I will spare you any off-topic observations this week and take you straight to the links. I also spared you the freakish bounty of links about Harry Styles that came acorss my path this week. You’re welcome. Pens: Studio Neat Mark One Review (via The Poor Penman) News: M205 Rose Quartz Special Edition Demonstrator (via…
As of last Thursday, I have had a succession of little irritations. You know, little things. I got a flat tire, the blog had some backend issues, I am having issues with my CINTIQ drawing boards, the cats went berserk and tore out a screen on the catio one night, we had workers at the…
Starting tomorrow, the staff here at WAD will start our annual inky tradition of an ink review a day until Christmas day. We want to share with you some of our favorite inks, whether they are just released or old favorites. So, don’t forget to check back in everyday for the next 12 days to…
I saw the new Lamy Plus Colored Pencils this week and thought our colored pencil expert, Tina, might want to review them. When I asked her, she confessed that she already reviewed them and said “Lamy should stick to pens”. So, if you are wondering why we are not publishing a review of the Lamy…
Today is Winter Solstice, AKA Yule, which means it is the shortest day of the year. It’s a good time to embrace the dark and prepare for longer days, even if, for many of us, we will be facing many more cold, dark days as January will bring snow and cold. I plan to light…
Today is a Super Blue Moon and a BIG edition of Link Love. There are 5-year diary posts (two of them!), pen show recaps and some fun art supply reviews. Our Interesting bucket is overflowing with weird and wonderful posts like Austin Kleon’s college radio show playlist, a video of printed props for film with…
This week is filled with more answers to #21penquestions, nib knowledge, love for Clairefontaine paper, a review of the Pacific Northwest Pen Show (that name is really long. It needs an abbreviation. Maybe Pac No Ps? Maybe we should workshop that a bit?) and quite a few tech-related posts. Many folks are headed to DC…
