Perhaps we’re biased, but there’s a unique beauty to drawing pencils that isn’t matched by your everyday writing pencil. Usually painted in a pleasing color and embossed with their name and grade, ...

Almost every syllabus, teacher, and standardized test requires a No. 2 pencil. Are there other choices out there? Indeed there are. Pencil makers manufacture Nos. 1, 2, 2.5, 3, and 4 pencils—and ...

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 ...

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