I’ve made a comparison of common drawing pencils and I’ve marked the best choices for sketching and fine art. Enjoy!
Brand | Range | Quality | Price | Best Fine Art Choice |
Best Sketching Choice |
Derwent Graphic Pencils | 9B – 9H | Excellent | High | X | . |
Cretacolor Fine Art Graphite Pencils |
2H – 9B | Average | Avg. | . | . |
Cretacolor Monolith Woodless Pencil |
HB – 9B | Average | High | . | . |
Palomino | 2B – 2H | Excellent | Avg. | . | X |
General’s Kimberly Drawing Pencils |
6B – 9H | Poor | Low | . | . |
Sanford Turquoise Drawing Pencils |
6B – 9H | Average | Avg. | . | . |
Sanford Turquoise Leads – 2mm |
6B – 6H | Average | Low | . | . |
Staedtler Mars Lumograph Drawing Leads – 2mm |
2B – 4H | Excellent | High | X | . |
High – $1.26 to $1.50 each
Average – $0.86 to $1.25 Low – $0.55 to $0.85 each |