Joe Fenton is a London-based artist who works mainly in monochrome. His lavishly scaled, surrealist drawings are produced almost exclusively in graphite on paper, and inhabit a world populated by humorous and grotesque Hieronymus Bosch-like figures. With a giant eye for darkness and detail, Joe’s work embraces the strange tensions between life and death. Hi Joe, thanks for taking the time to speak with us. Pr...
Okay folks it’s news-breaking time! We are finally able to announce the winning entries from our #DrawAThon – held with Atlantic Press and 64 Killigrew Street and featuring PRIZES from Derwent Pencils! But first, A HUGE CONGRATULATIONS and THANK YOU to everyone who joined us. We were blown away by all the gorgeous art and the sheer joy of sharing pencil love and had an enormously hard time trying to choos...
WARNING! PLEASE NOTE! CONTAINS GRAPHIC CONTENT! James Unsworth practices art like an inventor who creates problems instead of solving them. Taking the world view that “all human production is problematic and we’re all part of one big problem that can’t be solved”, James makes sense of the world through drawing whilst trying to find amusement along the way… What appeals to you, or attra...
LAY SOME LEAD & BURN SOME RUBBER! Listen up folks! We’ve got some exciting news! To celebrate the release of Tiny Pencil IV: Death & Resurrection we’re having a #DRAWATHON with our friends at 64 Killigrew and Atlantic Press (Check out their gorgeous books here!)! We want to see YOU and YOUR comics and drawings! Send out and share with the world your doodles, dalliances and masterpieces in lead. Fr...
Fancy a little sand and sea to go with your lead this summer? Tiny Pencil is joining Atlantic Press in Falmouth for an exhibition and series of drawing events at 64 Killigrew Street! Featuring a specially curated exhibition of original drawings, this two week mini-fest also includes special drawing events! Comics marathons, book-making sessions, drop-in pencil-drawing, and a giant collaborative pencil drawing based o...
Announcing Tiny Pencil No. 4 – The Death & Resurrection Issue! Alright folks, it’s been a while since our last update, but we are supremely excited to finally share some news with you! PRE-ORDERS are now open for the fourth installment of TINY PENCIL! Available HERE! Featuring a fabulous array of international artists including Joe Fenton, Joanna Concejo, Yoko Tanaka, Ho Sin Tung, and many more. From the d...
Inspired by Marvel and DC Comics, Sina Sparrow started drawing his own comics when he was just 11 years old. At 16, he discovered queer comics and zines. With a unique style and voice all his own, Sina is the creator of cult comics such as his autobiographical work ‘BoyCrazyBoy’. What do you like about working in pencil? It just feels very spontaneous, I like the different weights and textures you can ge...
Oregon-based artist Susannah Kelly creates dark, intricate drawings that take figurative portraiture to another level. She owns and curates Antler Gallery in the Alberta Arts District of Portland with fellow artist, Neil M. Perry. Could you tell us a bit about your creative process, from the initial image or idea to the finished piece? I start with rough thumbnails to work out a basic composition. Then I move on to a...
Dace Sietina’s fantastical maps and charts are made with a scientific penchant for exploration and wonder. She attributes her obsession with stars and space to her last name, which means ‘Seven sisters’ or the star cluster ‘Pleiades’… Could you tell us a bit about yourself and your work? I love to stare at the stars at night, take a long walks in the fog and bike through open field...
Tobias Tak creates mysterious and magical worlds inhabited by outlandish creatures. His comics have appeared in publications such as LeGun, Pood, Bare Bones, The Comix Reader and Hotwire, winning him praise from luminaries such as Robert Crumb, Joann Sfar, Art Spiegelman, Joost Swarte and Rod McKie. Could you tell us a bit about yourself and your work? I started in art school (in The Netherlands), where I studied pai...
