Artist interviews featuring 'pencil'

Stephanie Levy

Stephanie Levy in an artist living in Munich, Germany. What are some of your favorite drawing tools (pens, pencils, markers, drawing tablet, all of the above)? I most enjoy working with pencils and permanent ink pens. If you have a wide collection, how do you decide on which to use on a particular drawing, project, […]

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Julianna Swaney

Julianna Swaney is an artist living and working in Portland, Oregon. What are some of your favorite drawing tools (pens, pencils, markers, drawing tablet, all of the above)? The pencil is by far my favorite. I think the ones I use the most are Prismacolor “Turquoise” (they aren’t actually turquoise) and I like them a […]

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Kurt Ankeny

Kurt Ankeny is an artist and art instructor living and working in Gloucester, Massachusetts. What are your favorite drawing tools (pens, pencils, markers, drawing tablet, all of the above)? My favorite tools are pencils, ballpoint pens and the Pentel brush pens with permanent ink in them, which I purchased while I was living in Japan, […]

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Blanca Helga

Blanca Helga is an illustrator and animated film director living in Madrid, Spain. What are some of your favorite drawing tools (pens, pencils, markers, drawing tablet, all of the above)? I normally use pencils, markers, papers, cardboard, small objects I come across, wool, wood, thread, needles and even the drawing tablet when using my computer. […]

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