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Pencil Microphone

Building a Matchbox Microphone Using Pencil Graphite

Lifehacker recently posted this video uploaded by video blogger DaveHax that shows us how to make a simple matchbox microphone out of a few pencils, a matchbox and, well, little else. How a Microphone Works Microphones have little diaphragms…
Beginning Artist Mistakes to Avoid

10 Mistakes All Beginning Artists Make

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We all make mistakes, especially when we're learning something new. Below are ten of the most common mistakes beginning artists make, and what you can do to avoid them. 1. Using a pencil that's too hard The standard number two pencil we…
Pencil Artist Sandrid Navarro

Pencil Artist of the Week: Sandrid Navarro

This week’s featured pencil artist is Sandrid Navarro, a pencil artist from Colombia who creates color pencil drawings of people, animals and more. Sandrid uses a combination of Prismacolor color pencils, Faber-Castell color pencils and Fabriano…
CursiveLogic

An Interview with CursiveLogic’s Linda Shrewsbury

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Let's get this out of the way right off the bat: I love to write things out by hand. Even before I became entrenched in the world of pencils, pens, notebooks and the like, I loved scribbling in the margins of books, writing lists before a vacation…
Clive Thompson

Clive Thompson on Why You Should Always Carry a Pencil

This morning, one of my favorite pencil users, Austin Kleon, posted a link to video featuring another one of my favorite pencil users, Clive Thompson. The video features the keynote Clive delivered at one of Hubspot’s INBOUND Bold Talks titled…
Pencil Artist Don Gaconnet

Pencil Artist of the Week: Don Gaconnet

This week’s featured pencil artist is Don Gaconnet, a pencil artist from the United States who works graphite, acrylic paint, charcoals and color pencils. His DeviantArt gallery is filled with drawings created using a combination of these…
Sketchbook Project Submission

How the Sketchbook Project Inspired One Notebook User

Notebooks, journals and sketchbooks present a troubling challenge for me. The shelves and drawers of my house are filled with Field Notes, Rhodias, Slates and other pads of all shapes and sizes. They're lined up like volumes in a vast and…
Pencil Artist Shayna Reddick

Pencil Artist of the Week: Shayna Reddick

This week’s featured artist is Shayna Reddick, a pencil artist from the United States who started drawing in ernest in 2012. When she first picked up a pencil, her drawings were crude and simple, but in just three years’ time, she has developed…
Jack Kerouac

The Things They Carried – Brilliant Pocket Dumps

Brilliant minds are often a bit off, especially scientists and writers that create entirely new worlds. We can assume that they would carry a pad and pen/pencil to scribble down ideas no matter when they hit, but many go well beyond the norm…
Elephantmen creator Richard Starking

Elephantmen Creator Richard Starkings on Pencils

Richard Starkings is not just the creator of the Elephantmen comics, he is also the owner. While many artists hand over the rights to their comics to the publisher - making them vulnerable to being overruled or pushed out altogether if sales…