(02-04-2011, 11:28 PM)Gnostic WetFart Wrote:You should try conventional charcoal! It's easier to blend and it's a much quicker medium.
quick doodle, mediocre experiment with charcoal. 3-5 minutes. charcoal pencils were kind of incredibly dull so i didn't put much detail in the eyes
Charcoal pencils tend to be a kinda middle ground between pencil and charcoal -- I'd always assumed they were just like compressed charcoal but with a wooden barrel so your hands didn't get all gross, but that is not the case :C
Oh, but using a mix of conventional charcoal and charcoal pencil can be pretty cool! Charcoal pencils are good for building up the definition that you lack when working with charcoal C: