pencil drawing

Shaded graphite illustration

A pencil drawing is artwork created using graphite or colored pencils on paper.

The term distinguishes work in this medium from ink drawings, charcoal sketches, or paintings: The museum's collection includes several pencil drawings by Degas.

Pencil drawings range from quick studies to highly detailed finished pieces.

Opposites
medium/tool

pencil drawingoil painting

Art made with linseed-bound pigments

watercolor painting · digital art · digital illustration · oil on canvas · sculpture

permanence/erasability

pencil drawingtattoo

Permanent dermal design

ink drawing · engraving · etching · woodcut · lithograph

production method

pencil drawingdigital art

Computer-generated visual work

photograph · photocopy · 3D rendering · print · lithograph

Family

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Familiarity
Top 100,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G