Understanding PENCIL GRADES - What you NEED to know

[@autumn.raider]

Little bit of history for you :D The signature of pencils started in 18th century and its creator was Josef Hardtmuth and his company Koh-i-noor. H stands for his surname Hardtmuth, B stands for Ceske Budejovice (the city where the company is based) and F stands for Franz who was an inventor for modern pencil producing machine. Sorry, can't help lecturing about this xd PS: Just found your videos and feel totally inspired, thx

[@DanBeardshaw]

whoah thats cool, thanks Wendy

[@autumn.raider]

Alan George Barstow Your comment just made me laught out loud. You should do some research before insulting anyone. Besides I live in the country where are Koh-i-noor pencils made and everybody here knows them. Dan (and many other English speaking people) uses there letters to help them explain how to use the pencils. And yes, HB stands for Harthmuth Budejovice jfgi

[@MrWarbeaststyle]

Before insulting somebody, pls make sure you're sure about what you're talking. Not what it normally is interpreted as.

[@MrWarbeaststyle]

It is still the same, it just a testamony to the person...

[@ernestoonetwothree3155]

Wendy Havlíček B is blackness h is hardness ? F is fine point

[@ShakiraAI]

Lol. I was getting ready to screenshot it and then he said feel free to screenshot it. I was shook.

[@mentalfloss100]

Kira I same thing happen to me ........ shook me for a quick second .

[@Shadowed_Palette]

same here xD

[@ytpandarobloxyt3791]

O.o same here i- its 12 am rn I’m shook-

[@sianna_nutshells203]

Same

[@AmeAnimation]

He knows too much

[@1CT1]

B=Blackness=softness H=Hardness= lighter marks on paper F= fine-point

[@vomitdev]

Ellis Terrell no hardness refers to the softness of the pencil

[@herecomesejdss1371]

@@vomitdev hard pencils give lighter value. Soft pencils give darker.

[@avahayop3406]

thanks mate

[@MalleChristo]

Brittle

[@kimbucina310]

Correct

[@dxssiiyt]

Omg I remember when I would get so mad because the pencil was to light I really liked dark pencils

[@mariarusinak5093]

Dxssii same

[@Sky.0325]

Same

[@learningftw8173]

Lel me too, i remember finding the orange and it was amazing haha

[@nannanya579]

same lol

[@SnowblindOtter]

Rather than pressing harder, Dan, something that you should suggest instead is building up in layers. Pressing harder into the paper makes it harder to put future layers down, but if you gradually build up layers it'll get darker and let you correct mistakes more easily.

[@christopherpape4823]

Can you explain a bit more how you go about this? I assume you would start with harder pencils and work your way down? And how many layers would you typically do?

[@SnowblindOtter]

You can start with harder pencils, or you can start with softer pencils. What pencil you start with, and how many layers you need, depends on how dark you need to be. The real goal is to go very lightly with the pencil to slowly build the tone rather than try to block it all in at once. The harder the pencil you start with, though, the more control you're going to have ultimately. It's something I use when doing colored pencil drawings, and discovered that it carries over to graphite and charcoal drawing as well. Also, since you're not filling in the tooth of the paper, if you need a REALLY dark area and have to use charcoal on top of your graphite, you still have some bite left on the paper to lay down the charcoal without having polished the paper smooth. Helps a lot since graphite is famous for its self-lubricating properties in air.

[@christopherpape4823]

Cool thanks that really helps!

[@SnowblindOtter]

No problem. If you want to ask me other questions, you're more than welcome to shoot me a message on Twitter, or on my deviantART account if you have one. Same username for both.

[@piyush.ochani]

Just followed you on Twitter

[@theoreo2904]

6:17 I literally said out loud “That’s a good idea!” Then got looked at like I was crazy.

[@christmascookie4208]

This was the most helpful video I have watched and it helped me out a lot. Who agrees?

[@danieldelrey3133]

2:26 Starts, your welcome

[@russelabban4828]

Thank you he talks so much

[@jicreianebriones5724]

Thanks

[@Ammatullah-j6u]

Thank you 😊😊

[@chrissizemore3424]

0:01 is the start your welcome ( im on computer you pweny kids )

[@lovelyangel4ever938]

Thankx

[@texetera]

The letter ' H ' is spelled ' aitch '. Consequently, it is not pronounced with an ' H ', it is pronounced with an ' A '. I remember my English teacher telling me that about 50+ years ago.

[@qrzhsqult]

I have and use these kind of pencils since secondary school but never actually knew what each grades mean, other than “which one’s the lightest and darkest” lollll. This helps me a lot. Thank you! 😊

[@DanBeardshaw]

That's awesome, I'm happy it helped you!

