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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…

Product Profile: The Exotic Pencils of Caran d’Ache

We’ve covered the iconic pencil sharpening machine, the world’s first mechanical pencil, and Pencils.com’s first foray into the world of pens, but I think we’ve saved the best new Caran d’Ache item for last. Les Crayons de la Maison…

Product Profile: Caran d’Ache 844 Mechanical Pencil and Fixpencil

We’ve offered mechanical pencils on Pencils.com before, but never one as storied as the 844 mechanical pencils and Fixpencils found in our new Caran d’Ache offerings. Today, we’re going to take a closer look at what makes these pencils…

Pencil Artist of the Week: Justin Jenkins

This week’s featured artist is pencil artist Justin Jenkins, a surreal artist who plays with color, form and shape to create pencil drawings that unlike anything we have ever featured on Pencils.com. And, considering, we have profiled over…

Product Profile: Caran d’Ache Frosty and 849 Pens

Yesterday, we took a look at the Caran d’Ache pencil sharpening machine, the first crank sharpener we’ve offered on Pencils.com. Today, we’re going to take a look at another Pencils.com first from Caran d’Ache: pens. Frosty Pens First…

Product Profile: Caran d’Ache Pencil Sharpening Machine

Yesterday, we announced the addition of several new Caran d’Ache products to the current offerings available on Pencils.com. Today, we’re going to take a closer look at one of these products and what makes it one of the most unique items…

A List of Lists Worth Keeping

I love lists, and I hope you do too, because you're about to experience list-ception - that is, a list of lists to keep in your notebook so you always have them handy when you need them. 1. Packing List(s) I do a lot of traveling - to my grandma's…