Conte a Paris Crayons - Black

Conte' Crayon Black 

Discover Conté à Paris Soft Pastels, soft and extremely easy to apply. Artist's grade pigments give bright, strong, clean colours and the creamy texture allows exceptional flow of application to enable better expression, spontaneity and versatility. 

Born in 1755, Nicolas claimed the title of painter, chemist, physicist, hot air baloonist and inventor during the fifty years of his life. His historical achievement is undeniable. In 1794, he developed the modern graphite lead from a mixture of clay and graphite, thus making it finally possible to create different hardness grades for pencils. The pencil factory he set up in 1795, enabled France to produce its own calligraphy and drawing materials.