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Pencil Artist of the Week: Peggy Magovern
ART, Pencil Artist of the WeekThis week’s featured pencil artist is a self-taught artist named Peggy Magovern. Her art has been published in the Wall Street Journal, Readers Digest, Sports Illustrated and more, and she has worked with clients ranging from Honda to Banana…

Pencil Shaving Jewelry by Pencil Artist Mae Alandes
ART, Pencil Artist of the WeekThis week's featured pencil artist does something really special with pencils. Actually, she does something really special with pencil shavings. Yes, you read that right. Her name is Mae Alandes, and she's a Spanish artist who specializes…

Pencil Artist of the Week: Steve Mills
Pencil Artist of the Week, Pencil NewsThis week's featured pencil artist is Steve Mills, an artist, photographer, guitarist and songwriter living in Hermiston, Oregon who spends his time "being creative 24/7." Steve's realistic pencil portraits capture the essence of his subjects…

Pencil Artist of the Week: Leslie Brown
ART, Pencil Artist of the WeekThis week’s featured pencil artist is Leslie Brown, a teacher living in Olathe, Kansas. While he isn’t teaching, Leslie spends his spare time drawing everything from celebrities and athletes to landscapes and buildings. In fact, judging…

Drawing Lessons: Pencil Basics with Teaching Artist Diane Wright
ART, Drawing Lessons, NEW, Teaching ArtistsGreetings Studio 602ers! Over the next few weeks, Pencils.com featured artist Diane Wright will be sharing several drawing lessons that cover the basics of creating art with a pencil . If you aren’t familiar with Diane or her work, check…

Pencil Artist of the Week: Makrigiannis Stilianos
Pencil Artist of the WeekThis week’s featured pencil artist does something I’ve never seen done with pencils. His name is Makrigiannis Stilianos, and he creates art and jewelry out of pencil shavings. Yes, you read that correctly, pencil shavings.
Makrigiannis’…

Pencil Artist of the Week: Ed Hall
Pencil Artist of the WeekThis week’s featured pencil artist is a self proclaimed “editorial cartoonist with bite.” His name is Ed Hall and he is the weekly cartoonist at the Baker County Press in Macclenny, Florida. He’s also an award winning cartoonist who…

Pencil Artist of the Week: Shelby Brannin
Pencil Artist of the WeekThis week's featured pencil artist is Shelby Brannin, a third generation cowboy living in Albuquerque, New Mexico. His realistic pencil drawings draw inspiration from the natural beauty that surrounds him at the base of the Sandia mountains…

Pencil Artist of the Week: Federico Uribe
Pencil Artist of the WeekIf there is one word that can sum up the work of this week’s featured pencil artist, it’s “unreal.” Federico Uribe is an artist who lives and works in Miami, Florida, creating pencil sculpture and pencil “paintings” that are beyond…

Pencil Artist of the Week: Jason Quinones
Pencil Artist of the WeekI met this week's featured pencil artist at a Dare2Draw event at the Society of Illustrators in New York last month. His name is Jason Quinones, and he is a comic writer, penciler, inker and colorist all rolled into one.
Jason attended the Joe…

