Feathers of the crow and raven were used for fine work, such as mapmaking and drawing ... ink again. Joseph Gillott, an English inventor, developed a machine in 1831 to produce steel pen nibs ...

An 18th-century pen-and-ink sketch by English portraitist George Romney was hidden amid the rubbish. “When I first found it buried in the dumpster, it looked interesting but I had no idea it ...

Try experimenting with different colours of ballpoint pen to create layers of texture. Light-coloured felt tips can easily pick up darker colours from a drawing surface. This can be avoided by ...