Comic book artist, family man and all-around good guy Mike Hawthorne kept Heather and I laughing with his wit and wisdom this week on Art Supply Posse #27. Mike illustrates the wonderfully bawdy Marvel comic book Deadpool and our conversation may also include some PG-13 language. (You’ve been warned.) All pertinent links and shownotes on…
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Brush Pens, Part 3: Waterproof Bristle Tips
Guest review by Tina Koyama Within the brush pen series (Part 1: Waterproof Felt Tips and Part 2: Water-Soluble Felt Tips), the type of pens I’m reviewing today are probably the ones I use most often – hairy, bristle-tip brush pens containing waterproof ink. Designed to simulate sumi brush pens used for traditional Asian calligraphy,…
Podcast: Art Supply Posse #26 All Up In A Bind
This week on Art Supply Posse, Heather and I spend the episode trying to describe bookbinding basics using hand gestures and rattling tools you can’t see. So we’ve got lots of links to videos to help illustrate our points. We also talk about the best basic tools for bookbinding like paper, string and pointy things. All super…
Podcast: Art Supply Posse #25
This week Heather and I round up our favorite gift ideas to get you and your favorite artist inspired for 2017. There’s a ridiculous load of show notes this week too. Enjoy!
Brush Pens, Part 2: Water-Soluble Felt Tips
Guest review by Tina Koyama. In part 1 of the brush pen series, I covered felt-tipped waterproof pens. This review is about 11 brush pens with similar compressed-fiber tips but containing water-soluble black inks. In general, I’d say the tips behaved in the same ways as their waterproof-ink counterparts of comparable size. One of my…
Podcast: Art Supply Posse #24 Kathy Weller
This week Heather and I get a little goofy with the charming and effervescent illustrator, and lettering artist Kathy Weller on Art Supply Posse Ep. 24. We talk about ugly sketches, Wacom tablets and CINTIQs and some of our favorite art supplies too. We talk a lot so you’ve got plenty to listen to on…
Brush Pens, Part 1: Waterproof Felt Tips
Guest Review by Tina Koyama First, I’d like to welcome Tina to The Well-Appointed Desk and thank her for stepping in and helping with reviews. This is her first (and hopefully not her her last) review here. I’m thrilled to have Tina on board bringing a new perspective and point of view. Please give her…