[@nellyvazquez4060]

Thanks dude now I can rest in peace now I understand for what the F The F pencil is used.

[@BaBooTubeVideos]

F

[@Luvstarzxz]

@@BaBooTubeVideos F

[@dee5168]

I love his Handwriting!!!

[@jessicapamel4527]

me too.

[@aaronaayan4940]

Me three

[@mang51]

me four

[@ksjwnt3993]

Me fith

[@christophercar7447]

I dont.

[@mira55x-planetnalzena15]

I always use my H2 pencil when starting out my drawings with light sketches and building up those light sketches in to basic shapes then full-flesh detailed shapes... and after I am happy with the details I want to keep, I go with at least a HB (its dark but not too dark and smudgy for me unless otherwise) and go over those said details that I want to keep :) and actually showing what the initials of B, H and F stands for really helps fellow traditional beginner artists so well! so good job on pointing that out (even though I didnt know what the B and H stand for... or even heard of the Fine Point pencils... lol)

[@mahdizalzala5458]

Thank you for the tips For what i should begin with And what should use to dark the details that i want to kepp Thanks a lot 💞

[@luisclementeonilongo7098]

Hii i have a question is b pencil use to make shadows while h for details?

[@sunitagautam435]

I am not satisfy even if my sketch is good because every student just like me wants a kind of fame then he/she is satisfy even if his/her sketch is awful.

[@fionabromby4546]

I think you mean 2H

[@SkellyofSkellington]

Im suprised you know how to do anatomy and simpleness

[@TonyAnczerRE]

Thx for the video. I showed it to my 7 year old drawing fanatic so she’d know about the different pencil types ✏️👍🎉💥

[@marioalejandro7549]

Thank you my friend. I have been looking for this information for a while. I found a pack of this pencils in the trash! there is some missing but i want to know how to draw and get to use them. Great video!

[@adonis8698]

My mind: there is no need to screenshot this Him: now feel free to screenshot this My mind: yeh u're right

[@mentalfloss100]

Thank you so much for teaching , I write children’s literature and the animation on my last two books cost me thousands, I’m going to try to learn how to draw my own animations.

[@zlobert9877]

Hey! That is exactly why i am learning to draw! Let me ask you how are your children's books going? I want to start and wonder how is life of a child literature writer.

[@notspidey5626]

his handwriting is better than a poetry artist

[@jaybolanio9288]

Thank you for this and now I can differentiate between the B , H , F. To be honest , I don't know what it means , but now i already know and it helps me. 😍😘

[@nadlol9555]

Ohh so that what it means, i just bought some staedtler 3h yesterday cause theres no 3b when i tried the 3h *wait why is this so hard?* So yeah..😅

[@Michael_Killner_Davies]

Great video!! . I'm still confused about the "f" it just seems like just an in between from HB to H ... I know it stands for fine point ...but can't all the H pencils be sharpened to a fine point? Hope someone can explain. Thank you.

[@bcillus]

I guess no one knows, unless you found out 1 year later, if you did, pls tell us aswell!

[@fionabromby4546]

You are absolutely right it is a fab middle of road pencil. Don’t know what fine point has to do with anything all pencils can be fine point. B HB etc all have a a higher graphite charcoal content H have far less tend to be lead

[@michaelsilvers998]

Thanks so much for this video. It seems like you can find just about anything you want to know on KZbin nowadays. I am new to the different grades of pencils. Until I watched this video, I had know idea of the differences. Thanks again man. I really appreciate the walk through. I definitely got my screenshot 🤝👍👍👍

[@saumajyotisaha1149]

If you came here after u joined Jd ,you are doomed😂😂

[@ddart6477]

7B and 8B are almost the same thickness, the difference is in the pressure of the pencil that you do when drawing, even 5B if you put more pressure the result is almost the same as 8B

[@SteinGauslaaStrindhaug]

I tend to use only 3 pencils even though I have a set ranging from 8b to 2h. I usually start with a hardest one very lightly to create the rough shapes and then use a somewhat hard one for most of the detailing and the softest one to make shades and darkest lines. I just use finger smudging to get the gradients between the darkest and lightest.

[@shubham53996]

Thank you so much Many a times we don't know basics and there's no one to teach because they assume we know

[@DoodleStuff]

This was a great explanation, thanks! I subbed

[@DanBeardshaw]

Doodle Stuff thanks man!

[@disorient0871]

Me: I love using my HB pencils! Brad: I love using my HACH B Pencil.

[@blackjacktrial]

Haitch vs aitch. Aussies usually say Haitch, RP English generally says aitch.

