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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…
Colored Pencil Artist Ranjini

Pencil Artist of the Week: Ranjini Venkatachari

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It’s a new year, and that means a new batch of featured pencil artists. 2013’s first Pencil Artist of the Week is Ranjini Venkatachari, an artist living in Sammamish, Washington. Ranjini has been doodling since she was first able to hold…

Blackwing Pencils in the Wild! “Treasures of the Walt Disney Archives”

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Blackwing Pencils - The Disney Animator's Choice If I were a pencil-pushing superhero, I like to imagine that I would have a dedicated phone line solely for alerting me as to the presence of Blackwing pencils in the vicinity. If that phone…
Blackwings in Castle

Blackwings, Movies, and Mystery – PPC

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Pencil Pushers, rejoice: There were Blackwings all over the pop culture scene as 2012 came to an end! Many cheers to the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for FINALLY recognizing actor Dustin Hoffman for his sterling contributions to…