Technical drawing required sturdy writing implements rather than ... Surveyors, navigators, and draftsmen also used pencils and crayons in holders such as those seen in the dividers and compasses and ...

If you’re of a certain vintage and have ever done any technical drawing, chances are good that you used a r0tring of some kind, be it pencil or pen. Well, r0tring makes more than writing implements.

C.H. Hanson® introduces its new SharpDraw® Mechanical Pencil extending its broad line of marking tools for carpentry ...

Whether drawing realistic or abstract subjects, an understanding of tone, the variations of light and shade, is important. A variety of pencils are required to create a tonal study. The B range is ...

Water-soluble pencils tend to be softer than ordinary coloured pencils. Charcoal is a fast and responsive drawing media. It gives both soft and strong lines depending on how it is used.

Drawing instruments have been essential to mathematics, architecture, surveying, navigation, engineering design, and other technical endeavors from antiquity ... including pens and pencils, dividers ...