Understanding Your Pencils Will Help You Level Up Your Drawings!

A good pencil set is imperative for any drawer and we sell a Faber-Castell set that comes with six pencils in the B-range, all encased in a nice little tin.  Watch this video to learn more about how drawing pencils work.

When you first start drawing, whether you're taking lessons or teaching yourself, new artists tend to rely solely on pencil pressure to shade, and that's a great technique, but there's more you can do to get dark darks, and light lights in your drawings. Here at Kate's Art School, we experiment with different pencils.  Most students end up with a favorite pencil; mine's a 3B.  (If you're interested in learning more about drawing, Adult Classes can be found here.) 

I chose the Castell 9000 6-Piece Set to carry in our store, because it includes mostly B's, which are far more fun to draw with.  H Pencils are great for architectural and exact styles of drawing, because the pigment stays put and doesn't blend or move as much.  This set includes HB, B, 2B, 4B, 6B, and 8B.  Get the Castell 9000 6-Peice Set today!