This week’s featured pencil artist is Ian Hedley, a pencil artist from the UK who also runs the blog Pens! Paper! Pencils!. When he isn’t blogging, he’s creating contemplative drawings that “draw you in and give you space to think.” Ian struggles with the all-to-common challenge of finding time to draw while working a demanding, […]
This week’s featured pencil artist is Louis Keersmaekers, an art student from Belgium who creates graphite, charcoal and acrylic-based art. Louis prefers “sinister art that gives an eerie feeling, nothing to edgy though just something… unsettling,” and his own style matches this preference. Louis uses a wide variety of tools when creating his drawings. For […]
This week’s featured pencil artist is Arno Hagenunger, a pencil artist from Germany who creates incredible, fantastic drawings using a combination of graphite pencils, color pencils, and various acrylics and pastels. His DeviantArt profile features the quote “Du bist immer dann am besten, wenn’s dir eigentlich egal ist,” which roughly translates to “You are always […]
This week’s featured pencil artist hails from Germany and goes by the handle C-Compiler on DeviantArt (or just “Compiler” as she signs her notes). Her DeviantArt profile is filled with drawings of dinosaurs, both traditional and digital. For her traditional drawings, Compiler uses a full range of graphite grades: When it comes to make fully-shaded drawings […]
This week’s featured artist is Alba Vazquez, a pencil artist from Spain who is working on an ambitious project titled Ante Litem. The project is an online novel published via her blog antelitem.blogspot.com.es. In addition to the novel’s chapters, her blog also features portraits of each character, which Alba has masterfully drawn to accompany her […]
This week’s featured pencil artist is Enrico Moscatelli, a pencil artist from Brazil who draws his inspiration from the silver screen. His DeviantArt gallery is filled with portraits of his favorite actors and actresses that are realized with painstaking detail. Most of his portraits are traditional graphite drawings that aim to mirror the photograph they […]
A couple of years ago, I met William Maguire, a teacher from Rowley, Massachusetts who has a very special classroom program involving pencils. At the beginning of the school year, William gives each student a wooden box filled with Golden Bear, Prospector and ForestChoice pencils, erasers and a sharpener. When any of his students outperform expectations, he lets them […]
This week’s featured pencil artist is Sebastian Vela, a pencil artist from Denmark who started drawing just over a year ago. He started by drawing one to four drawings day, and continued this routine for four months without seeing much improvement. He persevered, however, and has been improving steadily since the start of 2014. Today, […]
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, confident lines that are the hallmark of an experienced animator, and her DeviantArt gallery is filled with (literally) […]
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 ever blog review of a pencil (a review of ForestChoice pencils on Pencil […]
