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.

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 ...

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 ...

There are a two primary benefits of using pencils: They're inexpensive and require no training. However, like charcoal, they are messy. Drawing precisely in pencil requires intense control.

A highlight is the Nero art stick, an oil-based charcoal pencil that can produce permanent, deep-black lines. This set also comes with chalk pencils, chalk oil pencils, and pastels, making it a ...