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    Pencil Magic: Surprisingly Simple Techniques for Color and Graphite Pencils
    Pencil Magic: Surprisingly Simple Techniques for Color and Graphite Pencils
    Pencil Magic: Surprisingly Simple Techniques for Color and Graphite Pencils
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    Pencil Magic: Surprisingly Simple Techniques for Color and Graphite Pencils

    By Marie Browning

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    Discover simple but sophisticated fine arts techniques to use with both graphite and colored pencils to create beautiful papercrafts, art journals, mixed media, scrapbooks, and more.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDesign Originals
    Release dateOct 4, 2014
    ISBN9781607659167
    Pencil Magic: Surprisingly Simple Techniques for Color and Graphite Pencils
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    Marie Browning

    Marie Browning is the author of 31 crafting books, with more than 2 million copies in print. Her articles have appeared in national craft, home décor, and trade magazines. The winner of several Craft & Hobby Association (CHA) design awards, she was named a “Top Influential Industry Designer” by Craftrends magazine. A creative consultant to craft industry manufacturers, she is currently signature designer at American Tombow.

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    Pencil Magic - Marie Browning

    All About Graphite Pencils

    The simple pencil is what great people use to create great art. Sculptures, architecture, and symphonies start with a humble pencil sketch or note. You will get to start your masterpieces with quality drawing pencils of different point strengths, and mechanical pencils, too.

    Pencils have two main components: a graphite core, known as the lead, and a plastic or wooden body that encases the lead. Some pencils have an eraser at one end. Modern pencils got their start in Roman times when lead was used to make marks on papyrus. Modern pencils do not actually contain any lead; they are made with nontoxic graphite. A large deposit of graphite was discovered in England in 1564 and quickly replaced lead, as it leaves a darker mark. However, graphite is very brittle and requires a holder to prevent it from breaking. Graphite pieces were first wrapped with string and then later inserted into hollowed-out wooden sticks: thus the wood-cased pencil was born.

    In the early 1900s, pencil manufacturers needed new sources for wood. Incense cedar from California’s Sierra Nevada mountains was found to be a superior wood for pencil manufacturing and soon became the top choice for quality pencil makers around the world. The incense cedar woods are harvested on a sustained-yield basis. Sustained-yield means that the annual growth of the forest is greater than the amount of wood harvested from the forest.

    Hardness

    Depending on how hard the lead is, pencils make different marks. A hard pencil lead leaves light, fine marks that are great for drawing precise details. A soft pencil lead leaves dark, heavy marks that are typically used for filling in large areas, or for shadows. It mainly comes down to personal preference which leads you choose to use; you have to play around to figure out what works for you. Not all pencil leads are created equal, though: they vary in strength, smoothness, smudge resistance, and hardness.

    My preferred pencils, and the pencils used in this book, are Tombow drawing pencils, which offer superior, extra-refined, high-density graphite. They are super smooth when drawing and shading, making it easy to create perfect graduated shades. They have a high point strength and are break resistant. Smear-proof lines help produce crisp, clean drawings with the added value of slow wear for smooth, dense writing. They are available in point strengths from very hard, 6H, to very soft, 6B. You can use your choice of pencil while practicing the skills in this book, but keep the pencil quality in mind as you shop.

    According to the European scale system, pencils are graded H (hardness) and B (blackness), with an accompanying number to describe how hard or how black the pencil is. The more H’s you have, the harder the lead and the lighter the lines. The more B’s you have, the softer the lead and the darker the lines. The designation HB occupies the very middle of the scale; this is the lead in most mechanical pencils because of its suitability for writing. There’s also F (fine), which is between HB and B, and which makes dark, fine

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