Spent a couple of hours sketching at the
Target food court.
Advantages of using a
leadholder: constant barrel length of the drawing tool since it doesn't get shorter after each sharpening and easily adjustable length of the exposed lead for creating a variety of marks by simply activating its push button.
Started this session with a woodless pencil which facilitates making broad marks for quicker shading when used on its side. The Derwent 2B Aquatone sample sketches produced rather light washes when blended with the
waterbrush.
The substantially larger Lyra Watersoluble 2B Graphite crayon was used to sketch this cartoon athlete. The dry marks were partially blended with the
Aquaflo waterbrush. The moistened marks turned out quite darker than the
Derwent 2B Aquatone example.
Some of my favorite 2 mm
leadholders from my daily
sketching kit. Comparison chart of
Mitsubishi Uni graphite leads' marks.
Demo video using assorted leads.
Doodling a sample comic layout on
Georgia Pacific 110 lb white card stock with a
4B Lamy 3.15 mm graphite lead.
While I started this sample page with the
Worther 3.15 mm Shorty
leadholder, decided to switch to the
Mitsubishi Uni H 2 mm lead for narrower clean lines.
Second
H lead sample doodle page.
Third
H lead sample doodle page. Middle character inspired by a customer having lunch across the room.
By the fourth page, the point of the
H lead still remained quite sharp and functional. Good choice for long drawing sessions in the field since it requires less frequent sharpening.
The
HB lead sample doodle.
The
B lead sample doodle. This lead grade got blunt quickly and required more frequent sharpening. Still like the rest of the
Mitsubishi Uni graphite leads, it is quite smudge resistant. These 2 mm graphite leads are non-crumbling, of uniform darkness, and smooth throughout without any surprise scratchy bits that could interrupt your work flow while sketching.
The penciled outlines can easily be inked and later erased. This pencil dragon sketch was inked with
Sakura Pigma 05 black pigment pen and labeled with a couple of color pens with the same size nibs.
Started this session with a woodless pencil which facilitates making broad marks for quicker shading when used on its side. The Derwent 2B Aquatone sample sketches produced rather light washes when blended with the waterbrush.
The substantially larger Lyra Watersoluble 2B Graphite crayon was used to sketch this cartoon athlete. The dry marks were partially blended with the Aquaflo waterbrush. The moistened marks turned out quite darker than the Derwent 2B Aquatone example.
Doodling a sample comic layout on Georgia Pacific 110 lb white card stock with a 4B Lamy 3.15 mm graphite lead.
While I started this sample page with the Worther 3.15 mm Shorty leadholder, decided to switch to the Mitsubishi Uni H 2 mm lead for narrower clean lines.
Second H lead sample doodle page.
Third H lead sample doodle page. Middle character inspired by a customer having lunch across the room.
By the fourth page, the point of the H lead still remained quite sharp and functional. Good choice for long drawing sessions in the field since it requires less frequent sharpening.
The HB lead sample doodle.
The B lead sample doodle. This lead grade got blunt quickly and required more frequent sharpening. Still like the rest of the Mitsubishi Uni graphite leads, it is quite smudge resistant. These 2 mm graphite leads are non-crumbling, of uniform darkness, and smooth throughout without any surprise scratchy bits that could interrupt your work flow while sketching.
The penciled outlines can easily be inked and later erased. This pencil dragon sketch was inked with Sakura Pigma 05 black pigment pen and labeled with a couple of color pens with the same size nibs.
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