Head study (1585)
Guy Denning
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 21 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 8.3 inch
$775
Charcoal Drawing for Sale
Charcoal, or fusain, is a unique medium in the world of drawing, known for its ability to create rich textures and shades. This natural charcoal is typically derived from partially burned branches of trees like willow, plane, birch, or spruce, with each species offering a different rendering on paper. The thick, smudge-friendly texture of charcoal allows artists to explore a wide range of monochrome tones, making it a versatile tool for both shading and detailing in drawing.
The manipulation of charcoal requires precision, as it can easily break under pressure, demanding skilled technique from artists and illustrators. Unlike sharpened tools like pencils, pens, or markers, charcoal creates bold, rough, and wild lines that add an expressive dimension to the artwork. It is ideal for creating dynamic portraits, figure drawings, and expressive sketches that stand out due to their deep contrasts and organic flow.
Explore a variety of charcoal drawings on Artsper, including the delicate nudes of Eliane Bonabel, the hyper-realistic sketches of François Bard, or the powerful studies of Ernest Pignon Ernest. Whether you are drawn to the texture of charcoal on paper or the unique technique behind it, these works demonstrate how artists use charcoal to capture the essence of their subjects.
Whether for personal collection or as part of a curated lot, charcoal art offers timeless beauty. From fine art to preparatory sketches, the use of fusain in art continues to evolve, making it a favorite medium for contemporary artists worldwide. Discover the versatility of charcoal today and explore how this drawing technique can add depth and drama to your collection.
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Sans titre
Patrick Villas
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 65 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 25.6 inch
$1,431
The Golden Symphony
Kirill Postovit
Fine Art Drawings - 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$953
Hija de la luna
Marta Grassi
Fine Art Drawings - 110 x 75 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 43.3 x 29.5 x 0 inch
$1,073
Etude d'Elephant V
Christophe Drochon
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 65 x 5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 25.6 x 2 inch
$2,861
Toro study
Marc Prat
Fine Art Drawings - 90 x 120 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 35.4 x 47.2 x 0 inch
$930
Untitled
Joan Granados Llimona
Fine Art Drawings - 35 x 33 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13.8 x 13 x 0.4 inch
$834
Die Erde
Richard Laillier
Fine Art Drawings - 20 x 15 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.9 x 5.9 x 0.4 inch
$954
Memories of my school days' apparitions
Vladimir Kolosov
Fine Art Drawings - 104.1 x 78.7 x 0 cm Fine Art Drawings - 41 x 31 x 0.01 inch
$900
Esquisse pour Lane bleu
Marc Chagall
Fine Art Drawings - 48 x 61 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 18.9 x 24 x 0 inch
$106,099
Ayai
Abdessemed Adel
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 16 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 6.3 x 0.4 inch
$5,365
Sans titre
Serge Plagnol
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 65 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 25.6 x 0 inch
$596
Derby
Shota Imerlishvili
Fine Art Drawings - 60 x 90 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$2,384
Sans titre (192)
Zwy Milshtein
Fine Art Drawings - 25 x 36 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.8 x 14.2 x 0 inch
$1,788
Untitled
Francesc Guitart
Fine Art Drawings - 24 x 20 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.4 x 7.9 x 0 inch
$794
The Pianist #1
Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle
Fine Art Drawings - 59 x 42 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.2 x 16.5 x 0 inch
$775
Grand Piano: Melody is a feeling that chose to be heard
Kristina Mallen
Fine Art Drawings - 36 x 48 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14.2 x 18.9 x 0 inch
$894
Sequestor
Margaret Neill
Fine Art Drawings - 48 x 71 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 18.9 x 28 x 0 inch
$1,764
La question
Albane de Saint Remy
Fine Art Drawings - 35 x 24 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13.8 x 9.4 x 0 inch
$858
Portrait
Albert Fernand-Renault
Fine Art Drawings - 56 x 42 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 22 x 16.5 x 0 inch
$596
Portrait
Serge Fontinsky
Fine Art Drawings - 35.5 x 23.6 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14 x 9.3 x 0.1 inch
$691
Portrait of Arab
Jean Louis Plumet
Fine Art Drawings - 29.2 x 20 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.5 x 7.9 x 0.1 inch
$656
The Mac Chicken
Zo
Fine Art Drawings - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$697
Zoro
Christian Zeimert
Fine Art Drawings - 77 x 57 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 30.3 x 22.4 x 0.2 inch
$954
C memory II
Gugi Goo
Fine Art Drawings - 58.4 x 40.6 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23 x 16 x 0.1 inch
$613
Portrait in Blue
Zakhar Shevchuk
