H & B 48 Professional Sketching Pencils and Drawing Kits, Including Sketching Pads, Graphite Pencils, Pencil Sharpener and Eraser, Artist's Art Supplies for Artists Beginner Adults

The design is perfect to shade with the size is perfect the drawing ability is SOO good and the pens were SOO soft and smooth.

Great as a beginners kit, my daughter loves it!

*update I'm really loving how dark I can shade pictures now. The pencils feel great in my hand. No complaints here*-Disclaimer- This is my first sketch kit. I'm very inexperienced and I know next to nothing about drawing.Short version..I like it a lot and would buy it again even though I've yet to use one item in it! It's a new hobby and this kit is a major upgrade from the dollar store pencils I've been using.Long version..With that being said...I was slightly confused as to what I had purchased and when I first opened it these were some of my questions."What are charcoal rods, graphite rods, solid paper pens, willow branches, and chalk paint brushes? Why does my set have 39 pieces? Did they include the case as an item? The picture with what it "contains" has 40 pieces plus the case. How am I getting confused and what is going on?"This is what I've concluded in my search.Simply google or youtube what you don't know how to use. And lastly...-They messed up the description.-These are the two reasons why I say that.#1. It really has 39 pieces in the case and the case counts as 40. Their picture has two duplicate "black pastel pencil" ..but there is only one of them.#2. The description of what it contains is wrong as well. It doesn't have "5 chalk paint brushes" or "2 solid paper pens" but instead it has 4 pastel pencils and 2 paper stumps.~Side note, one of the paper stumps doesn't have it's own slot in the case and doesn't fit in it perfectly.None of that ^^^ would change me from getting it, I just like to know what I am really buying. -So here it is..*****The 39 items in the case are as follows *****-Left side, top to bottom.12 sketch drawing pencils (8B, 6B, 5B, 4B, 3B, 2B, B, HB, 2H, 3H, 4H, 5H)4 willow charcoal (in the box)3 charcoal rods (soft / medium / hard)3 graphite rods (soft / medium / hard)-Right side, top to bottom.1 graphite pencil (6B soft)3 charcoal pencils (soft / medium / hard)4 pastel pencils (black, sepia, red brown, grey)1 double-headed pencil extension2 paper stumps (use for blending)1 metal tool (a tiny box cutter)1 sandpaper (for cleaning your paper stumps)2 erasers (a regular white one and a grey kneaded one)2 pencil sharpeners********************

I love these Pencils but I'm annoyed that the pencil extender does not fit any of the Pencils and the white things were bent when I got them.... the Pencils and eracers themselves are great<3

Everything I needed for a Drawing 1 class all zipped in a neat, padded case. Quality products at a reasonable price.

I am artistically ungifted, but I am also the mother of a skilled artist. So for all the artist newbies (like myself!): H is harder and makes sharper, lighter lines as they don't leave as much graphite behind on the paper. B is for Black because they are softer and leave more graphite on the paper leaving darker (more black) marks behind.This set comes in a metal tin and is very versatile. This is a great set for the artist in your life.

I needed to get a load of supplies for my college art class and this fulfilled the majority of the list! There’s the joke of artists getting the big pack of materials as a gift and it’s always poor quality— Not this though! All the materials are good quality, and plentiful :)

Really good pencil set for the price