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Pencils are still one of the most popular mediums for artists. Most of us learn our drawing skills with a pencil and favour them alongside charcoal for sketching.
Pencils are normally made with a small cylinder of graphite and clay surrounded by a wooden casing to grip.
Pencils are all marked on a European system called the degree scale where H is hardest and B is blackest.
Pencils can be marked as;
9H, 8H, 7H, 6H, 5H, 4H,3H,2H, H F,HB, B, 2B, 3B, 4B ,5B ,6B ,7B ,8B ,9B
H pencils have a higher concentrate of clay than graphite, whereas the B pencils have a much lower percentage of clay.
The B pencils make soft, dark marks, whereas the H pencils have a much harder, lighter mark.
The F pencil stands for fine point, which is slightly harder than the HB making it a good writing pencil.
Pencils are normally made with a small cylinder of graphite and clay surrounded by a wooden casing to grip.
Pencils are all marked on a European system called the degree scale where H is hardest and B is blackest.
Pencils can be marked as;
9H, 8H, 7H, 6H, 5H, 4H,3H,2H, H F,HB, B, 2B, 3B, 4B ,5B ,6B ,7B ,8B ,9B
H pencils have a higher concentrate of clay than graphite, whereas the B pencils have a much lower percentage of clay.
The B pencils make soft, dark marks, whereas the H pencils have a much harder, lighter mark.
The F pencil stands for fine point, which is slightly harder than the HB making it a good writing pencil.
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The H and B markings on pencils relate to the relative hardness or softness of the graphite used in it. H means hard, B means black. A 6B pencil has extremely soft, dark graphite and a 6H has very hard, pale graphite. HB is the average, mid-scale, type of pencil graphite for general use.
Going from softest to hardest -> 6B 5B 4B 3B 2B HB 2H 3H 4H 5H 6H
Going from softest to hardest -> 6B 5B 4B 3B 2B HB 2H 3H 4H 5H 6H
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