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A Visit to the Dave Brubeck Collection: Pencils Only Please

In this Timberlines blog post, Charles "WoodChuck" Berolzheimer muses on pencils, jazz music and the University of the Pacific's Dave Brubeck Institute. A Visit to the Dave Brubeck Collection - Pencils Only Please This week I’ve had the…
Pomp and Circumstance

Pomp and Circumstance… and Pencils – PPC

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Pencils and Pop-Culture: Pomp and Circumstance... and Pencils All right readers, hands up – who’s been watching the Olympics this summer? For my part, I know I’ve been glued to the screen, soaking in all of the pomp and circumstance and…
Pencil Dreams

The Pencil Crisis: Quality Pencils in the Classroom

How Low-Quality Pencils Impact Our Students' Education There is a crisis facing our classrooms, and it revolves around the seemingly simple pencil. Schools across the country, unaware of the negative effects a poorly made pencil can have on…
DIY crafts

Crafting Your Way to DIY Greatness – PPC

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Pencils and Pop-Culture: Crafting Your Way to DIY Greatness While channel-surfing the other night, I happened to stumble on TLC’s latest reality competition series, “Craft Wars.” Now, I’m not much of a DIY-er myself – I always seem…

Ode to Blackwing Revisted

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Celebrating the Blackwing, Animation Style One year ago today, the Palomino Blackwing 602 was introduced. That means it's also been a year since Pencils.com founder Charles "WoodChuck" Berolzheimer penned, or rather penciled (I know, we use…

The Pencil, Always in Style – PPC

Pencils and Pop-Culture: The Pencil, Always in Style I’ve written before about the inherent seductive qualities of pencils. However, for all my admiration of pencil skirts and, in limited instances, pencils mustaches, I had never seen just…

(Re)Introducing Pencils.com Teaching Artist Mike Theuer!

Hi Studio 602ers!  I’m Mike Theuer.  I’m a featured teaching-artist here on Pencils.com.  I also teach art at The Pennsylvania State University.  And I make art for a living at www.MikeTheuer.com.  My latest commission is this 8x10…
sport of kings

The Sport Of Kings, The Hat of Blackwings – PPC

Pencils and Pop-Culture: The Sport of Kings, the Hat of Blackwings Today and tomorrow mark the 138th Annual Kentucky Derby, America’s tribute to the sport of kings. Now, there is nothing about me that could be described as “posh.” I don’t…

David Rees and Blackwing: Artisanal Pencil Sharpener

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David Rees: Artisanal Pencil Sharpener The Art Director's Club recently shot a documentary video featuring David Rees, artisanal pencil sharpener and author of How to Sharpen Pencils (find it in a book store near you!). Check out this video,…

The Blackwing Pencil: Muse to the Masses

The Blackwing Pencil: Muse to the Masses If you've followed along, you'll know that those of us here at Studio 602 believe that a Blackwing pencil can be something sexy , something political , and something sporty . But it turns out we're not…