Sunday Reads: Pen Stuff Plus Healing With Art

Doodling, pens, and how art may keep people well…

• Draw Tip Tuesday: Art Journaling and An Urban Sketcher’s Secret (Fountain pens used for both videos.)
• STUFFandTHINGS: Review: MarteModena Chronicle Fountain Pen
• Diver Doesn’t Understand What This Gentle Giant Wants
• Jet Pens video of doodles anyone can draw
• Midori Eraser Dust Mini Cleaners
• Arts can help recovery from illness and keep people well, report says
• Nick Stewart: Krishna swatch tests
• Fountain pen blog: Cleo Skribent Classic Gold, Piston fountain pen; first impressions
• Who Invented It: Who Invented the Pen?
• The Gentleman Stationer: Deals and Drops: More Montegrappa and a new Platinum 3776

 

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Sunday Reads: Pens and Inks Plus Two Giveaways

Hurry, hurry, hurry. Giveaways ending soon…

• Mountain of Ink: Summer Lavender Ink Palette
• The Well-Appointed Desk: Ink Review: Sailor Jentle Sakura Mori
• The Serial Doodler: Review: Robert Oster Marrone Mustard
• Fountain Pen Hospital: Pelikan M200 in Smoky Quartz (Pel is my fave European pen brand.)
• Quo Vadis: Giveaway: Academic year planners with the new Noir covers!
• Pen Chalet: Monteverde California Teal Ink Review & Giveaway!
• Fahrney’s Pens: Platinum 3776 Century Shungyo Fountain Pen (Very pretty.)

My Summer Inks from 2012

Sunday Reads: Coffee, Ebonite, And Vinyls

Pressing records again? New ebonite pens? Bedding made from coffee grounds? What’ll they think of next!

• Which Brand of Watercolour Should You Choose?
• How a Scuba Diver Found a Good Friend Under the Sea
• Leigh Reyes: Vintage nibs in modern pens
• The Well-Appointed Desk: Paper-Oh Notebooks
• Sony to restart vinyl record production
• This Bedding Is Made From Coffee Grounds
• Ebonite Milano Fountain Pen Collection (I haven’t tried one yet, but am a fan of ebonite pens.)

Waterman’s 54 with Pink Nib

Sunday Reads: Best Pocket Pens, Mysterious Gold Object, And A Backstory

Lexington Gray has enjoyed a long term home in one of my Pentel Pocket Brush Pens. Very highly recommended for the calligrapher, artist, doodler in you…

• Mountain of Ink: My Fountain Pen Backstory
• Teoh: Video Review of Noodler’s Lexington Gray ink
• Mysterious gold object identified thanks to crowdsourcing
• School Bus Converted To Incredible Off-Grid Home
• FPN: Best before date on ink
• Ed Jelley: The 5 Best Pocket Fountain Pens To Carry Every Day (Lots of comments worth reading.)

Playtime in a Stillman & Birn Sketchbook

A Wishlist In Two Minutes

Do you keep a wishlist? Mine took less than two minutes to compile. No pondering the question. Just a brief, whatever comes to mind list. And darned if it isn’t just right.

• Pelikan Souverän Black-Green M600
• Montblanc 146
• Robert Oster inks
• Tomoe River paper
• Hobonichi Cousin planner
• Sennelier Watercolor set of 12 + 6
• M. Graham Watercolor Landscape or 10 color set
• Kolinsky #10 watercolor brush
• pointed round #20 watercolor brush
• slant board for reading and painting

Try it the next time you have two minutes to spare. The results might surprise you.

Sunday Reads: Charity Auction, A Pilot Kakuno, Game of Thrones Pens

Did you know Captain Kirk used to show horses? I saw him once and he was very good. He is a man of many talents and earns high marks for putting together a silent charity auction of entertainment memorabilia. Perhaps an item or two will interest you…

• Leigh Reyes: How to make your own watercolor and other diversions.
• Quo Vadis Blog: Top Ten Posts for May 2017
• William Shatner’s Hollywood Charity Horse Show and Silent Auction
• Losing Sleep Makes You Hungry, Study Says (No duh!)
• Girl Gives Genius ‘War Crimes’ Response To Teacher Feedback Form
• The Well-Appointed Desk: I’ll See You Again… in 25 Years
• The Montegrappa Games of Thrones writing instruments series
• Anura Rafael Write Time Will Take Your Breath Away

The Pilot Kakuno has a delightful expression, perfect to brighten any day.

 

Mattias Adolfsson And His Fountain Pens

Mattias Adolfsson is a Swedish illustrator who uses fountain pens for detailed drawings. I became enchanted with his work via Fountain Pen Network ten years ago when he posted a drawing done with a Namiki Falcon and Diamine Monaco Red. The duo is lovely for drawing and elegant for shading as well as simplicity.

Sometimes I let the nib release a little extra ink and move it around with a swab, toothpick or small brush. Otherwise, the expressive line from the nib is gorgeous on its own. Any ink will do, though J. Herbin Lie de The is an especially good alternative. My Stillman & Birn Sketchbook loves the attention and with Mattias for inspiration, it’s a win-win activity.

 

Tools mentioned are available at Amazon: Pilot Namiki Falcon SF, Stillman & Birn Sketchbook, Diamine Monaco Red, and J. Herbin Lie de The.