STAEDTLER 110-3B Tradition Graphite Pencil for Drawing & Sketching - 3B (Box of 12), Black

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Dixon Ticonderoga Laddie Pencil – designed for children as the next pencil for them to use after they have mastered the beginner’s pencil. 7. Dixon Ticonderoga My First Pencil Faber-Castell Graphite Aquarelle Pencils are a water-soluble graphite pencil with strong 3.3mm diameter break-resistant lead. They are available in five hardness grades which are HB, 2B, 4B, 6B, and 8B. They can be used the same way as watercolors or applied dry then brushed over with a wet paintbrush to creating shading. 6. Faber-Castell Design Pencil Extender and Pencil So nowadays the HB scale uses a number and a letter, where the number shows the hardness or softness. For example, an 3H pencil in the new notation is similar to an HHH pencil in the old notation. Derwent Coloursoft Pencils have as the name suggests a very soft colored core. These are quite possibly the softest colored pencil available and lay down color effortlessly. There are 7s different colored pencils in the Coloursoft range. 4. Derwent Drawing Pencils These pencils are ideal for kindergarteners and primary school children when they are first learning to write and are highly recommended by many teachers. The Jumbo grip pencils have break-resistant lead and are available in #2 HB lead grade. 3. Faber-Castell 9000 Graphite Pencils

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The pencils graphite core is super bonded to the wood which gives it a very high break resistance. There are 24 lead grades to choose from which are from 12B to 10H. An unusual feature of these pencils is that the diameter of the lead core is not the same size across the range. Hard pencils are made from a careful mix of graphite and wax additive. They are ideal for light sketching. They are also one of the largest if not the largest pencil manufacturer in the world producing a staggering 2.3 billion pencils a year. Until 2007 they were in the official Guinness book of records for manufacturing the World’s Biggest Pencil. All Faber-Castell pencils are FSC certified that their wood is from sustainable forests. Traditionally they used Californian cedar wood but they now have their own sustainable forest plantation in Brazil that grows Caribbean Pine which is fast-growing softwood that is ideal for pencils.Staedtler Neon 180 Pencils are made from Wopex and have a brightly neon-colored barrel with HB lead. 15. Staedtler Tradition 110 Pencils The Prismacolor Premier Pencil Blender has a soft wax water-resistant core. It is a colorless blender that allows for easy layering and blending colors and is perfect if you want to soften an edge. They can also be used in conjunction with watercolor pencils. The Derwent Metallic Water Soluble Pencils were the original metallic colored pencil that Derwent made. They have a silver barrel and are available in 12 colors. Staedtler also makes their Tradition pencils that are slightly better than Norris pencils but not as good as the top-of-the-range Mars Lumograph pencils. There are fewer pencils in the Tradition range to choose from compared to the others. It has a good-sized 3.8mm break-resistant color core that lays down color easily without smudging and is water-resistant. There are 120 colors to choose from which should be more than sufficient for most people. 8. Faber-Castell Albrecht Dürer Watercolour Pencils

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They have a 4.5mm diameter core and are available in 3 degrees soft, medium, and hard. These pencils are ideal for blending, hatching, sketching, and portrait work. The pencils wood is from PEFC-certified, sustainably managed forests 6. Staedtler Mars Lumograph Jumbo 100J Pencils Caran d’Ache Supracolor – Superb water-soluble pencil with highly concentrated top quality pigment and lightfastness. They have a 3.8mm soft strong lead and are made from Premium FSC™ certified cedar wood. Stabilo Exam Grade pencils have a hexagonal shaped barrel and high-quality lead that is perfect for using to complete multiple-choice papers in exams and can easily be erased if required. It is available with either HB or 2B lead. 3. Stabilo Greengraph Pencils The Faber-Castell Grip 2001 pencils are an ergonomically designed triangular shaped pencil with a special grip that is a series of dimples embossed on to the pencil. The triangular-shaped barrel of the pencil helps to keep your fingers naturally in a tripod grip for maximum comfort and controlwhile the dimples prevent them from slipping down the barrel.Most of the Crayola colored pencils are made for younger children and teenagers although they do have a set of pencils aimed at adults. They are not the same high quality as you get from Derwent for example which is designed for professional artists. More of a general coloring pencil for the recreational adult coloring community. The lead tube contains 40 leads and is available in 0.5 mm and 0.7 mm line widths and in both HB and 2B hardness grades. Lead tubes for refilling mechanical pencils can be found here.

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The pencils are made from high-quality Californian cedar wood and have a 3.8mm diameter core and are available in 72 colors and also a blender pencil. 10. Koh I Noor Tri-Tone Colored Pencils These are less expensive than the Albrecht Dürer’s but there is a slight trade-off as these are described by Faber-Castell as having excellent lightfastness whereas the Dürer’s are acid-free with unsurpassed lightfastness. However, a disadvantage to hard pencils is that you will be unable to achieve rich shadows and contrast in your work. Our pencils in ergonomic triangular shape are ideal for all learners and those who spend a lot of time writing. The Derwent Studio Pencils have the same core ingredients as their Artists pencils the only difference is the size of the core which is 3.4mm compared to 4.0mm. As these are a lot finer they are ideal for Artists who want to create more detailed work. They are available in 96 different colors. 12. Derwent Watercolour PencilsCaran d’Ache Pablo High-quality permanent artists coloring pencil with 3.8mm soft water-resistant lead that is available in 120 different colors. 9. Caran d’Ache Supracolor Watercolor Pencils The 1816 Bugle Pencil has a round barrel that has a natural finish coated in a clear lacquer coat which shows off the wood grain. It is a lightweight pencil with an HB graphite core. 11. Tot 500 Pencils They are renowned for making premium quality graphite and are credited with inventing the pencil lead hardness scale in 1802. Franz Hardtmuth invented the system and it is reputed that he H represents the family name, F represents his first name, and B after a town called Budějovice where they made the pencils.