A lot of Japanese manga artists have used them too, because they’re often pressed for time and alcohol markers are quick.

Whether drawing realistic or abstract subjects, an understanding of tone, the variations of light and shade, is important. A variety of pencils are required to create a tonal study. The B range is ...

Looking at the crystal clear pencil sketches, you can almost hear the engines, feel the heat reflected off the shiny aluminum ...

Using 0.7mm leads for a slightly thicker line, the pencil comes in black or gold. The archetypal architects’s drawing tool, Staedtler’s clutch pencil was the ubiquitous drafting device in the days ...

If you’ve got your eye on the new iPad mini that just arrived, you might not have noticed that it adds support for the new ...

Adobe has been working on some experimental tech that could help speed up concept and planning work for graphic designers and audio engineers. Some of the “sneaks” previewed during Adobe’s MAX event ...

But these are not photographs: each hyperreal image is in fact a color pencil drawing, resulting from between 300 and 500 hours of careful construction. Now, Holmes’ works have been brought ...

From Automatic Image Distraction Removal, and a new Generative Workspace, Adobe has already announced over 100 new ...

Luckily for all artisans – both scientific and virtuosic – stationery experts over in Japan have mastered the art of crafting ingenious pens and pencils with which to perfect your skills.