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Continue reading →: The Cancer Pen Model – Zodiac Pen CompanyI first encountered Zodiac Pen Company on the last day of the local pen show I attended back in 2024. One of Bart’s pens caught my eye. I made a note to myself to add him to my wishlist for next year’s show. For several months in 2025 I kept…
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Continue reading →: Sketchbook SketchingMy Funto journal was feeling a bit lonely sitting around my studio. I had a few blank pages left and I decided to fill it with some practice sketches. I decided to recreate another grape sketch to see what improvements I had made from all the other watercolor sketches I’ve…
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Continue reading →: On a Watercolor Painting Roll – a Sewing GnomeI need to put a brief pause on my fountain pens and inky adventures. I was going through my blog queue and realized I forgot to publish this blog post. It was sitting in my drafts folder for four months waiting to be published. It’s one of my gnome watercolor…
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Continue reading →: My Mysterious Disappearing Fountain Pen InkI was going through my fountain pen inky stash looking for an olive green color that I hadn’t used in a while. I was deciding between KWZ Prairie Green and Van Diemen’s Anna’s Hummingbird Wing. The two olive green inks are very similar in color except for their shimmers. I…
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Continue reading →: In My Luchetti Sketchbook: Itoh PeonyI was looking through my reference photos to get an idea of what to sketch next. I had painted my Rudbeckia flower on the left side of my two page spread and was looking for another flower to paint on the right side page. I kept coming up with Itoh…
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Continue reading →: Colorverse & Lucky Star Pens Collaboration: Cosmic VioletI had originally started to write about this lovely inky color in my “pen show haul” blog post, but decided this lovely ink was unique and it deserved its own special blog post. While I was creating the swatch card for this ink I uncovered some interesting characteristics I did…
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Continue reading →: My Pen Show HaulUpdate 08/15: I’ve updated this blog post to include a few findings from further tests and usage. A few of you will remember in my previous blog post that I got sidetracked on my way to the pen show. I stopped at my local art supply store to purchase some…
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