More New 'Stuffs'

A small haul from BeadCafe's Arouca branch.

A humongous (10" x 14") sketchbook from Charran's, Trincity Mall.

Nice thick sheets.

New 'stuffs'

New school term = new (to me), cool stationery stuff.

I picked up a set of Staedtler Triplus Fineliner pens in pastel colours.

Also got me some clear pencil case boxes.

New supplies

For the last few months I have been trying to order a 12 pack of Derwent Inktense blocks, but every time I checked at  dickblick.com, it showed that the set was out of stock and the expected date kept moving forward.  I finally gave up and put together a 12-pack of my own by ordering the singles.  I also took the opportunity to purchase Golden Absorbent Ground (which I learned about while viewing Mixed Media Art Project shows on UStream) and a pack of Sharpie Essentials.

I was pleasantly surprised today when I collected my package, at how well my Inktense blocks were packaged.  Each one was placed in a super long plastic bag, rolled and placed into a three compartment box.  Excellent protective packaging.

These are the colours that I ordered:

New art supplies

I made a trip to "Art Perspective" in Trincity Mall and was happy to pick up a Sharpie Liquid Pencil with some refills, a Strathmore Mixed Media Visual Journal and a piece of linoleum to carve into (I've done erasers, but never tried the linoleum).

The pencil felt scratchy, as though it skipped a lot.  It seems to be better for writing than sketching.