Friends and fellow pencil-heads, I am obsessed with the Blackwing Pearl. Now, my obsession with pencils is well documented on this site (where was the Pearl last year when I was crafting my pencil-themed Kentucky Derby chapeau?), so the fact that I am geeking out over our newest addition to the Blackwing family should come […]
UNH Students Create Pencil Sculpture That Mirrors Student Debt We have featured many fantastic pencil artists who create everything from realistic pencil drawings, to tiny sculptures (Dalton Ghetti, Hungarian artist Cerkahegyzo) to large-scale pencil artwork (Jennifer Maestre). While you can argue (and many do) that all art is political, I have never seen a piece […]
A Pixar movie always packs an emotional and visual punch, but have you ever considered the method that goes into creating it? Earlier this month, a list of 22 rules for storytelling, compiled by former Pixar Storyboard artist Emma Coats, gained wide-spread attention as Pixar aficionados, film critics, and pop culture devotees debated whether or […]
Pencils and Pop-Culture: Pencil Sketches Star Van Gogh It would be a herculean undertaking to add up the total number of square feet dedicated in museums to paintings and sculpture, versus the floorspace housing pencil sketches. However, it’s safe to say that paintings and sculpture would have sketches beat by a long shot. It’s difficult […]
Well folks, we just finished up an intense movie award season, from the Oscars to the Golden Globes, to the Independent Spirit Awards and every professional film-making guild under the sun. I fully admit to not having seen any of those films nominated for the big awards this year, and as such did not participate […]
So you want to know how to freelance, eh? It seems society has this idea that writers huddle in caves, chanting over glowing crystals and sacrificing small woodland creatures in search of some special, rarefied skill set that allows them to pursue the written word as a profession. This, however, is not the case. When […]
Celebrate a Lost Art on National Handwriting Day Happy National Handwriting Day, everyone! I hope that you awoke to find new, freshly-sharpened Blackwings in your pencil cup and stacks of fresh notebooks on your desk, just waiting to be filled with your handwritten thoughts. After all, National Handwriting Day is the day that the benevolent […]
Last weekend was the Golden Globes Award Show, sponsored by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, and famously the most unpredictable of award shows with its open bar and constant fountain of champagne. It’s worth noting that the Golden Globes don’t just honor performances in television and film; they also highlight the achievements of writers with awards […]
Blackwing Pencils – The Disney Animator’s Choice If I were a pencil-pushing superhero, I like to imagine that I would have a dedicated phone line solely for alerting me as to the presence of Blackwing pencils in the vicinity. If that phone existed, surely it would have rung about two weeks ago; in reality, however, […]
Pencil Pushers, rejoice: There were Blackwings all over the pop culture scene as 2012 came to an end! Many cheers to the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for FINALLY recognizing actor Dustin Hoffman for his sterling contributions to the stage and screen. If you remember last year’s Kennedy Center post, I bemoaned the fact […]