[@disorient0871]

@@blackjacktrial Fr lol

[@miguelperaza6615]

F pencil is hard to find in America, for drafting I only use 2H H and F

[@ashnikfield4224]

Thank you so much! I am new to realistic graphite drawings, and I just ordered my first set of grade pencils! I looked at so many tutorials on understanding the grades and this one was by far the best! Thanks for making this! Btw I love your handwriting ! Unlike mine it is straight and perfect and readable I LOVE IT!

[@discoveringcatia]

this was so helpful I'm trying to teach myself art thank you for making this

[@jennifereggl368]

Thank you! I just bought a set of graphite pencils and being no artist had no idea what any of them meant. This was a well explained video and a great help.

[@ChloeNixon-kp2xe]

Same here! let me know how it goes😊 about to use mine today

[@TheBluestone90]

Lol I'm gonna comment on his accent because I was too distracted by it. I was almost expecting him to say, "THE NORTH REMEMBERS!" Haha, anyway super helpful video.

[@V1mk215]

Thank you for your class it is really help us in the world

[@mr.crizom5278]

Thanks for making this video it really did help me keep it up man

[@bhajans37]

Thank You! just started drawing, needed to learn pencil basics. This was very helpful.

[@sunzoozach]

i really like his presentation style. straight to the point. im a sub for sure. thanks for the great vid

[@nthamaribaimpwi3568]

Dude!!! I just found you and at the moment I am binge watching your videos so helpful and I am happy to find an artist who works primarily with graphite. Thank you for your great content. 😍

[@luciandavis5118]

nobody: me: screenshots right before he said "screenshot this".

[@MOE13576]

Nah

[@luciandavis5118]

@@MOE13576 nah what?

[@MOE13576]

@@luciandavis5118 nah you're not the only who did or thought about doing that right before he said it

[@ahmeds.mansour1293]

I loved how simple, modest and straight to the point your presentation are! Subscribing

[@sajmeister]

Love my fellow Brits on KZbin ♥

[@lilynote2016]

Wait idk if anyone’s asked but what is the grade of normal pencils like wooden school pencils, or normal mechanical pencils?

[@ShantellBancroft]

Hey Lilly! the gradients are the exactly the same across all pencil types. Except for oloured of course 😊

[@lilynote2016]

@@ShantellBancroft thank you!! :)

[@East17au]

Thank u. Im a beginner this was really helpful. I have the blue version to these pencils but plan to try the green ones. Are u able to do a comparison pls with staedler lumograph, i likes the HB but hated the 7& 8B. I mainly use hb staedler traditional as a everyday.

[@DanBeardshaw]

Ah I have only used the faber castell 9000's, I can have a look in the future I'm sure

[@miguelperaza6615]

According to diffrent brands you can notice diffrent darkness discrepancies , so , on a few I had to re-name their grades , with masking tape on the stamped letter

[@freestone9738]

I’ve been looking for a video like this, I’ll definitely check out your other content. Also thanks for getting that hair.

[@saisiri1719]

there are still more types of pencils for example I have 5h pencil and I also know 10b also exists

[@tinatomaszewski6473]

Thank you so much Dan! I usually only use colored pencils but received a set like the one you're using in this video. Now I understand what I've got. Thanks again!

[@milesjackson2635]

YOU HELPED ME ALOT!!! I HAD NO FRIGGGIN IDEA!!

[@the_duplicates5942]

Oop when he said 12 that’s quite a lot Me: with 60 pencils and 11 sketch pads 😫😫 I have all the shades but didn’t understand how it worked tyyyyyyssssm!! Helped allot xxx

[@almacintosh161]

Thank you for posting this Dan. Cheers from Canada 🇨🇦

[@vocaloidsrock6987]

Typically i just use hb pencils because that is the default lead hardness of pencils from Walmart, and it works quite fine for me.

[@elijahquartey5600]

Good video I have searching for this because I don't know.

[@nwbeats6864]

Do the pencils have a certain use when drawing like is there a certain 1 you use to outline and 1 you use to shade... I’m not sure

[@Tovutaki]

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[@DanBeardshaw]

Blipp classic

[@gimmeeinboxback3860]

Oooga Chacka, Oooga Chacka, Oooga Chacka....

[@chiclehomo8970]

Blipp lol i have been humming that song alll day

[@art-mp1841]

Needded a serious class fr me art help

[@Carolinec222]

I am a beginner. I’m trying to learn to draw. I love your videos!! I was wondering if there is a special sharpener you recommend to sharpen the pencils. Thanks

[@gepetodelamorte8149]

B stands for Boldness instead of Blackness. Boldness is the opposite of hardness ;) But you get the point.

[@ZaZulin]

*_This is my firsr time, when i'm in yout channel! I think you are awesome and i will subscribe!_* 🙂

[@rickboy7290]

What does E stand for? I have a few a pencils from "Staedtler" (the blue pencils) thats an EB and an EE.

