What I use for graphite drawing
When you start drawing in graphite, it´s always a bit confusing what materials to start with.
In this video I show you my basic set of materials for graphite drawing and beyond.
View this video for a checklist of basic pencil materials, plus get inspired on how to expand your set from there.
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Basic set recommended in this video is …
- HB graphite pencil
- 2B graphite pencil
- Basic Eraser
- Stick eraser – Tombow Mono Zero
- Stick eraser – Faber Castell “perfection 7058
- Kneaded eraser (I recommend Faber Castell)
- A few cotton pads for smudging
- Pencil Sharpener
Hear all details about these materials in the video.
You can make amazing sketches and drawings with this limited set of graphite pencil materials.
It is the basics I use in all my drawing lessons and tutorials.
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I also show you sugggestions on a more expanded set of graphite pencil materials.
View the image below to get an overview. All explanations are in the video.
To the left of the Yin-Yang emblem is my basic set of graphite pencil materials. To the right is the more expanded set as explained in the video.
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Happy drawing!
Ida
Wonderful discussion of what we need, don’t need, and might like to have 🙂 Thank you! I love to play with all the supplies I can find to see what works best for me.
Thank you for sharing your toolkit with us. I had not seen the Tombow Stick erasers before. I like the look of the little round one. I have a Pentel Click eraser in my sketch kit but it’s as big around as a standard pencil eraser. This little one looks like a nice addition to my kit.