One of the things I've learned the hard way is to test the claims companies make about their pens / inks being water resistance or water...

Normally I shy away from the wetter feeding nibbed pens but here lately have been trying to learn to work with them. This is a perfect exa...

Two more days of pen and ink only sketches.  Both in the Stillman & Birn Beta journal using two different pens with same ink. This ...

I worked this yesterday off and on to include early evening.  Kind of a fill in between doing other things.  And, I used one of the pages I ...

In my previous post I shared where I stained two pages in my Beta journal.  This is what I ended up doing on both pages. 75 Day - 28:  Fla...

Yesterday I decided to play a bit preparing a few pages in my journal with stain and with Distressed Inks.  Although I prefer to sketch and ...

A friend on Facebook shared about a video series that shows us how to disassemble several of our favorite fountain pens (thank you Kate Powe...

All are worked in Stillman & Birn Beta journals using various pens as noted on the pages.

There is a bakery that specializes in German breads and pastries about a 25 minute drive from where we live.  Inside is the bakery plus a de...

So far this is what I've accomplished with the ink only challenge.  For the most part I am working one each day but I think there's ...

Yesterday, Terry and I decided to drive around a bit checking out a bakery that Shari told me about and showing Terry the old Church (not in...

Not only am I gaining more experience jumping in with pen and ink only, I am really getting to know my favorite fountain pens and what I mig...

Last Friday at the Leesburg Art League Open Studio, we had a presentation by Gail Bannock on rock art.  She shared several examples from ful...

Here is a line-up of sketches worked for the last four days.  All worked in the Beta journal.  All with Lexington Gray ink but with differ...

So far so good with my repeat of the 75 Day ink only challenge.  For the first four days I used a ballpoint or roller pen.  Last night I was...

Dealing with anxiety issues at times (especially in public), one of my sons recommended I try a fidget spinner to see if it might help when ...

There are a couple of us who are wanting to work Brenda Swenson's 75 Day Ink Challenge.  Although I have worked this challenge before, I...

It's been a busy few weeks with the last couple of weeks flying by with my not doing much with my own art.  Instead helping with documen...