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Pencil Artist of the Week: Steve Prescott
ART, Pencil Artist of the Week, Pencil NewsThis week’s featured pencil artist was recommended to us by one of our followers on Twitter. His name is Steve Prescott, and he is a fantasy artist living in Columbus, Ohio. He also claims that he isn’t a poet, but the images he creates…

Pencil Artist of the Week: Kyle Bean
ART, Pencil Artist of the WeekWe love featuring pencil artists who are using pencils, though not necessarily drawing with them. One such example is Kyle Bean. With several photos of his portraits featured over at Blink Art, Kyle shaves down colored pencils to use the shape…

Pencil Artist of the Week: Cath Riley
ART, Pencil Artist of the WeekPencil artist Cath Riley has created many, many works in pencil, and almost all of them have a special emphasis on texture, shading, and shape. This picture, for example, very expertly portrays the wrinkles and crannies of the hand of an elderly…

Pencil Artist of the Week: Andrew Madrazo
ART, Pencil Artist of the WeekToday's Monday Pencil Artist is Andrew Madrazo from Cebu City in the Philippines. A software engineer by day, his Tumblr blog, Dru-ing features, among other things, pencil-drawing figures cut out and interacting with the artist somehow. This…

Pencil Artist of the Week: Wim Heldens
ART, Pencil Artist of the WeekOkay, so this one isn't so much a pencil drawing, as it is a painting of a model holding a pencil. But you like pencils well enough to forgive that, right?
We read over at Pencil Points the other day about this portrait, by Wim Heldens. Heldens,…

Pencil Artist of the Week: The Creative Native
ART, Pencil Artist of the WeekThis week's featured pencil artist, 23 year-old Ashleigh Brown, has a Tumblr blog, Creative Native, where she posts all sorts of sketches, illustrations and artwork. Our favorite of her work are the doodles she creates, like this one. Despite…

Pencil Artist of the Week: Cheryl Chapman
ART, Pencil Artist of the WeekI attended an event Saturday evening in my hometown (Fort Wayne, Indiana) called "Drop Your Avant Garde," a night combining local bands, art, food, and drink downtown. Often times it showcases artists who aren't as well known in the community.
A…

Pencil Artist of the Week: Fredo
ART, Pencil Artist of the WeekThere's a pencil artist who has been circulating around the design blogs for a few days now; a Chilean teenager named Fredo. Unlike Ben Heine (featured here in January) who creates a drawing, and photographs it, incorporating the art and the…

Pencil Artist of the Week: Janie Pirie
ART, Pencil Artist of the WeekOur friends at the Pencil Museum in the UK are big supporters of pencil artists. They hold workshops, give away free products, and have many initiatives supporting creativity with pencils.
They recently featured Janie Pirie, a botanical artist,…

Pencil Artist of the Week: Henrik Moses
ART, Pencil Artist of the WeekPencil artist Henrik Moses is a professional graphite artist based in the Netherlands. Besides portraits and commissions, he creates extraordinary surrealism scenes, including this one, titled "Prisoner of my own".
This piece was well-liked…

