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One of the largest and oldest manufacturers of stationery and art supplies, with Faber Castell’s huge range of pencils, pens, and markers, you’ll never be without the tools you need to explore your creative side.
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Producing over 2.3 billion pencils every year, Faber Castell is the largest maker of wood-encased pencils in the world, as well as a popular producer of pens, crayons, and other art and drawing supplies.
Loved by beginner and professional artists alike, Faber Castell is also a popular brand for kids just starting to develop their artistic skills. Today we’ll be exploring the Faber Castell range to help you get the most from your art supplies.
Faber Castell Polychromos Colour Pencils
Famed for their superior quality, and valued by professional and semi-professional artists all around the world, Faber Castell’s Polychromos Colour Pencils are vibrantly coloured, lightfast, and easy to shade and blend with.
Unlike many pencils, Faber Castell Polychromos Pencils are oil-based rather than wax-based. This means that they give you the unique ability to blend using solvents such as turpentine or white spirits, much as you would blend standard oil paints. The special oil core makes the pencils very strong while still retaining a level of softness that makes them easy to use.
Understanding the need to minimise their environmental footprint, Faber Castell only uses wood from sustainably managed forests in their pencil production, with 86% of it coming from their own pine forests. In fact, Faber Castell grows an average of 20 cubic metres of wood every hour, which is roughly equivalent to a truckload.
As one of the more premium pencils on the market, the quality of Polychromos Pencils will reflect in the price, which is why we recommend these pencils for more advanced artists.
Faber Castell Albrecht Dürer Watercolour Pencils
Suitable for artists of all skill levels, Faber Castell Watercolour Pencils can be used for drawing, shading, and painting.
These pencils feature the same colour vibrancy as Polychromos Colour Pencils, plus the versatility of a water-soluble pencil that can achieve watercolour-like effects. When used without water, these pencils produce a thick and textured line, but they take on a somewhat buttery texture once water has been added, allowing you to enjoy the best of both worlds.
Faber Castell Watercolour Pencils feature an oil-based core which is easy to sharpen, while the exterior is made from the same sustainable wood that’s used in the Polychromos range.
Faber Castell Albrecht Dürer Watercolour Markers
A modern take on watercolour painting, Faber Castell Watercolour Markers contain water-based ink which can be used to make strong, bold marks, as well as watercolour effects.
Highly pigmented and lightfast, these versatile markers are double ended, with a brush nib on one end and a fibre tip on the other for greater control over your artwork. Available in 30 different colours, these watercolour markers can be used to create a range of different shades by lightening with water, or darkening using black, grey, or complementary colours.
Faber Castell Connector Pens
A must-have in every child’s pencil case, Faber Castell Connector Pens feature bright and bold colours, and come with connecting caps for easy storage. Kids also love being able to click their pens together to make buildings, planes, and a range of other fun creations to engage their senses.
Faber Castell Connector Pens come in two sizes, their standard size, which is great for kids of all ages, as well as their jumbo-sized connector pens. With a short barrel and extra thick marker tip, Jumbo Connector Pens are particularly suited to younger artists. The stronger tip of the jumbo range means that kids can put a little more pressure down on the pen without fear of breaking the tip or forcing it to recede back into the barrel.
The ink in Faber Castell Connector Pens is non-toxic and can be washed off most materials, so you don’t have to fear lasting damage to your child’s clothing if their creativity tends to spread.
Faber Castell Crayons
Wax crayons are an excellent way of inspiring even the youngest of artists to explore with colour. Smooth, bright, and fun to use, Faber Castell’s range of children’s crayons feature a vibrant colouring and a silky soft application.
Faber Castell Crayons are specifically designed with your child’s comfort in mind so they can draw for long periods without pain. Triangular Wax Crayons feature a unique, triangular grip that’s more comfortable for little hands to hold. Their Erasable Crayons, on the other hand, feature a blocky shape, with bumps running down the side for easy gripping without the barrel slipping around in their hands.
Faber Castell Artists Pastels
An expressive medium that’s ideal for creating vibrant colours across a page, pastels are a popular option for artists of all skills level. Faber Castell Artist Pastels are highly pigmented, easy to blend, and come free of lubricants and wax.
Harder than regular soft pastels, and featuring a rectangular shape, these pastels can block in large areas of colour, but can also be used for drawing finer details. They adhere to a range of surfaces, including paper, cardboard, wood, and stone.
Faber Castell Pastel Pencils
Suitable for use on their own, but also compatible with Faber Castell Artist Pastels, pastel pencils give you a lot of the same benefits, vivid colours, and easy blending capabilities of pastels, plus the convenience of a regular pencil.
Featuring an oil-free and highly pigmented pastel lead, these pencils produce vibrantly coloured lines and are easy to blend. The wooden exterior also allows for clean and dust-free hands as you draw.
Pitt Artist Pens
Combining the benefits and beauty of traditional ink art, with the convenience and versatility of a regular pen, Pitt Artist Pens are highly pigmented, durable, lightfast, and come in a range of vibrant colours and sizes to suit your inking needs.
Pitt Artist Pens are popular amongst artists, illustrators, graphic designers, and calligraphers alike. When selecting your Artist Pitt Pens, it’s important to consider the type of work you want to produce, as this will determine what type of pen you should purchase:
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Brush pens: Highly versatile and suited to drawing, sketching, lettering, and colouring, brush pens offer fabulous line variation and are ideal for any artwork that doesn’t require fine details.
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Chisel tip/ calligraphy sets: Ideal for hand lettering and calligraphy, you can vary the line width based on the direction of your pen tip.
- Fine liners: Featuring a more rigid tip, use fine liners for more detailed work where line variation is not required.
Brush pens and fine liners complement each other beautifully, so to get the most out of your Pitt Artist Pens we recommend purchasing a pen set. Giving you the best of both worlds, our Faber Castell Pitt Artist Pen Set contains three different fine liners, plus a brush pen for varied linework.
Get Creative with Faber Castell
There’s no doubt that Faber Castell delivers some of the highest quality art supplies on the market, and we’d love to see what you’re able to do with them. Don’t forget to tag @riotartandcraft on all your Faber Castell creations on Instagram so that we can appreciate your artwork.