Graphite Drawing Pencils and Which Pencils Do You Need

[amyx]

I love 4B. And 4H. My favorite pencils are these two grades. Different brands even. I just love writing and making light marks with 4H, and gently sketching with 4B - if I can have just a single pencil for the rest of my life, it’d have to be my lovely carpenter’s pencil-shaped 4H. Love it! And the flat and wide side is awesome for shading in areas. And it’s encased in a cool unvarnished wood that has patina from my hand oils and smudges, makes it my own.

[alejandrocantu]

I use an H9 for a layout lines, an F for rendering and a B to for shade & shadow in an architectural drawings.

[mariscachen]

I use the Derwent pencil set that consists of 6 graphite pencils. HB, 2B and 4B

[Newvintagecollectibles]

Gosh I paid a lot of money at art school for this info thanks guy

[jamesaritchie]

Am HB is considered the best all around pencil, which is why it's the standard pencil on all the racks in stores, and the standard school pencil. There isn't much you can't do with an HB, whether it's writing of sketching. As an artist, I need a wider range of pencils in order to make life easier. My most used range is from 4H to 6B. I do occasional use a higher H pencil, but not often. A 8H is pretty common, and sometimes a General's 9XXB, but when I need something that dark I'm more likely to use a black colored pencil, or even a carbon pencil.

Even with mechanical pencils the range is about the same. I have four 0.5 Pentel P205 pencils loaded with 4H, HB, 2B, and 4B, and two clutch pencils loaded with 5.6mm lead in 6B and 8B. 2B is the most commonly used pencil for most artists, and for most experienced writers, but an artist simply needs a wide range, or the limitations make doing anything other than simple sketches, or very selective drawings, much harder and more time consuming.

[celenamcmahon]

Perfect video!! Amazing information 🎉 thx u😊😂❤

[janwaynes.]

I have never been so interested in pencils in my life

[myriampontague]

Thanks, that was really well explained and easy to understand. The drawings at the end are fantastic.

[NoahBlack-noah__black]

Can you do a colored pencil drawing tutorial of an American Flag with the prismacolor premier pencils?

[cheg.]

very informative. thank you for this video! :)

[tomastorasen]

Let me guess that your light came from the right. It made the 9B look brighter than the 2B and 3B. But good video =)

[AliroseYT]

ok so im new, what is a general layout pencil???

[kathykrol]

what is GENERALs layout pencil, what do you use it for the best, pls explain.

[mustardseed]

thanks for this video! which pencil is better to use when sketching for painting with watercolours? will they all loose up and smear with water? maybe there is a special pencil for that, I'd love to know! thnak you, Simone

[kymrhymer]

I have Derwent H set and Faber Castel B

[Undertow_]

Hello sir, do you have any clips here on plastel pencils? And how to use them. I bought 50 piece set and they came as well, like 5 of them, like brownish, orange, black, gray..thank u in advance, I will check videos if there are..

[carlaleal]

There's a scale up to 12B / 12H now :o

[geovannycamargo]

what kind of pencil is "General's Layout"?

[Julia-LArt]

Never drawn with an H pencil, I thought they were more for graphs & writing.

[pospaper]

This guy never reads the comments I guess?