Of course, you can’t judge a drawing pencil (solely) by its beauty. They come … Perhaps we’re biased, but there’s a unique beauty to drawing pencils that isn’t matched by your everyday ...

The True Composition of a Pencil: Not Just Graphite. Many people refer to pencil 'lead', but there is no actual lead in pencils. The core is made from a mixture of graphite and clay, developed in ...

In 1794, French inventor Nicolas-Jacques Conté devised a recipe to produce strong pencil cores from more plentiful, less-pure graphite. A version of his method of mixing graphite, clay and water ...

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 ...

Creating different hardness' to pencils was discovered by Nicholas Jacques Conté. Mixing powdered graphite with clay and forming the mixture into rods that were then fired in a kiln.

EVEN in this day and age, pencils still remain the go-to writing implement for primary schools pupils. Artists still love to do sketches with pencils as they see it as a very versatile drawing ...