Quote Monday
“I love inscriptions on flyleaves and notes in margins, I like the comradely sense of turning pages someone else turned, and reading passages someone long gone has called my attention to.” ― Helene...
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“We leave something of ourselves behind when we leave a place, we stay there, even though we go away.”― Pascal Mercier (Night Train to Lisbon) Pencil: Tombow Mono100 2H (for initial lettering) Paper:...
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“One glance at a book and you hear the voice of another person, perhaps someone dead for 1,000 years. Books break the shackles of time, proof that humans can work magic.” -Carl Sagan (Cosmos)...
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At the beginning of this month, my husband and I went to New Mexico to visit my mom. New Mexico has consistently been my retreat from the city. When life moves to fast and stressful situations start to...
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“You can’t build a reputation on what you are going to do.” -Henry Ford (Posthumously published in International Encyclopedia of Prose and Poetical Quotations (1951) by William S. Walsh) Pencil:...
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“Now you see that evil will always triumph, because good is dumb.” – Dark Helmet (Spaceballs) Yes, that’s Boba Fett… yes, it’s a Spaceballs quote… May the Fourth be with you all :P Happy Quote Monday!...
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“Your heart and my heart are very, very old friends.” ― Hafiz (Hafez) Pencil: Palomino Golden Bear (for initial sketch) Pens: Pigma Micron, Sharpie, and Prismacolor Markers Paper: Canson Watercolor...
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“There are so many sounds I still want to make, so many things I haven’t yet done.” -B.B. King Pencil: Prismacolor Verathin blue Markers: Prismacolor PM99-PM107 Pens: Sakura Pigma Micron 01 and White...
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Another great Ink Drop from The Goulet Pen Company! One of the reasons I love about the Ink Drop is that I get to try out colors that I wouldn’t normally buy. This set definitely has a couple inks I...
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“What barrier is there that love cannot break?” ― M.K. Gandhi, The Story of My Experiments With Truth Paper: Canson Watercolor paper 140lb, 300g – Cold Press Pencil: Mitsubishi Hi-Uni 2H Pens: Sakura...
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Happy day! I have received my August 2015 Ink Drop from Goulet Pens! Theme: Trailblazing Inks: Faber-Castell Stone Grey Faber-Castell Moss Green Diamine Burnt Sienna De Atramentis Sahara Grey Noodler’s...
View ArticleDiamine Quartz Black Ink Review
Hi all! Here’s a little mini visual review about Diamine Quartz Black. I’m always on the hunt for drawing inks for my sketchbook, and this was an ink I picked up to try because I heard it was more of a...
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Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less. Marie Curie (As quoted in Our Precarious Habitat (1973) by Melvin A. Benarde) Pencil: Uniball Kuru Toga mechanical pencil – 0.7 HB Pens:...
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Another great Ink Drop from Goulet Pens! Theme: Cavern Exploration Inks: Diamine Amazing Amethyst Faber-Castell Garnet Red Pelikan Edelstein Topaz (Blue) Pelikan Edelstein Jade (Green) Diamine Onyx...
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“Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.” ― Lao Tzu Pencil: Uniball Kuru Toga mechanical pencil – 0.7 HB Pens: Copic Multiliner SP Paper: Canson Bristol Paper Markers: Copic Sketch +...
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“Each night Father fills me with dread When he sits on the foot of my bed; I’d not mind that he speaks In gibbers and squeaks, But for seventeen years he’s been dead.” ― Edward Gorey, Amphigorey...
View ArticleDiamine Shimmertastic – 3 Ink Review – Red Lustre, Magical Forest, Night Sky
Hello friends! I thought I’d share a few visual reviews of 3 of the new 10 Diamine Shimmertastic Inks. Diamine will be releasing 10(!) new inks with shimmer in the inks. I’m a shimmery ink fan, so I’m...
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Another great Ink Drop from Goulet Pens! This month’s drop has a spooky, witchy theme, which I loved. Theme: Witching Hour Inks: Waterman Mysterious Blue Noodler’s Nightshade DeAtramentis Fog Grey...
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“The Wanton, though she knows its dangers, Must needs smear Kohl about her eyes, and wake the interest of strangers with long-drawn, hoarse, erotic sighs.” -Edward Gorey Pencil: Uniball Kuru Toga...
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“If something doesn’t creep into a drawing that you’re not prepared for, you might as well not have drawn it.” ― Edward Gorey, Ascending Peculiarity: Edward Gorey on Edward Gorey ( Just realized I...
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