Through the vast range of lights and darks possible with graphite, pencil drawings often even allude to color. Barry Assed obviously has the right hands for working the pencil over paper ...

Mountain Chief by Terrance Guardipee (Blackfeet), 2012, antique ledger paper, colored pencil, graphite, ink NMAI/Heye Center A Warrior's Story, Honoring Grandpa Blue Bird by Lauren Good Day Giago ...

How artist Alexander Perrin created a peaceful pencil-art meditation ... Faded, silvery graphite sketchings of trees. Babbling brooks and rolling hills. The twittering of birds and the sighing ...