Artist quality pencils for sketching and drawing, both in studies or final artwork. These Van Gogh pencils are lightfast rated. The barrels are made from responsibly forested cedar wood; a soft wood that is easy to sharpen. This 12-piece specialties tin set includes a variety of pencils for sketching and drawing. Included in this set are 1 each of the following sketch pencils: aqua soft (water soluble), aqua medium (water soluble), charcoal soft, sanguine, sepia dark, sepia light, white, yellow ochre, raw sienna, light oxide red, burnt sienna, and caput mortuum red.