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When To Use Those Pencils

Proko
2023 ж. 19 Ақп.
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There are SO many pencils in sets you buy? These are my general guidelines for using the different hardness of pencils.
Learn more in my Drawing Basics course at www.proko.com/drawing
#drawing #howtodraw #shorts #pencils

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  • HB is the standard No. 2 pencil btw

    @seanking4351@seanking4351 Жыл бұрын

    • tysm i was just about to ask about it

      @alyssadacookie2320@alyssadacookie23209 ай бұрын

    • If it’s the standard then why “no.2”?

      @C.Mousse@C.Mousse8 ай бұрын

    • Whn i was in Nursery, i used HB bcz they r Strong From KG 2 to Class 4, i used 2B bcz they r Smooth Now i want 2 Write wit 4B Xtra Thick Triangle Pencil Bcz they r Xtra Smooth & Dark

      @palashchoudhury5565@palashchoudhury55658 ай бұрын

    • ​@@C.Mousse it's a hardness scale strong for graphite.

      @ODDiSEE_@ODDiSEE_6 ай бұрын

    • @@C.MousseAmerican scale for hardness of graphite is #1-4 instead of B HB F H used globally

      @dh4444@dh44446 ай бұрын

  • Single pencil answer is 2B? Dang man. All those teachers WANTED me to draw in class...

    @phredbookley183@phredbookley183 Жыл бұрын

    • Why?

      @C.Mousse@C.Mousse8 ай бұрын

    • Whn i was in Nursery, i used HB bcz they r Strong From KG 2 to Class 4, i used 2B bcz they r Smooth Now i want 2 Write wit 4B Xtra Thick Triangle Pencil Bcz they r Xtra Smooth & Dark

      @palashchoudhury5565@palashchoudhury55658 ай бұрын

    • ​@@palashchoudhury5565the amount of short forms in your comment......... 😶😅

      @tklove7908@tklove79088 ай бұрын

    • Thanks. My Pleasure

      @palashchoudhury5565@palashchoudhury55658 ай бұрын

    • @@C.Moussebecause most regular pencil we got(at least where i live) are all 2B.

      @cloudwalker679@cloudwalker6797 ай бұрын

  • **puts my mechanical pencil away slowly**

    @milkii_tea@milkii_tea Жыл бұрын

    • Puts 6H pencil slowly away

      @3npitsu992@3npitsu992 Жыл бұрын

    • Lol, But I would recommend using normal wood pencils more just from experience

      @GuitarRaccoon@GuitarRaccoon Жыл бұрын

    • ​@@3npitsu992 *puts my ball pen slowly*

      @lycanoregaming8443@lycanoregaming8443 Жыл бұрын

    • If you are a person who **really** likes an extremely sharp point on your pencil, mechanical pencils are great. It is possible to get mechanical pencil leads in different harnesses for most diameter mechanicals. I'm a big fan of 2mm clutch type mechanical pencils. I recently got a 5.6mm clutch for shading.

      @afasimpaur@afasimpaur Жыл бұрын

    • *puts crayon away slowly*

      @alejandroc7357@alejandroc7357 Жыл бұрын

  • Me who just uses a single random pencil- ohh, i see, thanks

    @rukitotheunknown2198@rukitotheunknown2198 Жыл бұрын

    • Same

      @sladlover@sladlover6 ай бұрын

  • Living the 5B life over here,, I run those pencils down so fast🤣

    @gretch23yearsago74@gretch23yearsago74 Жыл бұрын

    • Maybe just move to charcoal 😅

      @mg8642@mg86427 ай бұрын

    • Same for me, 5B is hands down the best pencil. Sometimes I use 3B or 7B as well, but nothing beats 5B

      @matchaaalie@matchaaalie3 ай бұрын

  • This is so helpful 😭 I'm absolutely going to forget though

    @maximumdinosaur@maximumdinosaur Жыл бұрын

    • All you need to remember is that the pencil leads can do much of the work for you. Pressing hard with your pencils increases your fatigue as you draw. A hard lead (higher numbers in the H range) will give you fainter lines which is great for under sketches. A really soft lead (higher numbers in the B range) will give you very dark lines with minimal pressure on the paper. The softer the lead, the more it will smudge on the paper and the more difficult it is to erase.

