Conte offers a traditional range of Drawing and Sketching Charcoals with a variety of grades. These high quality natural compressed charcoal sticks are perfect for quick sketches and rough outlines with high contrast. An indispensible tool for any dry media artist compressed charcoal produces a deep black mark that is easily smudged for quick shading work and sketching and can be broken into pieces for easier use. Complete your drawing collection with these fantastic compressed charcoal sticks from Conte. Compact and easy to handle Conte round charcoal sticks measure 8 x 95mm. Use your fingers to blend or if you donÆt want to get messy just use a blending stump. Mistake is easily dealt with as the charcoal is erasable with a soft eraser. Assorted Set of 12 Compressed charcoals (Includes: 4 of 3B 2 of 4B 2 each of HB B & 2B) in a cardboard box.