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Hi Dlamini, I imagine charcoal will be cheaper to source as a raw material however it’s harder to handle during manufacture. If cheapness is your aim, it might be worth going for graphite as you often you can mix a filler or clay in with the graphite to make it harder or softer and to keep costs down. That being said I’m unsure of the import costs of materials into Swaziland. Graphite Pencils are perhaps the first drawing tools you’ll be introduced to as a beginner. They’re simple and easy to use, and most people are familiar with them outside an art setting.

Hi Peter, Derwent’s inktense outliner pencil is waterproof and I think it would work really well for you. wax-based drawing tools- like oil pastels or wax crayons- are waterproof and would act like a resist. They aren’t made from charcoal or graphite so they may not be exactly what you are after, but they could be worth experimenting with. Autumn Woodland, Rydal Hall, Lake District, mixed-media drawing on white Canson Mi-Teintes Touch pastel paper, (50x65cm) Sketch, sketch and sketch! The more you draw the more confident you will be as an artist. Good drawing means great painting. Some white artist pencils are referred to as white charcoal however they have no relation to traditional charcoal and in fact contains normally titanium white pigment or calcium carbonate and a clay binder or alternative binder inside a wood sheath. White charcoal does legitimately also exist, it is a Japanese variety also known as ‘Binchōtan’. This charcoal is a lot lighter than traditional charcoal but is more of a light grey, ashes colour than white.It is much messier than Graphite to work with. Even if you use Charcoal pencils you will still find that they generate more dust than graphite. Modern pencils are made by creating a paste of clay, purified graphite and water that is partially dried through a filtration process. This is then extruded and fired at 1038 degrees Celsius. These porous strands are then soaked and filled with wax allowing a smoother line and better adherence. These are the leads that are typically used in a pencil or a lead holder. As you build up your confidence using graphite and charcoal separately, you could move onto combining them both in a drawing. Using both materials alongside each other can create an interesting contrast between matte and reflective areas.

Bufferstop wrote:Perhaps it was ingesting all that graphite which made them croak in the first place Graphite pencils are made in different degrees of hardness by regulating the amount of clay added. The greater the quantity of clay, the harder the lead and the lighter the overall drawn line will appear. The grades available range from H (hard) to 9H (very hard). And B (soft) to 9B (extremely soft). HB and F are intermediate grades. The word pencil comes from the latin ‘pencillus’ that means little tail and originally referred to a small brush used for working in ink during the medieval times. Our modern pencils earnt this name by having a wooden pencil and a small pointed tip like a tiny brush, or ‘pencillus’, would have. |Graphite turns out to be an excellent conductor of heat and electricity, even in small quantities. In fact it's often used in motors. And because of its hexagonal molecular structure, graphite slides easily across other graphite molecules, making it an excellent dry lubricant. Graphite is found in artists' materials and pencils, in various ratios of graphite to clay (which binds it together); a 2H would have a higher clay content, while a 2B would have more graphite. Much easier to create broad, expressive marks, so may be more suitable for beginners working on a large scale.They are found in the same variety of hardnesses as compressed charcoal ranging from extra soft to hard, also referred to as 6B to HB. Charcoal and Graphite both bring different properties to your work. Beginners may find it useful to weigh up the pros and cons of using both drawing materials, before settling on one to start with. Charcoal Pros Most pencils have some clay as well as graphite. The B indicates the proportion of graphite and clay. The higher the B number, the more graphite. Graphite is more durable and easier to transport than Charcoal, so would be easy to take out on drawing trips and classes.

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