This 24 piece tin of pencils, natural graphite, compressed charcoal, eraser and sharpener provides the best range of sketching and drawing materials in a compact set and can be used to cover drawing styles from loose sketches to very detailed portraitures. The materials are made by Cumberland Pencil, a U.K. company that has been making Derwent brand pencils and drawing materials since 1832. Included in the set are 4 graphite sticks and 4 compressed charcoal sticks of varying intensities, 2 drawing pencils, 3 pastel pencils, 3 charcoal pencils, 2 graphic pencils, 3 watersoluble sketching pencils, a watersoluble graphitone pencil and[Read More]

Drawing people is more than just accurately capturing the anatomy and details of the subject. Artists that capture the soul of the model breathe life into the artwork by expressing a mood, idea or emotion that cannot be captured by accurate rendering alone. Life Drawing will give the reader all the tools necessary to draw people accurately and expressively, thus setting it apart from books that teach technique only. A variety of materials (nupastel, charcoal and graphite) will be used to give the intermediate artist a range of options to choose what works best for the subject of each drawing.