Hudson Valley Sketches -

  I love Pilot Parallel pens, but a couple of things about them really annoy me. One is that you cannot post the cap of the pen, so once you...

  My dad gave me this glass pen about 30 years ago, which was handmade in Venice, Italy. I use it all the time for testing new colors, and d...

Part of the fun of any art project or challenge is gathering the materials and test driving ideas. Since Holidays in Ink is 42 days long (No...

I can't believe we're more than half way through this challenge, and heading into Week 4. If you're doing the challenge also, le...

It's hard to believe that the Holidays in Ink Challenge will be starting in a week! I'm getting so excited about it that it's d...

Last year, I began some lightfastness testing on the full line of Noodler's Eternal Inks, as well as pigmented and iron gall inks by oth...

11x17" across a two page spread in a Stillman & Birn Epsilon Hardbound sketchbook De Atramentis Rose De Atramentis Hyacinth ...

Brian Goulet of the Goulet Pen Company contacted me regarding some lightfastness testing I've been doing on a number of inks. So far I&...

You can click on any of the images below to get a larger, clearer view. Stillman & Birn Epsilon 5.5x8.5" Hardbound book Border pr...

When I recently did this sketch and discovered the joys of Noodler's Black Swan in Australian Roses ink , I decided that I need to find...

As I've been working my way through this Stillman & Birn Alpha journal, and doing my multi-part review, many people have asked me...

To read this review starting with Part I, click here . Somebody wrote to me yesterday and asked, "Isn't part of the pleasure the ...