At 2/15/11 11:52 AM, Larkatosa wrote:
I have found something even scarier than the library! The ... art store. A place filled with overpriced material shipped in from Japan and male artist dressed in a way that make you think they are gay.
I bought pencils! Let's see, 4H, 2H, H, F, HB, B, 2B, 3B, 4B, 5B, 6B and 8B. You told me to buy pencil, right Kinsei? :P
Too bad you cant join the chat... lets see now: pencils are classed in H(ard), B(lack) and F(ine point). The bigger the number before the letter the stronger it is; so 2B is slightly black, and 8B is very black. HB is inbetween; its the famous #2 pencil in the US system.
Black pencils are usefull for shading dark areas, hard pencils are used for lines, small details and if you want to for light shading, although it will be hard to get evenly shaded areas with them.
Ive never come across a Fine Point pencil that I know of, but its mildly harder than the HB
Pencils that are harder than 4h are gonna be very hard to work with on paper, thats probably why 4h is the hardest in your set.
What I suggest you do with em: give them all a try, see for yourself what the diferences are. try making some solids, gradients, lines, etc... after you are comfortable with em you should probably just start drawing. Try to draw shades rather than shapes.
Im not really an expert though, so I might be better off just redirecting you here