      @afasimpaur@afasimpaur Жыл бұрын

  • Very useful. When I am drawing I never know which pencils to use.

    @prismapen_art@prismapen_art Жыл бұрын

  • 4B is my go to single pencil. Proko always makes me doubt my art choices😂

    @YusufKhan786@YusufKhan7864 ай бұрын

  • Yea I seen those graphite pencil packs with like 10 shades but it always seemed excessive to me. I have a 2H, HB, 4B, and 8B. I use a lead pencil too

    @sushisea@sushisea Жыл бұрын

  • I only ever use 8B. Sketching, shading, doesn't matter as long as u can control it

    @ItsLapsha@ItsLapsha Жыл бұрын

  • My 9b is a stump while all others are still mostly whole! It’s because I actually shade a lot with a mechanical pencil, until I need something super dark.

    @andyArt5@andyArt5 Жыл бұрын

    • I wish there was an 8B lead refill for mechanical pencils, 4B is the only one I could buy.

      @PyroFTB@PyroFTB Жыл бұрын

  • Thx proko sensei

    @dio9579@dio9579 Жыл бұрын

  • These are the exact same pens i use!

    @xX_swagger_Xx@xX_swagger_Xx Жыл бұрын

  • Only when my wrist got pain I finally appreciate 4B and 6B pencils!

    @masterklep@masterklep Жыл бұрын

  • 4H was my go to starter for a long time but I find that I scratch the softer paper attempting to go just a bit darker 2h may be the way to go. I like the lightness of the 4H but you do have to change quickly.

    @havenautart@havenautart Жыл бұрын

  • Grab a full graphite set. I use the same bolds as you, but I go up to 8b. 2h is the best for sketching, light.

    @J4themperor@J4themperor Жыл бұрын

  • I always use 8b or 10b for sketch and also for final rendering

    @rohitvarma6308@rohitvarma6308 Жыл бұрын

    • Me too, I love darker lead

      @PyroFTB@PyroFTB Жыл бұрын

  • I have asked that qestion alot after beying a set of coul pensil tax 😁

    @popesens_gecko2582@popesens_gecko2582 Жыл бұрын

  • I typically just use five of them. * 3B is visibly the most used one *

    @B-Meister@B-Meister Жыл бұрын

  • *slowly grabs a HB pencil instead of using a 2B pencil*

    @Emmachristina623_@Emmachristina623_9 күн бұрын

  • My preference is a 4B as a go-to. Nice to see another artist's take

    @daryl365@daryl3656 ай бұрын

  • The sketch is flipping at us

    @slushie3061@slushie3061 Жыл бұрын

  • I’m gonna stick with mechanical pencil for now and I will try them out

    @gavinclyde8208@gavinclyde82084 ай бұрын

  • I just use whatever comes in my hand

    @sun9_9@sun9_9 Жыл бұрын

  • He clearly uses 2b more often since it's the shortest one he got

    @Julian-Russel@Julian-Russel Жыл бұрын

  • I have so I love using very dark ones, I think the Artist’sLoft erasers are amazing as well!

    @vlogsfromaddy@vlogsfromaddy2 ай бұрын

  • 2Bs are awesome!! I use them in school as well. Maybe that's why the drawings I drew behind the question papers we were handed turned out so good.

    @karribies@karribies Жыл бұрын

  • The way i remember which pencil does what is H is code for hard and B is for brittle and the number beside them is just a multiplier. 2B is darker than H but 4B would be darker than 2B.

