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 |
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