Converse of object

• sharpen: This might be anything, ranging from a mounted needle to a sharpened pencil.

• gnaw: Who needs pesky newspapers, dog-eared quiz books and gnawed pencils?

• propel: Why is the metal lead holder for my propelling pencil not advancing lead correctly?

Adjective modifier

• 2b: Take a sheet of thin layout or typing paper and with 2b pencil heavily shade an area large enough to cover your whole sketch.

• colored: The Reeves Colored pencils can be easily blended to obtain many different color shades.

• pastel: Acrylics are completely new to me - I've worked in watercolor and pastel pencils before.

• indelible: This site is marked with an indelible skin pencil.

• mechanical: Sketches I use a mechanical pencil to draw my sketches.

• retractable: You can also make a sucking device with a modified retractable lead pencil.

Modifies a noun

• sharpener: The offender is believed to have used a blade from a pencil sharpener.

• sketch: I can no longer see pencil sketches on my stand.

• eraser: With a pencil eraser, clean the PCI contacts.

• drawing: Wedding portraits: Beautiful, original pencil drawings of your wedding day.

• pleat: Measure pencil pleat from the small ring at the bottom of the curtain ring on curtain poles.

• skirt: Indisputably chic suits, dresses and pencil skirts are matched by a range of bags and accessories.

Noun used with modifier

• graphite: The majority of her portrait commissions come from America and she specializes in the mediums graphite pencil, colored pencil and oils.

• watercolor: Helpful Hints: Try to provide some decent art materials - watercolor pencils are ideal for beginners.

• eyebrow: Comb your eyebrows before applying eyebrow pencil and then, ever so lightly, comb them again when you have finished.

• coloring: You will need: some plain paper, a pencil, a rubber and some coloring pencils, crayons or felt tips.