Category: featured

Beach Parasols (sketch)

23 September 2016 By ian

Although our Italian holiday turned out to be not much of a holiday at all, we did get to the beach a few times. The most striking thing about where we went were the bright orange parasols standing out against the cloudless blue sky. This was a quick sketch using a Pilot Hi-Tec-C refill in […]

Kaweco Sunrise Orange Ink Review

21 September 2016 By ian

Kaweco release a range of eight inks a while ago and they were pretty good, with interesting shades of the standard colours, good dry times and some interesting shading. They’ve just released two more shades, one of which is this Sunrise Orange. I absolutely love this colour. Like most of my favourite inks, it reminds […]

BN Works BNdot Ballpoint Pen Review

19 September 2016 By ian

BN Works are just about to launch an Indiegogo campaign for what they describe as the One & Only Retractable EDC Pen. They sent me a review sample back in the middle of August so I’ve had a little while to try it out. Price: $65 early bird price on Indiegogo Tip size options: fine […]

Italian Horizon (sketch)

16 September 2016 By ian

Julia and I arrived in Italy on Monday 22nd August. At 3.30am on the following night we woke up to what a huge roaring sound, the room shaking wildly and plaster falling on our heads. We were lucky, it scared us and put an end to the relaxing time we’d hoped for but we weren’t […]

Hobonichi Techo (2016 Edition) Review

14 September 2016 By ian

A lot has been written about the Hobonichi Techo. It has almost cult status. Here are some more words about it, based on how I’ve used mine for eight months. Of course one of the difficulties of reviewing planners when you try not to review anything without using it for a while is that the […]