The Pencil Jam community hosted at Ning has been steadily growing over the past month. The member artists come from a wide variety of backgrounds and are of all ages. To help the community to draw better, Pencil Jam has set up a lot of different activity, aimed at helping artists polish their techniques or discipline themselves to draw daily.
Here is a peek at what the artists are up to in the community:
1. The weekend Sketch Club

This is Pencil Jam’s main feature. We meet every weekend to sketch our city, …

This time around Pencil Jammers focused on colour. We carried all sorts of colouring equipment with us to Cubbon park where we painted trees and landscapes. Arun and Smriti brought along a fascinating watercolour brush that CARRIES IT”S OWN WATER! Will wonders ever cease? See Arun’s sketch session here…
Here are the highlights of our latest Pencil Jam.

Drawing is really darned scary for so many people. “I can’t draw.” “Did you draw that with your own hand?” (Yes, who else’s!) “Eeee… these are really bad drawings. Don’t look at them.” “I don’t draw because I don’t know how.” “I am a graphic designer so I don’t have to draw.” “My left toe hurts so I can’t draw.” The list of excuses is endless. So here’s some more demystifying tips for those happy folks who’ve got a sketchbook close at hand and a desire to draw in their …

I emptied mine out and here’s what I’ve found. Pencil scrapings, eraser dust, scraps of hair and other unmentionables not included.

The Box has evolved. It really has. I picked it up  at Primary Art Supply, Savannah, GA (the absolute HUB of art supply (I won’t call it stationery. There’s a difference!) for us in art school at SCAD. I’ve never seen an awesomer, more well organised store. It has EVERYTHING. Drop by there sometime and see for yourself.)
The Box was then pristine, clean and smelt of freshly scraped balsa wood. …