Month: September 2014

Pencil Artist of the Week

30 September 2014 By ian

I’m Pencil Artist of the Week over at Pencils.com! This makes me feel very happy although it’s funny that it came out the same day that Brad and Myke were talking about impostor syndrome on the Pen Addict podcast. I love drawing and I do quite often like the end result but I have a […]

Kaweco Pearl Black ink review

30 September 2014 By ian

This is a good neutral and very dark black. If that’s what you’re after I’d say it’s pretty much on a par with Aurora Black. Here I am doodling the Inkling. Many thanks to Kaweco for sending me this bottle to keep and review. I tried not to let their generosity influence my views in […]

Caran d’Ache Frosty mechanical pencil review

29 September 2014 By ian

The Caran d’Ache Frosty is a 0.7mm mechanical pencil available with a black, blue or red barrel. Even though it’s from Caran d’Ache it’s quite cheap, available for about £5 from Cult Pens, who sponsored this review. It certainly looks good and it’s also well made. The frosty look that gives the pencil its name […]

Pennaquod update

26 September 2014 By ian

I thought that seeing as I published this week’s Friday picture on Thursday I would take this opportunity to give an update about Pennaquod. In case you missed it, Pennaquod uses Google to search only pen/pencil/paper/ink related websites that have opted in. It excludes blogs or sites that are primarily about selling. (It does include […]