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ForestChoice Notebook Video Preview

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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…

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…

Blackwing Luxury Folio Video Preview

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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…

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…
Going green in the classroom

Tips for Going Green in the Classroom

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Last week, we looked at some of the different ways you can go green in the workplace. This week, in part two of Studio 602’s green lifestyle series, we will be looking at going green in the classroom, and how you can teach your students a…

Luxury Notebooks On Sale September 26th

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,…

Lesson Plan: How to Create Recycled Pencil Board Art

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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…
Lesson Plan Sustained Yield Forest

Lesson Plan: What is a Sustained Yield Forest?

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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…