General's Compressed Charcoal

⁠General's Compressed Charcoal Sticks are handcrafted, professional-grade drawing tools engineered to deliver rich, high-contrast, velvety coverage with a highly blendable, oil-free formula that includes both deep blacks and striking whites. 
Key Highlights
Dramatic Contrast Combo: Includes deep, intense organic blacks and vibrant, opaque white sticks to create breathtaking highlights and mid-tones on dark or toned paper. 
Versatile Edges: Square sticks feature flat sides for laying down broad, rapid blocks of shadow or light and sharp corners for fine line details.

Exceptional Blendability: Glides smoothly over toothy paper, smudging seamlessly with paper stumps, tortillions, or fingers for flawless value transitions.

Deepest Darks & Brightest Lights: Compounded tightly to yield dramatic values that natural vine charcoal cannot achieve, allowing for extreme three-dimensional depth.

Customizable Points: Responds beautifully to sandpaper blocks, allowing artists to grind them down to precise, needle-sharp tips for intricate detail work.

American Craftsmanship: Proudly manufactured in the USA using premium-quality pigments to guarantee unmatched, reliable archival standards.