This week’s featured artist is Hunter Herzog, a pencil artist living in California. He creates his pencil art using a variety of tools, including mechanical pencils, wood-cased Palomino pencils and woodless color pencils, and, regardless of which tool he uses, each of his drawings is stamped with his unique style. Hunter started drawing at a […]
The Chuck Jones Center for Creativity is hosting a Centennial Celebration this weekend in honor of Chuck Jones’ 100th birthday. Be sure to follow Pencils.com on Twitter and Facebook for updates live from the event! Chuck Jones’ 100th Birthday Today marks the 100th birthday of legendary animator and Blackwing user Chuck Jones. Chuck’s legacy includes […]
Quick: Name five men whose signatures appear on the U.S. Constitution. If your answer included “John Hancock,” try again; his signature famously appeared on the “Declaration of Independence.” However, a host of political luminaries affixed their signatures to the document, including Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, Alexander Hamilton and James Madison. The most important document in […]
This week’s featured pencil artist is Leslie Brown, a teacher living in Olathe, Kansas. While he isn’t teaching, Leslie spends his spare time drawing everything from celebrities and athletes to landscapes and buildings. In fact, judging by what we’ve seen, we’d say Leslie can draw just about anything. Some of Leslie’s drawings are currently featured […]
Last week, I had the opportunity to talk with Renee Thompson, acclaimed author The Plume Hunter and The Bridge at Valentine. Her work has appeared in Narrative Magazine and one of her recent short stories, titled “Twelve Pencils,” was selected to be included in the Literary Writers Network’s “Best Of” anthology. “Twelve Pencils” is a story about a […]
Here at Pencils.com, we use pencils on a daily basis (obviously!). One of the best things about using a pencil is the fact that you can always erase your mistakes, but when your pencil’s graphite ends up on something other than your paper, it can be difficult to clean up. If you’re looking for how […]
This week’s Pencil Artist of the Week is Katie Sekelsky, the artist behind Sketchbook Buc’n. For those unfamiliar, Sketchbook Buc’n is a blog dedicated to chronicling every game of the Pirate’s 2012 season with sketches, drawings and doodles. Instead of the usual Pencil Artist of the Week bio and description, here’s an interview with the […]
Everyone needs a little bit of inspiration every now and then. Check out this list of creative newsletters to follow and find your muse. 10 Creative Newsletters to Follow Brain Pickings Brain Pickings features the musings of writer and curious mind Maria Popova, as well as the latest news from the worlds of art, science, history […]
This week’s featured pencil artist does something I’ve never seen done with pencils. His name is Makrigiannis Stilianos, and he creates art and jewelry out of pencil shavings. Yes, you read that correctly, pencil shavings. Makrigiannis’ creations take the form of bracelets, necklaces, earrings and more made up of perfectly spiraled pencil shavings. His latest […]
This week’s featured pencil artist is Mayumi Ogihara, a self-taught pencil artist who works with both graphite and color pencils. Mayumi is originally from Japan but she is currently living in Duncan, BC, where she can draw, work and create with her husband and two sons. The subjects of Mayumi’s drawings range from realistic portraits […]
