Month: July 2014

Sailor Jentle Grenade ink review

22 July 2014 By ian

A lovely rich dark red. This ink dries reasonably quickly, don’t take any notice of the dry times on the review – the Noodler puts down ink like a firehose. This reminds me of food and drink. As most things do to be honest. Here I am doodling the Inkling. This is a gorgeous ink. […]

Staedtler 308 Pigment Liner drawing pen review

21 July 2014 By ian

The Staedtler 308 pigment liner is a fibre-tipped drawing pen available in 9 different line widths (0.5mm to 0.8mm) with black ink. I’ve found it difficult to find very many good drawing pens. The Copic Multiliner is a great and so is the Sakura Pigma Micron but apart from those I’ve not found any that […]

Marrakech Tanneries: a sketch and a tale

18 July 2014 By ian

If you’ve been following this site for any length of time you’ll know I’m a huge fan of handmade leather products, so when I was in Marrakech for my honeymoon I felt I had to visit the famous tanneries. Now, I must admit, I had got them confused with the even more famous tanneries in […]

Wednesday Weekly 16 July

16 July 2014 By ian

From around the web: My Life All in One Place: Make your own Midori Traveler’s Notebook inset I’m teetering of the edge of this whole Midori notebook thing but I think I might adapt this kind of idea and see what I can do with my Calepino notebooks and Davis Leatherworks covers. Sketches and Studies: […]