They are called conte crayons....kinda like a dense charcoal, but I like it better because once rubbed in it doesn't rub off as easy as charcoal & when drawing on newsprint it feels richer & smoother.

Hey max, thanks for the comments, as far as the paper I use regular old 50 lb sketch paper. Canson biggie I think, I don't have it in front of me. But the reason I use such thin paper is so it allows the markers to fully saturate the paper with a base color, then you can go in and work wet on wet with the darker tones for smooth shading. after it dries you can do the hard shadows. also the thinner paper doesn't soak up so much marker ink! cheers!

That was very kind of you to say that about Devin The Teen! I appreciate it very much. Peg

Thank you for the kind words-

VERY NICE! At least I'm not alone with the superhero thing here at Prismacolor LOL. Great detail with the markers my friend-

Thank you so much! I'm so happy you liked it! Roselani

Thanks! Hair is one of my favourite things to draw! Roselani

I just wanted to thank you again for the awesome compliment. :) Thank you!!! Roselani

Thank you so much!!! I'm learning new techniques and I guess it shows! Roselani

Thank you for the comment!!