
With a 40% off Sunday coupon, managed to pick up this nifty
Art Alternatives Clutch Pencil tin set for under 5 bucks at the local
Michael's. A pretty good value for a solid leadholder with a built-in sharpener, three 2B graphite leads, and kneaded eraser packaged in a convenient storage tin.

Updated shot of my current collection of large
clutch sketching pencils and selection of drawing leads 6-packs: 4B and
6B graphite leads, light
sepia chalks,
sanguine crayons, and
Nero leads. The latter two varieties are formulated with oily-waxes that provide smudge resistance and smooth lay down resulting in a cleaner sketching experience and eliminating the need for fixatives.

In this size range, most of my large leadholders and drawing leads were manufactured by
Cretacolor from Austria. The last two additions, the
Creative Mark and
Art Alternatives models, were both manufactured in China and packaged with spare leads as value added sketching sets.


Bit of an indulgence and becoming rather hard to find these days at retail stores, the
5.6 mm clutch sketching pencil's main advantages are maintaining a constant weight and length for precise control and keeping fingers clean while quickly shading and sketching with fairly break-resistant soft drawing leads.
1 comments:
I saw those at Michael's recently too. They seemed pretty neat :)
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