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 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 ...

People who write notes in ink must be very sure of their thoughts. I write notes in pencil: It seems more polite. Penciled notes are always provisional and erasable. But the apparent humility—or, ...

If you want a quality writing implement, you can rely on people who use them in their line of work every day to know the best ones to use. So when Studio Ghibli puts their name to a mechanical pencil, ...

C.H. Hanson® introduces its new SharpDraw® Mechanical Pencil extending its broad line of marking tools for carpentry professionals. Great for carpenters, framers, cabinet makers, woodworkers and DIY ...

A mechanical pencil drawing of a bust of a woman (a) and a frame (b) from Mae's Millinery Shop. The drawing shows the woman in 3/4 profile and is wearing a large hat and holding flowers. A copyright ...

Architect David Adjaye, who has recently been named winner of a competition to create the UK's National Holocaust Memorial in London, exhibits his blue Rexel Cumberland pencil, sharpened in a ...