How to find 2B Pencil in brush tools

[madhukarj38276109]

Where do I get 2B Pencil in adobe brush tools.

[Guest]

Hi

You can download pencil brushes from here

3 Pencil Brushes for Photoshop by pixelstains on DeviantArt

[LILKOLAID]

Thank you for this!

[davescm]

Hi

If you have the legacy brushes loaded, in the brush folder Legacy Brushes > Dry Media Brushes there is a #2 Pencil brush (and a 4H pencil brush)

Dave

[gener7]

What should be "pointed" out are the two different pencil grading systems. A #2 US writing pencil is HB on the International scale which covers drafting and artists pencils.

A good intro here:

Beginner's Guide to Pencils - Pencil Grades | CW Pencil Enterprise

[davescm]

Cheers Gene. I didn't know that. We only have the European scale here.

Dave

[c.pfaffenbichler]

Well, pencil grades seem like a minor issue compared to the metric system …

[gener7]

Well we (United States) are metric for distilled spirits and medicine. Make of that what you will.

New York Times article detailing why alcohol went metric here: Liquor Industry Converts to Metric System - The New York Times

[gener7]

davescm  wrote

Cheers Gene. I didn't know that. We only have the European scale here.

Dave

In my school days, the yellow #2 Dixon Ticonderoga pencil was the standard pencil with an eraser on the end. As soon as I visited local drafting and art supply stores, Staedtler, Kohinoor, and Faber-Castell were sold in the European scale.

[c.pfaffenbichler]

I am afraid there may be no direct and unequivocal equivalent to those pencil types in Photoshop.

Have you given the erodible brush tips a try yet?

[PECourtejoie]

Hello, please state the version of Photoshop you are using, as the default brush sets are different, there are many new ones in the last version (get more brushes in the flyout menu of the brush panel), while the old brushes are hidden in a sub-menu... (legacy brushes in the flyout menu of the brush panel)