Post B4yMLGMhAJyWuug2Fc by KerryMitchell@mastodon.social
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 (DIR) Post #B4yMLFMesyLroVeUYS by KerryMitchell@mastodon.social
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       @welshpixie Quite a while ago I was trying out every dark pencil I could find to use for life drawing. I couldn’t find any of the EE pencils in my remaining collection, but I’d suggest trying the Conté Pierre Noire pencils in an HB - they’re fairly hard, very black, fine grained, not scratchy.
       
 (DIR) Post #B4yMLFfRl7NekmRUq8 by Davida@lsbt.me
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       @KerryMitchell @welshpixie Here: https://www.gerstaecker.de/staedtler-mars-lumograph-100-bleistift-einzeln.html
       
 (DIR) Post #B4yMLFr93cjpL3uq4e by KerryMitchell@mastodon.social
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       @Davida @welshpixie The EB and EE pencils were phased out about 25 years ago. I remember using them when I was in college, and old stock was around in art stores for a while. Staedtler renamed them as 7B and 8B grades, but the new pencils are a bit different. Possibly there was a change to the carbon/graphite ratio to make them more consistent in “feel” with the lighter grades.
       
 (DIR) Post #B4yMLG28OlWpt93cCe by Davida@lsbt.me
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       @KerryMitchell @welshpixie Here:?https://www.gerstaecker.de/index.php?lang=0&cl=search&searchparam=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gerstaecker.de%2Fstaedtler-mars-lumograph-EE-100-bleistift-einzelnl
       
 (DIR) Post #B4yMLGCllE2GQ826mO by mirabilos@toot.mirbsd.org
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       @KerryMitchell @Davida @welshpixie I would boost the original post, but unfortunately, mastodon.art federates with almost no other instances, so I cannot even see it on my home instance 😾
       
 (DIR) Post #B4yMLGMhAJyWuug2Fc by KerryMitchell@mastodon.social
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       @Davida @welshpixie Staedtler has a separate line of high carbon blend pencils called Mars Lumograph Black Drawing Pencils. They’re similar to the EE pencils but grades are different than standard graphite, the 2B is already very dark: https://midoco.ca/products/staedtler-mars-lumograph-black-drawing-pencils. For matte blacks I like the Pierre Noire pencils a bit better.