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 ...

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 ...

The lowly pencil is not an elite or showy artistic medium. It doesn't have oil paint's gravitas, or plaster's endearing gauche. Instead, the pencil is accessible, plebeian and utilitarian. If put in ...

There is a difference between drawing and drawing well. Many of us like to sketch and may have shown a talent for it, but that's as far as most of us have taken it. To really learn to draw well, ...

The whole point of a mechanical pencil is to have perfect sharpness forever. Yet without precise engineering and build quality, the standard slender leads are doomed to constant breakages. This ...

The UK's Design and Art Direction awards have honored the Apple Vision Pro with its highest accolade in a ceremony attended by Apple designer Alan Dye. Apple has been honored with a Black Pencil by ...

A Drawing Center show makes a soulful statement about the nature of creative expression and what it means to be imprisoned. By Jillian Steinhauer In the opening of her new book, “Making Comics,” the ...