Every artist has their own special drawing utensils or weaponry :). Going into the art supply store it's pretty overwhelming with all of the choices of what you can draw with- because you can draw with practically anything. Here are a few tips on how to discover the best drawing pencils for you. Pencils are made of graphite and clay. The numbers written on the side of the pencil is a European scale for H being the hardest and B is the softest and blackest. The harder the pencil is the more clay the pencil has in it which it why it draws more gray. There are about 20 degrees on the scale and if you have a 9H pencil the hardest pencil and the most gray and if you use a 9B it is the softest with the most amount of black. If you use a #2 yellow pencil the European code is HB and the American scale is the #2. Typically if you want to start drawing the best range is usually to stay in is the B's and the hardest pencil would be a 4H because going with a harder penci......
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