Royal Artist Essentials Sketching Set includes 8 graphite pencils, 3 charcoal pencils, 1 woodless pencil 3 Royal Charcoal, 3 Royal Sketching, a pencil sharpener, an artist kneaded eraser and an artist drawing eraser. The pencils come in varying grades of soft to hard graphite and are slim with a hexagonal barrel. This creates a firmer grip and will prevent it from rolling around the sketching area.