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Pencil Artist Kevin Williams

Pencil Artist of the Week: Kevin Williams

This week’s featured pencil artist is Kevin Williams, an artist currently living, working, going to school, and creating awesome pencil art in Tampa, Florida. We discovered Kevin’s artwork on DeviantArt, where his portraits combining graphite…

Some of Our Favorite Christmas Movies

Christmas movies are a holiday tradition among my friends and I, and I bet they're a tradition for some of you folks too. There are so many great ones, it's hard to pick favorites, but I'd like to share with you my top five. If you haven't seen…

Pencil Artist of the Week: Robyn (Robydude)

This week’s featured artist is Robyn, a pencil artist based in the United Kingdom. Robyn’s DeviantArt gallery is filled with drawings of birds, dogs, and cats, but it was her horse drawings that gave Robyn the inside track to being this…

Faber-Castell Featured in New York Times

  The New York Times recently posted an article spotlighting German pencil giant Faber-Castell and the company’s head Count Anton-Wolfgang von Faber-Castell. Among other things, the article discusses how the company has managed to…

Pencil Artist of the Week: Abdon Jose Romero Diaz

I am REALLY excited about this week’s pencil artist. It isn’t every day that you find an artist whose subjects include Star Trek’s Dr. “Bones” McCoy or The Lone Ranger’s Tonto, but this week’s featured artist isn’t your everyday…

‘Tis the Season to Send Cards: Holiday Card Writing Tips

Do you remember the episode of Everybody Loves Raymond where Marie writes a letter to include in her Christmas cards about what everyone's been up to that year, and it starts an all-out feud? If not, see here. The main premise of the episode…

Pencil Nail Art Tutorial

Fancy nails are all the rage these days, and what better way to stay on-trend than with super cute pencil nails? Just follow the steps below! Disclaimer: This is my first attempt at anything crazier than making each  nail a different color,…

Pencil Artist of the Week: Amy (Artlover-US)

This week’s featured artist is Amy, a pencil artist who goes by the handle Artlover-US on DeviantArt. Amy started drawing after she was bit by the creative bug while on a summer trip to Paris earlier this year. Since then, she has been drawing,…

Sunspot Drawings from Mt. Wilson Are Keeping an Age-Old Art Alive

Sunspot Drawings: An 885 Year Tradition Steve Padilla is a solar technician. He is a scientist and an astronomer. He is also an artist. Every day, Padilla ascends 150 feet to the top of a solar telescope on Mt. Wilson in Los Angeles, California,…

Pencil Artist of the Week: Noémi (littlebori)

This week’s featured pencil artist is Noémi, an art student, photographer and, you guessed it, pencil artist from Hungary. The breadth of Noémi’s skill with a pencil is incredibly broad, allowing her to create everything from animation-style…