Charcoal is:
monochromatic - you are have color value, but are limited to one color.
thick - the drawing material does not hold a point well, so you are limited to broader strokes and less detail.
messy - there is a large amount of "dust" which results in dirty hands, smudges on the surfaces around the work and on the finished piece.
indelible - this is one medium you should not make a mistake with as it is virtually impossible to erase.
impermanent - even if you use a spray fixative, charcoal drawings do not usually survive long periods of time.
As a medium for gestural sketches, planning and layout work, studies and practice, and life drawings charcoal is adequate to the task, but would not be my first choice.
Charcoal in and of itself isn't fertilizer but an absorption medium. Due to its extremely high surface area, nutrients like nitrogen and phosphorus stick to the charcoal and provide an excellent home to soil friendly bacteria and thus essentially turning charcoal into a slow release fertilizer. Inoculate it with fertilizer before applying
Charcoal is a common material.
Animal Charcoal
The best place to buy all kinds of activated carbon/charcoal products (over 150) is www.BuyActivatedCharcoal.com
as charcoal is nothing but graphite therefore sp2 is the hybrid state of C in charcoal
That means you use "charcoal" as your medium. Or your material of choice.
Charcoal is: monochromatic - you are have color value, but are limited to one color. thick - the drawing material does not hold a point well, so you are limited to broader strokes and less detail. messy - there is a large amount of "dust" which results in dirty hands, smudges on the surfaces around the work and on the finished piece. indelible - this is one medium you should not make a mistake with as it is virtually impossible to erase. impermanent - even if you use a spray fixative, charcoal drawings do not usually survive long periods of time. As a medium for gestural sketches, planning and layout work, studies and practice, and life drawings charcoal is adequate to the task, but would not be my first choice.
Charcoal is: monochromatic - you are have color value, but are limited to one color. thick - the drawing material does not hold a point well, so you are limited to broader strokes and less detail. messy - there is a large amount of "dust" which results in dirty hands, smudges on the surfaces around the work and on the finished piece. indelible - this is one medium you should not make a mistake with as it is virtually impossible to erase. impermanent - even if you use a spray fixative, charcoal drawings do not usually survive long periods of time. As a medium for gestural sketches, planning and layout work, studies and practice, and life drawings charcoal is adequate to the task, but would not be my first choice.
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Charcoal
Charcoal consists of almost limitless tiny chambers of carbon presenting a labyrinth to absorb chemicals including gases.
advantages: efficiency and long lasting disadvantages: charcoal is a natural resource so therfore it is limited to how much the people of the Earth can use
Charcoal and chalks are two that easily smudge, as the powder is not held within a binding medium, such as oil-paints and watercolours.
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Charcoal in and of itself isn't fertilizer but an absorption medium. Due to its extremely high surface area, nutrients like nitrogen and phosphorus stick to the charcoal and provide an excellent home to soil friendly bacteria and thus essentially turning charcoal into a slow release fertilizer. Inoculate it with fertilizer before applying
A drawing supplies company is an organization that manufactures products for artists who's preferred medium is led, charcoal and/or ink.