PURPOSE: To obtain a process for producing a synthetic drawing charcoal which gives drawn lines with the same color as those obtd. with a natural drawing charcoal, is excellent in strengths, and enables the thickness, feel in writing, and hue to be easily controlled.

CONSTITUTION: A synthetic drawing charcoal is obtd. by mixing synthetic phlogopite as the body material with a binder, kneading and molding the resulting mixture, and baking the resulting molding at a high temp.