Question for Matt

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I am taking the Guide to Graphite course and just watched Module 6 -- Light and Shadow, Part 2.  I have taken other courses, but I guess I wasn't paying attention to this particular thing.  I noticed that you start with lighter pencils and move to darker pencils, slowly building up values.  Why?  I find myself using a particular pencil for the initial sketch, then I move to my final pencils for the rest of the drawing.  Usually I do the sketch with a 4B and then use 4B, 6B, and 8B to finish the drawing.  I use a lot of erasing and blending, also.  I have tried using harder pencils for lighter values, but seem to prefer using a light touch with a soft pencil and lots of erasing and blending.  LOL!  Is that just my style or am I doing it wrong?

Thanks!  :-)

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Okay.  LOL!  Module 8 answered that question.  😜