Charcoal & Graphite

ARTGRAF Watercolour Graphite Tin Box has an interesting and very expressive graphic personality offering the artist an extensive scale of graphite greys that range from deep black to more subtle, bright or transparent shades.

Wetting the brush directly on the ARTGRAF Watercolour Graphite Tin Box allows you to control the amount of water, in order to achieve the desired shades.

The ARTGRAF® Water-soluble Black Carbon Disc is inspired by the traditional tailor’s chalk black carbon. It is a water-soluble and extremely soft charcoal block, prepared for drawing and painting. The artist will achieve a wide range of shades, from light grey to deep black, with the ARTGRAF® Water-soluble Black Carbon Disc.

Conte Compressed Charcoal Sticks create darker marks and lines that willow charcoal. Compressed charcoal is much more dense and stronger than willow, so will not break as easily.

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 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 Traditional Charcoal Pencils are mixed with a hint of pigment and the finest clays for easy blending. This combination of rich charcoal with gentle hints of colour offers drama and subtly in one tool.

Derwent Tinted Charcoal Pencils are water soluble, easy to blend and ideal for covering large areas smoothly and quickly.

These pencils feature a thick strip of watersoluble graphite in a comfortable 8mm sized pencil. The Derwent watersoluble graphite pencils are ideal for wash and line sketches and can be used for shading. 

Derwent XL Charcoal combines the natural qualities of charcoal and traditional drawing colours with the strength and body of a chunky block. Derwent XL Charcoal is very opaque.

Derwent Charcoal enables you to produce poweful lines to subtle gradients they feel soft, smooth and velvety, similar to a soft pastel. Derwent XL Charcoal can be layered easily over one another to create the perfect blend of rich tones and organic marks.

Tin of 6 contains: 1 of each (block size 20 x 20 x 60mm) Derwent XL Charcoal Block Ochre, Sanguine, Violet, Sepia, Black and White.

Derwent XL Graphite will allow for line work and subtle blending to expressive marks and deep tonal work, Derwent XL Graphite is smooth and refined. This soft, fine art Graphite is water-soluble so you can add water to create splashes and washes.

On a damp surface, Derwent XL Graphite sticks release a creamy strip of live pigment which, when dry can be re-worked with layers of contrasting colours and marks. Try using embossing tools or lifting out tone and colour with an eraser.

Graphite Pencil Tin of 6 contains: 1 of each (Block size 20 x 20 x 60mm) Olive Green, Dark Prussian, Raw Umber, Burnt Umber, Soft and Very Soft.

The Faber-Castell 9000 Art Set contains top quality graphite pencils in an attractive tin, perfect as a gift for beginners and professionals. Suitable for drawing, drafting, graphic design, sketching and writing. This Graphite Pencil set includes 12 pencils with varying grades from soft 8B that produces a deep graphite black to a hard 2H with a subtle grey hue.
Faber-Castell 9000 Art Set includes: 8B, 7B, 6B, 5B, 4B, 3B, 2B, B, HB, F, H, and 2H.

The Faber-Castell Goldfaber Sketch Set is the perfect pencil set for sketching. It includes one each of HB, 2H, 2B, 4B, 6B pencils, plus an eraser and a metal sharpener. Pencils are made from reforested wood so they contain no tropical rainforest wood.

Faber-Castell Pitt Charcoal Pencils are rich in high quality pigment, fade resistant and made from a soot carbon mixture to give the deepest possible black.

Faber-Castell Pitt Charcoal Pencils are ideal for sketching, shading and line work.