Archive for April, 2010
Big Pad Little Pad
Rhodia pads range in size from the wee little #10 at 2×3″ to the monster #38 at 16 1/2 x 12 1/2″.
While I can see a plethora of uses for the #10 since it can easily fit into just about any pocket or bag, I’m wondering exactly how people are using the #38. My first thought was back to the mid 80′s and my short but enjoyable career as dungeon master playing Dungeons & Dragons, drawing careful and complex castle schematics on graph paper. (Are people still playing D&D the old way, or is it all done via computer now?)
Some other uses I can imagine for the #38 include, garden planning, dream house visualizing, calligraphy practice….
How would you use each of these?
What would you do with lighting bug ink?
Uh-oh, I guess I should add a disclaimer that the ink isn’t actually made out of lightning bugs….
Exaclair will be debuting this new J. Herbin Phosphorescente ink at the upcoming National Stationery Show in New York City, May 16th-19th at the Javits Center.
Karen told me that this ink is meant to “glow like a firefly’s belly” and that it does! It is not an ink for fountain pens, so break out the dip pens for this one. And I’m certain you can guess what I did with it the minute I got it, right? Glow-in-the-dark mandala? You betcha! Now I just have to figure out how to take a picture of the results!
Have you Ever Tried a Waterbrush?
I’m not sure where I first learned of these, but I have seen them for sale in local art & craft stores. (For about $6.50 each) They are paintbrushes that contain a reservoir barrel that you fill with water and are really portable. When I don’t feel like setting up all of my watercolor supplies, grabbing a waterbrush and a small palette of paints is the way to go. Continue Readering »
Another One Done…
I am admittedly a paper junkie. I don’t just have one book for writing & sketching, I have many. And I tend to use more than one at a time, which means that it sometimes takes me a while to finish one. The book shown above is the Exacompta blank sketchbook that I recently finished and it took me about a year to do it. Continue Readering »
