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Pencil Eraser

Why Some Erasers Don’t Work (And How to Find One That Does)

I'm sure we can all recall this scenario: You're sitting in school, taking a standardized test. You know the answer is B, but for some reason you just filled in the bubble for C with your trusty No. 2 pencil, nice and dark, just like the proctor…
The Big Draw Drawing Festival

The Big Draw – The World’s Largest Drawing Festival

One of the things that has made me fall in love with Philadelphia since moving here is all of the festivals. There are festivals celebrating holidays, seasons, neighborhoods - there's even a festival dedicated to bacon. If you have a fondness…

Link Between Childhood Drawing and Intelligence

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Researchers at King's College London have found a correlation between childhood drawings at the age of 4 and intelligence. Using what they called the "Draw-a-Child Test," researchers studied 7,752 pairs of identical and non-identical twins.…

Matt Diffee’s World Cup Doodle Nails it

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At this year’s SXSW, I had the pleasure of meeting Matt Diffee, a cartoonist who is perhaps best known for creating the hilarious doodles found in each issue of the New Yorker. Matt was participating in a discussion titled “Turning a Blank…
How to Choose Your Drawing Paper

How to Choose Your Drawing Paper

An artist’s materials are essential to their craft.  For those that work with drawing mediums – pencil, charcoal, watercolor, ink, pastel – paper is vital to creating of lasting work. Having trouble finding the right paper for sketch…

The People, Stories and Ideas Behind Iconic Handwriting

What makes an individual's handwriting stand the test of time? Certainly the document it forms plays a role, but the truly iconic examples have something more to them. Here's a look at some of our favorite iconic handwriting samples and the…
John Lennon's Drawings

John Lennon’s Drawings To Be Auctioned

When you hear the name John Lennon, you probably hear "Imagine" playing in your head. The images his name calls to mind have more to do with making music and crossing streets in an iconic fashion than any other art form. And yet, John Lennon…

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…
Calvin and Hobbes

American Cartoon Pencil Heroes

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Cartoonists are able to express emotions behind life experiences and conjure reactions with simple means.  Hand-drawn figures can elicit laughter, anger, melancholy and the desire to just see more. The list of power players below outlines the…

Pencil Artist of the Week: Noémi (littlebori)

This week’s featured pencil artist is Noémi, an art student, photographer and, you guessed it, pencil artist from Hungary. The breadth of Noémi’s skill with a pencil is incredibly broad, allowing her to create everything from animation-style…