Hi All, I find it difficult to determine the differences between Conté crayons, pastels and colour pencils... was hoping someone could educate me a bit better. Is there a difference, or is the terminology interchangeable? My difficulty is that when I order art supplies online, I'm expecting it to behave a certain way (I prefer oil based/waxy feel) based on how it is either described, or possibly the brand name (hello, Conté a Paris?!) but I guess this is incorrect because often it's a chalky medium instead. My basic understanding is that crayons are either a rectangular bar or cylindrical shaped form of pigment which is either chalk based (soft pastel) or oil based. Does 'Conté crayon' simply describe the rectangular shape, and it can be both chalky or oily? A coloured pencil basically a wood encased crayon, it can be either oil based or chalk based...How do you determine which is which if you were ordering something online? Do you just watch Youtube reviews, try to find one in a local art supply store and test one out? At the moment, I've been enjoying drawing portraits with Staedler Lumocolor permanent pencils. I would love to be able to use a refill for my clutch pencil, but they only do the non-permanent version. Does that mean it would likely be chalky instead of oily? In Brevelliers Cretacolor set of 6 artist leads, would you expect the "Sanguine Oil" to have an oily feel but the White Pastel, Sepia light, and Sepia dark to be chalky? https://www.cretacolor.com/en/products/artists-leads-set/ (I know what to expect from charcoal and graphite, so they're not under discussion here...) Thanks in advance! Sonya