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Pencil Artist Fredo

Pencil Artist of the Week: Fredo

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There's a pencil artist who has been circulating around the design blogs for a few days now; a Chilean teenager named Fredo. Unlike Ben Heine (featured here in January) who creates a drawing, and photographs it, incorporating the art and the…

Pencil Artist of the Week: Janie Pirie

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Our friends at the Pencil Museum in the UK are big supporters of pencil artists. They hold workshops, give away free products, and have many initiatives supporting creativity with pencils. They recently featured Janie Pirie, a botanical artist,…

Pencil Artist of the Week: Chris Gallo

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We just wrapped up Cartooning Month, and what better way to celebrate cartoons than by featuring friend of Pencils.com, pencil artist and blogger at Pencil Blots, Chris Gallo and how he conceives and creates cartoons! Cartoons by Pencil Artist…

Pencil Artist of the Week: Henrik Moses

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Pencil artist Henrik Moses is a professional graphite artist based in the Netherlands. Besides portraits and commissions, he creates extraordinary surrealism scenes, including this one, titled "Prisoner of my own". This piece was well-liked…

Pencil Artist of the Week: Madame Talbot

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This week's pencil artist is Madame Talbot, a poster artist specializing in the so-called Victorian Lowbrow genre who loves pencils. She uses them every day, and expects them to perform when adding intricate detail to her drawings. "I first…

How to Draw a Cartoon Superhero Pencil with Cartoonist Matthew Luhn!

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Learn how to draw a cartoon superhero in this video with cartoonist Matthew Luhn and the General Pencil Company. From General Pencil on Vimeo.
Pencil Artist Sarah Brannen

Pencil Artist of the Week: Sarah Brannen

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We're excited about our Monday Pencil Artist this week! Sarah Brannen is a writer and illustrator with many great books under her belt: She wrote and illustrated Uncle Bobby's Wedding, which is an essential tool in explaining and showcasing…
Pencil Artist Jay DePalma

Pencil Artist of the Week: Jay DePalma

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After Elizabeth Taylor's death on Saturday, an image made the Facebook rounds, at least in our pencil-related corner of the internet. It was a closeup of her face from this famous portrait, drawn with a rich, dark pencil. We found out later…

Pencil Artist of the Week: Clay Thompson

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When we came upon this pencil artist the other day, we were floored. Clay Thompson, an illustrator in Reading, UK, created this amazing pencil profile of an African bird. Although it is in black-and-white, the details almost lets you see the…
Pencil Artist James Robertson

Pencil Artist of the Week: James Robertson

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This week's featured pencil artist is James Robertson. He draws storyboards at Pixar for films like Toy Story 3, so he is no stranger to the humble pencil. His personal blog, The Iron Scythe, is chock-full of character sketches, profiles, scenes,…