Fine Art Drawings - 78 x 58 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 30.7 x 22.8 x 0 inch
$1,431
Sans Titre
Robert Wilson
Fine Art Drawings - 25 x 32 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.8 x 12.6 x 0.1 inch
$1,431
Sans Repères
Hom Nguyen
Fine Art Drawings - 150 x 150 x 4 cm Fine Art Drawings - 59.1 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch
$31,472
Sans titre #2
Zahra Zeinali
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 70 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 27.6 inch
$2,980
Au bal costumé
Mario Avati
Fine Art Drawings - 54 x 44.2 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 21.3 x 17.4 x 0 inch
$3,576
Sans titre
Irmgard Sigg
Fine Art Drawings - 69.5 x 49.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 27.4 x 19.5 x 0 inch
$954
Diva
Jay Russell
Fine Art Drawings - 35.6 x 27.9 x 5.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14 x 11 x 2 inch
$2,400
Portrait of Benito Mussolini
Alberto Manetti
Fine Art Drawings - 30.7 x 22 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.1 x 8.7 x 0.1 inch
$715
Portrait
François Chapuis
Fine Art Drawings - 49 x 35 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.3 x 13.8 x 0.1 inch
$691
Beirut a City of all All Dates
Ghada Jamal
Fine Art Drawings - 45 x 50 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 17.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,500
Untitled
Joan Albert
Fine Art Drawings - 44 x 47 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 17.3 x 18.5 x 0 inch
$715
Sans titre
Alexandre Moulis
Fine Art Drawings - 16 x 10 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 6.3 x 3.9 x 0.4 inch
$334
Sans titre
Horst Münch
Fine Art Drawings - 42 x 59 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 23.2 x 0 inch
$477
The Sphere
Konstantinos Papaioannou
Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 70 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch
$1,550
This place has been here before #2
Radina Stoimenova
Fine Art Drawings - 97 x 140 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 38.2 x 55.1 x 0.1 inch
$2,050
Ronces I (Diptyque)
Yvanne de Coligny
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 100 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 39.4 x 0 inch
$1,431
Portrait 2
Christophe Hohler
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 30 x 8 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 11.8 x 3.1 inch
$2,384
Sisters
Sayeed Momoh
Fine Art Drawings - 61 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 24 x 36 x 1 inch
$2,250
Sans-titre
Jean Revol
Fine Art Drawings - 45.5 x 60.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 17.9 x 23.8 x 0 inch
$477
Masque clown
Isabelle De Luca
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 inch
$715
Benedetta
Marco Fariello
Fine Art Drawings - 67 x 51 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 26.4 x 20.1 x 0 inch
$2,384
Le petit pisseur
Bernard Lachaniette
Fine Art Drawings - 22 x 13 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.7 x 5.1 x 0.1 inch
$656
Composition abstraite
Eugène Leroy
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$11,921
Le Buffle
Jean Poulain
Fine Art Drawings - 58 x 78 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 22.8 x 30.7 x 1.2 inch
$942
Untitled
Freddy Szmull
Fine Art Drawings - 24 x 34 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.4 x 13.4 x 0 inch
$7,153
London Harbor
Robert Louis Antral
Fine Art Drawings - 13 x 20 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.1 x 7.9 x 0.1 inch
$1,431
Suprématisme ukrainien 2
Sergey Kamennoy
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 65 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 25.6 inch
$3,576
Flovers
Sariye Kozan
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 x 0.038 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,191
Forbidden Fruits
The Catman
Fine Art Drawings - 70 x 100 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.1 inch
$423
Tulip
Anyck Alvarez Kerloch
Fine Art Drawings - 58.4 x 43.2 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23 x 17 x 0.1 inch
$370
Portrait de femme amérindienne
Edouard Morerod
Fine Art Drawings - 31 x 20 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.2 x 7.9 x 0.1 inch
$2,334
Nu masculin / Male Nude - 1
Éliane Bonabel
Fine Art Drawings - 75 x 55 cm Fine Art Drawings - 29.5 x 21.7 inch
$1,967
Mariana Mirage
Nicolas V Sanchez
Fine Art Drawings - 43.2 x 35.6 x 3.8 cm Fine Art Drawings - 17 x 14 x 1.5 inch
$5,000
Untitled
Luis Caballero
Fine Art Drawings - 64.9 x 64.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.56 x 25.56 x 0.1 inch
$3,713
Woman
Dimitri Godycki Cwirko
Fine Art Drawings - 41.5 x 26.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.3 x 10.4 x 0 inch
$1,180
#6 Grethe - Série: Woman on wood, portrait de femme
Affagard
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$376
Kiss No.1
Jonathan Huxley
Fine Art Drawings - 20.5 x 24 x 2.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.1 x 9.4 x 1 inch
$4,411
Ayanfe Omo Oba
Wale Ajayi
Fine Art Drawings - 119.9 x 89.9 x 2.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 47.2 x 35.4 x 1 inch
$3,550
Naming the stars
Gary Slipper
Fine Art Drawings - 25.4 x 15.2 x 5.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10 x 6 x 2 inch
$2,400
Got Light ?
