[Tiva]

Charcoals are fun once you know how to use them, hence why i use a lot of working spray so as to not make it so messy. The same with Pastels, I use Prismacolor pastels and there setting spray which is called a fixative. They are both good quality and pastels when mixed with charcoal make beautiful drawings.

Charcoals typically use an outline, done with a charcoal pencil, and then layers of charcoal bricks or sticks with spray in between layers. When mixing with pastels make sure to use the fixative in between the layers of charcoal and pastel.

I don't play with clay, that is Batty's area so you may want to ask her.