I enjoy drawing in my spare time (that is when I get some..). However, I usually use a good ol' number 2 pencil. I would like to start a new portrait and also shade this one.
What pencils do you recommend and around how much would they cost?
Thanks.
2007-03-13 16:13:01 · 12 answers · asked by YH 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Drawing & Illustration
I prefer 2B, but you can use anything from F (hard) to 6B to suit the drawing. You might try the solid graphite pencils (sheathed in plastic) from Bohemia Works, available most art shops. They can be used as point or flat ends, sharpened by suitable conventional sharpener or a very sharp knife and sandpaper. Try charcoal, too, with a kneadable rubber to lift out highlights. All this stuff is cheap but always buy the best you can afford.
2007-03-13 17:10:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
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2016-07-13 03:57:25 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-24 22:56:35 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Shading Portraits
2016-11-07 06:44:18 · answer #4 · answered by jehanna 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you're looking to branch out get some mechanical pencils. They come in different sizes and are refillable. You can get them from any art supply store but to be honest they can get pricy. You may want to get different leads at the art store, (the harder the lead the lighter you can get.) and get the pencils themselves at Wal-Mart.
To be honest I only have four I use and that's all I've needed. An ebony pencil (very soft, doesn't come in leads so just buy the pencil.) a .05 and a .07 filled with HB leads. (I only use the .07 when I do bigger things.HB leads are like the stuff in a No.2 pencil.) and a ,05 with H lead (Hard lead). More than anything I use the 05 with hb though. I wanna say it's made by Pentel but I could be wrong, (I haven't bught new ones in a few years.) it says zebra 301 .05 on it and they come in a pack of two for araound $4. I've used them for over 15 years and only had one fall apart. I used it so much the tip fell apart. (You would to if you were used just about everyday for hours for about ten years.) Some people may tell you you can't get shading that smooth with only three but you can. Don't surround yourself with every lead there is. You're just wasting money. The thing to remember is they're tools and to use a tool properly you have to have good technic. When I had my site up there was a guy that wanted to know how much I'd charge to airbrush something for him. There was no airbrushed anything on the site. The thing he was refering to was done with pencil and I only used the three above. (Not that I'm saying I have perfect drawing technic, I'm just giving an example of how things can be when you practice and work at it.)
Here's a hint: keep a piece of tracing paper with you when you draw. when you shade you can use it to flatten you're points and keep things looking smoother. Tracing paper may seem smooth but it will eat up leads. It's like super fine sand paper. You can also get very sharp points out of it as well.
Hope this helps
2007-03-13 23:06:49 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
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2016-04-29 13:20:15 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I like to draw by used the pencil, but I dont know what a good a pencil that used to draw
2013-12-26 15:50:11 · answer #7 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I pencil shade just fine with an 05 HB mechanical PhD pencil, I simply need to control the amount of pressure I put on my paper. ;)
I used to drive my art teachers nuts, but the PhD pencil is much better for my wrists than a classic pencil.
2007-03-20 06:56:45 · answer #8 · answered by Kemnebi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my personal preference for drawing and shading portraits is using a charcoal pencil combined with soft newsprint. you uses 2B for the draft and mid-tone value and uses a 6B for the dark area. after you are done with everything, a white charcoal pencil can also help adding a little dimension to the drawing.
I enjoyed it a lot, hope you will too!
2007-03-13 17:38:42 · answer #9 · answered by Maman 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I've drawn over 400 pencile portraits in the past 8 years.
All of them were drawn using an HB pencile.
2007-03-17 08:09:21 · answer #10 · answered by doug 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