Graphite Fine Art
Reviewing the Allegory The Bard fountain pen last week and the Retro-Essential pen this week really brought it home to me that some pens are made to be admired from afar, some are made to be admired in use and not so many pens manage both. The Bard and the Retro-Essential both look absolutely amazing…
This is the third and final instalment of the ever so exciting Sketchkit series. In the first episode, I wrote about what I carry around with me at all times. In the second, you found out all about what I like to keep around ready to pick up and go. This post is about what…
I want a small sketch kit that I can just grab and take with me without any fuss or bother. This is what I’m using at the moment and it’s working out pretty well. Everything is kept in this rather splendid Nomadic PE-06 pen case. From left to right: Daler-Rowney Artists (watercolour) Pencils; Sailor Fude…
You can now follow Pens! Paper! Pencils! on Facebook. It’d be great to see you over there. Alternatively, or as well (you can’t have too much of a good thing, right?), you can follow on Tumblr, where you’ll get some extra arty stuff now and then (pulled from my Instagram account), Twitter (with added ramblings),…
Here’s what I carry with me in my pockets wherever I go, so I can take any opportunity there is to draw. It’s a Calepino notebook in a Davis Leatherworks cover, with a Kaweco Liliput (filled with Pilot Iroshizuku Kiri-Same) and a Kaweco Brass Sketch Up clutch pencil. The notebook suits me because it handles…