Module 2: Essential Drawing Materials and Tools for Beginners Flashcards
Your cheerful yellow No. 2 pencil usually contains an HB lead. It would perform just fine as a drawing pencil.
Pencils
Come in a variety of colors and are easily found in most art stores. They usually consist of a plostic holder and a fine HB lead that advances by clicking on an end or side button. They create consistent lines of equal width.
Mechanical pencils
Are available in the drafting section of most office supply stores and come with an HB lead.
Lead holders
Often called lead pencils, consist of ground graphite mixed with clay and placed in a wooden holder. They are available in many grades, although there is a slight difference in the darkness among brands.
Graphite pencils
Have more “drag” when you use them, may be more difficult to erase, and create a different appearance in your drawing. They often come in only three or four degrees of darkness.
Charcoal pencils
Combine the darkness of charcoal and smoothness of graphite and may be combined with either graphite or charcoal in a single drawing.
Carbon pencils
are very dark, smooth graphite pencils.
Ebony pencils
are water-soluble graphite pencils. They may be applied to wet or dry watercolor paper.
Wash pencils
There are about twenty grades of graphite available, ranging from the lightest and hardest at one end of the 9H, to the softest and darkest at the other end 9B.
Hard pencil grades make lighter lines, while softer grades make darker lines.
Pencil Grades
They can lighten areas, create textures and add a variety of different effects to your drawing.
Erasers
A common eraser with attitude. It gets into your drawing and really tears up the graphite.
Pink Pearl
Are useful but terribly messy. They shed worse than a collie in spring d piable.
Gum erasers
Made from rubber are soft and pliable.
Kneeded erasers.
are your best choice for general cleanup.
White plastic or vinyl erasers
are great, especially the smaller, battery-operated versions.
Electric erasers
