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I keep this bunch of very thick, real pencils on my studio worktop and often wonder how they were made... from real tree branches, or carved to look like tree branches afterward. I found them in a local French junk shop, but were they made in France?

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A group of nine pencils held together with a thin piece of pliable strip-wood. The pencils are very thick and look as if they are real tree branches... they may be but I cannot see how the black leads were inserted. Perhaps they were made traditionally using two half pieces of softwood which was then cleverly carved to look like tree bark?
January 2, 2025 at 4:21 PM
buzzed44.bsky.social
An abstract straight-line drawing using different grades and thicknesses of charcoal pencils. Touches of red and yellow-orange acrylics added some extra depth to the 'angular' composition.

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A charcoal pencil drawing composed of a hundred or so straight lines at different angles roughly overlapping at the center of the composition. There are also some red and yellow-orange streaks of acrylic paint on the artwork.
January 1, 2025 at 11:03 AM