Derwint Graphitint Pencils combine a subtle hint of color with the soft gray tones of graphite, providing a totally unique drawing effect. These pencils provide a smooth, rich color lay down, and they can be blended together to produce a nearly endless array of deep, expressive hues. Graphitint pencils are water-soluble. When dry, they offer the merest suggestion of color. When water is added, their color becomes more vibrant. Their color can also be lightened or lifted with a soft eraser or wet brush. The set of 12 pencils contains: port, dark indigo, aubergine, slate green, chestnut, ivy, cool brown, cocoa, storm, midnight black, cloud grey, and cool grey. The set of 24 pencils includes: port, juniper, aubergine, dark indigo, shadow, steel blue, ocean blue, slate green, green grey, meadow, ivy, sage, chestnut, russet, cool brown, cocoa, autumn brown, storm, warm grey, midnight black, mountain grey, cloud grey, cool grey and white.

High-quality drawing pencils for sketching and drawing on paper and matte drafting film. Extremely break-resistant, lightfast, and erasable. Excellent reproduction properties. Box of 12.

Smooth, rich consistency makes Conte compressed charcoals great for sketching. Achieve professional results from this classic range of colors. Packaged in boxes of 12.

With Prang’s paper wrapped charcoal pencils, pull the string to remove part of the paper and expose more charcoal – no sharpener needed. The charcoal comes in three grades: hard, medium or soft. Boxes of one dozen. PMA certified non-toxic.

The ultimate watercolor journal, filled with the finest watercolor paper available. Hard cover, double wire binding means it opens flat for ease of use. Inside,15 sheets of cold press 140 lb. paper in natural white.

Exceptional Arches 140 lb. cold press paper in a convenient pad. Top tape bound with 12 sheets in natural white. Mould made in France, 100% rag, watermarked. Hand inspected, great consistency in surface, texture and performance; sized in beater and again after sheet has been formed; allows for repeated erasures and overpainting without any feathering. Special felts give a handsome grain finish to the cold pressed paper.

Here is a really good book for the artist who wants to develop his or her pencil drawing abilities, whether it’’s to improve your preliminary sketch work, or to create beautiful pencil drawings complete in their own right. Pencil Drawing Techniques brings together six of today’’s best artists, all of whom are incredibly fine instructors as well.

The artists show you how to develop your skill and ability in handling pencil technique. Ferdinand Petrie shows you how to handle pencils and produce a controlled variety of lines, values, and textures. Then he shows you exactly how to use these techniques to draw landscapes in a range of styles and compositions.

Rudy De Reyna explains pencil basics, and explores perspective, size relationships, form, and structure. Douglas grave teaches you how to begin drawing portraits by building a drawing step-by-step. Norman Dams and Joe Singer demonstrate how you can use the pencil to produce spectacular drawings of animals. John Blockley and Richard Bolton show you how pencil drawings can capture the essence of a subject and help you work out a plan for painting it. Finally, Bet Borgeson teaches you all the secrets of colored pencil work and demonstrates a whole new dimension.

The book is divided into seven sections: how to handle a pencil, fundamentals of drawing, drawing landscapes, drawing portraits, drawing animals, drawing for watercolors, and handling color pencils. The copious illustrations show in detail how the artists use their techniques. For the artist who uses the pencil, Pencil Drawing Techniques is an an excellent instructional book of ideas for using the pencil creatively.

In 12 detailed step-by-step demonstrations, Petrie explains how a simple lead pencil can be manipulated to create finished landscape drawings that rival the beauty of works in any other medium.

This complete kit includes everything needed to draw 12 elegant subjects, including a set of 6 drawing pencils, a sandpaper pad, a blending stump, a drawing pad, an artist’’s triangle, and a kneaded eraser.

Pencil is a great medium for creating realistic and subtle detail – and is very forgiving when it comes to errors. It’s amazing what one can draw with a pencil and the detail that can be added to a drawing. In Drawing Realistic Textures in Pencil, acclaimed American pencil artist J.D. Hillberry demonstrates simple techniques for drawing hair, wood, cloth and other minutely detailed objects realistically and confidently. Beginner or experienced artists can benefit from the two fully illustrated complete step-by-step technique demonstrations.