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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Building a Matchbox Microphone Using Pencil Graphite
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Pencil Artist of the WeekAn Interview with CursiveLogic’s Linda Shrewsbury
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Pencil NewsPencil Artist of the Week: Don Gaconnet
Pencil Artist of the WeekHow the Sketchbook Project Inspired One Notebook User
Pencil NewsPencil Artist of the Week: Shayna Reddick
Pencil Artist of the WeekThe Things They Carried – Brilliant Pocket Dumps
Pencil NewsElephantmen Creator Richard Starkings on Pencils
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