Each sweep of charcoal offers intense black color and easy blending for preliminary studies, lush landscapes, or photorealistic portraits. There is a wide variety of artist’s charcoals on the ...

Robert Longo, Untitled (Riot Cops), 2016; Charcoal on mounted paper, 101 x 140 inches. Courtesy Milwaukee Art Museum. In 1970, upon seeing the now iconic image of the Kent State shooting, he ...