From early cave painters to Pablo Picasso to Roberto Longo, artists have long loved the expressive potential of a soft charcoal pencil or crayon. Each sweep of charcoal offers intense black color and ...

Love charcoal but hate the mess? Pick up a charcoal pencil, which is composed of compressed charcoal inside a protective layer, typically wood. Suitable for drawing, sketching, or smudging, a charcoal ...

What is charcoal made of? Charcoal is one of the oldest art materials! Drawings using charcoal have been found in caves. Charcoal is made from burning wood, usually willow. The wood is not completely ...

Amanda Marinac is good with a stick when she plays field hockey and good with a brush when she paints — just another example of a UC Davis student-athlete-artist. This Friday through Monday (Feb. 1-4) ...

Charcoal might be the last thing you’d consider as a cleaning tool. After all, one would assume something so black and powdery could make an even bigger mess. Surprisingly, activated charcoal is one ...