Technically, charcoal is an organic substance that is burned. Usually the material is wood. There are some types of charcoal artists use to create a design. These types of coal include “vine” and “compressed”.

Vine charcoal is usually burned willow wood. Vine coats easily on a surface and is very easy to extinguish. So when you draw, it is usually clearer than the compressed charcoal and gets slightly dirty. (What can be an advantage.)

The compressed charcoal is held by a gum-based binder and is darker than grape charcoal. This makes it harder to extinguish, more difficult to dye, but leaves a darker mark. The compressed charcoal may be in the form of a round bar, a square pin or a pencil. (Grapevine is almost always a round stick.) Some compressed charcoal is pigmented. This is the case of compressed white charcoal.

Tools for drawing coal
If you use charcoal to draw some tools should be available. First, you need a variety of different types of coal, tablet and pencil. You also want to have a kneaded eraser.

Mixed Eraser – The macerated eraser is a special eraser that lifts material off the surface. Kneaders work particularly well with charcoal.

Stem Assembly – You can also have a fusion stump. With a blend stump, you have complete control over the mixing and smearing of the charcoal. You can create a merge stump by wrapping the drawing paper in one place.

If you are drawing on a flat surface, it is also advisable to have a paper towel at hand. You can place the paper towel between your hand and the surface of the drawing so that your hand does not smudge your work.