This is a good week. News that Retro51 will continue was announced this week. Scientists discovered Cookie Monster faces inside an agate stone. There’s a video showing the 10-billion pixel scan of the Girl with the Pearl Earring painting, there’s a new shade of blue, animals help photographers, learn genetics with gummi bears, new Star Wars postage stamps (!!!!!) and finally watch gymnast Nia Dennis absolutely rock her floor routine to Beyonce and an assortment of other popular artist with moves influenced by stepping and a fist-pumping Black Power salute. Her teammates were dancing along the sidelines and it made me grin from ear-to-ear.
Hope you are having a good week and that this collection of links lifts your spirits.
Pens:
- Pentel GlideWrite Ballpoint Pen Review (via The Pen Addict)
- Fountain Pen Handwriting Fun for $25 – Moonman + Fude Bent Nib! (via Gourmet Pens)
- Essential Office Supplies: Monteverde for Montblanc Refills (via The Gentleman Stationer)
Ink:
- Octopus Fluids Pastell Inks (via Mountain of Ink)
- Ferris Wheel Press Little Robinia (via Mountain of Ink)
- Colorverse Vortex Motion Ink Review & Giveaway: Astrophysics Ink Series (via Pen Chalet Blog)
- Hot Pink Ink Comparison: Is that Ink Actually Hot Pink? (via Pen Chalet Blog)
- PenBBS #182: April Diamond (via Fountain Pen Pharmacist)
- Papier Plume Oyster Grey (via Fountain Pen Pharmacist)
- Pelikan Edelstein Ink of the Year 2021 (via Rediscover Analog)
- Van Dieman’s Ink Sample Review, Part 3 (via The Pen Addict)
Pencils:
- The Best Non-Photo Blue Pencils and Pens (via JetPens)
- M+R Brass Sharpeners: Point Comparison (via The Gentleman Stationer)
Notebooks & Paper:
- 5 Tips to Start Bullet Journaling (via Bullet Journal)
- Two Types of Planners (As I See It) (via Planner Fun)
- Using a Reference Book with my Stalogy (via Planner Fun)
- Thinkers Notebook Version 2 (via Mountain of Ink)
- First Impressions Trying Out Cosmo Air Light Paper for Fountain Pens (via Gourmet Pens)
- Re-Review: Kunisawa Find Notebooks (via The Pencilcase Blog)
- Profolio Oasis Light Notebook Review (via Fountain Pen Love)
Art & Creativity:
- Teach Yourself to Draw with The Help of The Man Who Influenced Walt Disney, 1913 (via Design You Trust)
- Visible mending with Celia Pym and more stitching inspiration (via LoopKnitlounge)
- Book Review: Drawing Expressive People (The Urban Sketching Handbook) (via Parka Blogs)
- Rosemary Brushes: Red Dot Collection – first impression (via Liz Steel)
- India Ink Illustration with Japanese Influence by Mika Takahashi (online course review) (via Parka Blogs)
- Grateful: Sketching with friends online (via Apple-Pine)
- Learn to Make Creativity a Habit Through Stacking (via Brown Paper Bag)
- The First New Blue Pigment in 200 Years Is Now Available as a Paint (via My Modern Met)
- Surviving 2021: How creative freelancers can weather the storm (via Creative Boom)
- Geoff McFetridge on how he thinks through drawing (via It’s Nice That)
Other Interesting Things:
- Rickshaw Bagworks – Bento Bag Review (via Original Content Books)
- Now I stand here waiting (via Nero’s Notes Blog)
- Retro51 is here to stay 👏 (via Rediscover Analog)
- The Lost Art of Cassette Design: 1980s (via Design You Trust)
- Amazing Rock Looks Just Like Cookie Monster When Cracked Open (via My Modern Met)
- 10 Billion Pixel Scan of ‘Girl with a Pearl Earring’ Reveals I credible Details (via My Modern Met)
- Museums Are Making Art More Acceptable for the Visually Impaired (via My Modern Met)
- New Members Appointed to Citizens’ Stamp Advisory Committee (via USPS Newsroom)
- New ‘Star Wars’ Stamps Are Coming This Spring (via USPS Newsroom)
- 40+ Wild Animals Interrupt Wildlife Photographers in Viral Twitter Thread (via My Modern Met)
- This History of Studio Ghibli, the Legendary Japanese Animation House (via My Modern Met)
- Learn Genetics Quickly With This Simple Gummy Bear Experiment (via My Modern Met)
- WATCH: Gymnast Nia Dennis 2021 Beyoncé Floor Routine Video (via Vulture)
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