Misfill, Year of the Ox Edition

Each week in Refill, the Pen Addict Members newsletter, I publish Ink Links as part of the additional content you receive for being a member. And each week, after 10 to 15 links, plus my added commentary on each, I'm left with many great items I want to share. Enter Misfill. Here are this weeks links:

— Embrace the Year of the Ox (the RAD AND HUNGRY blog)

— Kuretake Karappo Empty Brush & Felt Tip Pens (Set of 5) (The Well-Appointed Desk)

— Handwriting Practice with Fountain Pens - Conid Kingsize Bulkfiller + Montblanc Ink (Gourmet Pens)

— Monteverde Fireopal on Midori MD (Inkcredible Colours)

— Artist Adriana Lozano on discovering new music through drawing (It’s Nice That)

— Ink Review #445: 3 Oysters Delicious Mustard (Fountain Pen Pharmacist)

— Inky pursuits: some non-fountain pen tinkerings. (Fountain pen blog)

— La nueva Italia, 12 plumas tan parecidas como hermosas (El Pajarete Orquidiado)

— Stretching Those Gratitude Muscles (From the Pen Cup)

— Keith Haring’s Lines of Desire (Hyperallergic)

— Rediscovering pens I already have (mnmlscholar)

— Fountain Pen Quest Trail Log - February 14, 2021 (Fountain Pen Quest)

— Sketch Vs. Final: Artists Show The Huge Difference Between Their Sketches And Finished Artwork (Design You Trust)

— A New Yorker Cartoonist Explains How to Draw Literary Cartoons (Open Culture)

— Pocket Size Review 48: Red Dragon Pen Company Sylvan, Bungubox Clown Teardrop (Penquisition)

— Pencil Review: Moon Bare Wood (HB) (Polar Pencil Pusher)

— Schon DSGN Pocket6 (dapprman)

— SEED Radar (Lexikaliker)

— Faber-Castell Broadpen 1554 Pen Review (My Pen Needs Ink)

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Posted on February 14, 2021 by Brad Dowdy and filed under Misfill.

Misfill, Hi, How Are You? Edition

Each week in Refill, the Pen Addict Members newsletter, I publish Ink Links as part of the additional content you receive for being a member. And each week, after 10 to 15 links, plus my added commentary on each, I'm left with many great items I want to share. Enter Misfill. Here are this weeks links:

— Daniel Johnston’s Psychedelic Drawings: A Swirling Trip Through ‘Outsider Art’ (The Quietus)

— Fountain Pen Quest Trail Log - February 7, 2021 (Fountain Pen Quest)

— Why I started Minabeko (Minabeko)

— Ink Review #438: Lennon Tool Bar Saira (Fountain Pen Pharmacist)

— Inky Pursuits: some notebook tales. (Fountain pen blog)

— Monteverde Garnet on Midori MD (Inkcredible Colours)

— Fountain Pen Nib Comparison - Sailor Zoom vs. Platinum Double Broad (Coarse) (Gourmet Pens)

— Stephen Pusey’s Remarkable Calligraphic Abstractions (Hyperallergic)

— Happy Chinese New Year Of The Ox 2021 With Two Auspicious Ox-Themed Writing Instruments (Quill & Pad)

— Illustrating garden design concepts with fountain pen inks (Nick Stewart)

— Krink Notepad Review (Fountain Pen Love)

— Accutron x Esterbrook Camden: A Heritage Brand Collaboration (The Gentleman Stationer)

— Eye Candy: Pen Queue from Penquisition (The Well-Appointed Desk)

— Adventures in Ink Mixing (Mountain of Ink)

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Posted on February 7, 2021 by Brad Dowdy and filed under Misfill.

Misfill, Cosmo Air Light Edition

Each week in Refill, the Pen Addict Members newsletter, I publish Ink Links as part of the additional content you receive for being a member. And each week, after 10 to 15 links, plus my added commentary on each, I'm left with many great items I want to share. Enter Misfill. Here are this weeks links:

— First Impressions Trying Out Cosmo Air Light Paper for Fountain Pens (Gourmet Pens)

— Why fountain pen ink is ideal for monotone painting (Nick Stewart)

— Monteverde Scotch Brown on Leuchtturm1917 (Inkcredible Colours)

— Lamy Safari vs. Pilot Metropolitan Fountain Pen (Goldspot Pens)

— Review: Ensso Italia Titanium Fountain Pen (The Pencilcase Blog)

— Why do presidents use so many pens to sign documents - and what happens to them? (CNN)

— Ink Review #430: PenBBS #517 (Fountain Pen Pharmacist)

— New project in Old Trafford brings the community together to create a local art trail (Creative Boom)

— comfort pasta (Writing at Large)

— Star Wars Characters as Classical Japanese Art (Design You Trust)

— Octopus Fluids Inks Set 3 (Mountain of Ink)

— Fountain Pen Review: Tibaldi Bononia Martini Olive (M Nib) (The Well-Appointed Desk)