    @broskiibean@broskiibean Жыл бұрын

  • Amazing

    @chiragart2tech974@chiragart2tech974 Жыл бұрын

  • Why didn't you show 3B on the most used, while it's clearly the shortest?

    @shitsmith9877@shitsmith9877 Жыл бұрын

  • I typically ony draw with a 6h or 5h pencil, bc i like to focus on using line to create depth, it definitely helps when i come in with ink later

    @xavierweston-kearney727@xavierweston-kearney7274 ай бұрын

  • Me: "Pencils are pencils!"

    @brianleemartinez1261@brianleemartinez12616 ай бұрын

  • I appreciate that, thanks!👍🤗

    @maxineoliver7404@maxineoliver74042 ай бұрын

  • I haven't used H pencils, but i only use 4 pencils HB ,2B ,3B,4B the most convenient one's

    @georgechasidy5547@georgechasidy5547 Жыл бұрын

  • My dude drew a robot pear

    @jvogler_art4708@jvogler_art4708 Жыл бұрын

  • you know you've been seeing too much drama over a certain wizarding game when instead of a pear you see a wizard hat.....

    @stupidtookmynick@stupidtookmynick Жыл бұрын

    • bruh i didn’t actually notice that it’s a pear until i read this comment lmao

      @skye3606@skye3606 Жыл бұрын

    • Unnecessary drama*

      @youraveragerussiansanta3810@youraveragerussiansanta3810 Жыл бұрын

  • Awesome tips 😊 nice work

    @artworkbyjenma@artworkbyjenma8 ай бұрын

  • I like the harder 4H and up for lightly sketching a drawing for later use with pencil crayons or paintings

    @kevinhardy8997@kevinhardy89975 ай бұрын

  • NOTED

    @JailanSimon@JailanSimon Жыл бұрын

  • you might think I am crazy but I love to shade with only a 4H pencil and maybe use a HB for occlusion shadows. I feel like I have much more control over the values that way...

    @treewatcher4620@treewatcher462019 күн бұрын

    • Nothing wrong with that!

      @ProkoTV@ProkoTV19 күн бұрын

  • 4H is good for watercolour sketches - easier to rub out and doesn’t leave marks

    @aetherwolves@aetherwolves5 ай бұрын

  • For me it's: First Sketch -> 2H Second, slightly more confident sketch -> 4B Lineart n shit -> brush pen or black ballpoint pen

    @fgrey-@fgrey- Жыл бұрын

    • you can try 8B 😅

      @singleman1@singleman111 ай бұрын

    • When sketching i use an 8b or higher for outline

      @REN11603@REN116034 ай бұрын

  • TSA aiming their guns at me because i dared to bring 2 pencils through airport security:

    @braincells1785@braincells17855 ай бұрын

  • my one pencil carry is a 2b, but at home i have a mars lumograph set

    @teacupanimates@teacupanimates Жыл бұрын

  • I'll just buy the whole pack, cuz I really like shading and I'm currently learning impressionism

    @Irfan32406@Irfan32406 Жыл бұрын

  • Nope 🙏 I'm gonna stick to "Give me a pencil", to shopkeeper. 🙃

    @siddharthchauhan9960@siddharthchauhan9960 Жыл бұрын

  • i usually use 3, the HB, 2B and 4B to draw

    @kxnd9361@kxnd9361 Жыл бұрын

  • 2B is the pencil I always have with me, it's the one that needs replacing well before the others.

    @mg8642@mg86427 ай бұрын

  • Bros being fancy with that progreso pencil

    @namanienie123@namanienie123 Жыл бұрын

  • Once I drew a huge swirl using 2H, HB, 2B, 4B, 6B and 8B pencils and colored the whole A2 sheet with them

    @hanna.debreczi@hanna.debreczi Жыл бұрын

  • I thank you for this to tell the truth I mostly like using HB pencils to sketch and shade

    @jatraveousyoung9521@jatraveousyoung9521 Жыл бұрын

    • You can't call α shade "a shade", when you only use HB. When we're shading a sketch/drawing, we usually use 4B at least, to either add depth, or create shadows etc. HB is used as demonstrated on this video. Beginners most common mistake, is to only use hard pencils with very light tones and thus no depth or values on the final result,

      @greekveteran2715@greekveteran2715 Жыл бұрын

  • I just.. I just.. I just use pressure...