[@brookethomason7462]

Just looove your accent. Wonderful highly explanatory video! Thank you!

[@MindfulAura73]

Is it okay for me to use sketching pencils to write? Like in a notebook?

[@tiktoktrends3282]

Thanks Neville Longbottom

[@RogueReflections]

I just got my first pencil set today and this really helps break it down. I discovered a new passion I never knew I had in drawing and sketching. Thank you for sharing this. Subbed.

[@junejadeamacna7445]

Thank you for letting us know....🙂😇

[@stacycreates24]

F is for fine.

[@DanBeardshaw]

Stacy Schweigler Yep, fine point, same thing

[@troyvictoria6589]

F is for friends who do stuff together

[@oolso0]

@@troyvictoria6589 F is the currency of respect.

[@miareanna7533]

@@troyvictoria6589 … u is for yoU and meeee

[@lunaenrose8319]

N is for anywhere and anytime at all

[@teentushar3948]

Iam beginner and this is soo help full for me ! thanks

[@helderpolonio6930]

Great vid it helped me a lot its exactley the explanation that i was looing for

[@ianwalker3922]

very well explained and grate for beginners ........

[@tobiasskovhansen7947]

I really really liked the video man! Thank you for it. But damn, i was anoyed that he had swapped the H and the 2H. ... just watched him swap the pencils the right way again.. thanks man :)

[@lilacvx7010]

About 2 years late , thank you though!

[@figuenew]

Thank you bro, this video helps a lot!

[@katepanthera7265]

Thank you so much for this - thorough, but explained beautifully and simply !!

[@seanvillacampa5919]

Hey i just started learning how to draw. Can the 7b pencil be darker than 8b if you put a hard pressure Sorry bad english

[@assaultyt5878]

Bro how much for this

[@ProgrammerSheep]

Those are some pretty *dak* pencils

[@Kitten202021]

This was so helpful, thank you.

[@dragondelamerced6760]

Ty for this!! I was searching for this! You literally answered my question.🙏

[@nicholasmanoukian]

What about the pencils that artists like DaVinci or Michelangelo used?

[@Pyxe_ZA]

HB laying around by default 😂

[@jamessrideandrepair6614]

I use a 2h for sketching than a 2-3b for details

[@oliviaaschroeter4895]

this video is very helpful! i had received an art kit at a younger age and i’ve gone on and off with drawing and sketching. i’m interested again (hopefully i can finally commit to it haha) and this is so helpful. i’ve always wondered what all the letters and numbers means. thanks!

[@hellothere1133]

This was very helpful. Thanks

[@user-ji31111]

who good

[@idkanymore6176]

So thats what that grade means!! Thanks.

[@sandralemmens7700]

Thank you! That was just what I needed to know.

[@tainnted8764]

Thank You this video really helped me out! :))

[@kacie1567]

“Heych”

[@Thingybob]

Silly of me... but he had me smiling the whole video

[@ianfitzgerald8256]

Great video! Very concise and to the point. Thanks for clearing up what has, up to now, been a very confusing topic for me.

[@hm-2463]

B=blackness Well I didn’t know that... Thank you👍🏻

[@julianhurtado5767]

Thank you my good sir, this helps. I need this video 👍

[@JacobsArt100]

Thank you so much! I didn’t know there was more I could possibly learn about pencil drawing and you’ve proven me wrong! I just found your channel and messaged you on Instagram ☺️ keep making videos!

[@catherinelevison3310]

Nice work. I’ve just started sketching faces after sketching nature, then watercoloring landscapes. I have a set of Faber Castell that are turquoise and seem to have a lot more hard pencils in the set. I’m comparing these to the Prisma Color brand. I think I wanted to stay away from the mess of the darker softer pencils but the more I use them for faces the more I want to use the soft ones. I can change the mood the person is in with one stroke of the pencil. Thank you!

[@georgiosmitsostergios6947]

this was not a video - this was social work! Thank you very much for the help. Just bought a 7-pencil set from Cretacolor in an attempt to develop a new hobby and actually re-remember drawing after 15 years and I needed to understand what is what :D

[@sanafatima4272]

Hi...are these graphite pencils.??

[@stinkyseastar3560]

I just bought a Faber Castell (Goldfaber version) set of 6 Graphite sketch pencils. This video was really helpful and informative! 👍 I have the 2H, HB, B, 2B, 4B and 6B in this particular pack.

[@abdulaleemgaad3140]

Very helpful.Thanks alot and keep uploading.👍🏻

[@bear.skylegion1216]

the way i learnt it, i learnt it as Bold, Historical and i never knew about F

[@josephlowry4320]

Thanks mate this has been helpful, have an nice day dude.

[@EvenStevenSays]

Perfect Video. Answered all my questions 😃

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