The sets of 6 and 12 pencils come in handsome green tin, and the set of 15 pencils comes with a sharpener and an eraser and is packaged in a nylon pencil case.

Are you curious about colored pencils as a medium? Has your child graduated from crayons and looking for something a little more grown-up to color with? Then a set of good-quality colored pencils ...

Dixon Ticonderoga Co. sold millions of the iconic No. 2 yellow pencils American children took back to school this month. But the 223-year-old firm has survived by relying on more than just its ...

While colouring pencils can be used to craft impressive high-realism artworks, using the same medium for less detailed, cartoon-like sketching lends a uniquely nostalgic feel to certain creations.

This Staedtler set comes with 12 pencils in different hardnesses from 8B to 6H. For the uninitiated, the higher the number in front of the B, the softer the lead.

Because they are erasable, pencils are often the first tool creative people use when sketching out a new drawing, sculpture, painting, or even designs for a new line of clothing. Pencils are also ...

We asked pencil experts to share the best pencils for students — preschool through college — and their picks include brands like Dixon Ticonderoga, General, Palomino Blackwing, Staedtler ...

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