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Pencil Artist Liam Chestnutt

Pencil Artist of the Week: Liam Chestnutt

This week’s featured pencil artist is Liam Chestnutt, a pencil artist living in Southampton, England. Liam is one of our followers on Twitter whose pencil art caught our eye after he reached out to us with a pencil question. So, for all of…
Van Gogh

Pencil Sketches Star Van Gogh – PPC

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Pencils and Pop-Culture: Pencil Sketches Star Van Gogh It would be a herculean undertaking to add up the total number of square feet dedicated in museums to paintings and sculpture, versus the floorspace housing pencil sketches. However, it's…
Drawing Lessons Abstracting

Drawing Lessons: Techniques to Help You “See”

In this entry into her drawing lessons series, landscape pencil artist Diane Wright discusses various techniques designed to help you "see" what you're drawing by abstracting it.  Drawing Lessons: Techniques to Help you “See” Every artist…
Songwriter Ned the Kids Dylan

12 Year Old Songwriter Sensation Ned The Kids Dylan

12 Year Old Songwriter Sensation Ned The Kids Dylan Ned Mansfield, better known by his stage name Ned The Kids Dylan, is an energetic and free-spirited musician and songwriter who plays original music with an authenticity not seen on the…
Pencil Artist Mike O'Connell

Pencil Artist of the Week: Mike O’Connell

This week’s featured artist is Mike O’Connell, a pencil artist living in a rural village in Staffordshire, UK. Mike has captured images of David Bowie, Jack Nicholson, Bob Dylan, Keith Richards and more in graphite form. On average, each…
Youth Art

Celebrate Youth Art Month Every March

Youth Art Month March is Youth Art Month – a whole month of dedicated to promoting and celebrating youth art and art education. It was founded in 1961 and called Children’s Art Month until 1969, when the name was changed to include junior…
Matt Gallagher Author Photo

Fire and Forget: Interview with Author Matt Gallagher

Pencils.com spoke with Iraq War Veteran Matt Gallagher, author of, "KABOOM: Embracing the Suck in a Savage Little War," about his work on the recent anthology Fire and Forget. Edited by Matt Gallagher and Roy Scranton,…
Drawing Lessons Importance of Sketching

Drawing Lessons: The Importance of Sketching

Drawing Lessons: The Importance of Sketching Sketching is the fundamental building block for an artist.  It is used to develop a personal visual vocabulary.  Sketches are visual exercises in problem solving and provides the opportunity to: hone…
Women's Day

You Go Girl: Celebrating International Women’s Day

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Celebrating International Women's Day March 8th is International Women’s Day, which honors the work of the suffragettes and celebrates women’s achievements. Ironically, we working women do not have the day off. I guess we’ll just have…
How to Sharpen Pencils

How to Sharpen Pencils Goes for the Top Spot – PPC

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Well folks, we just finished up an intense movie award season, from the Oscars to the Golden Globes, to the Independent Spirit Awards and every professional film-making guild under the sun. I fully admit to not having seen any of those films…