Apologies for the lack of Wednesday Weekly last week. I was in France. From around the web: The Pen Company: What makes Faber-Castell so special? Rhodia Drive: Art is a Learned Skill (Really!) Ink Nouveau: Monday Matchup: Caran d’Ache Delicate Green & Monteverde Intima Neon Green The Distance: Chicago’s Last Tannery From the site: Kaweco […]
This is a lovely lush green with delicious shading and excellent dry times. Here I am doodling the Inkling. Many thanks to Kaweco for sending me this ink. I’ve tried not to let their generosity influence my judgement.
The Zebra Z-Grip is a 0.5mm mechanical pencil that costs just 38p from Cult Pens. (That’s about 60 cents in American money.) It has a clear plastic barrel with either black, blue or red grip and trim. It does feel and look pretty cheap but I find the clear barrel quite appealing. The tube that […]
I was very excited when Brad Dowdy announced he would be going into business with Jeffery Bruckwicki to manufacture handmade pen cases. I knew they would be great and I backed the Kickstarter project immediately. Just recently Brad and Jeffery opened their online store and so I thought the time was right for me to […]
Palomino’s Blackwing pencils are a wonderful trio. The Blackwing is soft and dark and beautiful for sketching. The above sketch was drawn with one, as was this boat. I reviewed it here. The Blackwing 602 is the classic and is the hardest of the three, perfect for writing with but also a dab hand at […]