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Pencil Artist Liam Chestnutt

Pencil Artist of the Week: Liam Chestnutt

This week’s featured pencil artist is Liam Chestnutt, a pencil artist living in Southampton, England. Liam is one of our followers on Twitter whose pencil art caught our eye after he reached out to us with a pencil question. So, for all of…
Youth Art

Celebrate Youth Art Month Every March

Youth Art Month March is Youth Art Month – a whole month of dedicated to promoting and celebrating youth art and art education. It was founded in 1961 and called Children’s Art Month until 1969, when the name was changed to include junior…
Drawing Lessons Creating Textures

Drawing Lessons: Creating Textures

Learn how to add texture to your drawings in this entry into Diane Wright's drawing lessons series. Drawing Lessons: Creating Textures So what is texture?  We touch an object and can feel that it is smooth or rough, but how do we translate…
Pencil Artist Stuart Clark

Pencil Artist of the Week: Stuart Clark

This week’s featured pencil artist is Stuart Clark, a pencil artist from the UK who specializes in creating large-scale, life-like, highly-detailed portraits of people and animals. We actually discovered Stuart on our Facebook page, where…
Drawing Websites

More Drawing Websites Every Artist Should Follow

This post is a follow-up to the post Drawing Websites Every Artist Should Follow, in which we discussed ten great drawing websites for artists looking to hone their skills and connect with other artists who are passionate about drawing. Below…
Wearable Art

Wearable Art: Customize Your Canvas Shoes

When I was in preschool, I wanted to be a pirate when I grew up. Pirates of the Caribbean was my favorite ride at Disneyland, and it has been my favorite movie since it came out. When I got a pair of Toms and decided they were just a little…

Pencil Artist of the Week: June Wright

This week’s featured pencil artist is June Wright, an animator, artist and designer from Dublin, Ireland. She has worked with studios ranging from Fox Animation and Don Bluth Studios, to Warner Bros. and MGM, and has on the feature films Anastasia,…

Blackwing Pencils in the Wild! “Treasures of the Walt Disney Archives”

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Blackwing Pencils - The Disney Animator's Choice If I were a pencil-pushing superhero, I like to imagine that I would have a dedicated phone line solely for alerting me as to the presence of Blackwing pencils in the vicinity. If that phone…

Drawing Lessons: It All Starts With A Mark

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In this entry into Diane Wright's drawing lessons, Diane explores the different types of marks you can make using a pencil. The anticipation of making that first mark on a blank sheet of paper for me is exciting.  Each mark builds upon the…
Pencils in Animation

The Pencil’s Place in Animation: A Guest Post from The Animation Anomaly

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Today, we have a very special guest post from civil engineer, animation enthusiast and author of The Animation Anomaly Charles Kenny. Check out his blog, follow him on Twitter and share the love in the comments section below! The Pencil's…