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 ...

Gamalakhe's pencil artist, Menzi Nxele (23) is aiming to showcase more of his work and work more on his craft. It’s been said that the eyes are the windows to the soul, and that’s exactly what Menzi ...

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Art and science create the perfect formula for American painter Tina Mammoser. Jeannie Swales caught up with her. In the dimly lit hallway of artist Tina Mammoser’s Scarborough flat, her own abstract ...

The lowly pencil is not an elite or showy artistic medium. It doesn't have oil paint's gravitas, or plaster's endearing gauche. Instead, the pencil is accessible, plebeian and utilitarian. If put in ...

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your account’s ‘Saved for Later’ section. Because they are erasable, pencils are often the first tool creative people use when sketching out a ...