Mechanical pencils are another way of using graphite. Their advantage is that they hold a point without being sharpened, making them useful for technical drawing and fine line work. The history of the ...

The Graphite Pencil was discovered before 1565, when a deposit of graphite was discovered near Grey Knotts of Seathwaite in Cumbria, England. The locals being traditional farmers found that it was ...

The ReAction is a refillable mechanical pencil from the BIC company. New packages of the ReAction often contain two of the pencils along with replacement graphite lead rods for convenience when you ...

Leave the pencil drawing detailing bits to end, first focus on adding enough graphite to big blocks and work on the light shades, much like working on a photo negative in a dark room. It's advisable ...

Some coloured pencils are water soluble - water can be brushed over them to blend colours. Water-soluble pencils are usually softer than ordinary coloured pencils and will go blunt more quickly.

Do you have a favourite, go-to pencil? If so, is it a traditional wood and graphite number, or a mechanical device? If it’s the former, do you hone its point with a sharpener or a knife? Look at the ...

A batch of graphite has just been delivered to this pencil factory in Germany. Once it’s been thoroughly mixed with clay, it’s ready to go into production, with around 550 pounds of the stuff ...

Staff photo / R. Michael Semple Mike Schaffner, senior vice president of operations for Graphite One, right, talks Tuesday about the company’s plan to build a $435 million advanced graphite ...