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sketching pencils
== Ralph Waldo Emerson. “Every artist was first an amateur”

If you are a beginner in drawings or sketching there are some basic things you need keep in mind. for example:

Which pencils to use
Well there are different kind of pencils used for sketches for shading and other stuff like that. These pencils are usually labeled from 9H to 9B. "H" stands for hardness and "B" stands for blackness. The hardest is a 9H, followed by 8H, 7H, 6H, 5H, 4H, 3H, 2H, and H. F is the middle of the hardness scale; then comes HB, B, 2B, 3B, 4B, 5B, 6B, 7B, 8B, and 9B. For fine detail, you want H pencils; for texture and tonal range, you want B pencils. The 'blacker' the pencil, the softer the lead – a 9B pencil will leave a darker mark but become blunt very quickly. The standard sketching pencil is HB or 2B.

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