De Atramentis Document Ink Blue is a good solid blue colour and is also lightfast and waterproof. It’s very wet though and where the ink pooled in this Inkling it absolutely soaked through the paper and not the next sheet. Having said that, there was a lot of ink there and it does dry almost […]
The Pilot Choose is a pigment gel ink pen with a 0.7mm tip. It’s part of Pilot’s BegreeN range of sillily capitalised recycled pens. The ink is vivid and it is waterproof and lightfast. The tip puts down a good crisp consistent line. As well as green, the Choose can be bought with a wide […]
Thank you everyone who entered the giveaway for one of my sketches and a set of three Palomino Blackwing pencils. The winner was picked randomly using random.org and was comment number 12, Margot, who said: I would give them to my daughter (she’s 28 years old) who is a talented artist and a bit of […]
I’m really pleased to be able to announce a brand new site that I hope will be useful to lots and lots of people. It’s called Pennaquod and it uses Google to search only pen and stationery blogs. I was frustrated with trying to find pen reviews and search results being swamped by ebay and […]
Just a simple little pen drawing of the washing line on a boiling hot day on holiday in France. Copic Multiliners, Pink Pig sketchbook.