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Exclusive P4A Selection Sets |
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How do you describe a colour? Or a texture? When you need to find that ‘perfect brown’ or maybe something a ‘ bit waxier’ how can you make sure you have the pencil you really need?
Now you can take the guesswork out with our new P4A comparison sets. We are offering a unique mix of pencils across different ranges and manufacturers giving a fantastic opportunity to compare the relative qualities of several products |
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Dixon |
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In 1827 Joseph Dixon was the first man to produce graphiteand wood pencils in the USA. Today the company he founded are based in Floridaand are specialists in office, school and industrial stationery with areputation for quality and durability. |
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Speedball |
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Speedball started out as a pen nib manufacturer way back in 1899. Since then the North American company has amassed an impressive portfolio of art products, making it a name trusted by artist and one of the biggest suppliers of quality paper in the world. |
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SUMMER SALE |
| Check out all our bargain art products and pencils. When they are gone they are gone so snap them up when you see them! |
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Sketch Books & Pads |
| Bring out the best in your pencil art with our great range of sketchbooks. From budget to specialist papers, our selection is growing all the time! |
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Aristo |
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If you want to get technical then Aristo is the place to start. They have been manufacturing mathematical and drawing aids in Austria since 1862, and the brand is recognised around the world for its innovative designs. The precision and high quality of Aristo products means they aren’t lying in their stated attempt to provide the best tools for the journey from young student to top designer.
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Bruynzeel |
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Boasting 60 years making top quality art pencils, Dutch company Bruynzeel offer a great range of pencils for all artists, they are specifically designed for artists who require the best possible drawing and colouring pencils.
Their Design range offer excellent quality pencils with a flawlessly coordinated colour range. The extra thick 3.7 mm colour core is made of fine high-quality pigments so the colours transfer and layer very well.
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Caran D'Ache |
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Swiss manufacturers Caran D'Ache have been making pencils since 1924 and although they have now diversified into pens their speciality has always been high quality artists pencils. Their famous ranges have armies of devoted fans! |
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Colour Shaper |
One of the most versatile and useful bit of equipment in any Artists' pencil case! Colour Shapers are a unique tipped tool used for pastel blending, line smudging as well as removing paint or applying masking fluid, glue or many other media. Also used for shaping clay, batik and scraffito effects.
There are even house painter sized and style brushes, so everyone is catered for!
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Copic |
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It’s a bold claim for any manufacturer to state that their pens are regarded as the highest quality alcohol based markers in the world, but Copic’s confidence may well be justified. Designed and engineered to exacting Japanese standards, the iconic markers are beloved by everyone from beginner to professional.
Most of the pens are refillable, durable, and nibs can be replaced, making them a tool with lasting effectiveness and therefore more friendly to the environment than single use markers.
Offering the widest colour spectrum on the market , a whopping 358 hues, and with strict quality control ensuring that colour consistency is guaranteed, it is no wonder that Copic pens are considered an investment for life. |
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Conté à Paris |
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Conté have been manufacturing some of the finest artists' materials available for more than 200 years and some of the world's greatest artists, including Picasso, Delacroix, and Degas, have created world famous drawings with Conté Crayons.
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Coates Charcoal |
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The Coate family have been involved in growing and sellingwillow since 1819 but it was in the 1960’s that Percy Coate startedexperimenting with turning it into drawing charcoal. That turned out to be apretty good decision as, for over 50years now, Coates has been recognised as the makers of the highest qualityWillow Charcoal in the world. |
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Cretacolor |
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Austrian based Cretacolor offer an excellent range of high quality pencils, pastels, leads, artists powders and accessories. The products reflect the expertise gathered over years of experience and score with high colour intensity, rich colour laydown and superior lightfastness. |
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Derwent |
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The Cumberland Pencil Company has had a passion for producing the finest pencils in the World since it's formation in 1832. This commitment to excellence and reputation for innovation is displayed perfectly in the Derwent range of fine art media. |
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Faber Castell |
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In 1730 German cabinet maker Kasper Faber started making a few pencils in his spare time, today Faber Castell are the largest manufacturer of coloured pencils in the world, and with the consistent use of only high quality materials produce some of the finest artists' pencils around.
Faber-Castell produce 2 billion pencils per year. With about 8,000 employees in 120 countries, Faber-Castell are the world’s leading and oldest manufacturer of wood-cased pencils.
