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At the moment we have the Derwent Pastel and Watercolour old livery pencils as well as Pilot Gold & Silver marker pens and some of the now discontinued Pilot Contrast Markers. Get them while stocks last!

Derwent Fine Art Pencils

From the classic ranges of Artists, Graphic and Watercolour to exciting introductions such as Graphitint, Aquatone and Tinted Charcoal, Derwent has been inspiring artists worldwide for many years and continues to do so.

The Cumberland Pencil Company has had a passion for producing the finest pencils in the World since it's formation in 1832. This commitment to excellence and reputation for innovation is displayed perfectly in the Derwent range of fine art media.

Faber Castell Artists' Pencils

Faber Castell are the largest manufacturer of coloured pencils in the World, and with the consistent use of only high quality materials produce some of the finest artists’ pencils around.

Faber Castell pencils provide beautiful dense pigmentation, smooth colour laydown and great lightfastness, Faber Castell have also developed a unique colour matching system which insures that, regardless which media type you are using, all colours will match across the board.

So whether you are using the versatile and colourful Albrecht Durer Watercolour pencils, the bright and highly pigmented Pitt Pastel pencils or the rich and very fade resistant Pitt Monochrome Artists’ pencils you can be sure of a great drawing experience.

Conte Carres Crayons & Sketching Pencils

Conté have been manufacturing some of the finest artists' materials available for more than 200 years. Many artists and grand masters have used Conté à Paris products because of the selection of pigments, lightfastness, and the exceptional brightness and purity of the colours. In fact some of the world's greatest artists, including Picasso, Delacroix, and Degas, have created world famous drawings with Conte crayons.

Caran D'Ache

These world famous Swiss manufacturers have been making pencils since 1924. With some of the most innovative brands on the market they are leaders in producing pencils with fine smooth leads for creative artists and enthusiastic amateurs.

They are a company that is very proud of the sustainability of the cedarwood used for their pencils as well as that of their production techniques of pastels etc.

A great brand that caters for all levels and tastes in sketching.

Cretacolor

Austrian based Cretacolor offer an excellent range of high quality pencils and pastels. The products reflect the expertise gathered over years of experience and score with high colour intensity, rich colour laydown and superior lightfastness.

Lyra

Lyra pencils based in Germany make an interesting and often innovative range of graphite and colour pencils. We have a selection of the more interesting Lyra products including Lyra Polycrayons Soft, Lyra Rembrandt Polycolor and Aquarell and we plan to expand this as time goes on!

Staedtler

The name Staedtler is closely linked with the Nuremburg's pencil history. Long before J.S. Staedtler founded his pencil making factory in Nuremberg in 1835 his family had been handmaking pencils for generations. By 1840 the factory was making 63 different types of pencil.

To this day Staedtler is considered one of the finest makers in Europe of artists pencils.

Here we offer a growing range of Staedtler's art pencils and technical drawing instruments.

Royal Sovereign Pencil Co.

Here we feature a small selection of some of the most popular pencils from the Royal Sovereign Pencil company.

Formed after World War I from two British pencil manufacturers - The House of Arthur Johnson (est 1803) and E. Wolff & Son (est 1796) - Royal Soveriegn came about as an attempt by the two companies to regain their retail markets. They had abandoned their retail markets during the war as the Allied Governments were buying pretty much everything they made!

Pencils4Artists Accessories

A great range of sharpeners, erasers and other accessories that no artist should be without.

Unison Colour Handmade Pastels

Unison Colour soft pastels are considered to be the finest hand made soft pastels available. Their subtlety and intensity of colour as well as their fluency and responsiveness to touch, and in their delicacy and robustness they are second to none. Despite the fact that over half a million individual sticks are manufactured each year the pastels are still completely hand made and retain all the qualities of the originals.

Pastels, Charcoal & Compressed Charcoal Sets

We have several ranges of soft pastels, charcoal and compressed charcoal, including a good quality, budget range ideal for beginners or younger artists.

This section includes products from -

Lyra
Winsor & Newton
Unison Pastels
Jakar Art

Oil Pastels

A beautifully tactile medium which is ideal for larger scale paintings using vigorous strokes to build up a rich patina of waxy colour.

Can be diluted for blending with turps, or white spirit. As the pastel dissolves it takes on the properties of thinned oil paint. Once dry the area can be worked on with dry oil pastel to add texture or detail..

You can also use oil pastel with watercolour to create interesting textural effects by using it under washes.

Brush Pens and Water Brushes

Perfect pens for sketching, illustrating, pen and ink drawings, crafts and a host of other uses. Colour and black brush pens are becoming increasingly more popular for artists on the move who don't want to carry around lots of different ink bottles and brushes and the range of colours available allows for just about every artistic eventuality!

We also offer the Artists' Water Brushes which are great for easy watercolour washes tailored from your own palette.

Books

In this section we offer various books on technique and use of all forms of drawing and sketching media.

Rexel Blackedge Carpenter's Pencil

Carpenters and joiners are skilled craftsmen who need specialist tools, right down to their pencils. Rexel Blackedge is an oblong shaped graphite pencil that’s perfect for the job in hand – which is why it’s been a best seller for such a long time. It’s available in three degrees – soft, medium and hard – with different coloured barrels to distinguish between them. Reliable, practical and hard-working – just what you want in your toolbag