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Premium Features
Top-End Quality & Design
From strong tin-box to snuggly fit interior, to smooth blended soft charcoal with impeccable finishing; everything about this product screams luxury, yet easy on the wallet.
Multi-Drawing Surface and Ultra Dark
Given the ultra soft nature of the charcoal, this set of pencils will work on practically any paper or drawing surface. It is also able to effortlessly create unparalleled dark and rich tone, maximizing contrast and beauty of your drawing.
Efficiency and Longevity
Each ThePortraitArt woodless pure charcoal pencil contains about 5x the charcoal to that of traditional wooden pencil. Ensure both longevity and reduce deforestation.
Multi-Layer Friendly
Due to the unique ratio of charcoal and binding agent of ThePortraitArt compressed charcoal, this charcoal pencil (especially the soft and supersoft) is able to draw on top of other dry media such as pastel, effectively allowing you to easily draw in layers and add finishing touches.
More ThePortraitArt Charcoal Drawing Samples - ( All Drawing by Artist / Designer behind this Pencil set )
Other common FAQ / Notes / Tips
- Sharpener - Anything that works with a regular wooden pencil works with this set. Pencil sharpening knife, electric sharpener, sand paper etc...
- Break - Due to fact that the pencil is essentially a piece of compressed charcoal, if dropped on hard floor it might break. So handle with care. Though even if any accident happens, all parts can still be used. Either by a pencil extender, or just scratch off the shell of the pencil and use as a piece of high quality compressed charcoal. Nothing would be wasted.
- Tone Value - As mentioned and worth mentioning again: the greatest strength of charcoal is range of tone value it can deliver. While for very beginners it might feel harder to control vs graphite, it is essential as an artist to learn to use charcoal and take advantage of the contrast it can offer.
- Pairing with ThePortraitArt Sketch book - My brand of sketchbook is designed to compliment with this pencil set. Each sheet from my sketchbook has 2 textures (smooth and rougher). This pencil set works well with both. Feel free to experiment and find out what effect you like. Rough side offers a bit more texture while smooth side is slightly better at blending.
- No waste of stub - As the pencil gets too short to handle (even with pencil extender), simply scratch cover shell off with a sharp edge or sandpaper and use remainder as compressed charcoal. No waste vs traditional wooden pencil.
Margaret Davis
Reviewed in the United States on February 6, 2025
Super soft and quality of woodless great!
Matt Jacks
Reviewed in the United States on August 5, 2024
This is the best charcoal pencil I've used in 40 years. It's soft and very black to the paper, yet it doesn't crack or crumble. It's easy to sharpen with a little manual sharpener and doesn't break while sharpening. It's just perfect.
T. Mincheva
Reviewed in the United States on August 13, 2024
I finally found some really soft and malleable compressed charcoal, it smudges easily and has very fine structure, yet sticks well to the paper, makes some perfect velvety blacks. There is also a perceivable difference between the different hardnesses. I like it very much.
Carl Cathcart
Reviewed in the United States on December 11, 2024
Can be sharpened easily and good for sketching....be careful...if you drop them on a hard surface they will break.
luv_u_amazon
Reviewed in the United States on May 6, 2023
uh, theyre good. i was worried the regular hardness would be too hard aka like a 6b pencil in that it would produce greyish lines...but no...thankfully the regular and soft ones are very dark, very black, and the super soft are of course blacker n creamier. but all charcoal pencils, the regular, soft, n super soft pencils all produce nice jet black lines. so dont worry about these pencils not producing jet black lines they most def do with ease n no pressure. just fyi. will buy again when used up.
Oc
Reviewed in Canada on May 4, 2023
Arrived a day late but in very good condition. The tray holds the pencils tight and no pencils were broken. They are nice charcoal pencils, smooth and blendable. I prefer woodless charcoal pencils , easier to sharpen and I can save the shavings in a jar for later use. I would buy again unless the price goes too high. I know it says you can use any sharpener but I have had previous experience with other woodless pencils and I recommend a good hand held sharpener.
Pritpal singh
Reviewed in Australia on March 19, 2023
not satisfied with these pencils.
missconniegirl
Reviewed in the United States on February 22, 2023
After using the pencils last night, I had to write a review. Pencils are so good I don’t want to use another kind again.They are so black I barely have to layer thick charcoal for the desired depth of tone.Tone: all three hardness, “regular, soft, super soft,“ are all able to produce dark black tone easily. With the regular hardness pencil, I really have to press lightly to get a lighter tone.They are the first woodless pencils I’ve used, but I’m thoroughly impressed with the grip of the coating and ease of use.
Diane Desrosiers
Reviewed in Canada on December 9, 2023
J’adore ce genre de fusain sans bois. J’aime les différentes tendretés. Essayer hier dans mon atelier de dessin. Permet beaucoup de contrôle sur la pression. Ne tache pas les doigts surtout.
Marc
Reviewed in Canada on December 6, 2023
the lifetime is greater than the wood charcoal pencil and can be easily do microscopic chips on my page using the sharpener (and i pass a brush on it for to do a diffused background)..
Heatgain
Reviewed in the United States on August 18, 2022
Nice alternative to regular charcoal, and nice points for portrait detail. The Extra Soft one though, can rip through delicate paper, so, not so extra soft.
Richard R.
Reviewed in the United States on May 1, 2022
I bought these for students use in class. I am also an artist thinking these would be good for beginners. They were very nice to work with—dark, smooth to lay down on the paper. We all had good results . I was impressed with the rich darks I was able to draw and vary the pressure in line drawing. We will all be buying these again.
Roland Garuli
Reviewed in Canada on October 24, 2022
This item is an ok product, nothing particular or special!
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