DERWENT Charcoal XL Blocks

Derwent Charcoal Stick XL is designed to offer a complete artistic experience in large format. Its pastel-like format and smooth texture allows for clean smudging, bold strokes and wide coverage with ease. Ideal for artists working with expressive techniques and large-scale works.

This stick contains a high concentration of formula, equivalent to eight charcoal pencils, making it a durable, efficient and comfortable tool for intensive work. Its rectangular shape allows you to work with large surfaces, but also to use the edges and corners for sharper lines and details.

And because it is naturally water soluble, you can create painterly effects or subtle washes by adding small amounts of water.

🧩 Fe atures

• XL charcoal stick available in 6 greyscale shades

• Dimensions of each block: 60 × 20 × 20 mm

• Ergonomic, easy-to-hold format for broad, controlled strokes

• Smooth texture for easy blending and shading

• Equivalent to 8 charcoal pencils per block

• Can be used dry, broken into pieces or sprayed for textured effects

• Naturally water-soluble for mixed media

• Ideal for expressive works, portraits, landscapes and large-format works