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How to Freelance

How to Freelance: So You Want to be a Freelancer…

So you want to know how to freelance, eh? It seems society has this idea that writers huddle in caves, chanting over glowing crystals and sacrificing small woodland creatures in search of some special, rarefied skill set that allows them to…
The Best Pencil Sharpeners

Pencil Sharpeners: Choosing the Best Sharpener

[dropcap]W[/dropcap]hen I was in junior high, my Spanish teacher would lean out of his classroom at lunchtime and angrily scream "SACAPUNTAS!" at kids passing by. If you speak Spanish, you know that "sacapuntas" means pencil sharpener. If you…
Pencil Artist of the Week Julie Popowicz

Pencil Artist of the Week: Julie Popowicz

This week’s featured pencil artist is Julie Popowicz, a pencil artist living in Alberta, Canada. Julie was born in Germany (we all know the strong connection between Germany and pencils) and has been drawing for over 30 years. She experimented…
National Handwriting Day

National Handwriting Day: Celebrating a Lost Art

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Celebrate a Lost Art on National Handwriting Day Happy National Handwriting Day, everyone! I hope that you awoke to find new, freshly-sharpened Blackwings in your pencil cup and stacks of fresh notebooks on your desk, just waiting to be filled…
Pencil Artist Katarina Wong

Pencil Artist of the Week: Katarina Wong

Pencil Artist Katarina Wong This week’s featured pencil artist is Katarina Wong, a visual artist and curator based in New York City. Her work has been shown nationally and internationally in museums ranging from the Bronx Museum in New York…
Recycle Pencils

Recycle Pencils with These Creative Tips

My dad is a lawyer, and when I was young he brought me a pencil from work that was shaped like a gavel, with two erasers on top. That was the coolest pencil I’ve ever owned, and even when it was too short to write with comfortably, I couldn’t…
Golden Globes 2013

Golden Globes Serve Up Golden Advice – PPC

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Last weekend was the Golden Globes Award Show, sponsored by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, and famously the most unpredictable of award shows with its open bar and constant fountain of champagne. It’s worth noting that the Golden…
Ted Russell Kamp Smile Alone

Blackwing Sessions: “Smile Alone” – Night Owl

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Night Owl is Climbing the Charts Ted Russell Kamp's album Night Owl debuted at #19 on the EuroAmericana music chart last week. This episode of the Blackwing Sessions was recorded during Ted's live performance at Loudville Studios last November,…
Pencil Sketch of Charles Berolzheimer

Pencils, WoodChuck and Blackwing in Stanford Magazine

The January/February issue of Stanford Magazine features an article about Pencils.com President Charles Berolzheimer and the revival of the Blackwing pencil. Here's an excerpt from the article, which can be found at the Stanford Alumni website. [quote]For…
Silver Surfer by Pencil Artist Cory Smith

Pencil Artist of the Week: Cory Smith

This week's featured pencil artist is Cory Smith, a graphite pencil artist and sculptor living in Illinois. When he isn't out saving the world one convention at a time, Cory draws incredibly realistic and detailed renditions of comic superheroes…