Although she prefers a razor-chiseled charcoal pencil for drawing as a hobby, two months of using mechanical pencils every day for every kind of writing and doodling task has her coming around to ...

Except my favorite pencil never smudges the way charcoal or soft graphite can, nor does it produce a silvery color that you tend to get with the former. Instead, no matter what I draw or write ...

What we like: The set includes 12 graphite pencils, three charcoal pencils of varying hardness levels and three graphite sticks. It also includes a kneaded eraser for precision work, a vinyl ...

And it's her passion to show the world that the pencil can produce beautiful art, one line at a time. Anastasia Alexandrin is a fine artist using charcoal pencils and large canvas paper to create ...

As someone who's been drawing since I could hold a crayon, I've been through my fair share of graphite pencils, sketchbooks, and paint sets. I've tried dozens of different brands over the years ...

Water-soluble pencils tend to be softer than ordinary coloured pencils. Charcoal is a fast and responsive drawing media. It gives both soft and strong lines depending on how it is used.