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“Diebenkorn, the Berkeley Years” Makes Appearance at DeYoung Museum

http://youtu.be/PV1ZHh9wl7w Richard Diebenkorn on Beginning a painting [Video] Richard Diebenkorn's exhibit made an appearance at San Francisco's DeYoung Museum in Golden Gate park, in September. The exhibit of Diebenkorn's artwork from…
Best Hand-Drawn Book Covers

The Best Hand-Drawn Book Covers

They say you shouldn't judge a book by its cover - but what if it features some amazing hand-drawn art? I'd like to call your attention to five books that are beautiful to look at in addition to being great reads. Our Top 6 Hand-Drawn Book…
Pencil Beats

The Best Pencil Beat Videos on the Web

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Have you ever been sitting at your desk, either processing an idea or just bored, only to find yourself making a quiet drum beat with your pencil? Perhaps you've never made the beats yourself, but maybe you remember a kid in one of your classes…
Scandinavia and the World

Five Awesomely Hilarious Webcomics

When I was little, my favorite activity was reading the Sunday morning comics with my dad. In fact, I'm pretty sure I can thank Peanuts for a large percentage of my literacy. Comics are still an important part of my life - in fact, my dad saves…

Pencil Artist of the Week: Danielle Trudeau

This week’s featured pencil artist is Danielle Trudeau, a pencil artist living in Manitoba, Canada. We first discovered Danielle’s artwork on her DeviantArt profile, which is loaded with all sorts of awesome drawings. Danielle is still a…
Bad Toon Rising

Bad Toon Rising: Creating Cartoon Characters from Memory

Have you ever been in the situation where you start doodling a popular character for fun, but with no point of reference you realize you aren’t quite sure what the character looks like? Does Mickey Mouse wear suspenders? Does Porky Pigs have…
Pencil Artist GraphixRob

Pencil Artist of the Week: Rob Hassan (GraphixRob)

This week’s featured pencil artist is Rob Hassan, a freelance artist and pencil artist living in the Chicago area who goes by the handle “GraphixRob.” Rob is an artist who is skilled in a number of different art forms, as the brief biography…
Cursive Handwriting

In Defense of Keeping Cursive in the Classroom

Why Cursive Handwriting is Still Relevant If you read my Scantron article, you may remember that the increasing use of technology in classrooms was threatening to edge out the old way of test-taking. This week, technology takes on a new opponent…
Artwork Inspired by 9/11

The Art Inspired by September 11th, 2001

Creativity is often born out of the ashes of tragedy. Modernism took its form in the wake of World War I, the Beat Generation in the shadow of the Bomb, so it comes as no surprise that the tragedies of the past 15 years have inspired art as…
Pencil Artist Monica Bouman

Pencil Artist of the Week: Monica Bouman

This week’s featured pencil artist is Monica Bouman, a pencil artist from the Netherlands. Monica taught drawing and painting to primary school students for a number of years before being inspired to create her own original pencil works, and…