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Office corporate, we offer high-quality grey lead for pencils for every application in all conceivable hardness grades that have superior leads made of finely ground graphite and clay. This smooth pure graphite for pencil is never scratchy and is available in 16 degrees of lead hardness for writing, drawing and sketching.

Grey lead & Graphite Lead Pencil

The important thing when buying graphite for pencil & grey lead is to have a range of different grades. "H" pencils have hard leads. "B" pencils have soft leads. The higher the H or B number, the harder or softer they are; so an H9 is very hard, and a B9 is very soft.

In terms of drawing, pencil "harness and softness" equate to lightness and darkness. A hard pencil lead will make a very faint, sharp grey line, while a soft pencil will make a darker and less sharp marks. Lead pencil is a matter of recording light and shade, so you need to use a range of lighter and darker pencils to capture tonal variations.

The range you choose is up to you, and dependent on the style of drawings you wish to make, but the "Bs" are suitable for most drawings. I would recommend the minimum of an "HB" (neither hard nor soft), B, 2B pencil, 4B, 6B, and 9B.

Our range of pencil lead & grey leads also includes the Mars Lumograph aquarell high-quality watercolor artists' pencils. These watercolor pencils are ideal for classic drawings and sketches in watercolor. The Lumograph aquarell is available in three graded consistent degrees of hardness and is therefore particularly suitable for creating a variety of grey lead pencil graphite and black tones in conjunction with water.

Grey Lead: Truly classic lead pencil in proven Office Corporate quality

The Office corporate, pencil lead is one of our absolute classics. Its iconic black and yellow stripes are instantly recognizable. Millions of people have used this grey lead pencil to learn to write, make notes, and write letters, draw and sketch. It is available in the standard pencil lead hardness grades from 2B pencils–2H. The different-colored ends indicate the hardness grade of your Office corporate lead pencil.

Thanks to their super-bonded grey lead pencils, our pencils guarantee high break-resistance and are therefore ideal for use at school and in the Office. The red and black striped models from our traditional series offer comparable quality to our Noris pencils. They are available in a wider range of finely graded degrees of hardness; however, unlike our classic Noris pencil, the dipped end is not colour coded. Our traditional mechanical pencil leads are particularly suitable for producing clean lines and textures, as well as differentiated tones from grey lead to black. Alternatively, our grey lead pencils are also available with an eraser in the form of a practical eraser tip.

Grey Lead & Graphite for pencil leads:

Grey lead & graphite for pencil leads are generally purchased in packs and used in school. These types of pencils are usually not recommended for drawing as the small particles within the graphite, or grey lead pencil, contain reflective particles. These particles can cause your drawing to take on glare from certain angles or create too much of a silvery, un-realistic look.

These types of grey lead pencil are good to use with certain drawing techniques and in various parts of a drawing, though they should not be used for the entire drawing. Areas of a drawing that are recommended for regular graphite for pencils & grey lead are shading the white of an eye, drawing glass, shiny or silvery metals, smooth or shinier fabrics such as silk or satin.

It is important to note that while your "normal" pencils contain graphite, there are also artist quality graphite pencils you can purchase which are better for drawing than your normal pencils would be. The difference is the filler that is mixed with the graphite. The filler and the amount that is used create varying degrees of hardness. Your common pencil will have a degree of hardness that is in the middle of the scale, while artist pencils will allow you to choose from a wide range of fillers.

How to Select the Best Drawing Grey Pencil Leads

When selecting the perfect graphite for lead pencil, the first thing to take into consideration is your drawing style. Technical drawing and detailed artwork with fine lines will require different pencils than those used for shading and sketching figures. Do you use dark, thick lines in your sketches or prefer lighter, thinner strokes? Understanding your artistic style and needs will help you narrow down the selection when searching for a good drawing pencil and grey lead.

Keep in mind that most artists use more than one type of pencil. Office corporate, offer high-quality drawing pencil sets that come with a selection of graphite pencils in different grades. It will allow you to switch between tools depending on the requirements of a particular image.

Everyone uses grey lead graphite leads for Pencil!

What is the most basic thing an artist needs and, probably, a good graphite lead for a pencil? It's even better if there's a good set of them, in different pencil lead grades, to allow your every idea to come to life in the most beautiful way possible.

Graphite for pencils is the most versatile art supplies used by almost everyone. They are used for sketches, (no matter if you will leave them like that or turn them into finished colored drawings), for underdrawing, for complete graphic works, for so-called penciling of comics and graphic novels, for fine arts, lettering and calligraphy and many other things.

Every kind of grey leads for pencil, from cheapest to the most expensive can give you a decent result, so it's fair to say that the "best" ultimate set of pencils doesn't exist. When you choose them, it's all up to your personal feelings and preferences. There are also no strict rules on what kind of lead you should or should not use for a certain kind of activity. There are recommendations to make your work more efficient, but rules are made to be broken, especially in the arts field, and if your drawing style requires using your supplies differently – go for it!

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