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 ...

Artist Liz Atkin took to the London Underground on World Mental Health Day on Wednesday to give away her charcoal drawings for free and raise awareness of dermatillomania. The artist and mental health ...

BEIRUT (Reuters) – A woman curls up in grief in a darkened room – an artist’s image as powerful as any of the thousands of photos and videos from Syria’s civil war flashing across the world’s computer ...

The mastery of materials is fundamental to the artistic process and the career goal of any artist in their chosen medium. Every method requires a different skill set and can evoke different reactions ...

Salvatore “Sammy the Bull” Gravano, the mob turncoat who brought down “Dapper Don” John Gotti, has developed a different talent in prison — doodling. And his charcoal sketches were selling for $250 ...

ROME (Reuters) - Archaeologists in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii near the city of Naples have uncovered charcoal sketches drawn by children as young as six years old, depicting possibly violent ...

Chefs, it turns out, are not so different from you and me. When it comes to summer entertaining, their thoughts turn to outdoor grilling-simple, tasty and, given a modest amount of forethought, ...

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 ...