Indelible pencils are the pencils that produce a different colored mark when the original mark gets wet. Indelible pencils were first made with a silver nitrate base. The original patent for indelible pencils says that they are as useful as an ordinary pencil but more permanent, as the marks cannot be erased with rubber.

Copying pencils use a dye also called ink. Copying pencil marks do not change color when they get wet. These pencils are made from a wax and dye mixture.

Drafting pencils are the pencils with a lead degree of 3H or more.

Wood-less pencils are graphite rods that usually come in a plastic casing

Colored pencils are the pencils that are made using a mixture of graphite and different colored wax. These pencils mark in a wide range of colors.

China markers are the pencils that have a thick waxy core. These pencils will write on almost any surface and come in all colors. Pulling a string that is attached to the pencil commonly sharpens these pencils.

Carpenter Pencils are the pencils that are rectangular in shape. This shape keeps them from rolling away. These pencils also have a rectangular core, which allows for both thin and thick lines. These pencils are often stronger than other pencils and allowing them to be place into a bag with heavy tools and not to be broken. The builders use these pencils because they will make mark on rough wood and stone with ease.

Golf pencils are the short pencils, which are usually of 4 or 5 inches in length. They do not have an eraser.

Sketching pencils or drawing pencils are specially designed for drawing. These pencils come in many different grades of hardness. The more clay when mixed into the graphite makes the lead harder. Harder lead draws a softer line. Conversely, the more lead when mixed into the pencil makes the lead softer. Softer lead draws a thicker darker line.

Highlighter pencils are a form of makeup. These pencils come in a variety of textures and colors. Highlighter pencils reflect light. This makes them a good tool for makeup artists but difficult to get the hang of for others

There are currently 2 pencil rating systems. One is in Europe and one is in the US. The one in the US is a numerical system while the European system is based upon a lettering scheme. The European system is the one that most drawing pencils use. In this system, pencils are rated by hardness (H), blackness (B), and rather the point is fine (F). The softest pencil in this system is rated 9(B) while the hardest is rated 9(H). A pencil manufacturer, named Brookman, in the early 1900s, developed this system. In the US, the rating uses a numerical value. According to Mr Pencil, the ratings are as follows:

#1=B
#2=HB
#2 ½=F
#3=H
#4=2H

Mr Pencil think that the most common pencil in the US is the #2.

How are these smencils made?

Standard pencils are prepared from wood. Smencils are prepared using the rolled newspaper. The used newspapers are waterlogged in environment friendly scents and then enfolded firmly around the regular graphite pencil. The metal gizmo that holds the eraser named as ferrules are eco-friendly and recyclable and the erasers too are biodegradable. These conditions of course, apply only to the regular lead packs, as the colored lead packs do not contain erasers. The Smencil plastic tubes are also environmental friendly and recyclable, so Mr. Pencil recommand to buy and use those special pencils.

Smencils smell excellent when sharpened

For the reason that Smencils are made from recycled newspaper, the layers of the newspapers are easily visible when you sharpen them. In view of the fact that every layer has been individually encrusted in fragrance, even the shredding smells lovely! You can sharpen the smencil just like any other ordinary pencil.

Yes, they write just like a regular pencil!

People often worry that whether the smencil will work like the regular pencils or not. Mr.Pencil wants to tell all of them that a smencil writes exactly like the other regular pencils.

Available with colored lead or regular lead

Smencils are presented in two different modes: colored lead or regular lead. Every pack has the same ten fragrances. The variation is just that the standard lead pack uses normal gray lead and the smencils (pencils) includes the attached erasers. The packs with the colored lead smencils do not have erasers with them and the “color” of the scent matches with the color of the lead.

Colored Smencil packs contain the similar scents as their normal lead counterparts. Every colored Smencil go with the “color” of its scent. Therefore, the color of root beer scented lead is brown, color for the grape scent is purple, color for watermelon scent is green, color of very berry scent is blue, color for tropical blast fragrance is yellow, color for bubble gum is pink, color for cotton candy is blue, color for orange fragrance is obviously orange.

Every 10-pack of Smencils is presented in a zippered pouch

Fling your Smencils in your school bag or keep them arranged and tidy in a toy storage bin with the handy plastic carrying pouch. Every 10-pack of Smencils both colored and regular will get there in a zippered pouch.

Smencils fundraising

Smencils are one of the superlative fundraising ideas existing today! Eco-friendly, lofty profits, easy to sell.

Many of groups will put up Smencils for sale in addition to another fundraiser they are doing. For instance, a few Girl Scout group will purchase a couple of buckets of Smencils to vend while they are advertising Girl Scout cookies. They are low-priced and present a great option to buying unhealthful cookies.

Fundraising faction like schools and churches, which have the benefit of having admittance to a church or a shop school store, can set the Smencils in the store to vend as a full yearlong fundraiser. This is the most lenient method to sell Smencils as they pretty much vend themselves. You must be sure that the store keeps trail of the Smencil sales so that you know how much money you are getting.

Several art club teachers will purchase a bucket of Smencils and keep them available during art class. In that way if anyone needs a smencil they can purchase them in class which helps raise funds for the art club.

Soft sketch pencils
On the other hand, soft sketch pencils are designated the character capital B. These sketch pencils also vary their degree of softness. The degree of softness varies like 0B, 1B, 2B and so on. As the number goes higher, the pencil goes softer. Let’s say like a 10B pencil has very soft graphite compared to a 5B sketch pencil. Such sketch pencils are best used for shading since the shades produced are of great quality as required in sketches usually. One can take up a soft pencil from Mr Pencil and work their way up the list since the softer the pencil you choose, the darker the line you get. The reason for this is quite simple if you think a bit. Mr Pencil suggested that when you press on a softer graphite pencil, it breaks away more easily than does in a harder sketch pencil getting you a thicker sketch.

So how would you sketch a figure with these varying types of sketch pencils? As per Mr Pencil, here is a way that best suits all. You can first start the outlining of your sketch using an H pencil since the basics are important and if you get something wrong, the markings are light since you used a hard sketch pencil and it’s easy to undo it. Just try to get a picture of your sketch in this stage, do not hard on the pencil since it only wastes your energy. You use a hard pencil to get a light sketch so that you get the right frame and then proceed with darkening with the image dimensions. After this, you have a sketch outline. You can start with your darkening of the sketch. Use soft pencils of higher number when you need dark shadings or sketch patterns. You can optionally blend the pencil markings too by nudging the graphite on the paper sketch using a finger to get a smooth uniform shade.

Mr Pencil also suggested to experiment with the variants of pencils so that you will figure out which ones to use and in which situation or for which pattern of the sketch. Trying this will finally leave you with one final pencil that you may feel is best for all purposes or maybe you will have a set of 2-3 sketch pencils just for your sketches every time. Depends on your style, but the final choice will be yours on which sketch pencils suit you and your sketching style.