Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your account’s ‘Saved for Later’ section. Because they are erasable, pencils are often the first tool creative people use when sketching out a ...

Almost every syllabus, teacher, and standardized test requires a No. 2 pencil. Are there other choices out there? Indeed there are. Pencil makers manufacture Nos. 1, 2, 2.5, 3, and 4 pencils—and ...

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As a new middle-school teacher, I’m facing a challenge I never thought about before: assigning a list of school supplies for my students. My colleagues tell me that there’s a real downside to wooden ...

Most of us pick up pencils—and lose them—without giving them a second thought. Pencils are a bit more interesting than you might, think, though. Here are a few not-so-frequently asked questions about ...

This video transforms ordinary coloured pencils into a stunning rainbow woodturning project. Layered in resin and shaped on ...

Our hair tends to lose density and thickness as we age—and that unfortunately goes for the hair on our eyebrows, too. Luckily, the best eyebrow pencils for women over 50 can help make thinning, sparse ...