Our Faber products are all sourced direct from Faber UK and as such you can buy from us in full confidence that none of our products are counterfeit
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General Pencil Company |
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The General Pencil Company is a family owned business which has been manufacturing pencils since 1889. With a commitment to making the finest quality pencils possible, all their pencil products are cased in genuine Californian Cedar from sustainable sources. Still made by traditional methods at their factory in New Jersey, USA, General Pencils Charcoal pencil is an excellent product from a company famous for its consistent quality. |
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Jakar International |
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London based Jakar International are renowned for good quality, budget art equipment which is great for students, kids or artists on a budget! |
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Koh I Noor Hardmuth |
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Founded in 1790 in Vienna Koh I Noor is a leading manufacturer of pencils and accessories in Europe. The Koh I Noor Pencil production was moved to the Czech Republic in 1848 where it has remained and continued to grow and manufacture new products. |
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Kum Pencil Sharpeners and Pencil Grips |
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Kum are a German manufacturer or high quality, precision engineered pencil sharpeners. Their ranges include everything from basic sharpeners to beautiful, luxury gold plated sharpeners. Truly top of the range products for all pencil artists! |
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Lyra |
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Italian owned, German company Lyra Pencils make an interesting and often innovative range of graphite and colour pencils. World famous for their Ferby & Color Giant ranges they also have great artists quality pencil ranges as well as brush pens and graphite crayons too. |
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Mobius & Ruppert |
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In 1908 Mobius became the first company to commercially
manufacture sharpeners. In 1922 as newly formed Mobius und Ruppert they
opened up a factory at Erlangen, the heart of Germany’s pencil industry, and have stayed there ever since.
M&R design and manufacture every component of their products including,
most importantly, their world renowned blades. Every item is made with precision German engineering and they are a
staple for schools, offices and artists studio in over 75 countries worldwide.
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Nitram Charcoal |
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For nearly fifty years Nitram refined the process of charcoal making in the heart of France. Started by Martin Gros, (hence the name, Martin spelled backwards) it was a family company until moving, along with the original oven and processes, to Canada. Nitram Charcoal has become known by artists around the globe for it's unique qualities. It is extremely durable, easy to erase, can be sharpened to a point, and generates less dust than comparable products. |
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Pentel |
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Japanese manufacturers Pentel have been making pens and pencils since the 1940s. Their high quality pens have been joined by a great range of art based products such as their oil pastels, waterbrushes and lovely brush pens. |
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Royal Sovereign Pencil Co |
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Formed after World War I from two British pencil manufacturers - The House of Arthur Johnson (est 1803) and E. Wolff & Son (est 1796) - Royal Soveriegn came about as an attempt by the two companies to regain their retail markets. They had abandoned their retail markets during the war as the Allied Governments were buying pretty much everything they made!
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Sennelier |
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Since 1882 French manufacturers Sennelier have been beloved accross Europe for their high quality art supplies. The beautiful oil pastels and soft pastels that we stock from them are unsurpassed in their density of colour and high lightfastenss. Truly a great brand. |
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Stabilo |
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Another German manufacturer, Stabilo have been making pens and pencils for 150 years. Probably best known among the office and education communities for their top quality pens and stationery items. But the art community have long been aware of the top quality artists pencils for artists of any age. |
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Staedtler |
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The name Staedtler is closely linked with Nuremburg's pencil history. Long before J.S. Staedtler founded his pencil making factory in Nuremberg in 1835 his family had been handmaking pencils for generations. By 1840 the factory was making 63 different types of pencil. To this day Staedtler is considered one of the finest makers of artists pencils in Europe. |
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Tombow |
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Tombow was originally founded in Japan in 1913 to manufacture pencils. In modern times they have expanded their ranges to include other great art and hobby products. The quality of their graphite pencils, pencil accessories and brush pens will meet the needs of the most exacting of artists. |
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Tom Norton's Walnut Ink |
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Tom started developing his ink in a Massachusetts basementin 1995. His aim was to reproduce the sepia colour seen in many of the OldMasters works, which bordered the line between ink and paint. The ink used inthese compositions didn’t start sepia but faded from black over time.
Tom’s aim was to achieve the walnut colourwithout the aging process and this is why his product is so named, not because itactually contains the nut. Unlike genuine walnut ink Tom’s formula is nonacidic and has high levels of lightfastness, so it will not fade. |
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Pencil Accessories |
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All pencil artists will know that a good range of pencil accessories is vital for all pencil cases. We have slected lots of our favourite accessories from around the world to complement all pencil collections. Including sharpeners, erasers, pencil holders, blenders, pencil storage and many many more!
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New Stuff! |
| Whenever something new comes in we will put it in here for a bit |
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