Shading with General’s Layout 555 Pencil

General’s Layout Pencil 555 is an extra smooth, black, thick graphite pencil used to add intense blacks and shading in detail graphite drawings. Since 1889, General Pencil has been making pencils in the USA with the highest quality sustained yield cedar wood. In this tutorial, Molly shows you how she uses this fun new pencil to create more depth and darkness in your Zentangle art. The Zentangle mini layout pencil is available here: (only available to Certified Zentangle Teachers at this time. You must be logged into your Zentangle account) To learn more about the Zentangle Method, visit