Tools of the Trade

Pencils are more effective to use when they're sharp, thus a pencil sharpener is an important tool and not all of them are created equally.


I use two pencil sharpeners, this Kum sharpener was recommended to me and I have found it to be a good sharpener, plus it has an extra blade for when the first wears out.


I also use this two holed sharpener which I believe came with a kit of art supplies that I got at some point. It's an alright sharpener and one of the holes is larger which is good for charcoal pencils etc.


I use drawing pencils and colored pencils and in theory I like to sharpen them with separate sharpeners so that I don't end up with colored pencil remains on a colored pencil piece or vice versa.