Q. The grade is DOMS pencils?

Every kind of artist may find the perfect DOMS graphite pencil to suit their needs thanks to the range of 16 different degrees of hardness available. The weight of the artist's hand the sort of work that will be made and the type of paper that will be used all play a role in determining the appropriate degree of hardness to utilise. An artist who has a lighter drawing hand may find that they like rather firm lead qualities whereas an artist who has a heavy hand may find that they prefer softer leads to balance their pressure. When an artist writes with a lead pencil on the artist's paper the surface of the paper works like a rasp removing exceedingly small particles of lead. The more abrasive the paper is the greater the number of lead particles that are removed. In general a paper that is rough or harsh calls for a lead that is of a harder quality and white paper that is smooth or soft calls for a lead that is of a softer grade. There are sixteen different degrees of graphite pencil hardness which are as follows: 6H 5H 4H 3H 2H H F HB B 2B 3B 4B 5B 6B 7B and 8B. Because of their extremely soft to exceptionally soft graphite and very dark colour graphite pencils with degrees of hardness ranging from 3B to 8B are well suited for artistic and pictorial drawing. When it comes to sketching and writing graphite pencils 2B B HB F and H are your best option with our B (soft black) pencil functioning as a suitable replacement for the standard No. 2 pencil. Last but not least graphite pencils ranging in hardness from 2H all the way up to 6H are the best choice for technical drawing.