Creative Monthly - April 2026

An easter greeting from Pencil to the community, accompanied by some thoughts and trivia about this special religious and secular occasion - the most important in the Christian liturgical calendar. 

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Chag Pesach Sameach

Join Tim Bowers for Workflows Pt 2, a deeper dive into our hands-on Pencil in Practice series. This session builds on the beta feature that lets you connect Agents into structured sequences, focusing on optimising and scaling these automations for even more complex creative production.In this live walkthrough, Tim breaks down how to advance your Workflows from basic sequences to sophisticated production engines, showing how to refine the "hand-offs" between Agents to ensure your automated output remains high-quality and on-brand at any volume.You’ll learn how to:<ol><li data-list="bullet">Optimise Agent logic to ensure seamless transitions and data flow within complex Workflows</li><li data-list="bullet">Scale output volume by designing sequences that handle multi-platform asset creation simultaneously</li><li data-list="bullet">Fine-tune creative control within automated flows to maintain brand consistency at scale</li><li data-list="bullet">Troubleshoot and refine your existing Workflows to eliminate manual bottlenecks and technical friction</li></ol>Whether you’re looking to industrialise your creative output, manage high-volume asset production, or further standardise team workflows, this session provides the advanced strategies needed to master automation without sacrificing creative soul.

Pencil In Practice: Workflows Pt 2

This event has finished. Please view the recording here:<div><div style="left: 0; width: 100%; height: 0; position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%;"><iframe title="Embed content" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/y0bNLYm8ucU?rel=0&amp;start=1773427377494" style="top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; border: 0;" allowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" allow="accelerometer *; clipboard-write *; encrypted-media *; gyroscope *; picture-in-picture *; web-share *;" referrerpolicy="strict-origin"></iframe></div></div> Join Tim Bowers for another hands-on Pencil in Practice session, focused on building custom, multi-functional Agents using the upgraded Agent Builder Advance.In this live walkthrough, Tim will break down the most common questions around Agent setup and use—showing you how to design Agents that combine multiple capabilities into a single, efficient workflow inside Pencil.You’ll learn how to:<ol><li data-list="bullet">Build custom Agents that go beyond pre-built, single-purpose tools</li><li data-list="bullet">Combine multiple capabilities—such as web research, content creation, and image generation—into one Agent</li><li data-list="bullet">Configure Agents using the modular Tool Ecosystem to match real client and team workflows</li><li data-list="bullet">Use Agent Builder to reduce manual steps and speed up end-to-end production</li></ol>Whether you’re creating Agents for research, content production, asset generation, or internal efficiency, this session will give you a practical, repeatable approach to building assistants that work the way your workflow does.

Pencil in Practice - Agent Builder Advance

Pencil 101Join the Pencil Creative Team for a live walkthrough of real case studies followed by an open Q&amp;A.See how the team uses Pencil to bring ideas to life across campaigns, from first prompt to final creative. Then stick around to ask your own questions, get live feedback, or explore how to tackle your next project using Pencil.You’ll learn how to:<ol><li data-list="bullet">Navigate the Pencil platform</li><li data-list="bullet">Identify where to locate each Pencil tool</li><li data-list="bullet">Start your projects</li></ol>

Use It Like a Creative - Pencil 101

This event has finished. Please view the recording <a href="https://youtu.be/6rOFPHVh2_E" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>.Ready to level up your creative output? This week’s Pencil in Practice session is all about Nano Banana 2, Google's latest state-of-the- image generation model.Join our Head of Training, Tim Bowers, as he dives deep into how this upgraded engine—now part of the Gemini 3 Flash family—redefines text-to-image workflows and multi-image composition.<h3>📺 Check it out </h3>Check out Tim’s video showing you a little of what Nanobanana 2 is capable of ... <div><div style="left: 0; width: 100%; height: 0; position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%;"><iframe title="Embed content" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8VNV6LN6LW0?rel=0&amp;start=1772704450466" style="top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; border: 0;" allowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" allow="accelerometer *; clipboard-write *; encrypted-media *; gyroscope *; picture-in-picture *; web-share *;" referrerpolicy="strict-origin"></iframe></div></div> <h3>What You’ll Learn:</h3>In this live session, Tim breaks down how to harness the power of Nano Banana 2 to create high-fidelity assets that match your brand’s exact needs.Whether you’re generating social assets, mood boards, or client-ready content, this session provides the repeatable framework you need to make Nano Banana 2 your most powerful creative partner yet.

Pencil In Practice: Nanobanana 2

This event has finished - please find the recording <a href="https://youtu.be/ohW_Hgc5_3M" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>.Join Tim Bowers for another hands-on Pencil in Practice session, focused on Audio.

Pencil in Practice - Audio

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