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Conté à Paris Sketching Pencils

Conte offers a traditional range of Drawing and Sketching Pencils with a variety of exceptional leads. These pencils are excellent for portrait, landscape and still life work. The Conté Pencils compliment the Conté Crayon perfectly and blend well with them.

  • A range of  traditional drawing and sketching pencils with a variety of exceptional leads.
  • These pencils are excellent for portrait, landscape and still life work.
  • From the dense matt black of Pierre Noir to the deep rust of Sanguine these pencils blend beautifully across the range and they are used to particularly good effect on coloured paper.
  • The Conté pencils compliment the Conté Crayon perfectly and blend well with them.
Our Conte products are all sourced direct from Conte UK and as such you can buy from us in full confidence that none of our products are counterfeit.
Conte 1710 Pierre Noire Sketching Pencils - singles
The Conté Pierre Noire pencil is a soft lead pencil with a black that is rich, intense and matt.

It is recommended that the barrel alone should be sharpened with a knife and the lead shaped with a scraper or sandpaper.

 
 
£2.10
(-11.90%) £1.85
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Conte 722 Carbon Sketching Pencil - singles
The Conté "Carbon" pencil has a core derived from traditional charcoal but is stronger, does not crumble or dirty the hands.

 
 
£2.00
(-12.50%) £1.75
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Conte 728 Charcoal Sketching Pencil - singles
The Conté Charcoal pencil gives a clean, dense finish of intense black.

This pencil blends perfectly with the iron red and sepia pencils and allows you to produce more accurate and carefully drawn lines than traditional charcoal it also does not dirty your hands.

 
 
£2.00
(-12.50%) £1.75
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Conte 601 Artists Graphite Pencil - singles
The Conté "Graphite" pencil has a particularly smooth core which allows it to slide over the paper and not scratch. This pencil is great for detailed and accurate work.


 
£1.90
(-13.16%) £1.65
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Conte 610 Sanguine Drawing Pencil - singles
The Conté "Sanguine" pencil is a deep "rust" colour and its lines are easily blended. With a sharpened lead the drawing is accurate and the colour is transparent, if the work is lightly drawn the Sanguine pencil lets the texture of the paper show through. With a half-worn lead, the opacity increases with the pressure exerted on the pencil.

 
 
£2.00
(-12.50%) £1.75
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Conte 617 Sepia Drawing Pencil - singles
The colour of the Conté "Sepia" pencil is reminiscent to burnt umber. This pencil shades easily. With a sharpened lead, you achieve an accurate and delicate finish. With a half-worn lead, the finish becomes more opaque as the pressure exerted on the pencil increases. It can be used sparingly on its own but it can be blended with the Sanguine, White, Charcoal or Pierre Noire pencils for a more complex finish.

 
 
£2.00
(-12.50%) £1.75
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Conte 630 White Drawing Pencil - singles
The Conté "White" pencil is mainly used with the lead sharpened, the line is clear and the colour transparent. It's an essential complement for all the other pencils, its main function is to add hints and highlights but it can also be used alone on coloured and black paper.

 
 
£2.00
(-12.50%) £1.75
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Conte 611 Sanguine XVIII Drawing Pencil - singles
The Conté "Sanguine XVIII" pencil is a darker brown than the "Sanguine" pencil but has the same red oxide. It has similar properties to the "Sanguine" pencil, so with a sharpened lead the drawing is accurate and the colour is transparent and with a half-worn lead the opacity increases with the pressure exerted on the pencil.

 
 
£2.00
(-12.50%) £1.75
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Conte 618 Sanguine Medici Drawing Pencil - singles
The Conté "Sanguine Medici" pencil is the darkest of the "Sanguine" pencils and has a little less red oxide. It also has similar properties to the other "Sanguine" pencils in that with a sharpened lead the drawing is accurate and the colour is transparent, and with a half-worn lead the opacity increases with the pressure exerted on the pencil.

 
£2.00
(-12.50%) £1.75
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Conte Graphite Lead Stick - singles
The Conté Graphite Lead Stick is a solid graphite lead in the form of a pencil with a light, lacquer coating. It's 170mm in length and 7.8mm in diameter.

 
 
£3.20
(-14.06%) £2.75
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Conte Studio Sketch Set
The perfect introduction to a range of Conte Sketching pencils.


£19.06
(-17.37%) £15.75
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Pencils4artists 'Blacker than Black' Carbon Pencils Compare Set
Many pencil artists struggle to find that elusive 'blacker than black' line that doesn't have the shine of traditional graphite.  There are a bewildering array of types of these pencils on the market with some using ink in the mix, some using charcoal, some using oil.  Here we gather together a selection for you to try to see if you can find that perfect black line!
£24.99
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Pencils4artists Colour Compare Set of 12 Charcoal Pencils
A set of 12 charcoal pencils from across several of our ranges.  The sets will all contain at least 1 white charocal and different grades of hard, medium and soft charcoal to give you a really comprehensive collection
£25.99
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Pencils4artists Colour Compare Set of 12 Monochrome Sketching Pencils
A set of 12 traditional monochrome pencils from across several of our ranges.  


The sets will all contain at least 1 white and 1 black and then sanguines and sepias both dry and oil based to give you a great collection for your traditional sketching

£24.99
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Pencils4artists Colour Compare Set of 12 Graphite Pencils
A set of 12 graphite pencils from across several of our ranges.  Choose from Extra Soft, Soft, Medium, Hard and Extra Hard grade sets.
£19.99
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