Nooo. I put my tin of charcoal pencils on my bed to do a quick stick vac and then they fell off. Snapped the leads off two of them. And it was a tin with plastic grooves for them to sit in too, intended to protect them during transport. But they were sharpened shorter so there was room at the top allowing them to fall and break at a vertical angle.

I'll sharpen them again.

If I had the energy I'd get a small shallow wooden box with a closure, cut a piece of foam to wedge inside, and then make slashes in the foam to hold the sharpened charcoals gently in place. Perhaps hollow out the foam around the tips to allow space so it doesn't put any pressure on the most delicate part.

If I wasn't constantly so exhausted and depressed with no proper workspace I could make some cool things.

Edit: Also the art book I'm working through very slowly is like $40-50 on ebay. It feels like all of the really solid tradish art books are going out of print and becoming really expensive if they're even available. I did see a bundle of three similar ones for about the same price 🤔 To be honest it's still cheaper than the art classes I see

Paaaakiiiidge

In other news, $boss has fallen to the same plague i had a couple weeks back and is rapidly learning empathy

Could I run a HDMI cable through my walls for less than the price of a cheap gaming PC?

It's one of those things that could theoretically be a dig job. But I don't have the tools or experience or the desire to get under the house