Sunday Reads From Pens To Cursive

A few bits I ran across this past week…

• Leigh Reyes: Introducing journal guides!
• Fountain Pen Links
• Richard Binder: Are Modern Pens As Good As Old Ones?
• The Comeback of Cursive

Conklin Duragraph 1.1 mm stub

If you like what you see, the Duragraph is available at Amazon in blue, green and amber.

Sunday Reads From Puppies To Sketching

The monkey is adorable. The prompts will keep you busy for days. Using a fude nib for sketching is inspirational. And Travolta is just plain cool.

• Rescued Monkey and the Puppies
• Quo Vadis Blog: Daily Journaling Prompts for September
• A little fude nib sketching by Paul Heaston at the beginning of a Paul Wang workshop video

Sunday Reads From Tomoe To Ink To Graffiti

Another diverse group…

• The best graffiti across all of America
• Carvana, the automobile vending machine
• iPenStore: Rohrer and Klingner Dokumentus Inks
• 30 basic words you don’t know you’re saying wrong
• Boeing suggests new weapon in fighting wildfires
• The Pen Addict: The Chic Sparrow American Dream Deluxe Notebook Cover
• Gourmet Pens: Review: @InkJournal Pocket Tomoe “Miami” Notebook
• And All Other Tasks: Sucking it up for Science (pen adventure)

Sunday Reads From Cognac To Moleskine

For your Sunday distraction…

• Trick Shot Video
• 5 lessons from a man who retired at 33
• The Well-Appointed Desk: Reconsidering Moleskine
• Toronto collector makes his mark with fountain pens
• When your fountain pen is sick, send it to the ‘doctor’
• Fountain Pen Contains World’s ‘Oldest’ Cognac
• Chronicles of quills and ink of the mighty gama

Sunday Reads From Color To Nibs

There are some odd ones in this bunch. The first one absolutely blew me away. The fourth one is a contrast in size. The last one just made me happy, no mean feat this past week…

• Alexa Meade brings art to life – literally.
• The Nibsmith
• 13 Projects to Use Watercolors
• I love you.
• Edison Pen Company’s Brian Gray has a lot to say about nibs.
• Gorgeous color

My summer inks from 2012: Diamine Mediterranean, Sailor Yaki-Akari and Noodler’s Black Swan in Australian Roses.

Pen And Paper Links

Busy Sunday, but there are a few things to share…

• Paperblanks blog: Writing Wednesday: Improve Your Writing… with Science!
• mehandiratta: Ranga Demonstrator Bamboo
• Brain Training

That is a watercolor palette under the strap along with an Autopoint mechanical pencil, travel brush, Lamy Safari with Noodler’s Lexington Gray, and a Stillman & Birn Epsilon Sketchbook. Ready, set, go!

Montblanc, Pen Portraits And Dogs

A fresh batch of links…

• Funny Dogs Sliding on Wood Floors Compilation 2013
• Instead Of Throwing Away Old Pill Bottles
• The Well-Appointed Desk: Digital Life: Evernote Alternatives
• Let’s face it, the tie is dead
• Egyptian Artist Uses Fountain Pen to Draw Portraits
• Ken Kessler: From Parker to Montblanc: the appeal of the fountain pen