Charcoal
Materials:
Charcoal sticks / pastels
Chalks
Charcoal pencil
Paper / card
Drawing board
Masking tape
Eraser
Pencil sharpener or craft knife
Fixative spray
Like pencils, charcoal can also be used in preparation for a painting or as finished drawings. Charcoal has great versatility and is often used for making spontaneous drawings either on it’s own or with additional chalk highlights. They come in the form of fragile charred willow sticks or are compressed into more solid pastels. Care must be taken when using regular pencils in conjunction with charcoal as the pencil can leave a shiny mark which the charcoal cannot easily adhere to. For fine details it may be better to use a charcoal pencil which can be sharpened to a point like an ordinary pencil.
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