Fine Conté Lines
The shape of a Conté pencil allows you to create lines of varying width. If you want to create thin lines, use the edge of the pencil.
Like graphite and charcoal, Conté comes in sticks and pencils and in varying degrees of hardness and softness. Conté also comes in different colors: black, white, brown umber (bistre), gray, sanguine orange, sanguine brown and sanguine red.
Fine Conté Lines
The shape of a Conté pencil allows you to create lines of varying width. If you want to create thin lines, use the edge of the pencil.
Thick Conté Lines
To vary the size of the lines of Conté sticks, change the angle at which the stick hits the paper. Although you can make wide lines with pencils, they will not be as dark as those made with Conté sticks.