Since graphite drawings are just black and white, shapes and illusions are created by shading using different values. That’s why the first set of tools that you’ll need is a good range of ...

This exhibition showcases more than 20 graphite pencil drawings by Brader (1833-1901), a Swiss immigrant and itinerant folk artist who captured views of daily life on family homesteads and ...

In the right hands, the pencil can produce images that are rich in texture and depth. Through the vast range of lights and darks possible with graphite, pencil drawings often even allude to color. … ...

Those paintings stand in stark contrast to the drawings in LACMA’s show, which opens on May 10. "Drawing was really the issue in the 1960s for me, not exactly a popular notion at the time," he says.

Jefferson City Art Club member and artist Jennifer Slouha began using professional grade colored pencils on paper. She still created graphite pencil drawings on paper and painted with acrylic ...