![]() ![]() They come in square-shaped sticks, which is kind of irritating if you need to get a really fine line and your pastel is worn down a bit but they work really well with plain old chalk if you need to blend colors. Like plain old chalk, they tend to be dry and dusty but they have a wider variety of colors and richer pigments than you’ll find in standard Crayola chalk. You can get it if you want but as far as I’m concerned, they’re pretty “meh”.īRANDS: Who gives a shit? I don’t use dustless chalk so I don’t have any frame of reference for good/bad brands. It’s more dense so it doesn’t create the same amount of dust as plain old chalk but I find that it’s harder to sharpen, it’s more expensive, and it doesn’t really add a lot of value. Every single time I’ve bought direct from Crayola, every single pieces is broken into two or three pieces.ĭustless chalk is sort of a farce. I’ve bought it from a variety of online retailers and as much as I hate to say it, Amazon is the best vendor for it because they pack it tightly so I rarely get broken pieces. They also come in larger boxes with tons of colors - I use them like crazy.īRANDS: I’ll always recommend Crayola. You can do A LOT with a box of plain white chalk (although I’d suggest buying it in bulk, one little box won’t last long on a chalkboard wall). It’s also easy to use, easy to erase, easy to sharpen, and easy to layer and you can find it everywhere. It tends to be brittle, it makes a lot of dust, and yes, it’s dry. Plain old chalk comes in round sticks that you can sharpen using a pencil sharpener. ![]() ![]() People talk a lot of shit about chalk it’s “too dry”, “too dusty”, or “it crumbles apart”. Oh, and am I going to give you the inside scoop on brands too? Hell yes I am! Here’s the 4-1-1 on these different mediums and which ones you do and do not want for your chalkboard and/or chalkboard wall. I’ve spent money on supplies I couldn’t use, I’ve bought supplies that I didn’t like, and I think it sucks that there isn’t more information out there to help beginning artists find the products they’re looking for. I understand the frustration of this process intimately because, as you can imagine, I’ve been there. If you read the descriptions, you’re not going to have a goddamn clue which one is the right thing to buy because, god forbid anyone make anything easy. If you do a quick Amazon search for “chalk”, you’ll get a ton of results for chalk, chalk pastels, soft pastels, and even oil pastels. When choosing art supplies, it’s often hard to know what the right thing is going to be. ![]()
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