Thursday, September 22, 2011

Red F

Red F
Oil on linen on MDF
58x148mm
$150
sold

I've never understood what F represents on pencils.  H is hard and B soft and HB is inbetween, so what is F? 
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Location: Puniho, New Zealand

4 comments:

  1. Maria Avila7:43 pm

    Paul,
    I love your paintings. They feed my soul.
    Warm hugs from Brazil,
    Maria

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  2. Paul Hutchinson11:01 pm

    Thank you Maria! :)

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  3. Gunther2:34 am

    "F" is sometimes referred to as "firm"; it is between HB and H. – Great painting!

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  4. Paul Hutchinson9:42 am

    Thanks Gunther! Someone else suggested it stands for "fine point".

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