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642 Things to Write About: Great-Great-Grandmother’s Diary, June 16, 1865

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For the next week, we're going to be doing something different on the Pencils Blog. In addition to pencil news and updates, our staff will be writing short stories using prompts from 642 Things to Write About, the most popular book in the…

Palomino Announces Blackwing602.com

Yesterday, Palomino announced the launch of their new Blackwing-focused site Blackwing602.com (as well of a very interesting new notebook, but more on that later). The site is aimed at fostering the culture of creativity, innovation and excitement…

642 Things to Write About – “The Morning of Unusual Events”

For the next week, we're going to be doing something different on the Pencils Blog. In addition to pencil news and updates, our staff will be writing short stories using prompts from 642 Things to Write About, the most popular book in the…

Pencil Artist of the Week: Robbie Wild Hudson

This week’s featured pencil artist is Robbie Wild Hudson, a pencil artist who splits his time between Berlin and the Lake District in England. Robbie has exhibited his work in the UK, Canada, and Turkey and, after taking one look at his gallery,…

Understanding Paper Weights

Once upon a time, a tenth-grade English teacher sought to impress upon her students the importance of following MLA guidelines to the letter. One such guideline was that essays must be printed on paper of a particular weight. That night, twenty-some…

Internetopia: How to Draw the Internet

Overview Have you ever wanted to ask a famous artist to create something for you? Thanks to artist Benjamen Redford, you can pledge a dollar and get a piece of custom-tailored immortality on Internetopia.com. Redford launched his Internetopia…