Sunday Reads: Flex Nibs, Ink, And Stifflexible

Pen links and other goodies…

• The Inkluminati: Fountain Pen Revolution flex nibs and pens
• Draw Tip Tuesday – How to Draw Perspective (A short video that will make it easy to add perspective to your doodles.)
• Openbook wants to take on Facebook
• As fake social media posts explode, watch how easy it is to manipulate posts without photo-editors
• Where were you?
• Rachel’s Reflections: Wendy Van Camp on Fountain Pens in the Creative Process
• The Well-Appointed Desk: Ink Review: Robert Oster Australian Opal Mauve
• My Pen Needs Ink: Giuliano Mazzuoli Stifflexible Notebook Review

Four years on, these writing tools remain favorites.

 

Clairefontaine, Stillman & Birn, Platinum #3776 Century Nice and Nice Pur, Conklin Durograph Stub, Iroshizuku, J. Herbin, Noodler’s Ink, Sailor Ink, Tomoe River paper.

Sunday Reads: Cussin’, Ice Cream and Vivid Color

Stillman & Birn and Traveler’s Notebooks are always on my desk and I was delighted to find new ways to use them.

This week’s color inspiration came from a slideshow of birds. Matching fountain pen inks to them could be an entertaining endeavor though the colors seem brighter than what inkdom currently offers. What do you think?

Oh, and remember to leave a comment at the Herbin “1798” Jacques Herbin Amethyste de l’Oural Fountain Pen Ink giveaway. One entry per person. Drawing will be on August 10th. U.S. residents only.

• The Pen Addict: A Cease And Desist, From A Pen That Doesn’t Exist
• Putting a Stillman & Birn Sketchbook to good use
• 10 Old-Fashioned Swears to Spice up Your Cussin’
• These Organisms Are Eating Greenhouse Gases
• Scientists create incredible ice cream that won’t melt
• Lamy and Noodler’s Black for drawing in a Traveler’s Notebook

https://www.facebook.com/TheBirdsGallery/videos/283197182068303/

Sunday Reads: From Montblanc To India To Bamboo Pens

Pens, inks and all sorts of other stuff…

• Phys.org: Vinegar offers hope in Barrier Reef starfish battle (Vinegar?!)
• From The Pen Cup: Inky Fingers Notebooks: Currently Inked
• Anderson Pens: Montblanc Shakespeare Velvet Red
• Office Supply Geek: Lamy Safari Petrol Special Edition Fountain Pen and Ink
• NibSpotter: Pens of the People: The Namiki Emperor Vermillion
• My Pen Needs Ink: Zenzoi Bamboo Fountain Pen Review
• The Well-Appointed Desk: Dot Grid Showdown
• Viviva Colorsheets (I signed up for two.)
• Top Ten Most Expensive Pens in the World (Gulp!)
• The Pen Addict: Sailor Jentle Ink Kin-Mokusei: A Review (Love the color.)
• The Serial Doodler: Coloring Pages (Very cute.)
• In a Paperless Age, This Mumbai Boy Hopes to Popularise Made-In-India Fountain Pens
• How to Type Accented Characters Without Annoying Alt Codes
• Ed Jelley: The Five Best Pocket Fountain Pens To Carry Every Day
• Pranks

Platinum #3776 Music Nib and friends meet a Stillman & Birn Sketchbook: