Coates Willow Charcoal Assorted 30 Pieces

Good quality product

I enjoy drawing with charcoal as it encourages expressive mark making and is easily altered as the drawing proceeds. There are expensive alternatives, but Coates charcoal is as good as any. It comes in a variety of thicknesses and can be combined with charcoal pencil or compressed charcoal when really dark marks are required.

Charcoal works as expected, great for loose painterly sketching. Happy to support a uk-based company

Brilliant, just as you would expect them to be. I like the different diameters and the fact that you can smudge it. Decent price, value for money. Happy.

The charcoal sticks are mixed as described and are certainly suitable for my daughters artwork. The only downside is the packaging which needs to be improved. A couple of sticks were broken when posted through my letterbox which has to be considered. The product itself is value for money even with the odd break. Plenty of assortment to choose from.

Great value for money. My son does GCSE art and he loves that they come in various thicknesses: very thin, medium and thick, which makes it easier for him to add depth and detail.

A good variety of thicknesses for all sketching purposes. I bought these for an art class having not used charcoal for over 60 years. It's good quality, not too messy, and this pack will go a long way.

Really good, use them alot Do recommend

Love the way it applies. No scratchiness.

Smooth charcoal. Arrived in good shape.

Alright, I've seen a number of frustrated customers review this product. To be fair this is an assortment of varying thickness charcoal. Some of them are pretty thin and may not meet your needs. Also they are half stick length. I purchased these to sample so this turned out ok for me. How do they perform? Quite pleasant actually. Humorously thin sticks aside(which still serve a purpose) they are delightfully soft and responsive, and dare I say buttery for charcoal. No hard or scratchy spots. These are honestly the best willow charcoal I've worked with. Even the thin ones do nicelywhen used for detail work. I'll be certain to buy more although I'll be looking for certain size assortments.

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This is a great product so far. Love the variety pack. I am new to the charcoal world but I will buy again from this retailer