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The Sport Of Kings, The Hat of Blackwings – PPC

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 know anyone named Muffy or Bitsy. [...]

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Pencil Artist of the Week: Nikira

This week’s featured pencil artist is a notebook sketcher and Palomino Blackwing 602 user from New York. Her name is Nikira, and her brand of in-the-moment sketching has the ability to transport you onto the subway, [...]

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Christian Tamburr’s “Places” Climbing the Charts

Two months ago, Studio 602 introduced the inaugural episode of The Blackwing Sessions, featuring our first Blackwing featured musician, Christian Tamburr. Blackwing Sessions chronicled the recording and creative process of one of the album’s original compositions, [...]

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Comics, Creativity and Sal Abbinanti

Last week, I had the pleasure of sitting down with comic artist Sal Abbinanti. Sal has worked on projects for Marvel and DC, but is best known for his self-published comic Atomika. Comics. The word itself [...]

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The Kennedy Center Honors Take Wing

The Kennedy Center Honors, which recognizes a select few recipients for their sterling contributions to culture through a lifetime in the performing arts, airs tonight on CBS throughout the United States. Though the awards gala actually [...]

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The Blackwing Sessions: Christian Tamburr

Today, Studio 602 at Pencils.com is proud to introduce our first Blackwing Featured Musician and the inaugural episode of The Blackwing Sessions, a series that will showcase how using a Blackwing pencil inspires art and facilitates [...]

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From Blackwing to Blue Eyes – Happy Birthday to the Chairman of the Board

The 1950s were a turbulent decade for legendary singer and actor Frank Sinatra. Early years saw him lose his voice due to vocal chord hemmoraging, he divorced his first wife and entered into a stormy relationship [...]

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Draw with Uncle Arty, Picasso and the Blackwing Pencil

Our good friends at Loudville TV are producing the world’s next big television hit – “Draw” with Uncle Arty. Its star, Mark Keller (a former Pencils.com Artist of the Week), teaches aspiring artists of all ages [...]

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Notebook Evolution

As we approach the one year anniversary of the introduction of our Palomino Blackwing pencil we are nearing the next step in the evolution of the Palomino and Blackwing product ranges as we get set to introduce [...]

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Reviving the Blackwing: March Update

Note: This is republished from WoodChuck’s personal blog about the pencil industry, Timberlines. See the original post and comment thread by clicking here. Okay, Blackwing fans, we have a few new developments to bring you up [...]