Month: February 2015

View From the Oasis (sketch)

13 February 2015 By ian

If you follow me on Instagram you’ll have seen lots of photos from around here, the Oasis Cafe on Weymouth beach. It’s one of our favourite spots. This little picture is the start of a process of me trying not to be so exact. Expect to see a lot more of me trying different things […]

An Interview with Linda Shrewsbury of CursiveLogic

12 February 2015 By ian

CursiveLogic is a currently active Kickstarter project project that aims to teach children (or adults) cursive handwriting in four easy lessons. I have backed the project because I think it’s worth supporting though it’s not such an issue here in England. My children (aged 8 and 13) both learned cursive, or as we say here […]

Midweek Musings

11 February 2015 By ian

The Wednesday Weekly post has been the most difficult one to keep up with as it’s the only post of the week that has to be written to a schedule. I wanted to keep it going because a link post is a way of showing appreciation for the interesting things that other people write. I […]

Private Reserve Blue Suede Ink Review

10 February 2015 By ian

This is a lovely greenish shade of blue. As is common with most Private Reserve inks it’s very saturated. Dry times aren’t horrific but aren’t exactly lightning fast either. Here I am doodling the Inkling. This sample was sent to me by Paul Joynes – thank you Paul! Paul’s fairly new site, Gorgeous.INK, is fast […]

Kaweco AL Sport Fountain Pen Review

9 February 2015 By ian

This Kaweco AL Sport is an aluminium fountain pen, available with nibs from EF to BB. This particular one has a fine nib. It costs about £60 in the UK and $75 in the USA. A clip is available as an extra. Kaweco loaned me this example for review purposes. The Kaweco Sport is a […]