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Pencil Artist of the Week: Wim Heldens

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Okay, 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 Dreams

Sharpening Your Knowledge: Carl Sandburg’s Pencils

Sharpening Your Knowledge: Carl Sandburg’s Pencils As we continue our celebration of Blackwing Month and the release of the Blackwing 602, we’re focusing on writers who are letting their ideas come to fruition in the form of paper and graphite…
Game of Pencils

The Game of Pencils

As I was showing my collection of pencils from the 1990s to a friend the other day, he reminded me of a game he used to play in middle school. I, who went to middle school four years later and halfway across the country from him, vaguely remember…
Pencil Dreams

Sharpening Your Knowledge: Dreams About Pencils

Sharpening Your Knowledge: Dreams About Pencils Here at Pencils.com, we live, eat and breathe all things pencils. If you are anything like us (and we’re guessing you are), you probably do the same. You may even sleep pencils from time to…
Blackwing Awards at Haggin Museum

The Blackwing Awards at the Haggin Museum

The Blackwing Awards at the Haggin Museum Left: Marisela Serrano, a second grader at Mable Barron Elementary and her work. Right: Panchaniet Seng, a twelfth grader at Cesar Chavez High School with her work. Pencils.com's mission to support…

Pencil Artist of the Week: Chris Gallo

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This week's featured pencil artist is Chris Gallo, and he's a pencil fan. He produces short, pithy comics daily, ranging in topics from beards to apples to substitute teaching (and more!). We recently sent him a few samples of Palomino pencils…

Pencil Artist of the Week: Josiah, Another Bloggish Thing

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We love Tumblr. It's easy to use, boasts a simple, beautiful design, and is home to some of the most creative people using the internet. Including this week's featured pencil artist. 16 year-old Josiah's blog, Another Bloggish Thing, features…
Pencil Artist Sarah Melling

Pencil Artist of the Week: Sarah Melling

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We don't want to be copycats, but as soon as we saw Sarah Melling's artworked featured at one of our favorite blogs, Pencil Revolution, we knew we had to have her here for our pencil artist post. Sarah said that when she bought these chestnuts…

The Pencil: A Symbol of Estonia’s National Heritage

The Pencil: A Symbol of Estonia's National Heritage Several days ago, NPR's All Things Considered featured a story (link opens audio story in new window) by Planet Money's Chana Joffee-Walt about Estonia joining the Euro Zone and consequently,…

Open call for submissions: Pencil Artist of the Week

Open call for submissions: Pencil Artist of the Week As you may have noticed on the Pencils.com blog, every week we bring you a new piece of pencil art — maybe it’s a scribble from someone’s sketchbook, a still-life, a city-scape or even…