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Pencil Artist of the Week: “Rieven”
Pencil Artist of the WeekThis week’s featured pencil artist is Vanessa, a pencil artist from Portugal who signs her work as “Rieven.” Vanessa creates hyper-realistic pencil drawings using a variety of tools from a number of different brands, including Faber-Castell,…

Pencil Artist of the Week: Arunava Bid
ART, Pencil Artist of the WeekThis 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…

Pencil Artist of the Week: Kamila Hyzova
Pencil Artist of the WeekThis week’s featured artist is Kamila Hyzova, an art student from the Czech Republic who is studying to be an art teacher. Kamila works primarily with pens, but she does inject some color into her drawings using Koh-I-Noor color pencils.
“I…

Pencil Artist of the Week: Grelin Machin
Pencil Artist of the WeekThis week’s featured pencil artist is Grelin Machin, a pencil artist living in Montreal, Canada who creates whimsical color pencil drawings that feature just a touch of the dark side. Grelin’s character designs are some of the most creative…

Pencil Artist of the Week: David Sirkoski
Pencil Artist of the WeekThis week’s featured pencil artist is David Sirkoski, a pencil artist from Belgrade, Serbia who starts his drawings with traditional tools and finishes them on a computer. His DeviantArt gallery is filled with wondrous characters, landscapes…

10 Mistakes All Beginning Artists Make
ART, Drawing Lessons, Pencil NewsWe all make mistakes, especially when we're learning something new. Below are ten of the most common mistakes beginning artists make, and what you can do to avoid them.
1. Using a pencil that's too hard
The standard number two pencil we…

Pencil Artist of the Week: Sandrid Navarro
Pencil Artist of the WeekThis week’s featured pencil artist is Sandrid Navarro, a pencil artist from Colombia who creates color pencil drawings of people, animals and more. Sandrid uses a combination of Prismacolor color pencils, Faber-Castell color pencils and Fabriano…

Pencil Artist of the Week: Don Gaconnet
Pencil Artist of the WeekThis week’s featured pencil artist is Don Gaconnet, a pencil artist from the United States who works graphite, acrylic paint, charcoals and color pencils. His DeviantArt gallery is filled with drawings created using a combination of these…

Pencil Artist of the Week: Shayna Reddick
Pencil Artist of the WeekThis week’s featured artist is Shayna Reddick, a pencil artist from the United States who started drawing in ernest in 2012. When she first picked up a pencil, her drawings were crude and simple, but in just three years’ time, she has developed…

Pencil Artist of the Week: Pyokola
Pencil Artist of the WeekThis week’s featured pencil artist is Pyokola, a self-taught pencil artist who creates graphite sketches and watercolor paintings of creatures, critters and characters of her own design. Pyokola’s drawings feature a distinct style that is…

