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Drawing Pencils

The best drawing pencils are an essential companion to any artist’s studio, builder’s workroom or student’s pencil case. Our huge range of quality drawing pencils from leading brands like Derwent, Faber-Castell and Jasart has the perfect pencil for your creative needs. Grab yourself an affordable drawing pencil set, perfect for all experience levels, or finish off your project with the colour you need from our range of supplies.

 

Derwent Drawing Pencil Tins

Pencils

FROM $32.75

Derwent Drawing Pencils take you right back to nature. The colours are rich and earthy and soft in texture, making them great for building up dense fur or feathers. Create a smooth velvety lay down and bring portraits, wildlife drawings and dreamy, evocative landscapes to life with beautiful sepia tones and a soft finish. Try them out using our guide to painting landscapes.

Derwent Drawing Pencils feature and extra wide 5mm colour strip and a round 8mm body. They are easy-to-grip, expertly crafted and precise. The Drawing range is available in 24 subtle shades. With Derwent Drawing Pencils you can enjoy:

  • sepia tones ideal for drawing nature studies
  • soft neutral greys, greens, blues and creams
  • a soft, velvety finish
  • drawing at its most natural

First introduced in 1986 in a limited selection of six earthy colours, the Drawing range has been extended by popular demand. It features a distinctive light mahogany stained barrel with colour coded end dip and angled gold band. Its unique, waxy consistency makes colour easy to apply.

 

STAEDTLER Noris Club Watercolour Pencil Sets

Pencils

FROM $7.25

Noris club coloured pencils are great for all age groups. The pencils ergonomic triangular design helps with correct grip , effortless writing, drawing and colouring.

The Noris club coloured pencils has an especially soft and richly coloured break-resistant lead and is easy to sharpen with any quality sharpener.

 

Jasart Studio Love Coloured Pencil Set

Pencils

NOW $10.25

Create beautifully themed artwork with the Jasart Studio Love Coloured Pencil Set. Non-Toxic and acid free, Jasart Studio Love Coloured Pencils contains twelve premium lead pencils in vibrant assorted colours that delivers an even and rich coverage on paper.

Jasart Studio Love Coloured Pencil Set can be used by students and artists for various projects from colouring-in, artworks, journaling, and more.

Jasart Studio Love Coloured Pencil Set also available in different assorted coloured themes such as Skin Tone, Ocean, and Tropical.

 

Derwent Studio Pencil Tins

Pencils

FROM $52.75

This coloured pencil has a fine blendable colour strip for detailed drawing. Ideal for students, artists and designers.
Derwent Studio Colouring Pencils are made from the finest quality pigments to ensure maximum colour purity and light fastness.


 

Stabilo CarbOthello Pastel Pencil Tins

Pencils

FROM $81.45

Stabilo CarbOthello Pastel Pencils are world famous for their quality and lightfast pigments. Opaque, water-soluble and easily blended, Stabilo CarbOthello Pastel Pencils are able to produce broad strokes or fine details and lettering.
Stabilo CarbOthello Pastel Pencils have semi-soft leads, allowing them to respond instantly to a wet brush or pre-dampened paper. Making these pastel pencils ideal for watercolouring and colouring in.

 

STAEDTLER Noris Club Colouring Pencil Packs

Pencils

FROM $5.90

Staedtler's Noris Club Colouring Pencils have a hexagonal barrel so are great for all ages. With a rich coloured lead that is break-resistant, the pencils can be easily sharpened.

Use for doodling, drawing, colouring in and coloured writing.

 

Raffine Life Drawing Set

Pencils

NOW $32.55

Setting a new standard of quality the Raffine Life Drawing set allows professionals and students to draw and sketch in and out of the studio. Smartly designed in lithographed metal tins, includes some of the finest materials on the market today.

Contains:

  • Burnt Umber Pastel Crayon
  • Sanguine Pastel Crayon
  • Soft Charcoal Pencil
  • Charcoal Block
  • Compressed Charcoal Soft
  • Compressed Charcoal Medium
  • Graphite Pencil 2B
  • Kneadable Eraser
  • White Eraser
  • 2 x White Pastel Crayons
  • 3 x Vine Charcoal Sticks
 

Tombow MONO Graph Mechanical Pencils 0.5mm

Pencils

ONLY $11.85

The Tombow Mono Graph Mechanical Pencil features a mechanism that allows users to advance lead by shaking the pencil or by pressing the clip down providing convenience user experience while drawing and writing.

