A good graphite drawing starts with a good graphite pencil and Derwent Graphic Sketching Pencils are made from the finest quality graphite and the purest clays. Whether you are doing fine detailed illustrations or adding shading and texture to your drawing, the Derwent Graphic range has the right pencil for you.

Derwent Graphic Pencils feature a hexagonal matte black barrel with a distinctive orange band and a smooth, finely textured graphite strip. They allow for greater control over your work, professional application, and offer strength and covering power that’s perfect for sketching, graphic design and colouring in. Available singularly or in packs, the soft spectrum of grades are great for making delicate shades and tones.

Features:

• Made from the finest quality material
• Produced in a full range of 20 degrees from 9B - 9H
• Strips sharpen to a good long-lasting point
• Specialist Technical, Designer and Sketching tins available

To get started with your Derwent Graphic pencils try these 9 drawing ideas for beginners: simple ideas that will help you get the most from your Derwent pencils. Start here and you’ll be well on your way to mastering the skill of graphite drawing, from faces and expressions to trees, mandalas and eyes.

Derwent Graphitint Mixed Media Set offers a unique blend of graphite with colour for dramatic tonal work.

• Used dry, Graphitint pencils provide a hint of colour that transform into vibrant shades when wet.
• Derwent Graphitint paint creates subtle, muted colour washes with a graphite sheen.
• Create a range of effects, especially suited on cold pressed watercolour paper.
• Ideal for urban and natural landscapes or expressive art.
• Set contains 6 paint pans, 12 pencils and a waterbrush in a presentation box.
• Colour Palette: Paint - Juniper, Aubergine, Ocean Blue, Slate Green, Meadow, Autumn Brown. Pencils - Port, Aubergine, Dark Indigo, Shadow, Meadow, Ivy, Chestnut, Russet, Storm, Midnight Black, Cloud Grey, White.

Derwent Graphitint Pencils are coloured graphite pencils that combine the traditional graphite medium with a hint of subtle colour. You get the delicious effect of graphite ‘blackness’ with just a touch of colour - two great effects in one pencil!

Derwent Graphitint Pencils can be used wet or dry. You will be amazed by what can happen when you add water! Create a vast array of tinted graphite effects and watch your drawing burst to life with colours like Port, Aubergine, Dark Indigo, Storm and Slate Green far more vibrant.

Features:

• Combine the drama and creativity of pencil drawings with a hint of soft, subtle colour
• Lovely earthy tones, pearlescent greys, shimmering blues and greens
• Perfect for landscape or fantasy artists
• Water soluble

If using Derwent Graphitint Pencils for landscapes, check out our Practical Guide to Painting Landscapes. You might be a seasoned pro but brushing up on your skills is a great way to ensure you characterise each particular landscape. These tips and tricks will get you started and will help you understand the value distribution within your work.

Indulge your creativity with our guidance and a set of Derwent Graphitint Pencils.

Derwent Graphic Pencils are finely textured graphite pencils for professional and fine artists. Great for different drawing techniques using the harder degree pencils for more detailed work, and softer pencils for shading and covering paper. Derwent Graphic Pencils are blendable to create layers and numerous grayscale shades.

Derwent Graphic Pencil set contains: 8B, 6B, 4B, 2B, HB, 2H