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Pencil Artist Arunava Bid

Pencil Artist of the Week: Arunava Bid

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This week’s featured pencil artist is Arunava Bid, a pencil artist from India who recently entered into the world of hyper-realistic pencil art. He posted his first hyper-realistic pencil drawing, titled “Prayer of an old man,” in July…
Graphite Water Filtration

Graphite-Powered Water Filtration

One of our favorite pencil life hacks doubled as a great survival tip.  This alternative use for a pencil could help you start a fire with your car battery.  This week, we’re taking a look at another life-saving use for a pencil, courtesy…
Graphite

5 Unique Properties of Graphite You (Probably) Didn’t Know

When you hear the word graphite, pencils inevitably come to mind. The pencil is of course the most common and well-known use for graphite, but there are some unique properties of graphite that make it useful for a number of different applications. It's…
China Lead Poisoning

Pencils Slandered in Lead Poisoning Case

Hunan province’s local chemical plant wants the world to think that something is in our children’s pencils. Over 300 children in the Chinese province have tested positive for high levels of lead in their bloodstreams, Salon reported last…

Scientists Create Diamonds Out of Graphite. Sort of.

The Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL) Office of Science User Facility kind of made diamonds out of graphite this past February. In a study entitled “Interlayer Carbon Bond Formation Induced by Hydrogen Adsorption in Few-Layer…
Pencil Artist Wolfgang Burgmayr

Pencil Artist of the Week: Wolfgang Burgmayr

This week’s featured pencil artist is a painter, illustrator and pencil artist from Germany named Wolfgang Burgmayr. Wolfgang enjoys “the challenge of trying different styles and different fields,” and this readiness to experiment with…
Pencil Artist 00rej

Pencil Artist of the Week: 00rej

This week’s featured pencil artist goes by the handle 00rej on DeviantArt. Her DeviantArt profile is shrouded in mystery, containing very little information about the artist, with a half-cropped photo and cryptic quote serving as the only…
Pencil Artist Monika

Pencil Artist of the Week: Monika

This week’s featured pencil artist is Monika, an artist from Poland who creates drawings, sketches and doodles using a combination of graphite and ink tools. Monika’s style is heavily influenced by Japanese animation and Manga, and her drawings…
Pencil Artist Crystal

Pencil Artist of the Week: Crystal (yummypomegranate)

This week’s featured pencil artist is Crystal, a pencil artist, painter and photographer who goes by the handle yummypomegranate on DeviantArt. Crystal’s DeviantArt gallery is filled with sketches, doodles, and paintings depicting everything…

Your Guide to Pencils on Twitter

We love sharing news and updates with our followers, but sometimes the best way to get news is in real-time and on the front lines. Below is a list of users and hashtags to follow on Twitter to make sure you're always up to speed on what's happening…