Howard Lee is a popular artist known for his hyperrealistic depictions of everyday objects. Now he is creating simpler illusions using just pencil and paper. Although simple, there is a mystery to how ...

If you want to see a rigid pencil turn to rubber, just ask an elementary-school student. In a favorite playground trick, an amateur magician picks up a pencil near the tip and lightly jiggles the ...

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J.D. Hillberry's trompe l'oeil pencil-and-charcoal drawings have caused confusion at more than one art festival. It's not called trompe l'oeil (trick the eye) for nothing. "A group of people were ...