Conte A Paris have been manufacturing some of the finest artists' materials available for more than 200 years. Many artists and grand masters have used Conte A Paris products because of the selection of pigments, lightfastness, and the exceptional brightness and purity of the colours. 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. It is recommended that the barrel alone should be shapened with a knife and the lead shaped with a scraper or sandpaper. Conte Carre Crayons are baked with kaolin clay and are firmer than soft pastels, which means they work well on smooth paper as well as textured surfaces. The Conte Crayons & Accessories Assorted Set has everything you need to make a wonderful masterpiece inside a convenient, quality bamboo wooden storage box. Enjoy working with rich vivid colours of the Conte range. Their rich opacity makes them ideal for work on darker papers and their quality ensures the longevity of sketching & drawings. This great set offers a large selection of Conte sketching Pencils and Carres Pastel sticks. The set contains: 72 Assorted Coloured Carres Compressed Pastels, 12 Sketching Carres Compressed Pastels in Earth Tones, Blacks & Whites. 3 Sketching pencils (sanguine/white/pierre noire 2B), Blending Stump and Eraser.
