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Continue reading →: My Pilot Preras and Calligraphy Medium Nibs
Edit: I forgot to mention that the nibs and feed from my Pilot Metropolitan and Plumix fountain pens are swappable with my Pilot Preras. The nib and feed are friction fit. Pull out the nib/feed from one pen and push into another. I have a thing for my Pilot Preras.…
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Continue reading →: One Idea – Using Two Mediums
I’m a bit behind in blogging about my watercolor adventures as I’ve been busy focusing on my pen and ink adventures. Today, I will be sharing my two paintings I created with the same beach theme: water and sand. I was in the mood to spend some time with my…
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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!




























