Happy new year! January is here. The air feels colder and the bare branches silhouette look as if they were drawn with a ...

Thinking of a new hobby or maybe even a side hustle? Consider drawing graphite portraits. Editor’s note: Some finds are simply too good not to share. Let us guide you on some of the best deals out ...

Watch the process of creating part one of a new pair of graphite pencil fashion illustrations inspired by Harris Reed’s AW23 ...

Sketching is an expressive activity that enables people to manifest their emotions and artistic imagination. It is a talent that can be honed through practice, however, employing the right instruments ...

For simplicity, I tend to use a #2 graphite pencil for most of my deep-sky drawings. After all, a pencil and paper are all that’s really needed to record an observation. Is a minimalist approach the ...

If you ever asked me to define what a pencil is, I might say “Well, it’s a writing or drawing tool with a stick of graphite ...

While talking to a bunch of artists I admire for a piece about the best drawing pencils, it became clear that, for the most part, the relationship between artist and drawing tool is as personal as ...

Patient artist Paul Lung spends up to 60 hours sketching incredibly detailed pictures of his subjects with just a single pencil. 01 September 2009 • 1:03pm Believe it or not these portraits are not ...

1. There is no risk of lead poisoning if you stab yourself (or someone else) with a pencil because it contains no lead — just a mixture of clay and graphite. Still, pencil wounds carry a risk of ...