🖤✏️Deep, rich black with a smooth oil-based character and a big, bold format. The Cretacolor Mega Nero Oil Pencil is designed for artists who want strong, intense black marks with greater coverage than a standard drawing pencil.
TheMedium grade hits a versatile middle ground — substantial enough for dark, expressive shading while still providing the control needed for drawing, detailing, and building tonal values.
FEATURES 🖤
Richoil-based black drawing pencil
Medium grade for versatile drawing and shading
Deep, intense black marks
Smooth application
OversizedMega format
Excellent for broad strokes and larger areas
Can also be sharpened for more controlled linework
Great for building strong contrast and dramatic values
Useful alone or alongside graphite, charcoal, and other drawing media
Made in Austria
WHY NERO? 🎨
Unlike conventional graphite,Nero produces a distinctly deep black mark without the silvery-gray appearance associated with graphite.
Its oil-based formulation gives the pencil a smooth drawing character while helping artists achieve strong, dark values — especially useful when a drawing calls fortrue-looking blacks and dramatic contrast.
MEDIUM GRADE ✏️
TheMedium version offers a balance between precision and boldness.
Use lighter pressure for controlled marks and preliminary tonal work, then increase pressure to develop richer blacks, stronger shadows, and expressive passages.
IDEAL FOR 🖤
Drawing & sketching
Portraiture
Figure drawing
Dramatic shading
Deep shadows & strong contrast
Tonal studies
Expressive mark-making
Large-area drawing
Mixed-media artwork
Students & professional artists
SPECS 📏
Brand: Cretacolor
Series: Mega Nero
Product: Oil-Based Drawing Pencil
Grade: Medium
Item No.: 325 00
UPC / EAN: 9014400325008
Color: Black
Format: Individual Oversized Drawing Pencil
Made in: Austria
FINAL NOTE ✨
When ordinary graphite just isn't black enough, bring in Nero. 🖤 The Mega Nero Medium combines a rich, dark oil-based core with an oversized format that's equally at home laying down broad shadows or sharpening up for controlled detail — a seriously useful black for artists who like their contrast with some attitude.
