Conte Sanguine Drawing Pencil. 47 out of 5 stars. Those big soft tones in the background are actually made from the texture of the paper.
This Conte a Paris Sanguine Medicis Pencil is the darkest of the Sanguine pencils and has a little less red oxide. It has similar properties to the other Sanguine pencils in that with a sharpened lead the drawing is accurate the colour is transparent and if the work is lightly drawn the pencil lets the texture of the paper appear. Sanguine is frequently used in sketching to draw the body.
They were invented in 1795 by Nicolas-Jacques Conté who created the combination of clay and graphite in response to the shortage of graphite caused by the Napoleonic Wars when the.
Pencils come pre-sharpened. For this particular task a wax sanguine was chosen to get more precise lines and small-scale details. Sanguine Pencil - The colour of the Conté à Paris Sanguine pencil is a deep rust and its lines are easily blended. CONTE A PARIS 24 Pastel Pencils in Made in France.
