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. The Conte Pencils compliment the Conte Crayon perfectly and blend well with them. Conte Conte Sepia Pencil - reminiscent to burnt umber. This pencil shades easily. With a sharpened lead, you achieve an accurate and delicate finish. It can be used sparingly on its own but it can be blended with the Sanguine, White, Charcoal or Pierre Noire pencils for a more complex finish. Whereas, Conte Sanguine Pencil a deep "rust" colour and its lines are easily blended. With a sharpened lead the drawing is accurate and the colour is transparent, if the work is lightly drawn the Sanguine pencil lets the texture of the paper show through. It is recommended that the barrel alone should be shapened with a knife and the lead shaped with a scraper or sandpaper. Blister Pack of 2 (includes 1 each of Sepia & Sanguine).
