crayon

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If you have ever used a "magic eraser" sponge to scrub away scuffs on white shoes or crayon marks on a wall, you have seen how powerful these cleaners can be.

From Science Daily • Apr. 18, 2026

It features 26 paintings, oil sketches and drawings, these last done in Conté crayon, a medium made from powdered graphite and carbon black that allowed deeper blacks and more expressive tonal contrasts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

The suite is mostly through-composed, yet its harmonic palette invites creativity—“like a crayon box,” Mr. Ross told me.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 27, 2025

He jokes that he just adds more “crudely drawn crayon lines and mascara beard” to show his character aging throughout the course of the show.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 13, 2025

Fern took an extra crayon for Miss Patty Cake.

From "One Crazy Summer" by Rita Williams-Garcia