Drawing Course
Lesson 6

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

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Soft pencil

This is a soft graphite pencil 2B. The letters indicate

H-hard

B- Soft

The softer the pencil the darker the line.

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Soft pencil

A softer pencil is a 5B. With these types of pencils it is difficult to achieve thin and detailled lines. They softer they are, the more difficult they are to erase. The black pencils are deeper and you can acheieve many tones by adding more or less weight to the pencil.