    @Akilla02@Akilla02 Жыл бұрын

  • I mostly just limit my pencils to HB, 2B and 6B 😅

    @SweetChib@SweetChib Жыл бұрын

  • I always use to hb even for my best sketch

    @crafterioman@crafterioman Жыл бұрын

  • I used a 2b pencil from my hotel room in the sketchbook and I loved the look better than my HB so imma keep it lol

    @TheMischievousOtter@TheMischievousOtter23 күн бұрын

  • When I travel I only bring Staedtler Mechanical Pencil 2.0 and a Sketchbook for my art supplies also blending stump.

    @joshuaonda1971@joshuaonda19716 ай бұрын

  • Sometimes I have to shift to charcoal because even the 10B looks light at that point

    @officiallya.i.trooper@officiallya.i.trooper4 ай бұрын

  • I use a 4h for sketching and basic shading, i just really really like sublities

    @woodhousii2445@woodhousii24456 ай бұрын

  • I also use 3 sizes of tips/thickness Critérium: 0,2mm-2H, 0,5mm-HB, 2mm-2B Pencils: 2H, HB, 4B, 8B Square sticks: 2H, HB, 4B, 8B The Round sticks (like pencil without wood / all in graphite) are a good compromise between standard pencils and Square sticks. I use it with my critérium (mechanical pencils) for travel

    @lesavdesabonnes@lesavdesabonnes9 ай бұрын

  • Kings stick to blackwing 602. Does it all with superb pen-to-paper feel.

    @LoveBystroem@LoveBystroem Жыл бұрын

  • me using only a one pencil 😂

    @dilushamda@dilushamda8 ай бұрын

  • Me: JUST USE ANYTHING.

    @cha_hoe@cha_hoe9 ай бұрын

  • I personally do my sketching and very light shade with F, lineart, if any, and main features with HB, then work my way up from there. Thanks for this video!! Any pencils you could recommend?

    @felix-elias4857@felix-elias4857 Жыл бұрын

    • I actually have a whole list of the art supplies I like most currently in the notes of the lesson below. Way more than just the pencils. www.proko.com/materials3

      @ProkoTV@ProkoTV Жыл бұрын

  • For decade only pencil I used was natraj 3HB

    @anveshnidumolu3679@anveshnidumolu367910 ай бұрын

  • Usually i use H, HB, B and 2B

    @mossinvasion@mossinvasion5 ай бұрын

  • "2B is to do. To do is 2B"

    @raidaridi5375@raidaridi53756 ай бұрын

  • And then there's me with my single Bic ballpoint pen x,@

    @TrainerSpyro@TrainerSpyro Жыл бұрын

  • The question at the end is 2b or not 2b

    @razorrex2663@razorrex2663 Жыл бұрын

  • I used a 5b strictly cause it feels the best for me. But i dont do studies and mostly just sketch from imagination.

    @criscat1750@criscat1750 Жыл бұрын

  • Him: "I use about 5 pencils" Me, having drawn since fucking 5: kzhead.info/sun/ZtOIeNWef2eQpK8/bejne.html

