Conte Crayons - Bistre (Carré)

Conte Crayon Collection

Discover the timeless drawing medium favoured by masters such as Picasso, Degas and Delacroix for over a century with the Conte Crayon range. This finely pigmented, oil-based crayon is prized by artists for its rich, dense colour laydown and smooth application, making it equally suited to detailed sketching and bold, expressive mark-making.

Each square-edged crayon is precision-cut, giving you a fine point for crisp linework and a flat edge for broad colour blocking or shading larger areas. The range spans 84 colours, including 14 dedicated sketching shades in Sanguine, Bistre, Black, White and Grey, giving artists a complete palette for portraiture, life drawing and landscape work.

Key Features

• Rich Pigment Laydown: Delivers dense, even colour with minimal dust for confident, controlled mark-making.
• Precision-Cut Edges: The crayon's cut edges and ends allow both fine detail work and broad colour application from a single stick.
• 84-Colour Range: A comprehensive palette including 14 sketching shades for portrait and figure studies.
• Trusted by Masters: The medium of choice for generations of artists, from classical sketching to contemporary illustration.