Keith O'Connor
Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,980
Equilibres
Carole Fournet
Fine Art Drawings - 118 x 79 cm Fine Art Drawings - 46.5 x 31.1 inch
$2,086
Bridge on the River
Emile-Louis Minet
Fine Art Drawings - 16.7 x 21.3 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 6.6 x 8.4 x 0.1 inch
$358
Vautour pape
Ray Lambert
Fine Art Drawings - 26.8 x 21 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.6 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch
$477
A Theater Character
Flor David
Fine Art Drawings - 18 x 25.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.1 x 10 x 0.1 inch
$417
Cityscape
Jean Chapin
Fine Art Drawings - 27.3 x 21 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.7 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch
$453
Temps nouveaux
Yves Grandjean
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 65 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 25.6 inch
$2,027
Horses
Germaine Nordmann
Fine Art Drawings - 15.3 x 24.3 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 6 x 9.6 x 0 inch
$453
Jeanne Pissarro (Cocotte)
Camille Pissarro
Fine Art Drawings - 17.6 x 12.6 cm Fine Art Drawings - 6.9 x 5 inch
$11,325
Galloping Horses
Giuseppe Cominetti
Fine Art Drawings - 33 x 48.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13 x 19.1 x 0 inch
$8,941
Alstroemeria werdermannii
Catalina Baraona Molina
Fine Art Drawings - 168 x 76 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 66.1 x 29.9 x 0 inch
$1,848
Happy Toys
Elene Melikidze
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$477
Horseracing Steplee Auteuil Pilarski colors
Kalh Art Kalley
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 29.7 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 11.7 x 0.2 inch
$107
Prisioner of consumerism
Emil Gumiel
Fine Art Drawings - 90 x 70 cm Fine Art Drawings - 35.4 x 27.6 inch
$477
Sortie en mer
Hélène Legrand
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 24 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 9.4 inch
$584
Les poissons
Mathilde de Bellecombe
Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 15 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.9 x 5.9 x 0.4 inch
$215
Les jours heureux N°1
Gregory Forstner
Fine Art Drawings - 60.5 x 45.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.8 x 17.9 inch
$3,576
Homer's Head
David Sipko
Fine Art Drawings - 30.5 x 22.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12 x 9 x 0.1 inch
$295
Totora before the rainfall
Luis Alberto Quispe
Fine Art Drawings - 20 x 20 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.2 inch
$238
Troprotégé parmé parant
Maurice Falise
Fine Art Drawings - 28.5 x 20 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.2 x 7.9 x 0 inch
$578
Sans titre
Davood Koochaki
Fine Art Drawings - 70 x 50 cm Fine Art Drawings - 27.6 x 19.7 inch
$7,034
La vallée du Buëch
Philippe Monnet
Fine Art Drawings - 75 x 124 cm Fine Art Drawings - 29.5 x 48.8 inch
$417
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Franciszek Starowieyski
Painting - 32 x 22.7 x 0.1 cm Painting - 12.6 x 8.9 x 0 inch
$894
Head study (1585)
Guy Denning
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 21 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 8.3 inch
$775
Sans titre
Patrick Villas
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 65 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 25.6 inch
$1,431
Untitled
Oluwatimileyin Tega Adegbenjo
Painting - 61 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Painting - 24 x 20 x 1 inch
$1,250
Need help with Charcoal Drawing for Sale ?
How is charcoal used in drawing?
Charcoal is used in versatile ways by artists. Using charcoal, the artist has the ability to create fine lines using the corner of the stick, or it can create larger patches of tone when used on its side.
Why draw in charcoal?
Charcoal is often used by artists for drawing instead of a pencil because it allows for more artistic freedom and variation. Artists can create both fine, sharp lines and larger areas of tone using the same medium.
What are the different drawing techniques?
The most commonly used drawing techniques are graphite pencil, charcoal, pastel, pen and chalk.