Charcoal

The traditional drawing medium of charcoal is a favorite for many artists.  Charcoal produces rich tones and high contrast.   It is easily blended and erased allowing the artist to produce a variety of effects in an artwork.

While the traditional forms of charcoal are great for most applications, some artists prefer the control that you can get from using a pencil.  Using traditional sticks of vine and compressed charcoal make it a bit more difficult to develop the details that some subjects will require. In these situations, the best solution may be to use a charcoal pencil.

A charcoal pencil is simply compressed charcoal material encased within a wooden wrapped pencil. 

Compressed Charcoal HARD Sticks.

Compressed charcoal sticks are made from charcoal particles and clay that have been compressed into a mold and fired. They are imported from Austria.

Compressed Charcoal MEDIUM Sticks.

Compressed charcoal sticks are made from charcoal particles and clay that have been compressed into a mold and fired. They are imported from Austria.

Compressed Charcoal SOFT Sticks.

Compressed charcoal sticks are made from charcoal particles and clay that have been compressed into a mold and fired. They are imported from Austria.

The Charcoal Pencil gives a clean, dense finish of an intense black. Charcoal pencils do not break as easily as willow charcoal sticks, making them easy to transport. In pencil form, charcoal produces more accurate and carefully drawn lines than traditional charcoal and it does not dirty the hands.