Do you like drawing? I used to draw a lot as a child, but kind of fell off after I got older
I always liked drawing with charcoal. It's nice because you can use white charcoal for highlights.
I never got a chance, I usually used colored pencil or markers, but I would not mind trying to use charcoal!
Did you ever try Prismacolor colored pencils from Berol? They aren't cheap, but they are really the best.
I have seen them but I have never had the money to afford them, they look really nice!
They make all kinds of other things too like pastels and water colors. However the prismacolor permanent markers are also really awesome if you like drawing comics.