you consider HB to be a drawing pencil??
HB is for writing with. try something softer like a 2B for drawing
( Jadeviper was still alive on, Tue 5 Jul 2005, 13:49, archived)

or not
2B, that is a question.
( DrPoppers Touched by his noodly appendage, Tue 5 Jul 2005, 13:50, archived)

Said Hamlet to Ophelia,
"I'll draw a sketch of thee.
What kind of pencil shall I use,
2B or not 2B?"
/Spike Milligan
( Newington, Tue 5 Jul 2005, 14:00, archived)

I had a left handed mate
that used to write everything in blunt 2b pencil. It was just one big smudge when he was done.
( Fenris temporary Lazarus, Tue 5 Jul 2005, 13:55, archived)