Good Day Fellas,
Charcoal as a medium for drawing comes in types, from hard to medium, to soft and aside the gradings, it also comes in industrial processed form and unprocessed form too.
Personally, what works for me is soft Charcoal sticks, even from the first glance they look quite natural like a burnt wood from the bush but the softness and lightness of it gets my interest at all times. It's just so lovely!

