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Conté à Paris Compressed Charcoal
Conté à Paris Compressed Charcoal
$34.69 - $35.88
(6 Reviews)
Item #: 20044
Conté à Paris offers deep black charcoal in round sticks. Boxes of twelve are available in various degrees of hardness, ranging from 4B-very soft to HB-hard, and also in an assortment.
Conté à Paris Compressed Charcoal
( 6 Reviews)
Item #: 20044
$34.69 - $35.88
Conté à Paris offers deep black charcoal in round sticks. Boxes of twelve are available in various degrees of hardness, ranging from 4B-very soft to H...
$34.69 - $35.88
Conté à Paris Crayons and Sets
Conté à Paris Crayons and Sets
$2.43 - $71.73
(123 Reviews)
Item #: 20201
Square crayons for drawing and sketching. Thinner and harder than traditional pastels. Highest quality, rich vibrant pigments in a fine kaolin clay base. Packages of 2, boxes of 12, and sets up to 48.
Conté à Paris Crayons and Sets
( 123 Reviews)
Item #: 20201
$2.43 - $71.73
Square crayons for drawing and sketching. Thinner and harder than traditional pastels. Highest quality, rich vibrant pigments in a fine kaolin clay ba...
$2.43 - $71.73
Conté à Paris Natural Charcoal
Conté à Paris Natural Charcoal
$4.59
(2 Reviews)
Item #: 21985
Made from carbonized willow branches, this natural charcoal from Conté à Paris has a particularly rich color.
Conté à Paris Natural Charcoal
( 2 Reviews)
Item #: 21985
$4.59
Made from carbonized willow branches, this natural charcoal from Conté à Paris has a particularly rich color.
$4.59
Conté à Paris Pastel Pencils and Sets
Conté à Paris Pastel Pencils and Sets
$2.18 - $66.91
(137 Reviews)
Item #: 20517
Large diameter pencils have very fine, smooth leads, rich in pigment. Produce precise marks or lines on variety of papers. Presence of abrasives provides excellent toning and stumping qualities. Many colors. Also sets to 48.
Conté à Paris Pastel Pencils and Sets
( 137 Reviews)
Item #: 20517
$2.18 - $66.91
Large diameter pencils have very fine, smooth leads, rich in pigment. Produce precise marks or lines on variety of papers. Presence of abrasives provi...
$2.18 - $66.91
Conté à Paris Sketching Pencils and Set
Conté à Paris Sketching Pencils and Set
$2.04 - $11.65
(94 Reviews)
Item #: 20425
For portraits and landscapes. Round, wood-cased pencils have rich colors, with an abrasive for easier stumping. Sharpen with a razor blade or knife. Pencils are color-labeled.
Conté à Paris Sketching Pencils and Set
( 94 Reviews)
Item #: 20425
$2.04 - $11.65
For portraits and landscapes. Round, wood-cased pencils have rich colors, with an abrasive for easier stumping. Sharpen with a razor blade or knife. P...
$2.04 - $11.65
Conté à Paris Soft Pastel Sets
Conté à Paris Soft Pastel Sets
$14.77 - $74.92
(2 Reviews)
Item #: 21986
A new formulation makes Conté à Paris Soft Pastels softer and easier to blend, while their creamy, even texture delivers optimum control and exceptional flow. Every vibrant color in the range is made from artist-quality pigments.
Conté à Paris Soft Pastel Sets
( 2 Reviews)
Item #: 21986
$14.77 - $74.92
A new formulation makes Conté à Paris Soft Pastels softer and easier to blend, while their creamy, even texture delivers optimum control and exception...
$14.77 - $74.92
About Brand
Until the nineteenth century, the best pencil graphite came from Borrowdale, in England. As a result of the French Revolution, the supply of English graphite was permanently embargoed, creating a problem for the French pencil-maker, artist and scientist Nicholas-Jacques Conté.
Conté had opened his pencil factory, later known as Blanzy-Conté Gilbert, with his brother Louis in 1793. For the business to survive, he had to find another way to produce a workable writing medium.
In 1795 Conté developed a method that involved mixing powdered local graphite with clay, waxes and water, firing the mixture in a kiln and forcing it into wooden casings.
This process allowed the French to produce their own pencils. It also permitted manufacturers to control the hardness of the lead, which in turn controlled the darkness of the mark made by the pencil.
The process was so successful that Conté became synonymous with pencil, and Conté crayons are valued and used by artists today.