Anyone who has tried sharpening a pencil only to have the tip break can appreciate how brittle and fragile a pencil lead can be. Even…

It might seem that only using pencil might be a dead giveaway for even some of the most realistic artwork as simply a drawing, but…

Typically, pencils are hexagonal in shape. But Japanese graphic designer Hiraoki Doi originated a brand new idea to form his wooden pencils as beautiful cherry…

Perhaps not all of us grab a pencil when we need to jot something down, but the act of sharpening one became a source of…

It’s often the simplest of tools that are incorporated to create the most intricate artworks. Take the drawings of Japanese Twitter user Shinichi Furuya, for…

Sure we’ve all sharpened pencils before, but Salavat Fidai carves the tips of ordinary graphite pencils into magnificent sculptures. The Russia-based artist says that each…