Buying a sketching kit piece by piece is how most people end up with four pencils and no eraser that works. This case solves that in one go: the graphite grades, the charcoal, the blending tools and the erasers are all here, held in elastic loops so nothing rattles loose when the zip is closed.

It ships under the Keep Smiling name, on a printed card sleeve that slides over the closed case — roses drawn in graphite on the front, the maker's mark, and the line "Keep smiling is the art of living!" above a panel calling it everything you need for a valuable art drawing starter. The green pencils inside carry the same Keep Smiling stamp down the barrel, so the set matches the rest of the brand's drawing range rather than being an unmarked import.

The graphite pencils run across the usable grade range, from the hard ones that leave a faint construction line to the soft ones that give a proper black. Alongside them sit charcoal pencils, which is what lets a drawing go darker than graphite can reach without turning shiny.

White charcoal is the piece beginners tend to miss. On toned or grey paper it puts the highlight back on top of the drawing instead of trying to erase down to white, and that single technique is usually what makes a portrait study look three-dimensional.

The support tools matter as much as the pencils. Rolled paper stumps blend a graded tone without finger grease, a sandpaper block reshapes a charcoal tip to a chisel, a kneadable eraser lifts highlights by pressing, and a metal extender keeps a favourite pencil usable down to the last inch.

Safencia lists the Keep Smiling 42-piece sketch and drawing set at Rs. 3,550 with Cash on Delivery across Pakistan. WhatsApp confirms stock, your city and delivery charges before dispatch, wherever you order from.

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