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Continue reading →: Loosely
That’s how I’ve been practicing my painting skills recently. Trying to paint without thinking about the details too much. No initial pencil sketching allowed. Just starting with blank sheets of watercolor paper. The lovely purple paint is a mixture of Quinacridone Rose and Ultramarine Blue. My first two attempts below…
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Continue reading →: Custom Fountain Pen – Tailored Pen Company
I’m an inquisitive type of person. I am always doing research on something that crosses my path and intrigues me. It could the latest gadget, watercolor brushes, or fountain pen paper. I’m always in learning and information gathering mode. Many times I’m making comparisons with what I already know from…
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Continue reading →: My Maiora Impronte OS Posillipo – the Good/the Bad
Update (05/24): I have received a package from Yafa. They sent me the wrong cap and it appears to be the regular size cap for their smaller Maiora Impronte pen. Unbelievable! I contacted the online pen shop and the solution is to return both (my defective OS cap and their…
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Continue reading →: An Automatic Pen, a Pilot Parallel Pen, and My Opus 88 Pen Hack
I’ve changed up how I do my fountain pen ink swatching by using a way cool tool called the automatic pen. I’ve mostly used it to swatch ink colors in my ink journal which I have posted a few pictures from my previous blog posts. I saw someone use an…
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Continue reading →: Painting a Sea Shell Card and My DIY Watercolor Paint Palette Case
I collected a few sea shells from Hubby’s glass jar and I wanted to paint a special card for him. I spent a few minutes painting a practice piece and to warm up my fingers and hand. For the actual card, I decided not sketch the outlines with my carbon…
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Continue reading →: Ayush Paper
I was sent a new to me fountain pen paper from Frank over at Federalist Pens and Paper. I was happy to do this as I enjoy trying out new paper products and anything related to fountain pens. I received an A4 pad of spiral bound paper. The pad came…
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Continue reading →: Esterbrook Estie Fountain Pens
Update: I saw Esterbrook post a picture about an upcoming new Gold Rush series color in what looks to be a “sparkling teal” color. It looked like a pen blank and not the actual pen. Not that I’m enabling…. (Note: I’ve added two “update” notes at the bottom of this…
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