They have also been used for decades as tools of art. Watch image created with BIC pen by Brazilian artist Alfonso Júnior Italian Argentine artist Lucio Fontana created early ballpoint art.

How many of you art geniuses out there used to doodle with your ball-point pens? How many of you thought you were drawing a pretty good cat, or house, or tree? I am sure that 99% of all kids who ...

It's a remarkably minimal production; Scher used only a few sheets of paper and a dozen ballpoint pens to draw each frame, backed by an original score from Shay Lynch. "The film is a cycle of ...

An artist has attracted attention on the internet after posting his ballpoint pen art. Samuel Silva from Portugal has produced photo-realistic drawings of people and animals simply using an array ...

London artist James Mylne has been creating photorealistic artwork using Bic ballpoint pens for 15 years. Individual works often take hours to complete, with each piece requiring intense ...