# Black & white - color

**URL:** <https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/black-white-color/1280>\
**Category:** Art Medium Discussion and Questions\
**Created:** [December 20, 2020, 8:16am UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/black-white-color/1280 "2020-12-20T08:16:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Gimpy7220](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/71c47a/32.png) [@Gimpy7220](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/Gimpy7220)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2020, 8:16am UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/black-white-color/1280/1 "2020-12-20T08:16:21Z")

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Hi there  
I am a beginner in drawing and I am so happy having found this platform, provided by Matt.  
I have a question concerning black & white drawing. I love pictures in black and white with a “dot” of color, e.q. a road in a city an the only subject in color is for exemple a red bus. What drawing medium you would use for the color part? I would appreciate if Matt could provide a video on this topic or is there one available on his homepage? Thanks.

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**Author:** ![Jonc](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.thevirtualinstructor.com/jonc/32/968_2.png) [@Jonc](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/Jonc)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2020, 8:52am UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/black-white-color/1280/2 "2020-12-20T08:52:40Z")

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Hi, I use charcoal and chalk 99% of the time. I do pet portraits and I’ll use pastel pencils for their eyes. It blends very easily and pairs well with charcoal. If I used pastel pencils with graphite I don’t think it would do well since graphite has a shine

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**Author:** ![Jonc](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.thevirtualinstructor.com/jonc/32/968_2.png) [@Jonc](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/Jonc)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2020, 8:53am UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/black-white-color/1280/3 "2020-12-20T08:53:22Z")

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![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/thevirtualinstructor/original/2X/4/4e70679c4262fcca08a08e34168a74af22b62a21.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![Gimpy7220](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/71c47a/32.png) [@Gimpy7220](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/Gimpy7220)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2020, 10:22am UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/black-white-color/1280/4 "2020-12-20T10:22:01Z")

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Thanks Jonc, sounds good. I have just drawn my first pictures with charcoal. Which brand of pastel pencils do you prefer for this?

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**Author:** ![Jonc](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.thevirtualinstructor.com/jonc/32/968_2.png) [@Jonc](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/Jonc)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2020, 12:10am UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/black-white-color/1280/5 "2020-12-21T00:10:34Z")

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I like the Stabilo CarbOthello Chalk-Pastel Colored Pencil. They sharpen pretty easily and are a good price range

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**Author:** ![Gimpy7220](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/71c47a/32.png) [@Gimpy7220](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/Gimpy7220)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2020, 9:17am UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/black-white-color/1280/6 "2020-12-21T09:17:56Z")

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👍 Many thanks. Then I am going to try it with this brand and order one to try, how it works for me.

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**Author:** ![lilnora](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.thevirtualinstructor.com/lilnora/32/1050_2.png) [@lilnora](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/lilnora)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2021, 6:05pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/black-white-color/1280/7 "2021-04-21T18:05:58Z")

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I like pastels (soft & hard). It’s been a pretty long time since I have used oil pastels.

Lenora