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Continue reading →: A “Swatch” Pen & Ink Sketch
I mentioned before, I try to keep my muscle memory active by creating sketches on a daily basis. Sometimes my mind goes blank as I stare at the blank page of my art journal. It takes a few minutes to look around my studio and eventually an idea will pop…
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Continue reading →: Another Quick Pen & Ink Sketch – Calla Lily
I’ve been trying to sketch something everyday and build up what I call my muscle memory. Some days I have only 15-30 minutes to complete a sketch. To help keep me motivated through the week, I will spend an hour and sketch a few objects in my journal to be…
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Continue reading →: Birmingham Pen Company Inks
Sometime last year I purchased a fountain pen from Birmingham Pen Company. It came with a free bottle of ink and I selected Arugula to matched my pen color. It’s a beautiful olive green ink color. Fast forward to last week, when I was at their website looking for a…
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Continue reading →: More Vinta Inks!
My order arrived a little over a week ago and I’m just getting around to posting an update with the new colors I received. I thought about adding this to my previous Vinta Inks post, but decided my latest lovely colors required their own post. Here’s a quick pen and…
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Continue reading →: Flowers in Our Garden
I forgot to post a few pictures from the last few weeks. Our Astilbe appears to be glowing!
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Continue reading →: Enjoying My Maiora
Yesterday, I received a package from Yafa. It was my replacement cap for my Maiora Impronte OS Posillipo. My pen was headless for almost three weeks. I took the cap out of the package and immediately examined the inside of the cap. I took a picture to send back to…
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Continue reading →: Diamine Inks
Based on my personal experience, I find most Diamine colors to be wet inks. It’s more than likely based on the color choices I have made so far. I enjoy seeing how the Diamine inks react to water and they do make gorgeous ink washes. I selected colors that were…

























