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

The 54 th annual Lake Oswego Festival of the Arts, taking place Friday, June 23, through Sunday, June 25, will celebrate artists working in colored pencil and graphite, including several in a special ...

The most realistic pencil drawings, or hyperrealistic pencil drawings, can sometimes be hard to believe. But a skillful use of shading and the representation of extremely fine details in pencil really ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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