Thank you to everyone who entered the Retro 51 Tornado Touch giveaway. There were 85 entries that met the criteria, which were to enter before 9am GMT today and to tell me what your favourite non-fountain pen was. Of these, the winning entry was number 15, as picked by random.org. Well done to İlke A, […]
Thank you to everyone who entered the TADA notebook giveaway. These are beautiful notebooks and I hope that if you didn’t win then you will perhaps buy one anyway. It’s good to support people who make lovely things. There were 69 different entries in total any the winner was commenter number 11, as picked by […]
We passed this man trying to hitch a lift. He was holding a carrier bag – apparently many hitchhikers will spend the entire journey trying to sell you the contents of their bag if you pick them up. This sketch represents a first for me. It’s the first one I’ve ever done that I’ve put […]
This might well be my new favourite mid-blue ink. It is so bright and lovely and cheerful. It also dries quickly, flows smoothly and has some beautifully subtle shading. (Shhh don’t tell anyone but I like this a lot more than Kon-Peki.) Here I am starting to doodle the Inkling but my camera ran out […]
From left to right: Pelikan M215 M with Pilot Iroshizuku Tsuki-Yo, Sailor Reglus F with Diamine Teal, Platinum #3776 Sai F with Pelikan Edelstein Topaz, Pilot Prera with the italic nib from a Pilot Plumix and Pelikan Edelstein Amber, Kaweco Elite M with Pilot Iroshizuku Ama-Iro, Kaweco Allrounder B with Kaweco Paradise Blue, Faber-Castell Ambition […]