Available in soft and medium hardness. This Medium White Chalk Artist Pencil by Cretacolor is excellent for adding highlights or smudging with darker tones to lighten. Combine with charcoal, sepia and sanguine to create different effects. It is made in Austria.

These pencils are exceptionally well suited for sketching, drawing, and experimental techniques. Their full pigmentation creates a high-quality lightfast stroke, and uniquely beautiful effects can be achieved by mixing and smudging various products and experimenting with different paper surfaces and textures.

Austria’s Cretacolor has been known throughout Europe for manufacturing the highest quality drawing materials for two hundred years. They are credited with the invention of modern graphite lead and have used their two centuries of experience to create the world's most comprehensive range of artist-quality drawing materials. From traditional pencils, leads, sticks, and the innovative woodless graphite monolith and water-soluble graphite pencils, Cretacolor provides the perfect choice for all sketching and drawing applications.