    @pacol.4302@pacol.4302 Жыл бұрын

  • this really helps me who agrees 👇

    @duncanshamenda5845@duncanshamenda5845Ай бұрын

  • I generally use 6h and 4b

    @ansh781@ansh781 Жыл бұрын

  • I ve used 2B, 4B, 6B & 8B

    @palashchoudhury5565@palashchoudhury55658 ай бұрын

  • I just use HB

    @inc6732@inc6732 Жыл бұрын

  • i like ur funny words magic man

    @andersonli676@andersonli676 Жыл бұрын

  • thanks man

    @mufl598@mufl59810 ай бұрын

  • And here's myself, using 8B, 10B, and 12B. lmaoo

    @legzzzzz@legzzzzz7 ай бұрын

  • I use the different ones when the one I normally use breaks

    @l_ghtbulb3059@l_ghtbulb3059 Жыл бұрын

    • That's an okay way to do it! haha

      @ProkoTV@ProkoTV Жыл бұрын

    • LOL That's a writers perspective lol

      @greekveteran2715@greekveteran2715 Жыл бұрын

  • Me who draws with a one classic pencil-

    @RattyRatMouse@RattyRatMouse2 ай бұрын

  • Me who uses one pencil for sketching, shading, thick lines etc:

    @arminnadeem3771@arminnadeem37716 ай бұрын

  • 6B all the way

    @pedroafonso7065@pedroafonso7065 Жыл бұрын

  • Thank you

    @Pinc_Magik@Pinc_Magik5 ай бұрын

  • also B pencils are going to blend and smooth out a lot better than H pencils, so if you need something clean and easy to erase go with H. And if you need something that’s going to blend out and stuff go with a B! (its obvious i only use H pencils, i’m a little oblivious)

    @andeverytimewekiss@andeverytimewekiss Жыл бұрын

  • 2b or not 2b that is the question

    @ncm2738@ncm273817 күн бұрын

  • i just use my 2b and press harder or less

    @gameseeker6307@gameseeker6307 Жыл бұрын

  • I love 2B, 4B, and 6B! But I really wanna try 7-14B's! I don't really like the H's...

    @Blurp3@Blurp34 ай бұрын

  • I like either a 6B or an 8B

    @Rikisballs@Rikisballs4 ай бұрын

  • I use 2b for practically everything😂

    @-alexandra-7135@-alexandra-71355 ай бұрын

  • I thought a pencil is just a pencil WHAT?!😭

    @Mistyiplier@Mistyiplier5 ай бұрын

  • 8B Is really great

    @humanofthehumanoids@humanofthehumanoids6 ай бұрын

  • Mechanical pencil is good too for traveling ! I wonder what’s the equivalent of it in terms of range of darkness etc.. is it like a 2b?

    @tacticslc4805@tacticslc4805 Жыл бұрын

  • I recently got a 2mm mechanical pencil from Mr. Pen (a very affordable brand) that included some colored lead and some 2b lead, but I find the 2b lead behaves more like an H lead and barely has any variation in depth when using different amounts of pressure which is really limiting and frustrating. I want to buy some higher quality lead to use, so I was wondering you all like to use so I could get some recommendations!

    @orchdork775@orchdork775 Жыл бұрын

    • I'm on the same search too, my lead holder only came with HB's. I have to order online

      @sallgoodman2323@sallgoodman232311 ай бұрын

  • What’s a good set to start out with?

    @rnguyen2516@rnguyen25164 ай бұрын

  • Have a 2H which is way harder than any H pencil I've ever seen so I guess: all pencils are different and some are just more useful than others

    @nelethegerman89@nelethegerman895 ай бұрын

  • Me who uses 6b for everything cuz I hate how hb feels and looks so thin on the page and makes it really hard to comfortably sketch anything

    @Crow23346@Crow233467 ай бұрын

  • Only legends use only one type of pencil🤣

    @user-ut7dk6id4d@user-ut7dk6id4dАй бұрын

  • I have a HB 2 pencil

    @hananbenayad1042@hananbenayad10424 ай бұрын

  • I am too early to think of a funny nice comment. So here's a dog🐶

    @dannydayoutuber5357@dannydayoutuber5357 Жыл бұрын

  • Clearly this is a Nier Automata reference

    @alanramirez5906@alanramirez59066 ай бұрын

  • Me with a 0.7 and 0.5 mechanical pencil: 👁👁

    @extomvp@extomvpАй бұрын
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