertise or budget.

I recommend having a few solid pencils at hand that you can use in your work with full knowledge of the results they'll produce. There's a noticeable difference when working with different pencils on the HB scale and how sharp or dull the tip is.

Test and see how some will produce dark texture while others create consistent mid-tone smoothness. Every artist will find the shading method that works best for them and I tend to use a few while drawing. I primarily work with circling, but I've experimented with all of these methods and more to help me create my best results. Each method produces a distinct result and depending on what type of art you want to create, you'll want to find which is best for you!

Hatching and stippling often create an underlying presence of texture and roughness. Circling and using a blending stump creates clean, gradual smoothness. Graphite pencils are created by mixing and grinding graphite and clay together, then encasing them in wood. The proportion of graphite to clay mixture determines the hardness of the pencil and degree of darkness of the pencil mark. They are available in hardness from 9H hardest to 9B softest.

Softer grades produce broader and darker strokes and harder grades produce more precise and lighter strokes. H stands for Hardness, B stands for Black. There is also a pencil designation of F, for Fine Line.

F is in-between B and H. Shading is the technique of building tone through specific types of pencil applications. There are 4 basic types of shading techniques.. Hatching: Creating dark value shades by application of parallel lines. The closer together the lines the more even the resulting shade. Crosshatching: Creating shades through a series of intersecting lines.

The intersecting lines crisscross each other at various angles. The lines can be straight, scribbled or circular. Stippling: Creating shades through a series of dots.

Building up more dots closer together results in darker shading. The smoother the paper grain the more difficult it will be to produce an even shade. Smooth paper surface cannot produce as great a range of tone shade as textured surface papers. Textured paper surfaces are usually chosen for shading as the texture of the paper makes shading easier and produces a greater range of tone that can be more evenly applied. It is difficult to shade evenly on smooth paper without using the Stump Technique.

Smooth paper does not have the peaks ridges and valleys of a textured paper. This makes even, subtle shading difficult.

Textured paper surface should be thought of as being a 3-Dimensional surface, with peaks and valleys, not unlike a mountain chain. To achieve an even shade it is necessary to surround the peaks paper texture with graphite from all angles. This not only produces an even shade, but it is easier to achieve and has greater depth of tone.