Gone are the days when kids had to raise their hands, rise from their desks and walk to sharpen their pencils in the corner of the classroom. Granted, personal sharpeners definitely aren’t a fresh ...

Want to create a stunning pencil drawing from a regular photo? In this easy Photoshop tutorial, we’ll walk you through every step to transform your image into a beautiful hand-drawn sketch using built ...

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My sketch of Gregory Harrop’s poem bench appeared in this post: Our real-life poetry of the streets. For the most part, I stay away from pencil –unless I’m doing a pencil sketch— for several reasons.

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 ...