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642 Things to Write About: The Year 2100

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For the next week, we’re going to be doing something different on the Pencils Blog. In addition to pencil news and updates, our staff will be writing short stories using prompts from 642 Things to Write About, the most popular book in the…

Does Chaos Breed Creativity?

Three scientifically valid experiments were conducted to see the affects of chaotic surroundings on peoples’ decisions and ideas. This study is not proposing that disorganized people have these characteristics, but is focused on when an individual…

Pencils.com, #Blogchat & Creative Writing

Pencils.com is proud to announce that we are the sponsor of this month’s #Blogchat! For those of you who aren’t familiar, #Blogchat is a weekly discussion held every Sunday night at 8pm Central. The discussion takes place on Twitter, with…

“Diebenkorn, the Berkeley Years” Makes Appearance at DeYoung Museum

http://youtu.be/PV1ZHh9wl7w Richard Diebenkorn on Beginning a painting [Video] Richard Diebenkorn's exhibit made an appearance at San Francisco's DeYoung Museum in Golden Gate park, in September. The exhibit of Diebenkorn's artwork from…
Bad Toon Rising

Bad Toon Rising: Creating Cartoon Characters from Memory

Have you ever been in the situation where you start doodling a popular character for fun, but with no point of reference you realize you aren’t quite sure what the character looks like? Does Mickey Mouse wear suspenders? Does Porky Pigs have…
Artwork Inspired by 9/11

The Art Inspired by September 11th, 2001

Creativity is often born out of the ashes of tragedy. Modernism took its form in the wake of World War I, the Beat Generation in the shadow of the Bomb, so it comes as no surprise that the tragedies of the past 15 years have inspired art as…
Famous Notebook Users

Six Famous Notebook Users

If you’re an active Pencils.com reader, you know that we frequently advise keeping a thought notebook or journal around to keep track of daily activities and ideas, and we do so with good reason. Research has indicated that keeping a notebook…
Boost Your Creativity

5 Ways to Boost Your Creativity

As an artist, there’s nothing more frustrating than staring at a blank page with a blank mind. Thankfully, there are ways to boost your creativity. Some claim working backwards can help, others say a messy desk is the secret to unlocking…
Blackwing Sessions

Andrew Combs to Rock The Blackwing Experience

  Photos by Melissa Madison Fuller via Andrew Comb's Website Andrew Combs keeps his Worried Mind Focused on Writing Great Songs Andrew Combs is a worried man with a worried mind, but this Coin Records artist writes music that won't…
Blackwing Pearl

Creative Ways to Use the Blackwing Pearl

Friends and fellow pencil-heads, I am obsessed with the Blackwing Pearl. Now, my obsession with pencils is well documented on this site (where was the Pearl last year when I was crafting my pencil-themed Kentucky Derby chapeau?), so the fact…