The Kennedy Center Honors and Blackwing Pencils
The Kennedy Center Honors, which recognizes a select few recipients for their sterling contributions to culture through a lifetime in the performing arts, airs tonight on CBS throughout the United…
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High-quality color pencil art is hard to find, so when we come across an artist as talented as this week’s featured pencil artist, we take notice. Her name is Sharon Frank Mazgaj, and she is a color pencil artist from Sandyville, Ohio. And,…
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In the past month, Pencils.com and Studio 602 have launched "The Blackwing Sessions" and "The Blackwing Experience," two pages in the next chapter of the Blackwing's legacy. Now, here's a look at another recent addition to that legacy, The Boston…
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This week’s pencil artist’s medium of choice is actually oil paints, but that doesn’t stop her from creating some fine pencil art too. Her name is Angela Trotta Thomas, and her pencil sketches embrace a timelessness that perfectly sums…
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The Internet is a mysterious place full of memes, message board wars and countless cat videos. Then, amongst the confusion and disorder, there’s BoingBoing.net. Headed by co-founder Mark Frauenfelder, Boing Boing has been creating order out…
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Sketchy Details: Pencil Sketches of Jane Austen
She sits at work, her back erect in over a small writing table. Scattered across its surface are the tools of her trade: a tablet of paper, a pen or two. Westminster Abbey looms outside her window,…
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Today, Studio 602 at Pencils.com is proud to introduce our first Blackwing Featured Musician and the inaugural episode of The Blackwing Sessions, a series that will showcase how using a Blackwing pencil inspires art and facilitates the creative…
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I had the esteemed pleasure of sitting down with Blackwing Featured Artist Christian Tamburr on the heels of his newest album "Places."
Interview with Blackwing Musician Christian Tamburr
Where did you grow up?
I was born and raised…
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Cal Cedar Launches the Blackwing Experience
After more than 12 years off the market, Blackwing pencils are back.
The pencils have a storied history, with creative legends like Stephen Sondheim, Frank Lloyd Wright, Chuck Jones, and even John…
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From Blackwing to Blue Eyes - Happy Birthday Frank Sinatra
The 1950s were a turbulent decade for legendary singer and actor Frank Sinatra. Early years saw him lose his voice due to vocal chord hemmoraging, he divorced his first wife and entered…
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The Kennedy Center Honors Take Wing
MUSIC, Pencil News, TV, FILM & BOOKSPencil Artist of the Week: Sharon Frank Mazgaj
ART, Pencil Artist of the Week, Pencil NewsIs the Blackwing “Better than the iPad?”
Pencil News, VideosPencil Artist of the Week: Angela Trotta Thomas
ART, Pencil Artist of the Week, Pencil NewsFollow the Bouncing Ball: Mark Frauenfelder and Boing Boing
ART, MUSIC, Pencil News, TV, FILM & BOOKSSketchy Details: Artist, Image and Jane Austen
Pencil News, TV, FILM & BOOKSThe Blackwing Sessions: Christian Tamburr
ART, MUSIC, Pencil News, VideosAn Interview with Christian Tamburr
MUSICCal Cedar Launches the Blackwing Experience
Pencil NewsFrom Blackwing to Blue Eyes – Happy Birthday Frank Sinatra
MUSIC, Pencil News