Charcoal Pencils Will Allow You to Enhance the Shadows in Your Pencil Drawings. There are many artists who use charcoal pencils almost exclusively. They find it less limiting than graphite in the production of a wider range of values. Some artists use charcoal as a supplement to graphites. Charcoal was probably one of the first art mediums that man used. I can picture early man using the charred remains of a camp fire to create murals in their caves. They are a much softer medium than graphite, and can produce a darker tone. That said, The method in creating an outline for a charcoal drawing is the same as it is for a graphite drawing; and the shading techniques you use to create a lifelike 3 dimensional image are very much the same. Charcoals are:
I suggest using a good electric pencil sharpener, and a sandpaper paddle to put a point on them. Using a manual pencil sharpener tends to cause the pencil to break. These pencils can be found in H, HB, B, 2B, 3B, 4B, 5B, and 6B. They are sold in sets, or individually. You should try out this versatile medium. In fact I encourage you to eventually try every type of pencil that is available...not all at once of course. Do some Internet research to see how others use charcoals. I for one am planning on creating more charcoal drawings in the future. If your finished with charcoal pencils then head back to drawing pencils
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