Natural Charcoal Sticks 5-7 mm - Pack of 25

These Natural Charcoal Sticks 5-7 mm - Pack of 25 offer a classic drawing medium that brings rich tonal depth and expressive mark-making to any sketch or artwork. Made from kiln-fired willow twigs, each stick delivers a smooth, soft-medium grade texture that glides easily across white or coloured paper, making it perfect for shading, outlining, sketching, and blending. The natural crumbly quality of charcoal allows for effortless smudging using fingers or a putty rubber, helping artists to build dimension, tone, and form. Each stick measures 5-7mm thick, offering variation for different line effects. As charcoal can smudge easily, it's recommended to apply a spray fixative to preserve finished artworks. Packaged in a handy cardboard tube, these charcoal sticks are easy to store and help keep mess to a minimum, making them an ideal resource for classroom, studio, or outdoor sketching sessions.

Educational Benefits

• Tone and Value Study - Develops understanding of light, shadow, and form through monochrome work.
• Expressive Techniques - Encourages use of pressure, smudging, and blending to achieve desired effects.
• Creative Confidence - Supports mark-making and gesture-based drawing for beginner to advanced learners.
• Observation Skills - Enhances detail-focused sketching in still life, portraiture, and figure drawing.

Classroom Ideas

• Life Drawing Sessions - Use for gestural sketching and tonal portrait work in art class.
• Shading Exercises - Teach students how to layer and blend using charcoal for depth and form.
• Texture Exploration - Experiment with rubbing techniques and erasing to reveal highlights.
• Black and White Contrast Projects - Focus on light vs. dark to create high-impact compositions.

Product Specifications

• Material: Kiln-fired natural willow twigs
• Grade: Soft-medium
• Size per Stick: 5-7mm thickness
• Quantity: 25 sticks
• Packaging: Cardboard storage tube
• Application: Suitable for sketching, shading, outlining, blending
• Fixative Use: Recommended to preserve artwork

Pack Size: 25 pieces