Hudson Valley Sketches -

In spite of an overflowing cabinet of fountain pen inks, I purchased the 2021 Inkvent Calendar by Diamine to have 25 new inks to explore dur...

Happy 2013 to all my viewers! I'd like to start off the new year by sharing my favorite discoveries and new products of the past year...

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...

Image can be clicked for a larger version 6x18" on Stillman & Birn Beta paper Watercolor My favorite way to work in wate...

Lexington Gray ink in a Lamy Safari fountain pen Watercolor and Gouache Stillman & Birn Epsilon 8.5x11" hardbound sketchbook I fin...

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 , ...

Pitt Warm Grey Big Brush Pens Stillman & Birn Epsilon 8.5x11" hardbound sketchbook I have a book of old photographs of great compo...

Quick boat studies 11x17" across a two page spread in my altered book Although I prefer to work just in one main art journal at a tim...

This was so much fun! (Image can be clicked for a larger, clearer view.) I used Golden Black Gesso to coat a few page spreads in my Stillma...

New paints are so much fun! I got a bunch of colors from Daniel Smith last week --- some transparent yellows, as well as earthy reds and mar...

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&...