Crayon has a waxy or greasy quality created by the addition of a binder to the pigment, so
the material builds up thickly on raised portions of the drawing surface. This quality allowed
Georges Seurat to draw using the texture of the paper.
Georges Seurat (French,
1859-1891)
Café-concert, 1887-88
Conté crayon heightened
with white chalk, on
cream modern laid
paper, 31.4 x 23.6
centimeters