Conté Charcoal Pencils

Made from carbon black, kaolin, and silica, these quality pencils contain less binder and more pigment than other Conté sketching pencils.

They offer the traditional qualities of charcoal with less splintering and contain a harder abrasive than natural charcoal or compressed charcoal, which makes them well suited to portrait and poster work and gives a dramatic rough texture to writing.

Different hardness grades are available to enable the artist to give greater depth to his or her work.

These pencils are ideal for sketching or drawing and offer good effects for contrasts, outlining shapes, and reinforcing pivotal lines of study.

Pencils are pre-sharpened.