The Mitsubishi Hi Uni is a soft graphite pencil that is ideal for achieving dark areas in your drawings. Highly rated among graphite artists due to its high quality, consistency and application, most say that it is the darkest 10B on the market. With a lead made from graphite and clay tha...
light, then this is an acceptable practice. But if too much pressure is applied to the pencil, then grooves can be created in the surface of the paper. These grooves become difficult to fill in or cover with softer graphite applications. This can lead to noticeable inconsistencies in the ...
The right primer is like the unsung hero of the makeup routine, especially for mature skin. Think of it as preparing a canvas for a painting; it creates a smooth surface for makeup application, helping to even out skin tone, minimizing the appearance of pores and fine lines, and extending...
Aclichéis a tired, stale phrase or idiom that, because of overuse, has lost its impact. What was once a fresh way of looking at something has become a weak prop for writing that feels unimaginative and dull. Clichés are what you write when you don’t have the energy or inspiration to...
Picasso famously said: ‘Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up”. He also said: ”It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child.”There is wisdom there. ...
This is the recipe: present only one guest that represents your narrative; allow the moderator to frame the discourse to fit that bias and never question the narrative; go so off theme of the actual topic that the talk is supposed to cover (in this case “On Western Media and Syria”);...
In short, it was one of those days when you feel that perhaps it is better to be alive after all — the answer to a question you didn’t even realize you were asking yourself from behind your mask. Now I’m laying in bed next to the person who came through me into this world. ...
This is where craft of the artist comes in. Every artist knows that the less said the better, that craftmeansbeing succinct. This is true in acting, in writing, in music, in dance and in the visual arts. Art succeeds when it extracts the refined essence of an intuition or an experience...
The small0.5mm Zebra M-301 Stainless Steel Mechanical Pencilis a high quality, low budget pencil that I like to use as my lender pencil. For those classmates who want to borrow a pencil, this is the pencil I give them. As a heavy handed person, I tend to break lead from most mechani...
lost soul and sole survivor of a horrific homicide who is offered an extraordinary second chance — to attend one of the world’s most elite universities on a full ride. Little does she know she is entering an occult universe of limitless power, secret societies, and the darkest forces imagi...