Pieces of pencil lead on the floor marked up the new carpeting. Only one teacher enforced the new rule, Nora said, pretty much erasing the ban. Nora’s 17-year-old brother Leo Rodriguez said he ...

Making use of colored pencils could instill your artwork with liveliness and vitality. Whether you’re a beginner in coloring or a professional artist, utilization of colored pencils adds a ...

Not true anymore. A lot of the pencils you find now are cheaply made. The wood isn’t good. Often, it isn’t even wood. It’s some composite substance. And the lead isn’t good graphite. Good pencils are ...

Now, in a recent study, researchers from Japan found a simple and low-cost way of tuning the reflectance spectra of pencil lead samples using plasma. Their technique enabled them to produce pencil ...

Common mechanical pencils come in sizes to accommodate 0.5, 0.7, and 0.9 mm leads, but there are bigger and smaller ones available. Perhaps one of those really large drafting lead holders could be ...

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The pencil “lead” is actually a mixture of graphite and clay. More clay in the mixture makes the lead harder. A harder lead has a higher number. Pencils are numbered from 1-3 but most people use a ...

We can still get a kick from treating ourselves to a new t-shirt or pair of trainers. But can that possibly compete with the thrill of shopping for stationery in the weeks leading up to the new ...