The pencil I actually prefer is actually all ranging from staedler, Derwent, Kimberly, teifeng.some other I can't remember but currently I use staedler lumograph then use teifeng on the more darker areas using, my style is not bad using different types of pencils on an art work.
The leads of drawing pencils are made with ground graphite and a filler, and the ratio of one to the other determines what grade of hardness a pencil is. The type of filler used depends on the brand.
The “harder” grades (F – 9H) contain more filler, and the “softer” grades (HB – 9B) contain less. While the correct ratio of filler to graphite for each hardness grade must be well known, I’ve never found two brands of drawing pencils that use the same formula, and one brand’s 2H pencil can be the same as another brand’s 4H.
Drawing Pencil FACT
Do I need a pencil in each hardness?
Not at first. A good range for a beginner is 4B, 2B, B, 2H, 4H. If you’re more experienced and moving into fine art drawing, though, you’ll need a full range of leads to create different effects.
What do you think about the ultra small (.5 mm) leads for mechanical pencils.They don’t come in the full range of hardness and, more importantly, I use very sharp leads to create many of the textures in my drawings and these small leads are too blunt for that, and they’re too fragile to sharpen.
Graphite is shiny. Is there anyway to avoid that?
No, but there are a couple of things you can do to make it less of a problem. First of all, don’t squash the paper grain by hatching too hard. Instead, apply the graphite in layers. Use a sharp soft lead first, but don’t try to cover all of the paper in one pass.I am going to talk about my favorite the Stael series.
MARS LUMOGRAPH PENCILS
✭✭✭✭ The Mars Lumograph range are made by German company Staedler who are pencil specialists. They come in a range from 6H to 8B. I tried these pencils recently and can’t deny that they are very good – Staedler boasts that they have an ‘unbelievably break-resistant through special lead formulation and super-bonded lead’ which is certainly important. They are noticably softer than Faber-Castell or even Derwent and for this reason I got on with them very well as they are considerably darker than I’m used to and harder to rub out completely. Since my technique involves a lot of ‘rubbing in’ of layers on top of layers, this suited me. However they are lovely rich dark pencils to handle and if you have a strong and fast technique and don’t rub out too much, they’d be ideal.
There are really other ones you can try out but this staedler is what suited me well and the price is on the average.as of myself I will advise you try out new things and see the one that suits you the most.