Derwent Graphic Pencils

The Derwent Graphic Pencil is ideal for highly-detailed work, shading and adding texture, in a choice of different degrees ranging from fine and crisp to soft and smudgy.

Unsure on which you need? See this guide below

• H pencils are hard and they leave less graphite on the paper. This means that they are lighter.
• B pencils are softer and leave more graphite on the paper, meaning they are darker.
• F means Fine Point. This is quite a hard pencil and is easy to keep sharp, but generally a bit too hard for general drawing.
• The more H's, the harder a pencil is. This means that a 4H pencil is harder than a 2H and therefore also lighter. The 9H is typically the hardest and lightest graphite pencil available.
• An HB pencil falls in the middle of the scale. For drawing, it's still reasonably hard.
• The more B's, the softer a pencil is. This means that a 5B pencil is softer than a 2B and the 5B will produce a darker mark. The 7B is the softest and darkest of the common pencils (8B and 9XXB pencils are even softer and darker).