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Pencil Artist Madonna Hassinen

Pencil Artist of the Week: Madonna Hassinen

This week's featured pencil artist is Madonna Hassinen, a pencil artist from Helsinki, Finland. Madonna is inspired by the Golden Age of Disney animated films, and this inspiration shows through in her work. Her drawings feature the smooth,…

AOL’s This Built America Covers General Pencil Company

We received a press release yesterday morning from the team behind AOL's This Built America series. For those unfamiliar, This Built America is a a web series dedicated to supporting American companies and American-made products by telling their…

Timberlines: The Impact of Blogging, Social Media and Podcasts on the Analog World of Pencils

Our own WoodChuck has posted a fascinating article on the impact blogging, social media and podcasts have had on the world of pencils over on his Timberlines blog. The post coincides with the 9th anniversary of what he believes to be the first…

ForestChoice School Pencils In the Hands of Over 60,000 Students

9 years ago, in its first-ever pencil review, Pencil Revolution said, "Writing with a ForestChoice pencil is just as pleasurable as holding or beholding them." Today, the ForestChoice #2 pencil has established itself as a high-quality, FSC-certified…
Pencil Artist Yann Gobart

Pencil Artist of the Week: Yann Gobart

This week’s featured pencil artist is Yann Gobart, a pencil artist from France who creates mixed media drawings of pop culture icons. Yann uses a combination of pencils, digital tools, paints and non-traditional materials to create his finished…

Pencil Artist of the Week: Veronika G.

This week’s featured pencil artist is Veronika G., a pencil artist from Germany who creates ink, graphite and Copic marker drawings. Her favorite pencil at the moment is the German-made Faber-Castell Grip 2001, but she uses a variety of soft…

Ten Unique Pencil Designs

Pencils get the creative juices flowing for many artists. Some create beautiful works of art with pencils but, for others, the pencils themselves are the objects of art. I hope you enjoy this list of ten very creative and very unique pencil…

Blackwing Slate Release Date Announced Alongside Video Preview

Yesterday, Palomino posted a video preview of the Blackwing Slate on their YouTube channel. The video shows off the Slate's unique design and asks users what they will create when the Blackwing Slate is released. The release date for the Slate,…

Palomino Introduces the Blackwing 602 Chuck Jones Edition – Available Now on Pencils.com

Yesterday, Palomino announced their collaboration with the Chuck Jones Center for Creativity and unveiled the Blackwing 602 Chuck Jones Edition set. Today, we're excited to announce that it is available online exclusively at Pencils.com, and…

Tips for Shading With Colored Pencils

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One look at my bedspread would be enough to tell you that I love colors - all of the colors, at the same time. In fact, my whole room is pretty colorful. Throughout college I took notes with different colored gel pens, and at work I post my…