By far the most used pieces of kit that I have are my trusty 'wet and dry' boards. Other Useful 'Bits'Īs well as the pencils and whatever paper or board I'm using when drawing, there are a few other items that I always try to have at hand before I start. This is certainly not necessarily the best way to work and I wouldn't dream of suggesting to anyone else that they should do the same, it's just what I personally have gotten used to doing. I also sharpen my pencils with a scalpel as opposed to a pencil sharpener, it maybe takes slightly longer, but this way I find I can get exactly the profile of lead that I want - impossible with a pencil sharpener. They are what I have become used to and whilst the chore of sharpening 'umpteen' pencils at a time can be a pain, there does seem to be something vaguely 'workmanlike' about the whole process. Personally, I have always drawn with regular wooden pencils, mostly 'Staedtler Tradition' and 'Derwent Graphic' pencils, ranging in hardness from 7H (Very hard) to 7B (Very soft), HB being about midway between the two. But then again, doing what makes sense has never really been my strongpoint and with me old habits die hard. ![]() The arguments for using mechanical pencils make a lot of sense. They are a constant length and so a constant balance, the leads are more regular and they don't need sharpening as such. These mechanical pencils have numerous advantages over regular pencils. Some pencil artist today prefer to work with mechanical draughtsmans style pencils. But here are the few very basic drawing tools that I personally work with and tend to use for my own pencil drawings. Most of the limited information and techniques briefly outlined here are probably already used - in one form or another - by the majority of people working in pencil. ![]() Lets face it, there are only so many things that you can do with a graphite pencil - no matter how clever you are. Most people who enjoy drawing will probably have their own tried and tested methods, ideas and techniques.
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