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Bringing a Musical Dream to Life

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Matt Mongomery uses Blackwing pencils to create. And like great creators, he has taken his latest grand idea from his head, put in onto paper, and now he's ready to bring it to life. Matt is trying to bring together 25 of the most talented…
The Blackwing Experience

The Blackwing Experience Comes to the West Coast

Pencils.com Partners with Palomino and the Chuck Jones Center to Bring the Blackwing Experience to Southern California Pencils.com and Studio 602 are excited to announce that we will be teaming up with Palomino and the Chuck Jones Center for…
Standardized Testing

Pencils: The New Standard in Standardized Testing

Pencils: The New Standard in Standardized Testing The room is deathly quiet, except for the ticking of the clock. In front of you, a sealed test packet rests on your desk. Your fingers hover over two freshly-sharpened number two pencils. You…
Pencil Artist Scott Wilke

Pencil Artist of the Week: Scott Wilke

This week’s featured pencil artist is Scott Wilke, a color pencil artist, cartoonist and illustrator who was born and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He creates color pencil portraits of celebrities, athletes, loved ones and strangers using…

Pencil Sculpture Makes a Point at UNH

UNH Students Create Pencil Sculpture That Mirrors Student Debt We have featured many fantastic pencil artists who create everything from realistic pencil drawings, to tiny sculptures (Dalton Ghetti, Hungarian artist Cerkahegyzo) to large-scale…
The lost art of passing notes

The Lost Art of Passing Notes

Rediscovering the Lost Art of Passing Notes When I was young, passing notes was a favorite pastime. My friends and I were forever inventing creative ways to pass notes without the teachers finding out. It wasn't until my junior year of high…
Pencil Artist Nicole Fekaris

Pencil Artist of the Week: Nicole Fekaris

This week’s featured pencil artist is Nicole Fekaris, a self-taught pencil artist and mirror writer living in West Virginia. She is a lifetime member of EBSQ, a group that provides its community of artists, artisans and photographers with…
3D Drawing

3D Drawing, Printing Brings Art to Life

3D drawing may appear on the surface like a passing trend in the tech industry, but is it more than that? Recently, The Huffington Post reported that scientists at Oxford are using 3D printing to create artificial human tissue. Simply…
Editorial Cartooning Pulitzer Prize

Top 11 Editorial Cartooning Pulitzer Prize Winners

                            The winners of the Pulitzer Prize were announced last week. As artists and drawing enthusiasts, the…
Blackwing Pearl Preview

Timberlines: Introducing the Blackwing Pearl

Timberlines: Introducing the Blackwing Pearl Over at Timberlines, WoodChuck has posted the first image of the Palomino Blackwing Pearl! His Timberlines post not only reveals the look of the new pencil, it also gives an inside look at the design…