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available especially for use on film. When working on film, the pencil point will need to be constantly sharpened as it wears down; a piece of fine emery paper is ideal for this. Clutch pencils are also useful, particularly because some have an easy-to-use sharpening tool attached to their end. A useful alternative are fine propelling pencils with leads of 0.3- and 0.5-mm diam- eter which are held in a push-click button pencil holder. Thus, leads are con- tinually used up, but the line thickness is constant. The various hardness of the leads makes very little difference on film, although it is a different story on paper, where it is best to select a medium-grade pencil for fine-point lead. An 8H pencil will scratch a paper surface as well as leaving a fine line, making it difficult to erase. Using a sharp HB softly on paper gives clear lines that can be easily erased.
IV. DRAWING EQUIPMENT A. DRAWING BOX
One of the most useful items for a person who does a lot of drawing work in a variety of places (home, work, expeditions, visits to other collec- tions, etc.) is a drawing box (Figure 11.3). This holds all the basic equipment
Figure 11.3 A standard drawing box showing the range of equipment generally required for artifact and general site plan drawings.