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A Penchant for Paper

A Penchant for Paper

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In A Penchant for Paper, I review various pens, papers, notebooks, and other office and school supplies. I also write about my experiences with writing, drawing, and keeping a journal.

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  • Top Five Lists of 2009

    Posted on Friday December 18th, 2009 at 21:26 in blogging, pen, top five, yearly review

    Top five pens that I am currently using: Pentel Slicci 0.3mm Uni-ball Signo RT 0.38mm (lavender black) Sharpie Pen (black) Uni-ball Signo DX 0.38mm Staedtler Triplus Fineliner Top five other supplies: Quo Vadis Habana Sakura Permapaque Opaque Paint M...

  • From the Art Journal: Early in the Morning

    Posted on Tuesday December 15th, 2009 at 13:20 in art journal

    I actually finished these pages several days ago but didn't get around to photographing and posting them until now.  (These are the pages that developed from the second painted page spread seen in this post.) Overall, I am not as satisfied with the...

  • Uni-ball Signo Gel Grip 0.7mm

    Posted on Friday December 11th, 2009 at 16:01 in gel pen, uni-ball

    I recently picked up a 5-pack of Uni-ball Signo Gel Grip pens (2 black, 2 blue, 1 red) at half price while in the grocery store the other day and so far I am very pleased with them. First of all, they write very smoothly, as you might expect from ...

  • The Other Journal

    Posted on Wednesday December 9th, 2009 at 11:00 in journal, sketchbook, nature journal

    Nature journal pages from the other journal.  Sketched and written using Staedtler Triplus Fineliners. I bought this sketchbook back in July, with vague ideas of turning it into an art/sketchbook journal where I could practice my drawing skills.  ...

  • What to do with a new notebook?

    Posted on Tuesday December 8th, 2009 at 16:51 in notebook

    It's an old story: I was in the campus bookstore to buy a glue stick.  Glue stick in hand, I thought that I had not walked all the way across campus to spend thirty seconds in the store, so I might as well look around.  Fate led me to the clearance...

  • Art Journaling, Part 5: Lettering

    Posted on Saturday December 5th, 2009 at 21:22 in art journal, pen, white pen

    Here they are, the finished pages! As you can see, I've added some words, as well as few more small collage items and doodles.  I mainly used brown and green Sakura Permapaque paint markers, a white Pilot Choose gel pen, and a black Staples Gel Min...

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