Willow Charcoal

Willow charcoal vs compressed charcoal is the first fork in the road for anyone picking up a drawing stick for the first time, and honestly, it trips up more people than it should. Willow charcoal is a soft, crumbly stick of pure carbonised wood that erases almost completely, while compressed charcoal is powdered charcoal bound … Read more

Walk into any life drawing class in Britain, from a Saturday morning studio in Bristol to a Camberwell foundation course, and you’ll hear the same sound: that dry, papery scratch of willow charcoal skating across newsprint. There’s a reason it hasn’t been replaced by anything shinier. Willow charcoal is simply the fastest way to think … Read more