Conte crayons were invented in France by Nicolas-Jacques Conte. He invented this crayons in 1795, it was the condition were the time of Napoleonic Wars. He mixed the clay and graphite to produce a device to make a drawing. With this combination he got his own crayons. After that, many people developed the conte crayons based on their need. Many people created the various colors of conte. The natural colors of conte are black, red, and brown. However, nowadays, there are many colors of conte using the chemical essence, the color of these crayons now same with the color of pastels. With this crayons people will be able to produce the better drawing in paper. Many artists usually use a textured paper, not just ordinary paper. The textured paper can create the effect of the crayon. The paper will bring the stronger effect of the crayons.
Although there are many colored conte crayons, many artists choose to have the traditional one. They like to use traditional color of conte, because they think that they like to have the soft colored of the drawing. The artists do not like to use the modern crayons with many colors because the nature of the picture itself. When they use the various color, the drawing will lose its characteristics. They will not able to produce the great drawing. Artists usually use conte crayons to produce the great effects of shading. They can produce the great shading effect with the natural color of conte. With this crayons also you can make the effect of realistic in the drawing. For example, you draw a bottle. You can make the bottle like the real bottle with the great shading effect of the conte.
If you are interested in using conte crayons, you can get it many shops that provide a painting tools or drawing equipment. You can get the traditional color of conte or the various colors of the crayons. or you can get the sanguine colors of the crayons. if you do not have so much time to find the crayons you can get it from the internet. There are many online art shops which can help you to get the crayons. The price of the conte is variable. You can choose the quality, the content, and the color of conte crayons.