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I am meant to be folding laundry...
Jan. 28th, 2019 09:32 am...but instead am catching up on DW discussions and indulging in my most recent expensive obsession, which is fountain pens. I do a lot more writing by hand now that I can simultaneously go "oh it's so pretty!!!!" and marvel at my ink and paper, or carefully select the ink I wish to use at each given time,
Right now, I'm going "I WANT A STUB NIB WITH A BIG RESERVOIR AND A SHADY INK. WITH SPARKLES. YEAH." and considering making a couple of purchases. (Well, and I'm also eyeing this Noodler's Creaper which has a flexible nib that will let me vary how thick the ink is as I write depending on how hard I press, but the reviews are so variable that I can't work out whether it's worth trying.)
But yeah--I think my deal right now is that I really want to play with shading inks and play with the color variation in a lot of fountain pen inks, and also take notes for work at the same time. And I think italic nibs work really well for me in a way that other nib thicknesses don't always.
Right now, I'm spending a lot of time mooshing my nose up against the swabs at Mountain of Ink and daydreaming about the subtle color variations that I would definitely get to see and play with if I went out and bought all the inks.
I mean. Look at this!
They're so pretty. I keep wondering if I should just go ahead and get some paintbrushes, just to play with the shading of the inks on paper as a purely aesthetic pleasure.
Right now, I'm going "I WANT A STUB NIB WITH A BIG RESERVOIR AND A SHADY INK. WITH SPARKLES. YEAH." and considering making a couple of purchases. (Well, and I'm also eyeing this Noodler's Creaper which has a flexible nib that will let me vary how thick the ink is as I write depending on how hard I press, but the reviews are so variable that I can't work out whether it's worth trying.)
But yeah--I think my deal right now is that I really want to play with shading inks and play with the color variation in a lot of fountain pen inks, and also take notes for work at the same time. And I think italic nibs work really well for me in a way that other nib thicknesses don't always.
Right now, I'm spending a lot of time mooshing my nose up against the swabs at Mountain of Ink and daydreaming about the subtle color variations that I would definitely get to see and play with if I went out and bought all the inks.
I mean. Look at this!
They're so pretty. I keep wondering if I should just go ahead and get some paintbrushes, just to play with the shading of the inks on paper as a purely aesthetic pleasure.
