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 ...

Patient artist Paul Lung spends up to 60 hours sketching incredibly detailed pictures of his subjects with just a single pencil. 01 September 2009 • 1:03pm Believe it or not these portraits are not ...

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 ...