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Pencil Artist of the Week: Rajacenna

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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…

Ten Unique Halloween Costumes Full of Tricks and Treats

Halloween approaches, and the time to gather the elements for unique Halloween costumes is disappearing faster than the last of the summer heat. Studio 602 has ten unique costume suggestions that you are unlikely to see at any other Halloween…

Five Notebook Blogs to Follow

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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…

Pencil Artist of the Week: Brent Sommerhauser

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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,…

Pencil Artist of the Week: Pat McMichael

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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…
Pencil Artist Linda Huber

Pencil Artist of the Week: Linda Huber

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No, this week’s artist is not a sculptor. Her name is Linda Huber and she is a pencil artist that seeks to achieve a level of realism in her drawings that is usually reserved for photographers. Her focus on the details of her subjects has…

Sketchbook Video Preview from Palomino & Blackwing

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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…

Palomino Notebook Video Preview

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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…

Pencil Artist of the Week: Ben Heine

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This week’s pencil artist does something rather unusual with his pencil drawings. Ben Heine, a 28-year-old Belgian multidisciplinary visual artist, combines pencil drawings/sketches and photography in a way that plays off of the essential…

The Chuck Jones Experience Video Interview

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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…