@treewatcher4620
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...
@phredbookley183
Single pencil answer is 2B? Dang man. All those teachers WANTED me to draw in class...
@evil_demi
*puts my mechanical pencil away slowly*
@OnE_23-b8b
Me who just uses a single random pencil- ohh, i see, thanks
@Lashunia
I only ever use 8B. Sketching, shading, doesn't matter as long as u can control it
@gavinclyde8208
I’m gonna stick with mechanical pencil for now and I will try them out
@prismapen_art
Very useful. When I am drawing I never know which pencils to use.
@gretch23yearsago74
Living the 5B life over here,, I run those pencils down so fast🤣
@dio9579
Thx proko sensei
@sushisea
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
@daryl365
My preference is a 4B as a go-to. Nice to see another artist's take
@xX_swagger_Xx
These are the exact same pens i use!
@duncanshamenda5845
this really helps me who agrees 👇
@YusufKhan786
4B is my go to single pencil. Proko always makes me doubt my art choices😂
@ansh781
I generally use 6h and 4b
@havenautart
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.
@maximumdinosaur
This is so helpful 😭 I'm absolutely going to forget though
@defaultcookie
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.
@andyArt5
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.
@seanking4351