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By: Ikedi Ani-okoye.

Introdcution to Pencils

You’ve often seen those pencils personalized with small businesses names and slogans on them at grand openings and giveaways. Now it’s possible to create your own personalized pencils for your parties and events. Pencil colors, and the phrase to be put on the pencils can even be decided from the comfort of your personal computer.

Facts about pencils

Pencils are the objects to write and draw. This is considered the very first of the modes through which the kids express themselves. Pencils are made up of a thin pigment stick, which is known as graphite, and along with that they also have the colored pigments, which are known as the coloring pencils and are the kids’ favorites. If we explore the history of pencils, we will come to find that the ancient pencils were used by the Romans, which was a thin metal stick and was used to rub on the papyrus.

Quality pencils

Quality pencils are made from quality material, from the wood outside to the graphite inside. The wood should be uniform and free of knots. Knots will catch when you're sharpening your pencil, which can result in the pencil breaking and you having to start all over again with sharpening it. Wood without knots will sharpen much more smoothly and easily

Still Life Pencil Drawings

A still life work can have many purposes. If we work in color it can help us understand how color acts in real life, how the light bounces, and how an arrangement of colors can bring a special mood to the painting. Using colored pencils we can begin studies about color, and work in the finest details. But in the case of black and white pencil drawings, the purpose of the still life pencil drawing is different. A still life pencil drawing can help us study shapes and see how they interact on our eyes, we learn how to measure correct proportions and how they can make the difference betwen a good drawing and a remarkable drawing.

CONCLUSION

Still lifes are the most available subjects in the world, and while some people may consider still life pencil drawing boring, the fact is they teach us a lot. Don't just grab any old pack of pencils off the shelf to use in your writing or your art. With pencils, you get what you pay for. If you use cheap pencils for your work, it'll show, no matter how talented you may be.