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Graphite pencils – reviews and more


Brush Pencil: WTF?
Product Review: Gekkoso 8B Pencil
Product Review: Viking Verso Pencil
Product Review: Viarco ArtGraf Water-Soluble Graphite Pencil
Product Review: Moleskine Drawing Pencils
A Box of Pencils (Mitsubishi Hi-Uni)
One Grade or Many?
Graphite Grade Comparison: Four Pencil Brands
Porto Symposium, Part 2: Bajzek Workshop
Graphite Pencil Review: Kitaboshi Art Set
Product Review: Cretacolor Graphite Aquarell
Product Review: Cretacolor Nero Pencil
Demo: Stay Sharp
Review: Mitsubishi 9800DX Graphite Drawing Set
Review: ShinHan Touch Graphite Drawing Set
A Few Comments on Tinted Graphite
Review: Faber-Castell Pitt Graphite Matt Pencils
Review: Blackwing Lab 11-26-21 (Extra-Soft Core)
Tinted Graphite Comparison: Derwent, Staedtler, Spectrum Noir
Review: Caran d'Ache Klein Blue Maxi Pencil (published at the Well-Appointed Desk)
Whimsy! Caran d'Ache Colour Treasure Maxi Pencils
Review: Midori MD Graphite Pencils (published at the Well-Appointed Desk)
Vintage Dixon Typhonite Graphite Pencils
Review: Be Goody Color/Graphite Bi-Pencils
Review: Arrtx Graphite Drawing Pencils

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