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Great visions deserve great materials and great support. And who listens more carefully to customer needs? We do! Want to step back from your creation with pride? With Castle Arts you can.
Our brilliant, know-how Guide Booklets are chock-full of tips, tricks and techniques for knowing your tools and to assist in your creative quest to transfer on to paper what you see in your mind.
The most all-inclusive-ever drawing and sketching set has been artfully curated by our in-house artists, with organised sections for simple selection in a robust carry-anywhere zipper case.
Our loyal customers love our art materials, rate us alongside more expensive brands, and give 4.5 star ratings on Amazon. And with our Customer Services Team to assist along the way... it’s a gift!
Every Castle Arts set includes a 5 or 6 step tutorial, guiding you through the tones and techniques used to create the image used on the respective packaging. In this case a comprehensive 6 step tutorial showing you how to draw and shade a knight on horseback.
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Every Castle Arts set includes a 5 or 6 step tutorial, guiding you through the tones and techniques used to create the image used on the respective packaging. In this case a comprehensive 6 step tutorial showing you how to draw and shade a knight on horseback.
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Every Castle Arts Drawing & Sketching set comes with a booklet guide to using graphite, charcoal and pastel. The 32 page guide teaches you how to take care of your art materials, from sharpening methods to holding your pencil.
It explains tone, light and form, pencil pressures and strokes, blending, layering and texturing techniques as well as more tutorials, a glossary and details about joining the Castle Club.
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A short video demonstrating different media used from the Castle Arts 100 piece Drawing & Sketching set. Drawn with fineliner pens, graphite pencils, pastels, water-soluble graphite and tinted graphite pencils.
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A short video demonstrating some of the tips, tricks and tutorials from the 32 page guide booklet that accompanies the Castle Arts 100 piece Drawing & Sketching set.
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A short video demonstrating the use of charcoal pencil to draw and shade an illustration of a jester.
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What’s the difference between a ‘drawing’ pencil and a ‘sketching’ pencil - are they both graphite?
Yes, they are both graphite. ‘Drawing’ pencils are at the harder end of the scale (H), the higher the H number the harder the graphite and the lighter the tone it will create. ‘Sketching’ pencils are softer (B) and make darker, richer tones.
How long are these pencils?
They are the standard 19cm in length, until sharpened of course.
Does this set come with a Tutorial and Guide Book?
Yes, a 6-stage detailed tutorial and a 32 page Drawing & Sketching guide book is included with the 100+ piece Drawing & Sketching set.
Does this set include sepia and sanguine pencils?
Yes, sepia and sanguine pencils are included in our 40, 60 and 100 piece Drawing & Sketching sets.
Can the pencils be bought individually?
Unfortunately, we do not sell individual pencils at the moment but this is something we are considering for the future.
The Castle Arts experts pooled their experience to curate the ultimate collection: graphite pencils + sticks; charcoal pencils + sticks; pastel pencils, fine-liner pens, metallic pens, water-soluble graphite pencils plus blenders and tools.
This total drawing resource enables budding sketchers and exacting professionals alike to command every possible technique: drawing, doodling, sketching, hatching, cross-hatching, writing, shading, stencilling, tracing or composing a painting.
There’s no limit to the mixed media effects you can achieve using combinations of pastel, charcoal, metallic and graphite pencils, pens and sticks fine-tuned with blenders and erasers to transform sketches into works of art.
Mighty Bamburgh Castle in Northumberland, England, goes back to the 6th century AD and now houses the gallery where our resident artist Peter Phillips exhibits. A painter of global repute, he and his team of artists specify our art supplies, create our Guides and Tutorials, produce our videos and provide practical advice and know-how born of a lifelong love of art.
You’ll get more out of everything because we put more into everything. In our dedicated studios our artistic and technical staff test competitive brands, and where they fall short, we develop better materials – in the formulation and selection of pigments; the touch, feel and comfort in use; tools, packaging and presentation that look and work better.
The qualifications for use in the art room and examination hall are clear in the range, quality and performance of this comprehensive drawing and sketching kit. Whether a school or individual purchase, the robust case and reliability of the pencils and other instruments deliver unbeatable value and inspire creative confidence in students - the perfect art course companion.
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| $79.99$79.99 | $16.99$16.99 | $12.99$12.99 | $33.49$33.49 | $64.99$64.99 | $89.99$89.99 |
Are graphite pencils included?
| 12 pencils | 12 pencils | 12 pencils | 12 pencils | 12 pencils | 7 pencils |
Are graphite sticks included?
| ✔ | ✘ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Charcoal pencils and sticks?
| ✔ | ✘ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Are willow sticks included?
| ✔ | ✘ | ✘ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Pastel pencils and sticks?
| ✔ | ✘ | ✘ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Are sharpeners included?
| ✔ | ✘ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Are erasers included?
| ✔ | ✘ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Black fineliner pens included?
| Yes, 8 pens | No | No | No | Yes, 6 pens | No |
Water brush pens?
| 1 round, 1 pointed, 1 flat | No | No | No | 1 pointed, 1 flat | No |
Water-soluble pencils?
| 12 water soluble graphite | No | No | No | 3 water soluble graphite | 30 watercolor pencils |