Bullet pencils, as the name suggests, are pencils whose casings are made from spent rifle cartridges. They originated on battlefields in the early nineteenth century, and were sold as souvenirs. .303 British rifle casings were the most commonly…
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This week’s featured pencil artist is Pauline Jaine Palita, a pencil artist from the Phillippines who creates “wibbly wobbly artworks” using a combination of graphite pencils, color pencils and paints.
Pauline uses Faber-Castell color…
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We’re no strangers to out-of-print pencils. Many pencils have come and gone over the years – many pencils disappear for good reason. There are, however, many great pencil models that went out-of-print before their time.
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This week’s featured artist is Sara Elena Meloni, a pencil artist from Italy who creates realistic pencil drawings using a variety of graphite sources. In fact, according to Sarah, she uses “too much graphite,” but I think she uses just…
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If you’ve spent time lurking through the Pencil Internet, you’ve probably come across some terms that have made you scratch your head. Like most enthusiast scenes, the pencil world is full of obscure pencil terms and jargon that can intimidate…
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This week’s featured artist is Davide Belli, a pencil artist, illustrator and student of comic art living in Milan, Italy. Saturday was Free Comic Book Day in the United States, so I’ve been in a comic book kind of mood lately, and Davide’s…
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Last month, we launched our 20 Year Celebration commemorating the 20th anniversary of the founding of Pencils.com. To celebrate, we worked with former Pencil Artist of the Week Nick Sickelton to create a timeline chronicling the history of…
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This week's featured pencil artist is Anna Eglantine, a freelance artist and illustrator based in Lyon, France. Anna creates extremely detailed drawings using a variety of tools, including pencils and pens:
"I like to create detailed and contrast…
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This week’s featured pencil artist is Christy (Twenty2High), an aspiring animator from Canada who creates gorgeous pencil and ink drawings. Christy’s drawings may appear simple at first glance, but further inspection reveals drawings that…
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I live extremely close to Sutter’s Fort in Sacramento, California so, a few weeks back, my wife and I decided to take a walk over to the fort and brush up on our history. As we walked through it’s mud brick walls, we learned about role the…
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The History of the Bullet Pencil
Pencil NewsPencil Artist of the Week: Pauline Jaine Palita
Pencil Artist of the Week10 Pencils That Disappeared and Why We Wish They Hadn’t
Pencil NewsPencil Artist of the Week: Sara Elena Meloni
Pencil Artist of the WeekObscure Pencil Terms and What They Mean
Pencil NewsPencil Artist of the Week: Davide Belli
Pencil Artist of the WeekInterview with Illustrator, Letterer and Art Director Nick Sickelton
ART, Pencil NewsPencil Artist of the Week: Anna Eglantine
Pencil Artist of the WeekPencil Artist of the Week: Christy (Twenty2High)
Pencil Artist of the WeekAmerican Pencil History at Sutter’s Fort
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