A charcoal pencil is compressed charcoal material encased within a wooden or paper wrapped pencil.
Different types of drawing pencils.
They have many levels of darkness which are achieved with different ratios of graphite and clay.
Being one of the oldest art materials ever used charcoal pencils differs from graphite pencils due to its different techniques of drawing and various characteristics.
Here is a summary of the different types of pencils used by artists.
All drawing papers have what is known as a tooth or surface texture which ranges from rough to smooth.
Smooth paper is better for pen and ink drawings and mixed media.
Create dark and rough lines but not as versatile as the other options.
They were also split in terms of how light or dark they were as well as how heavy or light their lead was.
Different classifications and types of pencils.
Graphite pencils are by far the most commonly used pencils for drawing.
Consequently there are also more varieties of graphite pencils than any other.
As a relatively old tool for writing pencil developed in time and different types of pencils were invented for different uses.
Similar to normal graphite pencils but in color you can read about colored pencils for artists here.
You might notice that a set of drawing pencils has a stamped letter and number on each pencil such as 2h 6b etc.
Pencils in all their variations will behave differently depending on the type of drawing paper or another surface you use.
So what makes them so different.