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...

Here's the post that many have been eagerly awaiting.... THE PROMPT LIST! If you haven't yet seen the post with the dates and other ...

  It's almost that time! You're invited to join me and a bunch of my friends for this fun, educational, and motivational, annual adv...

Results are in on the lightfastness tests I did of the full line of De Atramentis Document Inks! You can see the results of the testing of t...

Here's a flip-through for you of the art journal from the Holidays in Ink Challenge! I'll be back with another post to further discu...

Holidays in Ink 2021-22 is almost here! Everything you need to know is in this post. DATES : Monday, November 22 through Sunday, January 2 (...

  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...

Everybody has been asking me if I am planning another Holidays in Ink challenge this year, and the answer is most definitely, "YES!&quo...

  The Holidays in Ink Challenge certainly got me out of my comfort zone this week. I had some new art adventures, discovered more about what...

  How are you all doing at the start of Week 2 of the Holidays in Ink Challenge ? Please let me know in the comments! I began Day 1 on Novem...

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...

During the busy holiday season, I'll be taking this Holidays in Ink Challenge, enabling me to just sketch with pen and paper when the go...

If you're an artist who doesn't like winter, maybe this post is for you! I used to hate winter. If you live in a cold climate an...

10x8", Noodlers Luxury Blue ink in  my Pescia light blue journal A good friend sent me flowers for my birthday during the time I w...

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 ...

Many thanks to all of you for waiting so patiently for these preliminary results! For those who don't know what I'm talking about , ...

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&...