Paul Simon Discusses his Songwriting Process The great Paul Simon celebrated his 70th birthday this week. One of the greatest songwriters ever to pick up a pencil, his credits include “Mrs. Robinson”, “The Sound of Silence” and “Bridge Over Troubled Water”. We hope you enjoy this video from the Atlantic where Simon discusses how he […]
Happy Birthday Blackwing This week may have featured the launch of the new Pencils.com notebook range, but we’ve also been spending a lot of time gearing up for the 1st birthday of the Palomino Blackwing pencil on Saturday, October 1st. We’re baking a virtual birthday cake and announcing some awesome first time offers to celebrate […]
ForestChoice Notebook Preview ForestChoice brand was actually California Cedar’s first commercial brand of writing products when it launched the world’s first FSC-certified pencil back in 1999. Now, this growing line of environmentally friendly pencils will be paired with three styes of FSC-certified notebooks. In this video, Charles will not only preview the hardbound, flex and reporter-style […]
Blackwing and Palomino Sketchbook Preview Today, Pencils.com founder Charles Berolzheimer is previewing a highly anticipated new line of sketchbooks from both Palomino and Blackwing. Just click on the image above for an inside look at perhaps the most unique items in our new line. The Palomino sketchbook was the hit of the National Stationery Show in […]
Palomino Notebook Preview We hope you enjoyed yesterday’s post highlighting the new Blackwing luxury folios. Today, California Cedar Products president and Pencils.com founder Charles Berolzheimer is introducing our new Palomino luxury notebooks and flex sets. Just click on the image above for an inside look at the newest members of our Palomino family. The Palomino […]
Blackwing Luxury Folio Preview We’re one week away from the official launch of Palomino’s luxury notebook line! To help get everyone ready, we’ll be posting video previews of the different ranges throughout the week, beginning with today’s preview of the Blackwing luxury folios. Watch California Cedar Products president and Pencils.com founder Charles Berolzheimer as he […]
The Chuck Jones Experience A few weeks ago we were lucky enough to participate in the Chuck Jones Big Draw, an event put on by the Chuck Jones Center for Creativity that featured some of the best teaching artists in the world and set a world record for the most people drawing Bugs Bunny at […]
Luxury Notebooks On Sale September 26th Palomino is proud to announce that a new series of hand crafted notebooks from their Blackwing, Palomino and ForestChoice lines will go on sale exclusively to newsletter subscribers at midnight on Monday, September 26th. All items will be released to the general public the following day at Pencils.com and […]
Lesson Plan: How to Create Recycled Pencil Board Art Objective: Learn creative ways to recycle common everyday objects that might otherwise be sent to landfills. Featured learning skills: Creativity LESSON PLAN Step 1: Preparation/Discussion Discuss the importance of recycling Create a list of commonly recycled items Encourage students to think about how some […]
Lesson Plan: What is a Sustained Yield Forest? Objective: Define the concept and value of a sustained yield forest and, as a “capstone” activity, apply what was learned to a community setting. Featured learning skills: Critical reasoning Ecology Forestry LESSON PLAN Step 1: Preparation/Discussion Introduce the concept of a sustained yield, which may not […]
