Month: November 2014

Ella and Julia against the wind (sketch) (also a little giveaway)

21 November 2014 By ian

Here are Ella and Julia, my two favourite ladies, on the beach on the most incredibly windy day. If you like my sketches then you can see a lot more on Instagram. I thought it would be interesting to draw something different so I’m doing a little giveaway, of sorts. If you follow me on […]

Guide to D1 Refills

20 November 2014 By ian

Many moons ago I did a comparison of six different D1 refills and called it ‘part one‘. I was fully intending to do a ‘part two’ soon after but it didn’t happen. Here it is now, though. Better late than never! Just to recap, D1 refills are small refills used in many Kickstarter projects and […]

Pelikan Edelstein Aventurine ink review

18 November 2014 By ian

This is a very green green. Made from the purest green, perhaps. It has good dry times and good shading, too. Here I am doodling the Inkling. You can find some more reviews of Edelstein Aventurine on Pennaquod. What did Allan do next? Let me know in the comments…

Kaweco Allrounder fountain pen review

17 November 2014 By ian

The Kaweco Allrounder is an all metal cartridge/converter fountain pen. It’s available in black, blue, red or silver and with nibs from extra-fine to double-broad. The pen in this review has the broad nib. It costs around £75 (around $115) and in the UK comes with a converter. (I don’t think this is always the […]

Noodler’s Ink Sampler giveaway winners

15 November 2014 By ian

I clearly don’t have very many European readers because there weren’t a lot of entries for this. On the one hand, that’s a shame because they’re great inks (mostly) but on the other hand it means I can bend the rules a little and send the prize of sets of four Noodler’s ink samples to […]