Water-soluble pencils tend to be softer than ordinary coloured pencils. Charcoal is a fast and responsive drawing media. It gives both soft and strong lines depending on how it is used.

A Youngsville high schooler recently was awarded the Visual Arts Scholarship by National Society of High School Scholars.

It isn't yet clear if Dunbar Cave State Park's Mississippian Native American charcoal drawings have been permanently damaged after almost six inches of rain fell in Clarksville Feb. 15 ...