Month: May 2015

Kaweco Sketch Up Giveaway Winner

31 May 2015 By ian

Thank you everyone who entered the Kaweco Sketch Up giveaway. The winner was comment number 44, Drew, who said: Love the brass one. Nothing beats a good old fashioned game of tag in the backyard with my 5 and 2 1/2 year olds. They love it! Congratulations Drew! My children’s favourite games (they’re 8 and […]

Follow Pens! Paper! Pencils! on Facebook

30 May 2015 By ian

You can now follow Pens! Paper! Pencils! on Facebook. It’d be great to see you over there. Alternatively, or as well (you can’t have too much of a good thing, right?), you can follow on Tumblr, where you’ll get some extra arty stuff now and then (pulled from my Instagram account), Twitter (with added ramblings), […]

Palomino Golden Bear Pencil Review

28 May 2015 By ian

The Palomino Golden Bear is a wooden pencil available in HB/#2 with blue or orange barrels. A dozen will cost you about $3. The barrel is a sharpish hexagonal cross section and I find it a little uncomfortable to hold. I realise though that I’m a bit of a wimp whe it comes to holding […]

Minimal Sketchkit

27 May 2015 By ian

Here’s what I carry with me in my pockets wherever I go, so I can take any opportunity there is to draw. It’s a Calepino notebook in a Davis Leatherworks cover, with a Kaweco Liliput (filled with Pilot Iroshizuku Kiri-Same) and a Kaweco Brass Sketch Up clutch pencil. The notebook suits me because it handles […]