Review by Laura Cameron I recently went on a bit of an ink buying spree. Rather than grab the newest, hottest colors, I went back and added a few inks I missed along the way. The first of those is Diamine 150th Blue Velvet (40mL for $16.00). Blue Velvet is a beautifully rich cornflower blue.…
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Ink Review: Monteverde Coral (LA Pen Show 2019)
Review by Laura Cameron I wasn’t able to attend this year’s LA Pen Show, but my favorite pen show attendee brought me back a bottle of the special show ink, Monteverde’s Coral. It turns out that Monteverde’s version of Coral is a very orange ink, leaning slightly red. When I compared it to other ink…
Notebook Review: Catherine Pooler Canvo Journal
Review by Laura Cameron Last month I had the chance to attend the Association for Creative Industries’ Creativation conference. Creativation is an industry trade show geared towards creative businesses and includes everything from knitting and needle arts, to cardmaking, stamping, scrapbooking and other papercrafts, to sewing, macrame, craft supply organizing and more! I spent some…
Notebook Review: Maruman Postcard Sketch Book
Review by Tina Koyama I’ve been aware of Maruman sketchbooks for a while, but I hadn’t tried one, mainly because most formats are too large for my sketching lifestyle. The Zuan series, however, includes a postcard size (about 4-by-6 inches) that seems ideal for urban and travel sketching, so I picked up a pad (50…
Notebook Review: Apica CD Notebook
Review by Laura Cameron When I went on my shopping spree on JetPens last month I also picked up a couple of Apica CD Notebooks ($1.75 each) to try out. I chose the Apica CD11 A5 notebook in Light Blue and Black (which in person appears slightly more grey). These great notebooks have cardstock covers…
Case Review: Lihit Lab Smart Fit Mobile Pouch
Review by Tina Koyama My daily-carry is a Rickshaw Bags messenger bag that tidily fits my sketching stuff as well as all my usual “purse” stuff, and I easily take it everywhere. The only time I don’t like to carry it is when I’m taking a 3-mile fitness walk around my neighborhood lake. For that…
Ink Review: Rohrer & Klingner Aubergine
Review by Laura Cameron I feel like I made my love of purple clear last year, so I was relatively unsurprised when Jesi sent me some samples of purple inks she has acquired recently. One of these was Rohrer & Klingner’s Limited Edition Aubergine (50mL for $12.95 from Vanness Pens). Aubergine is a deep dark…