(Laura here… mea culpa. Ana asked me to get Link Love ready, and well… I HAD ONE JOB. Without further ado: LINK LOVE!) Out of seemingly nowhere, there are two reviews for the Scribo pen this week, a review for the new Spoke Pen and the Classmate Octane. Also, Gourmet Pens reviews the unusual Parrot…
It will probably come as a surprise to discover that, up until recently, I did not own any model of Lamy 2000. While I own many different models of Lamy fountain pens, including the Lamy Scala with a gold nib, I don’t own any of Lamy’s rollerball or ballpoint pens. So, I decided to break…
When I was trying to decide how to best organize this post, I debated planning it and titling it “A Pen Show in 3 Parts.” The first part being the drive to LA, the pen show itself and then the drive home. I drove from Kansas City to Little Rock where I met up with…
Due to weather delays, this is an extremely lengthy Link Love. But I’m home safe and the cats are very happy about that. Some of the highlights are: Draplin Love, actual pencil reviews this week, LA Pen Show recaps, and, oh yeah, the 2019 Pen Addict Live Kickstarter went live. Plus SOOOOO much more. Enjoy!…
Sorry that this week’s Link Love will be so late. Due to the Petra winter storm, I will not be back into Kansas City until Thursday. It’s been an 11-day epic road trip (to Little Rock and then all the way to LA and then back to Little Rock and then back home) and Link…
How could I possibly pass up a book that would teach me how to make my own ink? Make Ink: A Forager’s Guide to Natural Inkmaking by Jason Logan was an insta-buy for me. The swashes of color on the cover alone were enough to get it in my cart. Then, I was at a…
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,…
