ADDITIONS TO MY NEW SHELF UNIT IN THE STUDIO I recently bought a metal shelf unit to go in front of the window in my studio, so that I could create a new work area - my "clean" desk for drawing, watercolour painting and calligraphy. My original main work area is now dedicated…
PEN NIBS - A SOLUTION AT LAST Dip pen nibs I am very happy with my new calligraphy fountain pen, but despite it being "super flex," it doesn't have as much spread as I would like, and it's also quite hard to get really thin lines with it. The other disadvantage is that…
AN EXCITING NEW ART MATERIAL - GRAF ART TAILOR SHAPES I first saw this product being demonstrated briefly by Denise Love, a wonderful artist whose YouTube channel I follow. After that, I kept tripping over this product and was intrigued, and knew I had to add it to my studio arsenal. Background The…
DOMESTIKA COURSE - ENGLISH CALLIGRAPHY - FINAL PROJECT At long last I have completed this course. It did seem to drag on, partly because I was waiting for materials to arrive, and also because of other things going on in my life. I had already decided not to tie myself down to completing…
OUTING TO THE CAT CAFE Birthday treat Yesterday was my birthday, and for my birthday treat, my hubby took me to the Cat Cafe. We've been before, and it's a whole lot of fun. They have lots of comfy chairs for people and cats to sit on, and there is always convivial company…
DEVON COUNTY SHOW 2025 Our annual treat has come around again! Looking back, I see that we have missed a few over the years but we do try to go each year. This year the weather was perfect - really hot and sunny without a cloud in the sky, and everyone seemed in…
TWO CARDS FOR MY HUBBY A busy month May is a busy month for celebrations. The first to come was always 4th May for my hubby's older brother, sadly no longer with us. We always used to wish him a happy birthday and then say, "May the Fourth be with you" haha! My…
DOMESTIKA COURSE - A SPECIAL INVITATION - A SMALL MIRACLE A follow-up to the completion of my latest Domestika course calligraphy work. Last night something extraordinary happened... Background - A little art history The Wilton Diptych The Wilton Diptych, painted in the late 1390s for King Richard II of England by an anonymous…
DOMESTIKA COURSE - ENGLISH CALLIGRAPHY - CREATE AN INVITATION At the beginning of this year, when I started a series of Domestika courses, I decided that I would attempt to complete one course per month. So far I have managed this, but with this course the end of the month came and went,…
FLEX NIB FOUNTAIN PEN I am currently doing an English calligraphy course with Domestika, and have been using a dip pen with an angled pen holder. The nib has a reservoir which means I don't have to dip so often but the results can be a bit hit and miss. I wondered whether…
