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DRY
DRAWING UTENSILS
The graphite pencil:
This is the most common utensil. It consists of a graphite and
clay stick which is heated and then covered in a layer of wood.
The more clay there is in the mixture, the harder the pencil. The
more graphite there is in the mixture, the softer the pencil.
They are classified in grades of hardness.
The example on the left is drawn using a medium hard pencil, number
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Mechanical Pencil:
It can be very comfortable to use, as we
don't have to be continuously sharpening the pencil. However, the line
is monotonous, it is always the same width.
You
can buy different leads to go in the pencil.
