This week’s featured artist is Asen Iosifov Tasev, a pencil artist from Bulgaria who creates stylized portraits using a combination of graphite pencils, watercolor pencils, ink and coffee.
Asen graduated from the “St. Kliment Ohridski”…
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This week’s featured artist is Sam Jones, a pencil artist from the UK who creates sketches, drawings and doodles using a combination of analog and digital tools. Sam explained which tools he uses and why, and gave some insight into why he…
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Crossword puzzles, like so many things I love, originated in England in the 19th century, although they were first widely published in the United States. They were a derivation of the "word square," a children's puzzle that looks exactly how…
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This week’s featured artist is Ed McNeil, a pencil artist from the United States who creates drawings, sketches and paintings of animals and pop-culture icons. Ed broke down his favorite tools for creating his traditional drawings:
“The…
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I have a pencil in my cup at work. It's a yellow Ticonderoga No. 2 HB, and I love it. Not a day goes by that I don't need it for something. If you're a dedicated pencil user like I am, here are some tips for you to optimize your daily pencil…
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This week’s featured artist is Jekaterina Dancheva-Ustrikova, a pencil artist from Estonia who creates biological taxonomy drawings of fish, lizards and other wildlife. Jekaterina’s drawings would be right at home in the pages of a naturalist’s…
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We’ve explored the mechanisms of pencils and erasers, and now it’s time to discuss how pencil sharpeners work.
If you’re exploring the site, chances are you understand just how essential our pencil…
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This week's featured artist is Doménique Steverink, a self-taught pencil artist from the Netherlands who creates drawings using a variety of paper and pencil types. She gave us a breakdown of her tools, including which pencil and paper…
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We know pencils work thanks to graphite molecules breaking off and catching onto the fibers of paper. Today, we’re going to figure out how erasers work to remove those bits of graphite when you make a mistake.
As it turns out, erasers…
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This week’s featured artist is Lysaena, a pencil artist from France who is studying at the EMCA animation school. Once she graduates, Lysaena hopes to attend ENJMIN, a school dedicated to video game and other interactive digital arts.
Lysaena…
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