Review by Tina Koyama Concentrated watercolor paint stored on paper has intrigued me for a long time: Thin and lightweight, it seems like the ultimate portable paint kit! Several years ago when I first began urban sketching, I bought a booklet of Nicholson’s Peerless Water Colors with that thought in mind. Around the same time,…
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LA or Bust!
Hopefully, you’ve been following along with the road trip adventures of me and Lisa Vanness as we careen across the country on our way to Huntington Beach for the LA Pen Show this weekend. We are looking forward to seeing everybody who can make it out for the show. We will have a literal…
Link Love: On The Road
I’m writing Link Love from a truck stop this week, somewhere in the southwest United States on the way to LA for the pen show. This is my first multi-day, cross-country pen show trip. Traveling puts a pause on the world and while simultaneously hyperfocusing everything. We have no time and nothing but time. It’s…
Ink Review: Lamy Crystal Amazonite
Last week, I reviewed my first Lamy Crystal ink color: Rhodonite. While Rhodonite filled a much hoped-for gap in the Lamy ink line-up, it was not exactly breaking new ground, colorwise. Amazonite, is thankfully, a new color altogether from anything I’ve seen previously from Lamy. Lamy Crystal Amazonite comes in the same glass bottle with…
Fashionable Friday: Here We Go Love
Inspired by the upcoming Valentine’s Day holiday, the new jelly, frosted Kaweco Sport pens and an album I waited three decades for, this week’s Fashionable Friday is ready for love. All kinds. Romance, pet love, familial, and even love of a new pen. English Beat Here We Go Love (via Spotify) Kaweco Sport Frosted Blush…
Link Love: February is for Letters
New Link Love header this week. I got happy with an X-Acto blade and some safety lined envelopes. I am absolutely fascinated with the safety patterns on the insides of envelopes. Do you ever look at them? Great collage material. There’s a whole Flickr set dedicated to collecting them. Pens: Platinum #3776 Century Fountain Pen…
Ink Review: Birmingham Pen Parcel: January 2019
Oops. So, I said last month that the Birmingham Pen Parcel was supposed to be their new “bright” collection. My mistake. This month is the bright collection. Which, I suppose, makes more sense. Last month was not so bright. I cannot resist the Pen Parcels. The price is right. I love ink. Regardless of whether…