This week was pencil intense in a way I haven’t seen in … well… ever. If you’ve never considered pencils before, this week might change your mind. There is a watercolor pencil review, a video on how to get a wicked sharp point, a Retro 51 mechanical pencils review and a peek into the process of making pencils and the supply chain involved in the process.
Pencils aren’t the only thing getting love this week: pens, inks and even ringbound notebooks are seeing some love too. There’s also a great post on books featuring how to make your own art supplies, including Make Ink (which we reviewed awhile back) plus several others that are new to me.
Hope you all are having a Pencil Perfect week!
Pens:
- Pilot Custom 823 #15 FA Fountain Pen – Modern Flex Nib? (via Gourmet Pens)
- This Just In: Lamy Aion Dark Green (via Fountain Pen Quest)
- Uni-ball Signo Needle 0.38 Review (via Writing at Large)
- Narwhal Schuylkill Porpita Navy (via dapprman)
- Taking Care of Fountain Pens (via Cathy Johnson–Art, Life, and other Oddities)
- Beginner’s Guide to Nibs and Nib Holders (via JetPens Blog)
- Holbein x Rotring 600 3 in 1 120th anniversary pen (via Bleistift)
Ink:
- Troublemaker standard Inks swatch tests (via Nick Stewart Fountain Pen Ink Art)
- PenBBS #359 (via Fountain Pen Pharmacist)
- Van Dieman’s Diamonds are a Girl’s BFF (via Mountain of Ink)
- Robert Oster Citrus (via Mountain of Ink)
- Monteverde Sapphire on Traveler’s Company (via Inkcredible Colours)
Pencils:
- Watercolor Pencils with Grisaille, Part 1 (via Fueled by Clouds & Coffee)
- Sharpening a Pencil to an Ultra-fine Point (via RozWoundUp)
- Pencil Review: Retro 51 Tornado Pencil (via The Gentleman Stationer)
- Musgrave and the pencil supply chain (via pencil talk)
- Graf von Faber-Castell – 260 Years of Pencil Perfection (via Cult Pens Blog)
Notebooks & Paper:
- Fabio Ricci Notebook Review Moleskine Alternative (via Notebook Stories)
- TRU RED Mastery Journal Review (via The Poor Penman)
- Eleven Discs Dot Grid Notebook Review (Super Smooth Paper!) (via All About Planners)
- Start Writing Letters With These Whimsical Stationery Supplies (via My Modern Met)
Art & Creativity:
- The groundbreaking colour tool that united art with creatures, and artists with zoologists (via Creative Boom)
- How To Darn with Arounna Khounnoraj of Bookhou (via Ysolda Ltd)
- Review: Kunst & Papier Sketchbook (160gsm, 35% cotton) (via Parka Blogs)
- 10 Books That Will Teach You To Make Your Own Natural Art Supplies (via My Modern Met)
Other Interesting Things:
- Trading Jetsetting for Van Life in the USA (via the RAD AND HUNGRY blog)
- Calligraphy, Corona and Callisthenics of the written kind! (via Inked Happiness)
- Carrie Fisher’s Screen Test for Star Wars (via Kottke.org)
- Why Do Wes Anderson Movies Look Like That? (via Kottke.org)
- “Victorian Surrealism”: The Superb Photo Collages of Durmuş Bahar (via Design You Trust)
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Go Team Pencil!