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A crayon (or wax pastel) is a stick of pigmented wax used for writing or drawing. Wax crayons differ from pastels , in which the pigment is mixed with a dry binder such as gum arabic , and from oil pastels , where the binder is a mixture of wax and oil.
Conté crayons Page from a sketchbook using black Conté. Conté (/ ˈ k ɒ n t eɪ, ˈ k ɒ n t i /; [1] French pronunciation:), also known as Conté sticks or Conté crayons, are a drawing medium composed of compressed powdered graphite or charcoal mixed with a clay base, square in cross-section.
Weston Woods Studios (or simply Weston Woods) is a production company that makes audio and short films based on well-known books for children. [1] It was founded in 1953 by Morton Schindel in Weston, Connecticut, and named after the wooded area near his home.
Record a pronunciation in OGG format. Much of the advice at Wikipedia:WikiProject Spoken Wikipedia/Recording guidelines applies here (e.g. equalization and noise reduction), except that unlike a spoken article, a pronunciation recording should contain only the pronunciation of the word, and no English description or explanation. This allows it ...
By 1905, the line had expanded to offering 18 different-sized crayon boxes [17] with five different-sized crayons, only two of which survive today—the "standard size" (a standard sized Crayola crayon is 3 + 5 ⁄ 8 in × 5 ⁄ 16 in (92.1 mm × 7.9 mm)) and the "large size" (large sized Crayola crayons are 4 in × 7 ⁄ 16 in (102 mm × 11 mm ...
Nicolas-Jacques Conté (French pronunciation: [nikɔla ʒak kɔ̃te]; 4 August 1755 – 6 December 1805) was a French inventor of the modern pencil. [1]He was born at Saint-Céneri-près-Sées (now Aunou-sur-Orne) in Normandy and distinguished himself for his mechanical genius, which was of great avail to the French army in Egypt.
Penny Crayon is a 1989 British children's television series that tells the adventures of a very intellectual and well-meaning (but occasionally mischievous) schoolgirl from London who loves to draw, and her escapades accompanied by her best friend, Dennis. Using the magic crayons that she always carries with her, she brings everything that she ...
Julien Miquel AIWS is a French YouTuber and winemaker, best known for making word pronunciation videos on his eponymous channel, with over 50,000 uploads as of May 2024. Several native speakers have criticised him for butchering the pronunciation of their languages. [1]