Since last week’s pencil artist was the master of creating cartoon cats and chihuahuas, we thought it fitting that this week’s pencil artist be a master at capturing animals in their natural form. His name is Lisandro Pena, and he is a pencil artist from Canada that excels in recreating the natural world in graphite. […]
If you follow Pencils.com on Twitter, you know that creativity and everyone’s favorite micro-blogging platform go hand in hand. We know we’re not the only Twitter account sharing creativity in 140 characters or less, so we thought we would put together a list of 10 interesting Twitter accounts for our readers. From collaborative poetry experiments […]
This week’s pencil artist is a bit more high profile than our previous artists, but that doesn’t make him any less amazing. His name is Bob Camp, but you may know him as the creative mind behind The Ren & Stimpy Show, one of Nickelodeon’s most unique and memorable animated series. This artist’s talents and […]
Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light. -Dylan Thomas How Dylan Thomas Influenced Bob Dylan Today would have been the 97th birthday of Welsh poet Dylan Thomas, one of the most well known and influential poets […]
This week’s pencil artist was recommended to us by one of our followers on Twitter. His name is Conor Farr, and he is a pencil artist based out of the United Kingdom. His portfolio currently consists of portraits of celebrities, children and animals, but it is growing by the day, along with Conor’s talent. Conor’s […]
Dick Perez: Drawing Baseball’s Immortals If we were to choose one person that best personifies the relationship between sports and the world of creative endeavors that Studio 602 champions, that person could well be Dick Perez. Born in San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico in 1940, Dick Perez moved to New York City at the age of […]
Last week, we mentioned this week’s pencil artist on our Tumblr page. At the time, we did not know her name, where she came from or where she learned to wield a pencil. Well, now we do. Her name is Rajacenna, and she is an 18-year-old Dutch model, actress and artist. She took up pencil […]
Regardless of the brand of notebook you prefer (though we hope you’ll try the new lines from Blackwing, Fabio Ricci, ForestChoice and Palomino at Pencils.com), your notebook is where ideas find their home. Here are five blogs that can inspire creativity while keeping you in tune with the world of notebooks and journals. 5 Notebook […]
This week’s pencil artist is a sculptor by the name of Brent Sommerhauser. His body of work features everything from glasswork and wood sculptures, to a sculpture made entirely of copy paper. It’s what Brent does with the common pencil, however, that caught our attention. An MFA graduate from The Ohio State University, Brent’s website […]
This week’s pencil artist is Pat McMichael, a resident of southern New Jersey and an artist who specializes in graphite portraits and caricatures. His subjects range from pop-culture icons to video game characters, and each piece is completed using a toolset that contains both mechanical and traditional wood-cased pencils. As you can tell, these aren’t […]
