Perhaps we’re biased, but there’s a unique beauty to drawing pencils that isn’t matched by your everyday writing pencil. Usually painted in a pleasing color and embossed with their name and grade, ...

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 ...

From afar, these images look like black and white photographs, and up close, they might appear to be the work of digital enhancement. In fact, these exquisite portraits and still lifes are simply the ...

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your account’s ‘Saved for Later’ section. Because they are erasable, pencils are often the first tool creative people use when sketching out a ...

Here’s a full look at a new A2 graphite pencil drawing (42 × 59.4 cm) created on smooth, heavy-weight cartridge paper. This piece highlights refined shading, surface control, and the impact of working ...

RAYMOND -- To celebrate National Art Month, artist Ann Perkins will be teaching Basic Techniques of graphite pencil drawing and colored pencil painting for the month of October at the Ace Hardware and ...