Charcoal Pencils

Charcoal Pencils Online in India

A charcoal pencil is compressed charcoal in a wooden barrel: the darkness and bite of charcoal without the mess of a bare stick, and with a point sharp enough for edges and features. It sits between graphite and willow charcoal. Darker and more matte than graphite, far more controllable than a vine stick. Most sets run soft, medium and hard, and the usual working method is to block in with the soft grade and pull detail back with the hard one and an eraser.

What we stock

Charcoal pencils and compressed charcoal from General's, Koh-I-Noor, Cretacolor, Conte a Paris and Camel, alongside Nitram charcoal made in Canada by a traditional slow-carbonising process.

Related

See Charcoal & Graphite for sticks, batons and powder, and Pencils for graphite. Charcoal needs a toothy sheet to grip and a fixative to survive handling: see Papers & Pads.

Stationerie has sold artists' materials in Kolkata for 25 years and ships across India.