PENCIL DRAWING
This is not an expensive hobby - almost everyone has a few pencils lying around!
That
said, it's good to recognize that there are various hardnesses of
graphite in pencils, on a scale that goes from high "H" values to low H
values, to HB, to low B values and finally high B values. The "B"
side of the scale is softer and it's easier to make dark marks with
these, but that softer quality also makes the pencil graphite more
crumbly and fragile, and uses it up faster. It's also trickier to
get fine points with softer pencil grades.
For writing, the #2 pencil is adequate, but for drawing you may want multiple hardnesses.
There are also charcoals and charcoal pencils, which we won't go into but which do deserve at least a passing mention.
It's
good to have erasers on hand (I prefer the white art erasers, made from
a synthetic material, and to a lesser extent the 'kneaded rubber' ones
that are gray.) There's also a lot to be said for pencil
sharpeners - ideally reasonably high-quality electric ones with a
holder that collects the shavings and doesn't send them everywhere on
your table. A ruler would also be a good item to have on hand as
it is great for clean straight lines if and when those are important.
Once you've got your stuff set up and a surface to draw on, start drawing!
Often my drawings are plans - rough composition tests for bigger artworks I intend to make in full color later.
For
me, often the simple pencil drawing is also great for experimenting
with concepts for other things - plans for something I intend to create
as a 3d model. Since I do a lot of 3d art for games and video
VFX, this is common for me even if not necessarily applicable to most
of you!
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