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pencil crayon

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noun

  1. a pencil containing a coloured marking substance; coloured pencil

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Desmond’s varied illustrations combine watercolors, acrylic paint, pencil, crayon and printmaking techniques to create ever-changing moods and spectacular scenes of Arctic life.

From New York Times ● Nov. 3, 2016

Even more remarkable, and less familiar, are large drawings from 1966 notable especially for their skeins of automatist drawing in pencil, crayon and ballpoint.

From New York Times ● Mar. 12, 2015

They are drawn on papers of various colors and different preparations, with pen, pencil, crayon, charcoal, silver point, tempera, or water-colors.

From Dürer Artist-Biographies by M. F. Sweetser

Miniatures, half-lengths, whole-lengths, pencil, crayon, and water-colours had been all tried in turn.

From Emma by Jane Austen

I can teach drawing in pencil, crayon, or water colors, well enough for beginners.

From All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr

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