The 4mm long guide pipe of Tombow Mono Graph Mechanical Pencil prevents the lead breakage and helps with drawing and writing precision.

The Tombow Mono Graph Mechanical Pencil also comes with a high performing and refillable MONO eraser.

 

Derwent Artists Pencils

Pencils

ONLY $3.75

The Artists Pencil range from Derwent is one of eight types of pencils in the colouring range. Each pencil has a waxy texture that’s ideal for layering and blending, allowing you to create as many colours as you like. Not that you have to make your own - there’s 120 different colours in the range and an infinite spectrum of subtly different hues and tints!

Derwent Artists are highly pigmented, dry colour pencils with light fastness to ensure the colours remain true, no fixing required on finished work. The easy-to-grip body and premium quality soft textured colour core makes for both intense and delicate shading for drawing or colouring. A 4mm extra wide core provides excellent point strength and is useful for shading large areas.

Derwent Artists pencils can be purchased as a tin set, in a beautifully manufactured wooden box, or separately to build your collection. They are great for artists of all ages and skill sets, with both professionals and novices loving the range. If you need something for finer, more detailed work, you might like to look at the Derwent Studio range.

With Derwents wide range of colouring pencils there’s a style of coloured pencils to suit everyone. The Artists range, however, is a great place to start and is yours to buy from Discount Art N Craft Warehouse. Add a couple of your favourite colours to your shopping cart to try them out or check out our Derwent Artists Pencil Sets.

 

Conte A Paris Sketching / Life Drawing Pencils

Pencils

FROM $3.70

Conte A Paris Sketching & Life Drawing Pencils provide rich hues with line and shade possibilities to cover all sketching requirements.

 

Derwent Watersoluble Graphite Pencils

Pencils

ONLY $3.80

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. 

 

STAEDTLER Lumocolour Permanent Glasochrom Pencils

Pencils

ONLY $1.75

The Staedtler Lumocolour Glasochrom is a high-quality, permanent and waterproof coloured pencil. These coloured pencils are ideal for use on almost all surfaces including glass, metal, wood, leather, stone, plastic and paper.

Staedtler Lumocolour Glasochrom colour pencils features:

  • No bleeding through paper
  • Colour-intensive and lightfast
  • Non-corrosive colour pigments
  • Odourless

FAQs about Drawing Pencils

- A sharpener.
- An eraser.
- A pencil case or box.
- A ruler.
- Plenty of spare paper

- Hold your pencil correctly, supported by the middle finger, and gripped between your thumb and first finger.
- Use light pressure. This will help to create fine lines.
- Keep the tip sharpened. A dull lead is more difficult to control.
- Be careful not to drop them as the core can be easily broken.

 

- They’re relatively easy to control.
- Come in a variety of colours.
- They’re affordable.
- Easily taken anywhere with you.
- Don't require batteries or electricity.

 

The main difference between them is the hardness of the lead. HB has a harder lead and is better for writing, while 2B has a softer lead and is better for drawing. 4B and 6B are the softest leads available and are best for artists who want to create deep, dark lines.

What are the main types of drawing pencils?

Dive into our selection, from graphite, pastel, charcoal or coloured wax- and -oil-based pigments — all offering different effects and all available at Discount Art N Craft Warehouse.

The humble graphite pencil is the most versatile and well-known option. Keep one nearby to take down measurements on the go or sketch a detailed illustration when inspiration strikes.

Coloured pencils and pastel pencils are popular with all ages. Both are ideal for beginners to experiment with blending and shading, as they are easy to control and make minimal mess.

Sketching pencils are the best drawing pencils for creating shapes, intricate lines and tracing. Keep the thin graphite core sharpened for ultimate fine-line precision. Take your sketching one step further with charcoal pencils to add depth to deep blacks and softness to light grey hues.

Our range of quality art supplies are affordable and accessible to professional artists and beginners. Discover a drawing pencil set for your skill level online today.