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Nick Sickelton

Interview with Illustrator, Letterer and Art Director Nick Sickelton

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Last month, we launched our 20 Year Celebration commemorating the 20th anniversary of the founding of Pencils.com. To celebrate, we worked with former Pencil Artist of the Week Nick Sickelton to create a timeline chronicling the history of…
Drawings by Andrew Joseph

Pencil Artist of the Week: Andrew Joseph

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This week’s featured artist is Andrew Joseph, a pencil artist from Canada who creates highly detailed drawings using a a variety of different tools and techniques. Through creative perspectives, drawing techniques and styles, Andrew’s drawings…
Pencil Artist Arunava Bid

Pencil Artist of the Week: Arunava Bid

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This week’s featured pencil artist is Arunava Bid, a pencil artist from India who recently entered into the world of hyper-realistic pencil art. He posted his first hyper-realistic pencil drawing, titled “Prayer of an old man,” in July…

Our Favorite Dr. Seuss Drawings

Fans of Dr. Seuss (and let's face it, who isn't a member of that club?) have something to celebrate! A newly-discovered manuscript by Theodor Geisel, a.k.a Dr. Seuss, is being published by Random House and will be released on July 28. The book…
Beginning Artist Mistakes to Avoid

10 Mistakes All Beginning Artists Make

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We all make mistakes, especially when we're learning something new. Below are ten of the most common mistakes beginning artists make, and what you can do to avoid them. 1. Using a pencil that's too hard The standard number two pencil we…
Elephantmen creator Richard Starking

Elephantmen Creator Richard Starkings on Pencils

Richard Starkings is not just the creator of the Elephantmen comics, he is also the owner. While many artists hand over the rights to their comics to the publisher - making them vulnerable to being overruled or pushed out altogether if sales…

Holiday Artists to Brighten the Season

Beautiful, inspiring and sweetly nostalgic, holiday art makes this time of year seem even more magical and delightful to everyone who enjoys paintings of winter wonderlands, happy children with their presents and scenes of the Nativity. To…

Top 5 Instructables For Pencils

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Winter is coming, and with it, weather that makes you want to stay indoors. Very soon you're going to need a way to combat the boredom and keep the kids occupied. One of my favorite foul-weather pastimes is doing craft projects. These five Instructables…
Pencil Artist Erik Klaus

Pencil Artist of the Week: Erik Klaus

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This week’s featured pencil artist is Erik Klaus, a pencil artist from the United States who is an aspiring comic book artist and illustrator. His DeviantArt profile is filled with drawings of comic book icons like Batman and the Teenage…
Pencil Artist Andreas Mischok

Pencil Artist of the Week: Andreas Mischok

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This week’s featured pencil artist is Andreas Mischok, a pencil artist from Germany who creates high-contrast pencil drawings of orcs, elves and assassins. Being from Germany, Andreas has no shortage of high-quality, locally-made pencils…